Abdulai, Awudu, Tietje, Hendrik
This article uses panel data estimation techniques to examine technical efficiency of individual dairy farms in northern Germany. To the extent that agricultural production is characterised by...
Reist-Marti, Sabine B, Abdulai, Awudu, Simianer, Henner
Abstract Although funds for livestock conservation are limited there is little known about the optimal allocation of conservation funds. A new algorithm was used to allocate Mio US$ 1, 2, 3, 5 or...
Food aid for market development in sub-Saharan Africa (2004)
Awudu Abdulai, Awudu Abdulai, Christopher B. Barrett, Christopher B. Barrett, Peter Hazell, Peter Hazell
DSGD Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Contact Diana Flores, Awudu Abdulai, Christopher L. Delgado
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This paper presents an empirical investigation of the supply of cocoa in Ghana. The error correction model which avoids the familiar partial adjustment model's unrealistic assumption of a fixed...
The impacts of policy environment on rural-urban linkages [microform] : the case of Ghana / (1994)
Thesis (doctoral)--Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1994.
Achieving regional growth dynamics in African agriculture
Abdulai, Awudu, Diao, Xinshen, Johnson, Michael
"This study focuses on public investments and policy reforms for leveraging growth spillovers at the African regional level. A conceptual framework that is built on the endogenous growth theory and...
An empirical investigation of short and long-run agricultural wage formation in Ghana
Abdulai, Awudu, Delgado, Christopher L.
This paper investigates empirically the factors that influence real agricultural wage rates in Ghana, based on 1957 to 1991 data. The Johansen cointegration framework is used to examine long-run...
Slash-and-burn cultivation practice and agricultural input demand and output supply
ABDULAI, AWUDU, BINDER, CLAUDIA R.
This study uses an endogenous switching-regression model to examine the impact of slash-and-burn cultivation practice on the application of commercial fertilizer and pesticides, as well as yields and...
Measuring Heterogeneous Preferences for Cattle Traits among Cattle-Keeping Households in East Africa
Emily Ouma, Awudu Abdulai, Adam Drucker
This study employs mixed logit and latent class models to examine preferences for cattle traits with a focus on heterogeneity among cattle keepers, using choice experiment data of 506 cattle-keeping...
The Diffusion of New Agricultural Technologies: The Case of Crossbred-Cow Technology in Tanzania
Awudu Abdulai, Wallace E. Huffman
The recent literature on agricultural technology adoption shows that diffusion of new technologies varies significantly across space and time. Furthermore, puzzles exist about why some seemingly...
Food aid for market development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abdulai, Awudu, Barrett, Christopher B., Hazell, Peter
"Food aid remains significant for food availability in many low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa, helping to reduce the gap between food consumption needs and supply from domestic production...
Using Threshold Cointegration to Estimate Asymmetric Price Transmission in the Swiss Pork Market.
This paper employs threshold cointegration tests that allow for asymmetric adjustment towards a long-run equilibrium relationship to examine the relationship between producer and retail pork prices...
The Impacts of Agricultural Price Policy on Cocoa Supply in Ghana: An Error Correction Estimation.
This paper presents an empirical investigation of the supply of cocoa in Ghana. The error correction model which avoids the familiar partial adjustment model's unrealistic assumption of a fixed...
An Empirical Investigation of Short- and Long-run Agricultural Wage Formation in Ghana
Awudu Abdulai, Christopher Delgado
This paper investigates the factors that influence real agricultural wage rates in Ghana, a critical issue in that country for promoting successful macroeconomic adjustment to structural changes in...
Household Demand for Food in Switzerland. A Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System
In this paper we estimate a complete demand system for Switzerland, with emphasis on food demand, using a recent household expenditure survey. The Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) is...
Faltermeier, Liane, Abdulai, Awudu
This study uses cross-sectional data of 342 small-scale lowland rice farmers in Northern Region of Ghana to analyze the impact of the adoption decision of bund construction and seed dibbling on net...
Empirical Analysis of Price Setting and Quantity Surcharges in the German Food Sector
Schmitz, Silke, Abdulai, Awudu
This study examined the incidence and determinants of quantity price discounts and quantity price surcharges in the German food sector through a bivariate probit, using recent consumer scanner survey...
Assessment of Farmer Preferences for Cattle Traits in Cattle Production Systems of Kenya
Ouma, Emily, Abdulai, Awudu, Drucker, Adam
The urgent need to improve livestock productivity in sub-Saharan Africa in order to keep pace with expected increases in demand for meat and milk is very topical. Breed improvement provides key entry...
Water Saving Technology in Chinese Rice Production - Evidence from Survey Data
Abdulai, Awudu, Glauben, Thomas, Herzfeld, Thomas, Zhou, Shudong
Whereas water is an important input in rice production, China faces severe problems with increasing demand for water and limited water resources. In conventional paddy production, one of the most...
Abdulai, Awudu, Aubert, Dominique
This study employs both nonparametric and parametric methods to examine the influence of household expenditure and other demographic variables on household consumption of calories in Tanzania, using...
Ouma, Emily Awuor, Abdulai, Awudu
Although livestock forms a very important component of the livelihoods of rural populations of developing countries, productivity remains very low. Livestock keepers are beset by various constraints....
Joint estimation of information acquisition and adoption of new technologies under uncertainty
Awudu Abdulai, Pierre Monnin, Jacques Gerber
This article develops a framework to examine households' joint decision to acquire information on new technologies and the adoption of the technology in the presence of uncertainty. The empirical...
Choice of Coordination Mechanism in the Kenyan Fresh Milk Supply Chain
Awudu Abdulai, Eliud A. Birachi
This paper examines the nature and determinants of coordination mechanisms used in the Kenyan fresh milk supply chains, using recent survey data of market participants from Nakuru and Nyandarua...
Valuing Traits of Indigenous Cows in Central Ethiopia
Girma T. Kassie, Awudu Abdulai, Clemens Wollny
"This research aimed at identifying and estimating the relative weight assigned to the preferred traits of indigenous cow population in the most dominant crop-livestock mixed production system in...
Liane Faltermeier, Awudu Abdulai
This study employs the propensity score matching model to examine the impact of the adoption of water conservation and intensification technologies on farm output and income among small-scale lowland...
The Impact of Trade and Economic Growth on the Environment: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence
This paper explores the interrelations between economic growth, international trade and environmental degradation both theoretically and empirically. Panel data from developed and developing...
Reist-Marti, Sabine B, Abdulai, Awudu, Simianer, Henner
Although funds for livestock conservation are limited there is little known about the optimal allocation of conservation funds. A new algorithm was used to allocate Mio US$ 1, 2, 3, 5 or unlimited...