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Working Papers

2012

1. A meta-analysis of the response of calorie demand to income changes
   2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)
2. Organic Certification, Agro-Ecological Practices and Return on Investment: Farm Level Evidence from Ghana
   Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
3. Supply Response of Export Crops in Zambia: The Case of Coffee
   Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
4. Using Choice Experiments to Measure Consumers’ Preferences for Functional Dairy Products in Germany: Are Willingness-To-Pay Estimates Affected by Starting Point Bias?
   86th Annual Conference, April 16-18, 2012, Warwick University, Coventry, UK, Agricultural Economics Society
5. Willingness-To-Pay for Functional Dairy Products and the Influence of Starting Point Bias: Empirical Evidence for Germany
   2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2011

6. Determinants and Welfare Impacts of Export Crop Cultivation - Empirical Evidence from Ghana
   2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)

2009

7. Contributions of Social Capital Theory in Predicting Collective Action Behavior among Livestock Keeping Communities in Kenya
   2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (2)
8. Food Aid Allocation Policies: Donor Coordination and Responsiveness to the Needs of Recipient Countries
   2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists
9. Joint Adoption of Safer Irrigation Technologies under Uncertainty: Evidence from Ghana
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
10. Nonfarm Employment and Poverty Reduction in Rural Ghana: A Propensity-Score Matching Analysis
    2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists
11. The Impact of Trade and Economic Growth on the Environment: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence
    Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

2008

12. New Empirical Evidence for the Impact of Trade and Economic Growth on the Environment
    DEGIT Conference Papers, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade
13. Property rights and investment in agriculture: Evidence for Ghana
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
14. The Adoption of Water Conservation and Intensification Technologies and Farm Income: A Propensity Score Analysis for Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana
    2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)

2007

15. The Diffusion of New Agricultural Technologies: The Case of Crossbreeding Technology in Tanzania
    Staff General Research Papers, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (23)

2006

16. Contribution of Economics to Design of Sustainable Cattle Breeding Programs in Eastern Africa: A Choice Experiment Approach
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists
17. Empirical Analysis of Price Setting and Quantity Surcharges in the German Food Sector
    2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2005

18. Achieving regional growth dynamics in African agriculture
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (4)
19. Assessment of Farmer Preferences for Cattle Traits in Cattle Production Systems of Kenya
    2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, European Association of Agricultural Economists
20. Water Saving Technology in Chinese Rice Production - Evidence from Survey Data
    2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (4)

2004

21. Food aid for market development in Sub-Saharan Africa
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (5)

2002

22. Does Income Really Matter? Nonparametric and Parametric Estimates of the Demand for Calories in Tanzania
    2002 International Congress, August 28-31, 2002, Zaragoza, Spain, European Association of Agricultural Economists

2000

23. Structural Adjustment and Economic Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana
    Staff General Research Papers, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2000)

1999

24. An empirical investigation of short and long-run agricultural wage formation in Ghana
    MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Development Studies (2000)

1998

25. An Examination of Profit Inefficiency of Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana
    Staff General Research Papers, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Impacts of tenancy arrangements on investment and efficiency: evidence from Pakistan
   Agricultural Economics, 2012, 43, 85-97

2011

2. Adoption of safer irrigation technologies and cropping patterns: Evidence from Southern Ghana
   Ecological Economics, 2011, 70, (7), 1415-1423 View citations (1)
3. Heteroscedastic hedonic price model for cattle in the rural markets of central Ethiopia
   Applied Economics, 2011, 43, (24), 3459-3464
4. Land tenure differences and investment in land improvement measures: Theoretical and empirical analyses
   Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 96, (1), 66-78 View citations (1)
5. Non-farm work and food security among farm households in Northern Ghana
   Food Policy, 2011, 36, (2), 108-118 View citations (3)

2010

6. Food aid allocation policies: coordination and responsiveness to recipient country needs
   Agricultural Economics, 2010, 41, (3-4), 319-327 View citations (1)
7. Socio-economic characteristics and obesity in underdeveloped economies: does income really matter?
   Applied Economics, 2010, 42, (2), 157-169 View citations (3)
8. The Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton and Poverty Reduction in Pakistan
   Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 61, (1), 175-192 View citations (12)
9. The Impact of Improved Maize Varieties on Poverty in Mexico: A Propensity Score-Matching Approach
   World Development, 2010, 38, (7), 1024-1035 View citations (15)

