Browsing Brage NMBU by Author "Holden, Stein Terje"
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Market liberalization and spatial market integration : the case of Malawian maize markets
Twea, Pakwanja Desiree (Master thesis, 2017)The role of markets in influencing food security cannot be overemphasized. Therefore it is important to understand how policies aimed at influencing market policy have performed. This paper studies how market liberalization ... -
Mental Zooming as Variable Asset Integration in Inter-Temporal Choice
Holden, Stein Terje; Sommervoll, Dag Einar; Gelaye, Mesfin Tilahun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Our time preferences deviate systematically from that of Homo economicus. They seem to be driven by a form of mental zooming, where higher and more distant amounts induce a more holistic perspective in contrast to smaller ... -
Mobile phones, leadership and gender in rural business groups
Holden, Stein Terje; Tilahun, Mesfin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Digital information and communication technologies are recognized as vital tools for empowering marginalized groups such as women in low income developing countries through reducing the costs of communication and connectivity. ... -
Numeracy skills learning of children in Africa:-Are disabled children lagging behind?
Zhang, Huafeng; Holden, Stein Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Significant progress has been achieved in universal basic education in African countries since the late 1990s. This study provides empirical evidence on the within- and across-country variation in numeracy skills performance ... -
Peasant agriculture and sustainable land use in Ethiopia : economic analyses of constraints and incentives for soil conservation
Shiferaw, Bekele (Doctor scientiarum theses;1997:25, Doctoral thesis, 1997)In agriculture-based poor economies, degradation of agricultural land poses a serious threat to current and future food production potential. Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in Africa that is heavily dependent on ... -
Peasants and risk : a study of risk, market imperfections and farm household behaviour in Northern Zambia
Wik, Mette (Doctor scientiarum theses;1998:26, Doctoral thesis, 1998) -
Policies for improved food security : the roles of land tenure policies and land markets
Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2017:9, Working paper, 2017)This chapter provides an overview of what we know about farm size distributions, the emerging land markets, the role of tenure systems, tenure reforms and land policies in shaping the distribution of increasingly scarce ... -
Policies for Improved Food Security: The Roles of Land Tenure Policies and Land Markets
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Preferences, trust, and performance in youth business groups
Holden, Stein Terje; Gelaye, Mesfin Tilahun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)We study how social preferences and norms of reciprocity are related to generalized (outgroup) and particularized (ingroup) trust among members of youth business groups in northern Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government promotes ... -
Probability weighting and input use intensity in a state-contingent framework
Holden, Stein Terje; Quiggin, John (CLTS Working paper;2017:8, Working paper, 2017)Climate risk represents an increasing threat to poor and vulnerable farmers in drought-prone areas of Africa. This study assesses the fertilizer adoption responses of food insecure farmers in Malawi, where Drought Tolerant ... -
Productivity impact of drought tolerant maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi: A continuous treatment approach
Katengeza, Samson Pilanazo; Holden, Stein Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties have received massive support in sub-Saharan Africa because of their potential to protect smallholder farmers against drought-related maize yield losses. Using four waves of household ... -
Reverse share-tenancy and marshallian inefficiency : bargaining power of landowners and the sharecroppers’ productivity
Ghebru, Hosaena Hagos; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2012:2, Working paper, 2012)Making use of a unique tenant-landlord matched data from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, we are able to show how strategic response of tenants - to varying economic and tenure security status of the landlords - is important ... -
Risk preferences, shocks and technology adoption : farmers’ responses to drought risk
Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2015:3, Working paper, 2015)Climate risk represents an increasing threat to poor and vulnerable farmers in drought-proneareas of Africa. This study assesses the maize and fertilizer adoption responses of food insecure farmers in Malawi, where Drought ... -
Risky choices of poor people : comparing risk preference elicitation approaches in field experiments
Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2014:10, Working paper, 2014)This paper studies the risk preferences of poor rural households in Malawi and compares the Holt and Laury (2002) (HL) multiple price list approach with hypothetical real-world framing and monetary incentive-compatible ... -
Rural-urban youth migration and informal self-employment in Ethiopia
Bezu, Sosina; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Report;2014:1, Report, 2014)Rural-urban migration has been historically low in Ethiopia. But recent years have seen a surge in all parts of Ethiopia. This is partly related to access to agricultural land in rural areas. Access to farm land is a ... -
Seed security in the presence of climate shocks and socioeconomic inequality in Africa
Makate, Clifton (PhD Thesis;2022:65, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Access to diverse and well-adapted seeds is vital in helping farmers raise crop yields, agricultural incomes, and food security, reducing poverty and inequalities, and improving human well-being. The realization of benefits ... -
Street based self-employment : a poverty trap or a stepping stone for migrant youth in Africa?
Bezu, Sosina; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working Paper;2015:4, Working paper, 2015)A significant percentage of youth in urban Africa is employed in the informal sector. The informal sector is more accessible than the formal sector for people with low human and financial capital, such as youth migrants ... -
The adoption potential of conservation agriculture technologies in Malawi : a lead farmer promoter-adopter approach and assessment
Fisher, Monica; Holden, Stein Terje; Katengeza, Samson P. (CLTS Working paper;2017:1, Working paper, 2017)This paper assesses the adoption potential of conservation agriculture (CA) technologies in Malawi, where CA appears highly appropriate. Estimation of CA adoption rates and their determinants is complicated by the relatively ... -
The impact of Ethiopian land certification on land conservation, maintenance and tree planting
Gorfu, Selam Afework (Master thesis, 2016-09-02)This study analyses the impact of land registration and certification on rural farm households’ investment on conservation, maintenance and tree planting in Ethiopia. I used cross-sectional data collected from Tigray region ... -
The importance of Ostrom's design principles : youth group performance in Northern Ethiopia
Holden, Stein Terje; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;2017:2, Working paper, 2017)Youth unemployment and migration are growing challenges that need more political attention in many countries, particularly countries with rapid population growth and economic transformation. Proactively mobilizing the youth ...