Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

Working Papers in Economics,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

No 405: Soil Conservation and Small-Scale Food Production in Highland Ethiopia A Stochastic Metafrontier Approach

Haileselassie A. Medhin () and Gunnar Köhlin ()
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Haileselassie A. Medhin: Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia and Ethiopian Development Research Institute, Postal: Blue Building/Addis Ababa Stadium, P.O. Box 2479, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Gunnar Köhlin: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 640, SE 40530 GÖTEBORG

Abstract: This study adopts the stochastic metafrontier approach to investigate the role of soil conservation in small-scale highland agriculture in Ethiopia. Plot-level stochastic frontiers and metafrontier technology-gap ratios were estimated for three soil-conservation technology groups and a group of plots without soil conservation. Plots with soil conservation were found to be more technically efficient than plots without. The metafrontier estimates showed that soil conservation enhances the technological position of naturally disadvantaged plots.

Keywords: Soil conservation; technical efficiency; metafrontier; technology adoption; Ethiopia

JEL-codes: L25; Q12; Q16

37 pages, November 30, 2009

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