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Working Papers

2018

1. Accounting for the Impacts of Changing Configurations in Temperature and Precipitation on U.S. Agricultural Productivity
   2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists
2. Are users of market information efficient? A stochastic production frontier model corrected by sample selection
   2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2017

3. Are Natural Resource Management Programs Beneficial? Evidence from the POSAF-II case in Nicaragua
   2017 International Congress, August 28-September 1, 2017, Parma, Italy, European Association of Agricultural Economists
4. Land Consolidation, Productivity and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from a Cross Section of Farm Households in China
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2016

5. Climatic Variability and Irrigation Water Efficiency in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of the 1987-2012 Period
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
6. Impact Evaluation of the Brazilian crop insurance public program “Proagro Mais”
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
7. Measuring agricultural water productivity using a partial factor productivity approach
   2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)
8. Production efficiency and commercialization channels among small-scale farmers: Evidence for raspberry production in Central Chile
   2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (3)
9. THE SUSTAINABILITY OF FARMER-LED MULTIPLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF HIGH-YIELD AND DISEASE RESISTANT GROUNDNUT VARIETIES
   Zwick Center Research Reports, University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy
10. THE SUSTAINABILITY OF PROJECT OUTCOMES FROM FARMER-LED DISSEMINATION OF HIGH-YIELDING GROUNDNUT ROSETTE DISEASE RESISTANT GROUNDNUT VARIETIES
    2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)
11. The Farm Size-Productivity Relationship: A Conceptual Review with Empirical Evidence from three African Countries
    2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2015

12. Adaptation and Adoption of Improved Seeds through Extension: Evidence from Farmer-Led Groundnut Multiplication in Uganda
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
13. Agricultural Productivity Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): An analysis of Climatic Effects, Convergence, and Catch-up
    2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)
14. Agricultural Productivity Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and Other World Regions: An Analysis of Climatic Effects, Convergence and Catch-up
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy (2015)
15. Water and Farm Efficiency: Insights from the Frontier Literature
    2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (2)

2014

16. A Bayesian Approach to Analyzing the Economic Costs of Environmental Regulation in U.S. Dairy Farming
    Working Papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy View citations (1)
17. FROM COLD TO HOT: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF CLIMATIC EFFECTS ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF WISCONSIN DAIRY FARMS
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2013

18. An Economic Analysis of Wine Grape Production in the State of Connecticut
    Outreach Reports, University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy
    Also in Outreach Reports, University of Connecticut, *Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy (2013)
19. Groundnut Production and Climatic Variability: Evidence from Uganda
    Working Paper series, University of Connecticut, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy (2013) View citations (1)
20. Productivity Gaps Among Smallholder Groundnut Farmers: A Comparative Analysis for Uganda and Kenya
    2013 Fourth International Conference, September 22-25, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)
21. The Cost of Producing Milk in Connecticut: An Overview
    Outreach Reports, University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy
    Also in Outreach Reports, University of Connecticut, *Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy (2013)

2012

22. Natural Resource Conservation and Technical Efficiency from Small-scale Farmers in Central Chile
    2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)
23. Productivity and Subsidies in the European Union: An Analysis for Dairy Farms Using Input Distance Frontiers
    2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (8)
24. THE ANNUAL COST OF PRODUCING MILK IN CONNECTICUT: ESTIMATES FOR 2011
    Zwick Center Research Reports, University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy View citations (2)
25. Total Factor Productivity Change in Dairy Production in Southern Chile: Is Farm Size Significant?
    2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)

2011

26. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND OFF-FARM LABOR DECISIONS BY HEADS AND SPOUSES IN NICARAGUA: A SEMIPARAMETRIC ANALYSIS USING PANEL DATA
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
27. Productivity and Subsidies in European Union Countries: An Analysis for Dairy Farms Using Input Distance Frontiers
    2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (25)

2010

28. A Farm Level Analysis of the Economic Impact of the MARENA Program in Honduras
    2010 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (2)

