Residue-based biogas is considered as a renewable energy that should be used to improve energy security and household livelihoods in rural areas. Observational learning and word-of-mouth learning are critical in the dissemination of knowledge about agricultural technologies. Yet, scholars have little un...
Does the nonfarm economy offer pathways for upward mobility? Evidence from a panel data study in Ethiopia. World Development, 40(8): 1634-1646.Bezu, S.; Barrett, C.B.; Holden, S.T. Does nonfarm economy offer pathways for upward mobility? Evidence from a panel data study in Ethiopia. ...
To control for this effect, we add a COVID-19 variable that equals the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in a country through the day of the highest Stringency Index value. Prior research has shown that cultural values have a strong influence on how public institutions manage democratic ...
The selected countries are Algeria, Benin, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Togo, and Zambia. Table 1 Details of data and variables Full size table Theory and econometric approach Becker’s [15] model of human capital considers medical ...
Smallholders have high marginal propensities to consume and spend their money in the local rural economy, thereby stimulating growth linkages between farm and non-farm sectors (Mellor, 1976). If a few large-scale farmers dominate production and spend their money outside the local rural economy, ...
Adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers to climate variability and change in Konso, Ethiopia Article Open access 19 August 2024 Adoption of climate-resilient groundnut varieties increases agricultural production, consumption, and smallholder commercialization in West Africa Article Open access 24 Augu...
Kang, Y., Kim, J., & Seo, E. (2018). Association between maternal social capital and infant complementary feeding practices in rural ethiopia.Maternal and Child Nutrition,14(1), 12484. ArticleGoogle Scholar Kawachi, I., & Berkman, L. F. (2000). Social cohesion, social capital, and he...
Research on international food prices or volatility transmission have concentrated on importing countries and have largely underestimated the importance of food insecurity or food poverty issues in food-exporting countries. This article identifies the causality between global and regional wheat pric in export...
Empirical studies across many developing countries routinely document a positive correlation between participation in rural nonfarm employment and households' wealth or income. This paper explores whether nonfarm employment leads to higher consumption expenditure growth in Ethiopia. We find that: (1) househo...
A maximal overlap discrete wavelet packet transform integrated approach for rainfall forecasting – A case study in the Awash River Basin (Ethiopia) Environ Model Softw, 144 (2021), pp. 1364-8152, 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105119 Google Scholar [77] J.C. Reboredo Modelling oil price and exchange...