v

Recent research on the impact of institutions su¤ers from historical, theoretical, and methodological problems. The historical issue is whether the initially poorer countries became wealthier, as Acemoglou, Johnson, and Robinson (2002) would have us believe. The theoretical question is whether the institutions that should matter are those that protect property rights or those that coordindate i...

Introduction Conclusions References

Large and regular seasonal price fluctuations in local grain markets appear to o↵er African farmers substantial inter-temporal arbitrage opportunities, but these opportunities remain largely unexploited: small-scale farmers are commonly observed to “sell low and buy high” rather than the reverse. In a field experiment in Kenya, we show that credit market imperfections limit farmers’ abilities t...

The study aimed at examining the effect of loan utilization on the output of youth rice farmers in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The specific objectives are to determine the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, determine whether there is significant difference in output of the beneficiaries and non beneficiaries and compare the mean output of the youth farmers with...

Lack of capital in farming can lead to a lack input, causing risk failure or low production. The problem regarding the is faced by farmers so that achieve progress usually takes very long time. Therefore, Lanowulu Village and Roraya take credit increase capital. This study aims determine difference lowland rice income before after receiving KUR effect on farm Tinanggea District, South Konawe Re...

Ethiopia is among the countries experiencing frequent drought and highly vulnerable to climate change associated impacts. Adaptation impacts are key element for sustainable development of economy. The objective study was analysis determinates smallholder farmer’s perception adaptation options in Kurmuk district. For both primary secondary data sources were employed. collected from 160 randomly ...

Livelihood diversification is important for urban development to end poverty and food insecurity problems. In Ethiopia, livelihood quite low specifically in North Shewa Zone. Therefore, this study aims identify the determinants of strategies households The data were collected through both primary secondary collection methods. A multistage sampling technique was employed select 398 household hea...