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Incomplete Markets and Fertilizer Use : Evidence from Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorZerfu, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorLarson, Donald F.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T18:38:37Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T18:38:37Z
dc.date.issued2010-03-01
dc.description.abstractWhile the economic returns to using chemical fertilizer in Africa can be large, application rates are low. This study explores whether this is due to missing and imperfect markets. Results based on a panel survey of Ethiopian farmers suggest that while fertilizer markets are not altogether missing in rural Ethiopia, high transport costs, unfavorable climate, price risk, and illiteracy present formidable hurdles to farmer participation. Moreover, the combination of factors that promote or impede effective fertilizer markets differs among locations, making it difficult to find a single production technology that is uniformly profitable -- perhaps explaining the inconsistency between field studies finding large returns to fertilizer use in Ethiopia and survey-based studies finding fertilizer use to be uneconomic. The results suggest that households with greater stores of wealth, human capital and authority can overcome these hurdles. The finding offers some encouragement, but also implies a self-enforcing link between low agricultural productivity and poverty, since low-asset households are less able to overcome these problems. The study suggests that the provision of extension services can be effective and that lowering transport costs can raise the intensity of fertilizer use by lowering the cost of fertilizer and boosting the farmgate value of output.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5235
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3721
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5235
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL MARKET
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL MARKETING
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL MARKETS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
dc.subjectBANKS
dc.subjectBARLEY
dc.subjectCEREAL CROPS
dc.subjectCEREAL YIELDS
dc.subjectCHEMICAL FERTILIZER
dc.subjectCHEMICAL FERTILIZERS
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATES
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL BANK
dc.subjectCOMMERCIALIZATION
dc.subjectCOOPERATIVES
dc.subjectCREDIT EXTENSION
dc.subjectCREDIT MARKETS
dc.subjectCREDIT PROVISION
dc.subjectCREDIT-WORTHINESS
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectCROP AREA
dc.subjectCROP CHOICE
dc.subjectCROPLAND
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectDOWN PAYMENT
dc.subjectDUNG
dc.subjectECOLOGICAL ZONE
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectEMPLOYEE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFALLOWING
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFARM
dc.subjectFARM HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectFARM MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFARM SIZE
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFARMING HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFARMING METHODS
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFERTILIZER
dc.subjectFERTILIZER APPLICATION
dc.subjectFERTILIZER APPLICATIONS
dc.subjectFERTILIZER CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFERTILIZER COST
dc.subjectFERTILIZER DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectFERTILIZER MARKET
dc.subjectFERTILIZER PRICES
dc.subjectFERTILIZER RESEARCH
dc.subjectFERTILIZER USE
dc.subjectFERTILIZERS
dc.subjectFINANCES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subjectFOOD DEMAND
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD REQUIREMENT
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT POLICY
dc.subjectGRAIN
dc.subjectGRAIN MARKET
dc.subjectGREEN REVOLUTION
dc.subjectGROWING SEASON
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectIFPRI
dc.subjectILLITERACY
dc.subjectINFORMAL LENDERS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLACK OF CREDIT
dc.subjectLAND MARKETS
dc.subjectLOAN
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectMAIZE PRODUCTION
dc.subjectMANURE
dc.subjectMARKET DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectMICRO-LENDING
dc.subjectMICROFINANCE
dc.subjectORGANIC FERTILIZERS
dc.subjectPESTICIDES
dc.subjectPHOSPHATE
dc.subjectPHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS
dc.subjectPRICE VOLATILITY
dc.subjectPRODUCE
dc.subjectPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPROFITABILITY
dc.subjectRAPE
dc.subjectREPAYMENT
dc.subjectREPAYMENT SCHEDULES
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSEED
dc.subjectSEED TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectSEEDS
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
dc.subjectSOIL FERTILITY
dc.subjectSOIL QUALITY
dc.subjectSOIL TYPE
dc.subjectSOILS
dc.subjectSORGHUM
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL SEEDS
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectUNION
dc.subjectUREA
dc.subjectVILLAGE
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWHEAT
dc.titleIncomplete Markets and Fertilizer Use : Evidence from Ethiopiaen
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okr.crossref.titleIncomplete Markets And Fertilizer Use : Evidence From Ethiopia
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okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5235
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.region.geographicalEast Africa
okr.topicAgriculture::Fertilizers
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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