Land productivity studies
These studies have investigated the following issues:
- How do land reforms affect land productivity?
- Do land markets lead to more efficient land use?
- Are female farmers as productive as male farmers?
- How is caste discrimination affecting land productivity?
- How does land degradation and land conservation affect land productivity?
- How does poverty affect land degradation and investment in conservation?
- How does tenure insecurity affect investment in land and land productivity?
- How do factor market imperfections affect land productivity and the relationship between farm size and land productivity?
- How does climate risk affect land productivity and incentives to intensify production?
Papers:
Katengeza, S. P. Holden, S. T. (2021). Productivity impact of drought tolerant maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi: A continuous treatment approach. Agricultural Economics 52 (1), 157-171. Link
Holden, S. T. (2018). Fertilizer and Sustainable Intensification in Africa. CLTS Working Paper No. 1/2018. Centre for Land Tenure Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway. Link
Holden, S. T. and Quiggin, J. (2017). Climate risk and state-contingent technology adoption: shocks, drought tolerance and preferences. European Review of Agricultural Economics 44 (2): 285–308. doi: 10.1093/erae/jbw016. Link
Holden, S. T. and Quiggin, J. (2017). Probability Weighting and Input Use Intensity in a State-Contingent Framework. CLTS Working Paper No. 8/2017. Centre for Land Tenure Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway. Link
Bezabih, M., Holden, S. T. and Mannberg, A. (2016). The Role of Land Certification in Reducing Gaps in Productivity between Male- and Female-Owned Farms in Rural Ethiopia. Journal of Development Studies 52(3): 360–376. Link
Holden, S. T. and Fisher, M. (2015). Subsidies promote use of drought tolerant maize varieties despite variable yield performance under smallholder environments in Malawi. Food Security 7(6): 1225-1238. Link
Ghebru, H. and Holden, S.T. (2015). Technical Efficiency and Productivity Differential Effects of Land Right Certification: A Quasi-Experimental Evidence. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 54 (1): 1-31. Link
Holden, S. T. and O’Donnell, C. J. (2015). Maize Productivity and Input Subsidies in Malawi: A State-Contingent Stochastic Production Frontier Approach. School of Economics and Business Working Paper No. 2/2015. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway. Link
Ghebru, H. and Holden, S. T. (2014). Reverse-Share-Tenancy and Agricultural Efficiency: Farm-Level Evidence from Ethiopia. Journal of African Economies. doi: 10.1093/jae/eju024 Link
Holden, S. T. and Fisher, M. (2013). Can area measurement error explain the inverse farm size productivity relationship?CLTS Working Paper No. 12/2013. Center for Land Tenure Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway.
Holden, S. T. and Mangisoni, J. (2013). Input subsidies and improved maize varieties in Malawi: - What can we learn from the impacts in a drought year? CLTS Working Paper No. 7/2013. Centre for Land Tenure Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway. Link
Holden, S. T. (2013). Amazing maize in Malawi: Input subsidies, factor productivity and land use intensification. CLTS Working Paper No. 4/2013. Centre for Land Tenure Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway. Link
Aryal, J. and Holden, S. T. (2010). Caste, Marshallian Inefficiency, and the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship. Paper under revision for Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Holden, S. T. and Lunduka, R. (2010). Too Poor to be Efficient? Impacts of the Targeted Fertilizer Subsidy Program in Malawi on Farm Plot Level Input Use, Crop Choice and Land Productivity. Report to NORAD. Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås. Link to paper. Link to blog briefs.
Holden, S. T., Deininger, K. and Ghebru, H. (2009). Impacts of Low-cost Land Certification on Investment and Productivity. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91 (2):359-373. Abstract
Holden, S. T. and Bezabih, M. (2008). Gender and Land Productivity on Rented Out Land: Evidence from Ethiopia. In Holden, S. T., Otsuka, K. and Place, F. (Eds.). The Emergence of Land Markets in Africa: Impacts on Poverty and Efficiency. Resources For the Future Press, Washington D.C. Paper
Bezabih, M. and Holden, S. T. (2008). Contract Renewal and Tenure Insecurity in Explaining Productivity Differentials between Female- and Male-owned Farms. Paper presented at the Nordic Development Economics Conference at Oscarsborg, Drøbak, 18-19 June, 2009. Paper
Kassie, M. and Holden, S. T. (2007). Sharecropping Efficiency in Ethiopia: Threats of Eviction and Kinship. Agricultural Economics 37:179-185. Abstract
Holden, S. T. and Yohannes, H. (2002). Land Redistribution, Tenure Insecurity and Input Intensity: A Study of Farm Households in Southern Ethiopia. Land Economic 78, 4 (October 2002), 573-590. Abstract
Shiferaw, B. and Holden, S. T. (2001). Farm Level Benefits to Investments for Mitigating Land Degradation: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia. Environment and Development Economics 6: 335-358. Abstract
Holden, S. T., Shiferaw, B. and Pender, J. (2001). Market Imperfections and Land Productivity in the Ethiopian Highlands. Journal of Agricultural Economics 52 (3): 62-79. Abstract. Paper
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