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dc.contributor.authorAssfaw Wossen, T.
dc.contributor.authorGatiso, T.T.
dc.contributor.authorKassie, M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:26:31Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:26:31Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-10
dc.identifier.citationWossen, T., Gatiso, T.T. & Kassie, M. (2018). Estimating returns to fertilizer adoption with unobserved heterogeneity: evidence from Ethiopia. Food and Energy Security, 1-9.
dc.identifier.issn2048-3694
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4637
dc.descriptionOpen Access Journal
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the relationship between chemical fertilizer adoption and agricultural productivity in Ethiopia. Our results suggest that average returns to fertilizer adoption are high. Further, we find substantial heterogeneity across farm households in returns to fertilizer adoption, with comparative advantage playing a significant role in the adoption decision of farmers. While the adoption decision of farmers was largely rational, fertilizer use across plots was sub‐optimal. The results of this paper underscore the importance of improving farmers awareness about proper use of fertilizer through site‐specific extension services for improving agricultural productivity.
dc.format.extent1-9
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCC-BY-SA-3.0
dc.subjectFertilizers
dc.titleEstimating returns to fertilizer adoption with unobserved heterogeneity: evidence from Ethiopia
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.creator.identifierTesfamicheal Wossen Assfaw: 0000-0002-3672-2676
cg.researchthemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRIBUSINESS
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.journalFood and Energy Security
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid101348
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fes3.156


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