Aggregate agricultural supply response in Ethiopia: a farm‐level analysis

Abrar, Suleiman; Morrissey, Oliver; Rayner, Tony

doi:10.1002/jid.1110

Cited by 22 publications

(21 citation statements)

References 13 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Abrar et al (2004), for example, Wnd that average fertilizer application in Ethiopia falls within the low range of 10-50 kg/ha-considerably lower than the recommended rate of 150-200 kg. Pender and Gebremedhin (forthcoming) emphasize the complementary eVect of fertilizer use with soil and water conservation investment and land management.…”

Section: Adoption Of Improved Seedmentioning

confidence: 94%

Growth options and poverty reduction in Ethiopia – An economy-wide model analysis

Diao¹,

Pratt²

2007

Food Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Adoption Of Improved Seedmentioning

confidence: 94%

Growth options and poverty reduction in Ethiopia – An economy-wide model analysis

Diao¹,

Pratt²

2007

Food Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Nearly all studies of supply response in Ethiopia use aggregate time series data, considering export supply response for coffee (Dercon and Lulseged 1994;Alem 1996) or supply response of food grains (Abebe, 1998;Zerihun, 1996). Abrar et al (2004) use the first wave of the same survey used here but consider only aggregate agricultural output, which appears to respond positively and significantly to changes in prices. We extend all of these studies by considering the full range of crops and differences in agro-climatic and farming systems.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Crop‐Level Supply Response by Agro‐Climatic Region in Ethiopia

Abrar

Morrissey

Rayner

2004

J Agricultural Economics

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Using farm‐level survey data from Ethiopia, this paper estimates a quadratic restricted profit function to assess the supply response of smallholder farmers. All major crops are identified in the analysis and variations in agro‐climatic and farming systems are accounted for. Peasant farmers, at least in the more commercial Central and Southern zones, do respond positively and significantly to price incentives. Farmers in the Northern zone are least commercial and least responsive to prices, and in fact the model based on profit maximisation does not adequately capture their behaviour. In general, non‐price factors, especially rainfall and market access, are more important than prices in affecting poduction, and which factors are most important varies depending on the crop and region in question. We conclude with suggestions regarding which crops appear most suitable to each agro‐climatic region, and identify the most relevant policy interventions in each case.

show abstract

“…The average crop yield is about 1 ton/ha (Kassa et al, 2014). This is less than the average national annual grain yield of 1.2 tons/ha (Abrar et al, 2004). Besides to crop production, livestock play important role in the life of rural households (CSA, 2008).…”

Section: Study Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing Soil Nutrient Additions through Different Composting Techniques in Northern Ethiopia

Teka¹,

Berihu²,

Amdu³

et al. 2014

mejs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The use of vermi-compost in northern Ethiopia is not a common practice. It is, therefore, important to understand the possible impediments through studying its chemical and biological properties and its extra contribution compared to other composting techniques. Four compost types (vermi-compost, conventional compost, farmers' compost and community nursery compost) with three replications were used in this study. The farmers' and community nursery compost samples were collected from different places in Tigray; whereas, the vermi-and conventional composts were prepared at Mekelle University following a standard composting procedure. Six major composting materials were identified in the visited sites from farmers' and community nursery foremen's interview. These composting materials were also used for the vermi-and conventional composting. Twelve composite compost samples were taken for analysis of macro-and micro-nutrients. The results of the experiment showed that for all treatments, despite of having high content of total C (5.04 -10.67%), the C/N ratio (12.19 -12.22) was low. This suggests that as the C/N ratio is lower than the threshold (< 30), mineralization is faster, nutrients eventually become available and a large amount of N is lost. Soil pH, exchangeable Magnesium (ex.Mg), exchangeable Potassium (ex.P), available Phosphorus (ava.P), and Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) showed significant differences among the different composting techniques. Among the selected compost types, ex.Mg, ex.Ca and av.P were higher for vermi-compost. The lowest was recorded in community nursery compost. The use of vermi-compost is, therefore, very helpful in terms of providing beneficial soil nutrients as compared to other compost types.

show abstract

Aggregate agricultural supply response in Ethiopia: a farm‐level analysis

Cited by 22 publications

References 13 publications

Growth options and poverty reduction in Ethiopia – An economy-wide model analysis

Growth options and poverty reduction in Ethiopia – An economy-wide model analysis

Crop‐Level Supply Response by Agro‐Climatic Region in Ethiopia

Assessing Soil Nutrient Additions through Different Composting Techniques in Northern Ethiopia

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About