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Homepage:	http://www.ifpri.cgiar.org/srstaff/benins.asp
Workplace:	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Africa cannot achieve the Malabo Declaration commitments: Statistical impossibility or logical fallacy
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
2. Making the CAADP BR forward looking: A decision support tool for transforming African agrifood systems
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3. Two decades after Maputo, What’s in the CAADP ten percent? Determinants and effects of the composition of government agriculture expenditure in Africa
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2022

4. Determinants of resilience for food and nutrition security in South Sudan
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2021

5. Effect of public investments on maize and cereal productivity
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
6. drivers of Africa’s agriculture transformation: A CAADP biennial review account
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2020

7. Improving data quality for the CAADP biennial review: a partnership initiative piloted in five countries
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
8. Political economy of national agricultural statistics: The case of Niger
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
9. The CAADP 2020 biennial review: Why many countries are off-track
   ReSAKSS issue notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2019

10. Ghana's 10 percent agriculture expenditure saga: Why reported expenditure shares are not what they seem
    ReSAKSS issue notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
11. Trends and composition of government expenditures on agriculture in Ghana, 1960-2015
    ReSAKSS issue notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2018

12. Government expenditures in Kenya, 1950–2014: Determinants and agricultural growth effects
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
13. Has IFPRI’s research decentralization strategy made a difference? An econometric study of African and Asian Countries, 1981–2014
    Impact assessments, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
14. The CAADP inaugural Biennial Review and Africa Agricultural Transformation Scorecard: Results and areas for improvement
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2017

15. The effects of a CAADP-compliant budget on poverty and inequality in Ghana
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2016

16. Agricultural productivity in Africa: Trends, patterns, and determinants
    IFPRI synopses, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (5)
17. Impacts of CAADP on Africa’s agricultural-led development
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
18. Returns to agricultural public spending in Ghana: Cocoa versus noncocoa subsector
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2015

19. After the ten percent: Moving agriculture in Ghana
    GSSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
20. Returns to agricultural public spending in Africa south of the Sahara
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (4)
21. TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE SOIL FERTILITY STRATEGY IN GHANA
    Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP) View citations (1)

2014

22. Aid effectiveness in Ghana: How’s the L’Aquila food security initiative doing?
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
23. Aid effectiveness: How is the L’Aquila food security initiative doing?
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
24. Exploring strategic priorities for regional agricultural research and development investments in southern Africa
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
25. Identifying agricultural expenditures within the public financial accounts and coding system in Ghana: Is the ten percent government agriculture expenditure overestimated?
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (8)
26. Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (5)

2013

27. Options and Priorities for Raising and Maintaining High Agricultural Productivity in Africa
    ReSAKSS issue notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
28. Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (10)
29. Trends in public agricultural expenditures in Africa
    ReSAKSS issue notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)

2012

30. Public Expenditures in Agriculture in Mozambique: What Investments are Required for Technical Change, and What Drives Investment Decisions?
    Mozambique Working Paper, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
31. Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies
    Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (52)
    See also Book Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies, IFPRI books, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2012) View citations (37) (2012)

2011

32. Impact of Uganda's National Agricultural Advisory Services program
    Research reports, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (7)

2010

33. Institutional and public expenditure review of GhanaÂ’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)

2009

34. Do external grants to district governments discourage own-revenue generation?: A look at local public finance dynamics in Ghana
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana, World Development, Elsevier (2012) View citations (39) (2012)
35. Policy Options for Improving Market Participation and Sales of Smallholder Livestock Producers: A case study of Ethiopia
    2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (12)
36. Public expenditure and institutional review: Ghana’s ministry of food and agriculture
    GSSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
37. Public expenditures and agricultural productivity growth in Ghana
    2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (35)
38. Setting priorities for public spending for agricultural and rural development in Africa
    Policy briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (13)

2008

39. Agricultural growth and investment options for poverty reduction in Malawi
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (25)
40. Agricultural growth and investment options for poverty reduction in Uganda
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (24)
41. Agricultural growth and investment options for poverty reduction in Zambia
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (24)
42. Estimating household income to monitor and evaluate public investment programs in Sub-Saharan Africa
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)
43. Market Institutions and Transaction Costs InfluencingTrader Performance in Live Animal Marketing in Rural Ethiopia
    Research Reports, International Livestock Research Institute View citations (3)
44. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
    IWMI Working Papers, International Water Management Institute View citations (3)
45. Reaching middle-income status in Ghana by 2015: Public expenditures and agricultural growth
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)

2007

46. Assessing the impact of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) in the Uganda rural livelihoods
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (12)
47. Benefit-cost analysis of Uganda’s clonal coffee replanting program: An ex-ante analysis
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
48. Reaching middle-income status in Ghana by 2015: What are the constraints and opportunities for raising agriculture productivity?
    GSSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)

2006

49. Determinants of change in household level of consumption and poverty in Uganda, 1992/93 - 1999/00
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
50. From "best practice" to "best fit": A framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services worldwide
    FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (18)
    Also in EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2006) View citations (15)
    DSGD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2006) View citations (22)
51. From "best practice" to "best fit": a framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services
    Research briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (44)
52. Land Markets and Agricultural Land Use Efficiency and Sustainability: Evidence from East Africa
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (4)
53. Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Eastern and Central Africa
    Research reports, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (25)
54. Trader Behaviour and Performance in Live Animal Marketing in Rural Ethiopian Markets
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2005

