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1. Potential of Improved Technologies to Enhance Land Management Practices of Small-Scale Farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa

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Feil, Jan-Henning, Rötter, Reimund P., Bakhsh, Sara Yazdan, Nelson, William C. D., Dalheimer, Bernhard, Lam, Quang Dung, Ferreira, Nicole Costa Resende, Odhiambo, Jude, Bracho-Mujica, Gennady, Abdulai, Issaka, Hoffmann, Munir, Bruemmer, Bernhard, Ayisi, Kingsley Kwabena, Canadell, Josep G., Series Editor, Díaz, Sandra, Series Editor, Heldmaier, Gerhard, Series Editor, Jackson, Robert B., Series Editor, Levia, Delphis F., Series Editor, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Series Editor, Sommer, Ulrich, Series Editor, Wardle, David A., Series Editor, von Maltitz, Graham P., editor, Midgley, Guy F., editor, Veitch, Jennifer, editor, Brümmer, Christian, editor, Rötter, Reimund P., editor, Viehberg, Finn A., editor, and Veste, Maik, editor

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2024
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2. Overview of the Macroeconomic Drivers of the Region

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Kirsten, Johann F., Dalheimer, Bernhard, Brümmer, Bernhard, Canadell, Josep G., Series Editor, Díaz, Sandra, Series Editor, Heldmaier, Gerhard, Series Editor, Jackson, Robert B., Series Editor, Levia, Delphis F., Series Editor, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Series Editor, Sommer, Ulrich, Series Editor, Wardle, David A., Series Editor, von Maltitz, Graham P., editor, Midgley, Guy F., editor, Veitch, Jennifer, editor, Brümmer, Christian, editor, Rötter, Reimund P., editor, Viehberg, Finn A., editor, and Veste, Maik, editor

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2024
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7. Nontariff measures and production allocation decisions of cereal farmers in Ghana.

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Onumah, Edward E., Martey, Edward, and Brümmer, Bernhard

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SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC impact, ROBUST control, ECONOMIC development, ECONOMIC policy
Abstract

Using exogenous variation in trade shocks, this study examines the association between nontariff measures and cereal production allocation decisions among commercial farmers in Ghana. We study nontariff measures from both an extensive (experience of nontariff measures) and an intensive (cost of nontariff measures) perspective using a sample of 455 cereal farmers in Ghana. We employ the seemingly (un)related regression (SURE) and the inverse probability weighting with regression adjustment (IPWRA) to estimate the effect of nontariff measures on production allocation decisions. The result shows that nontariff measures are associated with lower cereal production and intensity of cereal commercialization but positively associated with the consumption of cereals. The results are robust after controlling for potential endogeneity using the Lewbel 2SLS. In addition, we find that our results are not likely to be driven by unobserved heterogeneity. We find evidence of consistent and robust estimates of nontariff measures when the IPWRA model is applied and compared to the SURE estimates. Overall, our study shows that nontariff measures can be a depressive pathway to cereal sustainable production and commercialization with associated policy implications for economic development [EconLit Citations: F1, F13, E23, Q13]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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15. Technical efficiency and farmland expansion: Evidence from oil palm smallholders in Indonesia

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Dalheimer, Bernhard, Kubitza, Christoph, Brümmer, Bernhard, Dalheimer, Bernhard, Kubitza, Christoph, and Brümmer, Bernhard

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This study asks whether innovation in smallholder production reduces or accelerates land expansion. Even though innovation in agriculture has reduced land expansion globally, rebound effects can occur locally and often at the expense of vital ecosystem functions. In contrast to other studies that investigate rebound effects in response to technological innovation, our study focuses on technical efficiency, the remaining component of total factor productivity. We use a short panel dataset from smallholder oil palm farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia, and develop a two-stage approach in which we estimate technical efficiency and determine its land expansion effect. Our findings suggest that technical efficiency and in particular land efficiency are low, indicating that 50% of the currently cultivated land could be spared. However, the land-sparing effect of increasing technical efficiency is at risk of being offset by about half due to a rebound effect. To maximize the conservation potential from increasing smallholder efficiency, policies need to simultaneously incentivize well-functioning land markets and stricter protection measures for land with high ecological value to mitigate local rebound effects.

Published
2022

18. Agribusinesses under siege: Firm-level innovation and productivity in adverse economic environments

Author

Rosero, Gabriel, Salguero, José, and Brümmer, Bernhard

Subjects
Corruption, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Firm-level, CDM, El Salvador, Insecurity, Agribusiness, Crime, Innovation, Productivity
Abstract

The role of agribusinesses can be crucial in improving a country’s economic growth, diversification of revenue sources and contributing to its overall development goals. Previous research has focused on innovation in the first step of the agricultural value chain. Despite that, the off-farm segments may have equal weight in the performance of the entire chain; the food and beverage branch alone represents around 40-70% of the value-added cost. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether firm-level innovation improves agribusinesses’ economic performance. Our analysis contributes to the current academic debate providing evidence of the agribusiness sector within a hostile business environment, a recurrent issue in several developing countries. We use the World Bank Enterprise Survey (2010, 2016) of El Salvador and follow a sequential Crépon-Duguet-Mairesse (CDM) approach. Our results suggest that investment in innovation activities and the potential innovation outcomes are determined by both specific firm characteristics and the surrounding hostile environment. The agribusiness sector has not expanded its overall production frontier, and the expenditures on insecurity mitigation outweigh the economic gains from innovation outputs.

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2022
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20. Role of Extension Services in Enhancing Efficiency of Market Oriented Dairy Farmers: An Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan.

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Ullah, Sami, Brümmer, Bernhard, and Ahmed, Umar Ijaz

Subjects
*DAIRY farmers, *DAIRY farms, *DISEASE management, *AGRICULTURAL extension work, *TECHNICAL information, *PREVENTIVE medicine
Abstract

Agricultural extension programmes are the main source of disseminating technical information to farmers which enhance their skills and in turn farm productivity. Livestock sector in the main sub sector of agriculture in Pakistan that contributes nearly 60% to agricultural value addition. In this study, we investigated the effects of extension services on market oriented dairy farms' technical efficiency in Pakistan. The data was collected from 345 dairy farmers of Punjab through field survey. By employing the stochastic frontier approach, it was found that on an average 85% dairy farms are technically efficient, indicating that output can be increased by 15% by enhancing the efficiency of the dairy farms. The study reveals that extension services enhance the technical efficiency of dairy farmers by imparting better management and disease control skills. Extended extension services are recommended, alongside quality training programmes and the provision of improved crossbred cattle and buffalos to ensure good quality breeds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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