February 2017

Off-farm participation decision and its impact on crop yield in Northern Ethiopia

One of the most important facets of off-farm activities is providing employment opportunities and additional income for rural households and thereby accommodates the seasonal and fluctuating agricultural production. Given this, identifying the underlying determinants of off-farm participation and its impact on crop yield was found to be of the essence. Cross sectional data was collected through structured questionnaire...

Author(s): Berihun Kassa, Bihon Kassa and Kibrom Aregawi

February 2017

Land fragmentation, agricultural productivity and implications for agricultural investments in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) region, Tanzania

There are polarized evidences of the impact of agricultural land fragmentation on land productivity. On the one hand there viewpoints which consider land fragmentation to harm agricultural productivity. On the other hand there are counter thoughts which view land fragmentation as a positive situation which allows farmers to cultivate many environmental zones, minimise production risk and optimise the schedule for...

Author(s): Reuben M. J. Kadigi, Japhet J. Kashaigili, Agnes Sirima, Felix Kamau, Anna Sikira and Winfred Mbungu