2007

29. On-Site Costs and Benefits of Soil Conservation Among Hillside Farmers in El Salvador
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (3)

2006

30. Adoption of Soil Conservation Technologies in El Salvador: A Cross-Section and Over-Time Analysis
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (5)
31. Output Diversification among Small-Scale Hillside Farmers in El Salvador
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
32. Soil Conservation and Technical Efficiency Among Hillside Farmers in Central America: A Switching Regression Model
    Efficiency Series Papers, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Soil conservation and technical efficiency among hillside farmers in Central America: a switching regression model, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (2007) View citations (33) (2007)
33. THE EFFECT OF SOIL CONSERVATION ON TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY: EVIDENCE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA
    2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
34. Technical Efficiency and Adoption of Soil Conservation in El Salvador and Honduras
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)

2005

35. Technical Efficiency in Farming: A Meta-regression analysis
    Efficiency Series Papers, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG)
    See also Journal Article Technical efficiency in farming: a meta-regression analysis, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer (2007) View citations (201) (2007)

2004

36. FARM BENEFITS AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROJECTS IN HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2003

37. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM LOW INPUT FARMING IN ARGENTINA
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
38. RATES OF RETURN TO PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION: EVIDENCE FROM TWO FARM MANAGEMENT CENTERS IN EL SALVADOR
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2002

39. A Meta-Analysis of Technical Efficiency in Farming: A Multi-Country Perspective
    13th Congress, Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 7-12, 2002, International Farm Management Association

1996

40. Technical efficiency measures for dairy farms using panel data: a comparison of alternative model specifications
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (65)

1995

41. An econometric decomposition of dairy output growth
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article An Econometric Decomposition of Dairy Output Growth, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (1995) View citations (34) (1995)

1993

42. Factor Substitution in Dairy Farming: A Comparison of Allen and Morishima Elasticities
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

1992

43. Effect of Imports on US Prices for Fresh Apples
    1992 Occasional Paper Series No. 6, International Association of Agricultural Economists

1990

44. Fixed Effects and Stochastic Frontier Estimates of Firm-Level Technical Efficiency
    1990 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Vancouver, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

1989

45. Determinants of Rural-to-Urban Labour Movements in Mexico: Household Perspective
    1989 Occasional Paper Series No. 5, International Association of Agricultural Economists

1987

46. TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY MEASURES FOR NEW ENGLAND DAIRY FARMS BASED ON A DETERMINISTIC STATISTICAL PRODUCTION FRONTIER
    1987 Annual Meeting, August 2-5, East Lansing, Michigan, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

1985

47. ESTIMATES OF COBB-DOUGLAS AND TRANSLOG PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS FOR MILK
    1985 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Ames, Iowa, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

1984

48. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF ECONOMIES OF SIZE IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
    1984 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, Ithaca, New York, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
49. TAX POLICY AND INVARIANT ASSET VALUATIONS UNDER INFLATION
    1984 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, Ithaca, New York, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

1981

50. IMPACT OF SELECTED FEDERAL TAX PROVISIONS ON THE GROWTH OF TWO CASH-GRAIN FARMS DIFFERING IN SIZE
    1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

1980

51. E,V FRONTIER ANALYSIS USING TOTAL AND RANDOM VARIANCE AS MEASURES OF RISK
    1980 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Journal Articles

2018

1. Adoption of High-Yielding Groundnut Varieties: The Sustainability of a Farmer-Led Multiplication-Dissemination Program in Eastern Uganda
   Sustainability, 2018, 10, (5), 1-21 View citations (2)
2. The impact of agri-business skills training in Zimbabwe: an evaluation of the Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE) programme
   Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2018, 10, (3), 373-391 View citations (5)

