Di Falco, Salvatore and Jean-Paul, Chavas (2009) On crop biodiversity, risk exposure, and food security in the highlands of Ethiopia. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91 (3). pp. 599-611. ISSN 0002-9092
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This paper investigates the effects of crop genetic diversity on farm productivity and production risk in the highlands of Ethiopia. Using a moment-based approach, the analysis uses a stochastic production function capturing mean, variance, and skewness effects. Welfare implications of diversity are evaluated using a certainty equivalent, measured as expected income minus a risk premium (reflecting the cost of risk). We find that the effect of diversity on skewness dominates its effect on variance, meaning that diversity reduces the cost of risk. The analysis also shows that the beneficial effects of diversity become of greater value in degraded land.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.aaea.org/publications/ajae/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 Oxford University Press |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2011 11:04 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 06:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35901 |
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