Productivity and land enhancing technologies in Northern Ethiopia: health, public investments, and sequential adoption

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dc.creatorErsado, Lire
dc.creatorAmacher, Gregory
dc.creatorAlwang, Jeffrey
dc.date2003
dc.date2024-10-24T12:53:37Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:53:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:03:14Z
dc.descriptionThe adoption of more efficient farming practices and technologies that enhance agricultural productivity and improve environmental sustainability is instrumental for achieving economic growth, food security and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. Our research examines the interaction between public investments, community health, and adoption of productivity and land enhancing technologies by households in the northern Ethiopian state of Tigray. Agricultural technology adoption decisions are modeled as a sequential process where the timing of choices can matter. We find that time spent sick and opportunity costs of caring for sick family members are significant factors in adoption. Sickness, through its impact on household income and labor allocation decisions for healthcare and other activities, significantly reduces the likelihood of technology adoption. Our findings suggest that agencies working to improve agricultural productivity and land resource conservation should consider not only the financial status of potential adopters, but also their related health situation.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158073
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/93206
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceErsado, Lire; Amacher, Gregory; Alwang, Jeffrey. 2003. Productivity and land enhancing technologies in Northern Ethiopia: health, public investments, and sequential adoption. EPTD Discussion Paper 102. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158073
dc.subjectagricultural productivity
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectenvironmental factors
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjecttechnological changes
dc.subjectefficiency
dc.subjectenvironmental policies
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectpublic investment
dc.subjecthealth services
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.titleProductivity and land enhancing technologies in Northern Ethiopia: health, public investments, and sequential adoption
dc.typeWorking Paper

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