2017

3. Agricultural productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean in the presence of unobserved heterogeneity and climatic effects
   Climatic Change, 2017, 143, (3), 445-460 View citations (20)
4. Assessing the sensitivity of matching algorithms: The case of a natural resource management programme in Honduras
   Studies in Agricultural Economics, 2017, 119, (2)
5. Natural Resource Management and Household Well-being: The Case of POSAF-II in Nicaragua
   World Development, 2017, 99, (C), 42-59 View citations (5)
6. Productivity effects and natural resource management: econometric evidence from POSAF‐II in Nicaragua
   Natural Resources Forum, 2017, 41, (4), 220-233 View citations (10)
7. Subsidies and Technical Efficiency in Agriculture: Evidence from European Dairy Farms
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, 99, (3), 783-799 View citations (70)
8. Technical Efficiency and Marketing Channels Among Small-Scale Farmers: Evidence for Raspberry Production in Chile
   International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2017, 21, (3)
9. The Impact of Climatic Change Adaptation on Agricultural Productivity in Central Chile: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach
   Sustainability, 2017, 9, (9), 1-16 View citations (9)

2016

10. Alternative Policies to Address Emissions in U.S. Dairy Farming
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2016, 31, (4), 7 View citations (1)
11. CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND USE IN SOUTHEASTERN U.S.: DID THE “DUMB FARMER” GET IT WRONG?
    Climate Change Economics (CCE), 2016, 07, (03), 1-35 View citations (2)
12. Productivity gaps among groundnut farmers in Kenya and Uganda: A stochastic production frontier analysis
    African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2016, 11, (2), 16 View citations (2)
13. The Good and the Bad: Environmental Efficiency in Northeastern U.S. Dairy Farming
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2016, 45, (1), 22-43 View citations (8)

2015

14. Modern Rice Technologies and Productivity in the Philippines: Disentangling Technology from Managerial Gaps
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 66, (1), 129-154 View citations (58)
15. The Economic Costs of Environmental Regulation in U.S. Dairy Farming: A Directional Distance Function Approach
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 97, (4), 1087-1106 View citations (25)

2014

16. Effects of social network factors on information acquisition and adoption of improved groundnut varieties: the case of Uganda and Kenya
    Agriculture and Human Values, 2014, 31, (3), 339-353 View citations (30)
17. Stochastic frontiers, productivity effects and development projects
    Economics and Business Letters, 2014, 3, (1), 51-58 View citations (7)
18. The adoption of agriculturalinputs by samllholder farmers: the case of an improved groundnut seed and chemical fertilizer in the Senegalese groundnut basin
    Journal of Developing Areas, 2014, 48, (1), 61-82 View citations (3)
19. The impact of high value markets on smallholder productivity in the Ecuadorean Sierra: A Stochastic Production Frontier approach correcting for selectivity bias
    Food Policy, 2014, 44, (C), 237-247 View citations (31)

2013

20. Dairy productivity and climatic conditions: econometric evidence from South-eastern United States
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013, 57, (1), 123-140 View citations (20)
    Also in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013, 57, (1), 18 (2013) View citations (12)

2012

21. Adoption of water conservation practices: A socioeconomic analysis of small-scale farmers in Central Chile
    Agricultural Systems, 2012, 110, (C), 54-62 View citations (33)
22. Technical efficiency analysis correcting for biases from observed and unobserved variables: an application to a natural resource management project
    Empirical Economics, 2012, 43, (1), 55-72 View citations (65)

2011

23. Adoption of chemical fertilizer by smallholder farmers in the peanut basin of Senegal
    African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011, 06, (1), 17 View citations (5)
24. The Economic Impact of Marena’s Investments on Sustainable Agricultural Systems in Honduras
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2011, 62, (2), 429-448 View citations (23)

2010

25. Technical efficiency and metatechnology ratios for dairy farms in three southern cone countries: a stochastic meta-frontier model
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2010, 33, (1), 33-45 View citations (55)

2009

26. Adopción de prácticas de conservación de suelos, en la pequeña agricultura de Chile Central
    Economi­a Agraria (Revista Economia Agraria), 2009, 13, 12
27. Technical Efficiency among Peasant Farmers Participating in Natural Resource Management Programmes in Central America
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 60, (1), 202-219 View citations (49)