2009

10. Choice of Coordination Mechanism in the Kenyan Fresh Milk Supply Chain
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 31, (1), 103-121 View citations (3)
11. Empirical investigation of price setting and quantity surcharges in the German food sector
    Agribusiness, 2009, 25, (3), 331-350 View citations (1)
12. The impact of water conservation and intensification technologies: empirical evidence for rice farmers in Ghana
    Agricultural Economics, 2009, 40, (3), 365-379 View citations (6)
13. Valuing Traits of Indigenous Cows in Central Ethiopia
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 60, (2), 386-401

2008

14. Joint estimation of information acquisition and adoption of new technologies under uncertainty
    Journal of International Development, 2008, 20, (4), 437-451 View citations (2)

2007

15. Estimating technical efficiency under unobserved heterogeneity with stochastic frontier models: application to northern German dairy farms
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 34, (3), 393-416 View citations (13)

2006

16. Leveraging regional growth dynamics in African agriculture
    African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2006, 01, (1) View citations (2)
17. Slash-and-burn cultivation practice and agricultural input demand and output supply
    Environment and Development Economics, 2006, 11, (02), 201-220 View citations (2)

2005

18. Does food aid Really have disincentive effects? New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
    World Development, 2005, 33, (10), 1689-1704 View citations (19)
19. The Diffusion of New Agricultural Technologies: The Case of Crossbred-Cow Technology in Tanzania
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 87, (3), 645-659 View citations (19)

2004

20. A cross-section analysis of household demand for food and nutrients in Tanzania
    Agricultural Economics, 2004, 31, (1), 67-79 View citations (21)
21. Nonparametric and parametric analysis of calorie consumption in Tanzania
    Food Policy, 2004, 29, (2), 113-129 View citations (13)

2003

22. Economies of Scale and the Demand for Food in Switzerland: Parametric and Non-Parametric Analysis
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 54, (2), 247-267 View citations (1)

2002

23. Household Demand for Food in Switzerland. A Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System
    Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2002, 138, (I), 1-18 View citations (6)
24. Using threshold cointegration to estimate asymmetric price transmission in the Swiss pork market
    Applied Economics, 2002, 34, (6), 679-687 View citations (30)

2001

25. Determinants of income diversification amongst rural households in Southern Mali
    Food Policy, 2001, 26, (4), 437-452 View citations (19)
26. Technical efficiency during economic reform in Nicaragua: evidence from farm household survey data
    Economic Systems, 2001, 25, (2), 113-125 View citations (8)

2000

27. An Empirical Investigation of Short- and Long-run Agricultural Wage Formation in Ghana
    Oxford Development Studies, 2000, 28, (2), 169-185 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
28. Estimating labor supply of farm households under nonseparability: empirical evidence from Nepal
    Agricultural Economics, 2000, 22, (3), 309-320 View citations (11)
29. Spatial price transmission and asymmetry in the Ghanaian maize market
    Journal of Development Economics, 2000, 63, (2), 327-349 View citations (42)
30. Structural Adjustment and Economic Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2000, 48, (3), 503-20 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

1999

31. Determinants of Nonfarm Earnings of Farm-Based Husbands and Wives in Northern Ghana
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1999, 81, (1), 117-130 View citations (34)
32. Household Food Demand Analysis in India
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1999, 50, (2), 316-327 View citations (7)

1995

33. Ghana under structural adjustment: The impact on agriculture and the rural poor: Alexander Sarris and Hadi Shams. New York University Press, New York, 1991, xxiv + 228 pp., US$29.95, ISBN 9-2907-2001-8
    Agricultural Economics, 1995, 13, (1), 66-68
34. The Impacts of Agricultural Price Policy on Cocoa Supply in Ghana: An Error Correction Estimation
    Journal of African Economies, 1995, 4, (3), 315-35 View citations (5)

1992

35. Intraregional trade in West Africa: Impacts of Ghana's cocoa exports and economic growth
    Food Policy, 1992, 17, (4), 277-286