55. Livestock marketing in the Ethiopian highlands: Changesin structure and conduct since 1991 in
    Research Reports, International Livestock Research Institute
56. Trader behaviour and transactions costs in live animal marketing in Ethiopian highland markets
    Research Reports, International Livestock Research Institute View citations (1)

2003

57. Determinants of Cereal Diversity in Communities and on Household Farms of the Northern Ethiopian Highlands
    Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) View citations (7)
    Also in EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2003) View citations (2)
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2003) View citations (9)
58. THE DETERMINANTS OF CEREAL CROP DIVERSITY ON FARMS IN THE ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS
    2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (8)

2001

59. IMPACTS OF LAND RESDISTRIBUTION ON LAND MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (15)
60. Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian Highlands
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Ethiopian Highlands, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2001) View citations (38) (2001)

2000

61. Policies for Sustainable land management in the highlands of Ethiopia: Land Degradation in the highlands of Amhara region and strategies for sustainable land management
    Research Reports, International Livestock Research Institute View citations (6)

1999

62. ECONOMIES OF SCALE, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, AND THE DEMAND FOR FOOD: THE MISSING LINK
    1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Journal Articles

2015

1. Impact of Ghana's agricultural mechanization services center program
   Agricultural Economics, 2015, 46, (S1), 103-117 View citations (34)
2. Public Investments in and for Agriculture
   The European Journal of Development Research, 2015, 27, (3), 337-352 View citations (28)

2012

3. Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana
   World Development, 2012, 40, (5), 1054-1067 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper Do external grants to district governments discourage own-revenue generation?: A look at local public finance dynamics in Ghana, IFPRI discussion papers (2009) View citations (6) (2009)
4. Impact of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (Naads) program of Uganda: Considering Different Levels of Likely Contamination with the Treatment
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2012, 94, (2), 386-392 View citations (4)

2011

5. Returns to spending on agricultural extension: the case of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) program of Uganda
   Agricultural Economics, 2011, 42, (2), 249-267 View citations (43)

2008

6. Market Institutions and Transaction Costs Influencing Trader Performance in Live Animal Marketing in Rural Ethiopian Markets
   Journal of African Economies, 2008, 17, (5), 747-764 View citations (4)

2006

7. Collective action in community management of grazing lands: the case of the highlands of northern Ethiopia
   Environment and Development Economics, 2006, 11, (1), 127-149 View citations (5)

2005

8. Development of Land Rental Markets and Agricultural Productivity Growth: The Case of Northern Ethiopia
   Journal of African Economies, 2005, 14, (1), 21-54 View citations (23)

2004

9. Policies Affecting Changes in Ownership of Livestock and Use of Feed Resources in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia
   Journal of African Economies, 2004, 13, (1), 166-194 View citations (3)
10. The economic determinants of cereal crop diversity on farms in the Ethiopian highlands
    Agricultural Economics, 2004, 31, (2-3), 197-208 View citations (78)

2003

11. Policies for Livestock Development in the Ethiopian Highlands
    Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2003, 5, (3), 491-510 View citations (7)

2002

12. Measurement and sources of technical efficiency of land tenure contracts in Ethiopia
    Environment and Development Economics, 2002, 7, (3), 507-527 View citations (24)

2001

13. Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Ethiopian Highlands
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001, 83, (5), 1231-1240 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian Highlands, EPTD discussion papers (2001) View citations (38) (2001)

Books

2012

1. Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies
   IFPRI books, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (37)
   See also Working Paper Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies, Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2012) View citations (52) (2012)

Edited books

2016

1. Agricultural productivity in Africa: Trends, patterns, and determinants
   IFPRI books, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (8)

Chapters

2025

1. Regional developments: Africa [in 2025 GFPR]
   Chapter 19 in Global food policy report 2025: Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world, 2025-05-28, pp 471-486

2024

2. Regional developments [in 2024 Global Food Policy Report]
   Chapter 9 in Global food policy report 2024: Food systems for healthy diets and nutrition, 2024-05-29, pp 82-119

2023

3. Regional developments [in 2023 Global Food Policy Report]
   Chapter 8 in Global food policy report 2023: Rethinking food crisis responses, 2023, pp 82-116

2022

4. Regional developments [in 2022 Global Food Policy Report]
   Chapter 13 in 2022 Global food policy report: Climate change and food systems, 2022, pp 114-145

2021

5. Regional developments [in 2021 Global Food Policy Report]
   Chapter 7 in 2021 Global food policy report: Transforming food systems after COVID-19, 2021, pp 74-105

2019

6. Public expenditure on agriculture and its impact
   Chapter 7 in Ghana’s economic and agricultural transformation: Past performance and future prospects, 2019

2018

7. Micro-econometric and Micro-Macro Linked Models: Impact of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) Program of Uganda—Considering Different Levels of Likely Contamination with the Treatment
   Springer
8. Tracking key CAADP indicators and implementation processes [In the 2017-2018 ATOR]
   Chapter 12 in ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report, 2018, pp 161-177

2007

9. Livestock Productivity in Developing Countries: An Assessment
   Elsevier View citations (17)