African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE)

Journal Africain d’Economie Agricole et des Ressources (JAEAR)

Published by the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

 ISSN 1993-3738

Special Issue: Efficiency and Productivity Analysis in African Agriculture

Guest Editors: Arega D Alene and Paul Amaza

Volume 3, No. 2 (September 2009)

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Farmers’ health and agricultural productivity in rural Ethiopia John Ulimwengu
 		  
The efficiency of smallholder agriculture in Malawi Hardwick Tchale
 		  
Production structure and derived demand for factor inputs in smallholder dairying in Kenya
Mutuku Muendo Kavoi, Dana L Hoag and James Pritchett
 		  
Labor markets and labor allocative efficiency among farm households in western Kenya
Mercy W Kamau, Kees Burger, Ken E Giller and Arie Kuyvenhoven
 		  
Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa
Adebayo A Akinola, Arega D Alene, Remi Adeyemo, Diakalia Sanogo and Adetunji S Olanrewaju		  

 

 

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE)

Journal Africain d’Economie Agricole et des Ressources (JAEAR)

Published by the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

 ISSN 1993-3738

 Special Issue:  Climate change and African agriculture

 Volume 3, No. 1 (March 2009)

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Leveraging institutions for collective action to improve markets for smallholder producers in less-favored areas Bekele Shiferaw, Gideon Obare, Geoffrey Muricho and Said Silim 1
Factors affecting farmers’ willingness to adopt salt-tolerant forage crops in south-eastern Tunisia Ali Chebil, Hafedh Nasr and Lokman Zaibet 19
Supply response of Zimbabwean agriculture: 1970 – 1999 Edwin Muchapondwa 28
Spatial price transmission: A study of sheep markets in Sudan Babiker Idris Babiker and Abdel Gabbar M Abdalla
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Factors influencing the intensity of market participation by smallholder farmers: A case study of rarual and peri-urban areas of Kenya John Omiti, David Otieno, Timothy O Nyanamba and Ellen McCullough 57

 

 

 

 

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE)

Journal Africain d’Économie Agricole et des Ressources (JAEAR)

Published by the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

ISSN 1993-3738

Special Issue: Climate change and African agriculture

Volume 2, No. 2 (September 2008)

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Optimal long-term stocking rates for livestock grazing in a Sahelian rangeland Lars Hein and Hans-Peter Weikard 126
Accounting for neighborhood influence in estimating factors determining the adoption of improved agricultural technologies in developing agriculture Augustine Langyintuo and Mulugetta Mekuria 151
Water pricing options for the middle Drâa river basin in Morocco Claudia Heidecke, Arnim Kuhn and Stephan Klose 170
Betting on cotton: potential payoffs and economic risks of adopting Bt cotton in West Africa José Falck-Zepeda, Daniela Horna and Melinda Smale 188
Meats demand flexibilities for Tanzania: implications for choice of long-term investment Aloyce Kaliba 208

 

 

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African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE)

Journal Africain d’Économie Agricole et des Ressources (JAEAR)

Published by the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

ISSN 1993-3738

Special Issue: Climate change and African Agriculture

Guest Editors: Rashid Hassan, Ariel Dinar and Robert Mendelsohn

Volume 2, No. 1 (March 2008)

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A Ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on African cropland Pradeep Kurukulasuriya and Robert Mendelsohn 1
Climate change and poverty in Africa: mapping hotspots of vulnerability Philip K Thornton, Peter G Jones, Tom Owiyo, Russell L Kruska, Mario Herrero, Victor Orindi, Suruchi Bhadwal, Patti Kristjanson, An Notenbaert, Nigat Bekele and Abisalom Omolo 24
Turning up the heat on African agriculture: The Impact of Climate Change on Cameroon's Agriculture Ernest L Molua 45
Animal husbandry in Africa: Climate change impacts and adaptations S Niggol Seo and Robert Mendelsohn 65
Determinants of climate adaptation strategies of African farmers: Multinomial choice analysis Rashid Hassan and Charles Nhemachena 83

Crop switching as a strategy for adapting to climate change Pradeep Kurukulasuriya and Robert Mendelsohn

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African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE)

Journal Africain d’Économie Agricole et des Ressources (JAEAR)

Published by the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

ISSN 1993-3738

Volume 1, No. 2 (September 2007)

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Reviewers last pages

 

Valuation of cow attributes by conjoint analysis: A case study of Western Kenya


Stella N Makokha, Joseph T Karugia, Steven J Staal,Willis Oluoch-Kosura                                                                                  95

Measuring irrigation water use efficiency using stochastic production frontier:An                                                                                                                                                                                      application on citrus producing farms in Tunisia


Boubaker Dhehibi, Lassad Lachaal, Mohammed Elloumi, Emna B. Messaoud                                                                               114
 

Horizontal coordination and free-riding in a group of certified organic crop growers:An empirical study of                                                                                                                                     the   Ezemvelo Farmers’ Organization in Kwa-Zulu-Natal, South Africa


Lawrence Gadzikwa, Michael C Lyne, Sheryl L Hendriks                                                                                                                 129


Investing in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Cote d’Ivoire:Hypotheses, evidence and policy implications


Guy B Nkamleu, Yaya Keho, Jim Gockowski, Soniia David                                                                                                               145
 

Determinants of social capital formation in rural Uganda:Implications for group-based agricultural extension approaches


Enid Katungi, Charles Machethe, Melinda Smale                                                                                                                                 166

 

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African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE)

Journal Africain d’Économie Agricole et des Ressources (JAEAR)

Published by the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

ISSN 1993-3738

 Special Issue: Opportunities and Constraints on Agricultural

and Rural Development in Africa

Guest Editor:  Steven Were Omamo

 Volume 1, No. 1 (December 2006)

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Identifying agricultural research and development investment opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa:  A global, economy-wide analysis  

Ehui, S and Tsigas, M                                                                                                                                                                                                         1

Livelihood strategies in the rural Kenyan highlands 

Brown, D, Stephens, E, Ouma, J, Murithi, F and Barrett C                                                                                                                                      21

The potential gains from geographical targeting of anti-poverty programs in Uganda.   

Kraybill, D and Bashaasha, B                                                                                                                                                                                         37

Leveraging regional growth dynamics in African agriculture

Abdulai, A, Johnson, M and Diao X                                                                                                                                                                               49

Agricultural markets in Benin and Malawi

Fafchamps, M and Gabre-Madhin, E                                                                                                                                                                             67