2007

28. Soil conservation and technical efficiency among hillside farmers in Central America: a switching regression model
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2007, 51, (4), 20 View citations (33)
    Also in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2007, 51, (4), 491-510 (2007) View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper Soil Conservation and Technical Efficiency Among Hillside Farmers in Central America: A Switching Regression Model, Efficiency Series Papers (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
29. Technical efficiency in farming: a meta-regression analysis
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2007, 27, (1), 57-72 View citations (201)
    See also Working Paper Technical Efficiency in Farming: A Meta-regression analysis, Efficiency Series Papers (2005) (2005)

2006

30. Multi-output Technical Efficiency for Argentinean Dairy Farms Using Stochastic Production and Stochastic Distance Frontiers with Unbalanced Panel Data
    Economi­a Agraria (Revista Economia Agraria), 2006, 10, 10 View citations (2)
31. The impact of soil conservation and output diversification on farm income in Central American hillside farming
    Agricultural Economics, 2006, 35, (3), 267-276 View citations (28)

2004

32. An Economic Analysis of Agricultural Production in Senegal: A Case Study of the Thiès and Diourbel Regions
    Journal of Developing Societies, 2004, 20, (1-2), 3-19 View citations (2)
33. Productividad total de los factores en la agricultura chilena: 1961-1996
    Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales, 2004, 04, (08), 12 View citations (3)

2002

34. Research, Extension, and Information: Key Inputs in Agricultural Productivity Growth
    The Pakistan Development Review, 2002, 41, (4), 443-473 View citations (2)

2001

35. Technical efficiency in developing country agriculture: a meta-analysis
    Agricultural Economics, 2001, 25, (2-3), 235-243 View citations (110)

1998

36. A Growth Accounting Analysis of Cost Efficiency in Milk Production for Six Northern States in the United States
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 1998, 46, (3), 287-296 View citations (1)

1995

37. An Econometric Decomposition of Dairy Output Growth
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1995, 77, (4), 914-921 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper An econometric decomposition of dairy output growth, MPRA Paper (1995) View citations (39) (1995)

1994

38. Efficiency in agricultural production: The case of peasant farmers in eastern Paraguay
    Agricultural Economics, 1994, 10, (1), 27-37 View citations (114)

1993

39. EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRY AGRICULTURE: A REVIEW OF THE FRONTIER FUNCTION LITERATURE
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 1993, 22, (1), 14 View citations (154)
    Also in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 1993, 22, (1), 88-101 (1993) View citations (155)

1992

40. Financial performance of New England dairy farms
    Agribusiness, 1992, 8, (1), 47-56 View citations (5)

1991

41. Dairy Farm Efficiency Measurement Using Stochastic Frontiers and Neoclassical Duality
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, 73, (2), 421-428 View citations (87)

1990

42. ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION FRONTIER METHODOLOGIES AND DAIRY FARM EFFICIENCY
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1990, 41, (2), 215-226 View citations (39)

1988

43. Socioeconomic and Technical Characteristics of New England Dairy Cooperative Members and Nonmembers
    Journal of Agricultural Cooperation, 1988, 03, 16 View citations (7)

1986

44. A LINEAR PROGRAMMING ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIES OF SIZE AND PROFITABILITY IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
    Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1986, 15, (2), 9 View citations (1)
45. Technical Efficiency Measures for Dairy Farms Based on a Probabilistic Frontler Function Model
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 1986, 34, (3), 399-415 View citations (20)

1983

46. A Capital Budgeting Analysis of Electricity Generation on Egg Farms
    Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, 1983, 12, (1), 8
47. Distortions Imposed By Inflation on Historical-Cost Depreciation
    Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, 1983, 12, (1), 8
48. Non-Parametric Measures of Technical Efficiency in Milk Production
    Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, 1983, 12, (2), 8 View citations (2)

1981

49. Economic Evaluation of Biogas-to-Electricity Systems on Cage Layer Operations
    Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, 1981, 10, (2), 6