selected publications
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- Smallholder mechanization induced by yield-enhancing biological technologies: Evidence from Nepal and Ghana. Agricultural Systems. 184:102914. 2020
- Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan. Agricultural Economics. 51:553-565. 2020
- Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal. Land Use Policy. 95:104621. 2020
- Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria. Agricultural Systems. 177:102691. 2020
- Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages, Cooking-Time, Intrahousehold Equality Among Women and Children: Evidence From Tajikistan 2019
- Geography of smallholders’ tractor adoptions and R&D–Induced land productivity: Evidence from household survey data in Ghana: 2019
- Overview of the Agricultural Modernization in Southeast Asia 2019
- Protected agriculture, precision agriculture, and vertical farming: Brief reviews of issues in the literature focusing on the developing region in Asia 2019
- Agricultural Mechanization in Nepal—Patterns, Impacts, and Enabling Strategies for Promotion 2019
- Geography of plant breeding systems, agroclimatic similarity, and agricultural productivity: evidence from Nigeria. Agricultural Economics. 50:67-78. 2019
- Use of Chemical Fertilizers in Nepal—Issues and Implications 2019
- Mechanize or exit farming? Multiple‐treatment‐effects model and external validity of adoption impacts of mechanization among Nepalese smallholders. Review of Development Economics. 22:1620-1641. 2018
- Effects of tractor ownership on returns-to-scale in agriculture: Evidence from maize in Ghana. Food Policy. 77:33-49. 2018
- Does cooperative membership improve household welfare? Evidence from a panel data analysis of smallholder dairy farmers in Bihar, India. Food Policy. 75:24-36. 2018
- Invest in small-scale irrigated agriculture: A national assessment on potential to expand small-scale irrigation in Nigeria. Agricultural Water Management. 193:251-264. 2017
- Custom‐hired tractor services and returns to scale in smallholder agriculture: a production function approach. Agricultural Economics. 48:363-372. 2017
- Heterogeneous returns to chemical fertilizer at the intensive margins: insights from Nepal.. Food Policy. 69:97-109. 2017
- Constraints for small-scale private irrigation systems in the North Central zone of Nigeria: Insights from a typology analysis and a case study 2017
- The evolution of tractorization in India's low-wage economy: Key patterns and implications 2017
- The role of the locations of public sector varietal development activities on agricultural productivity: Evidence from northern Nigeria 2017
- Effects of agricultural mechanization on smallholders and their self-selection into farming: An insight from the Nepal Terai 2016
- Farm size and effects of chemical fertilizer price on farm households: Insights from Nepal Terai 2016
- Understanding Irrigation System Diversity in Nigeria: A Modified Cluster Analysis Approach. Irrigation and Drainage. 65:601-612. 2016
- Agricultural Mechanization and Agricultural Transformation 2016
- Determinants of Chemical Fertilizer Use in Nepal: Insights Based on Price Responsiveness and Income Effects. Social Science Research Network. 1507:1-38. 2016
- Is access to tractor service a binding constraint for Nepali Terai farmers. Social Science Research Network. 1-26. 2016
- Agricultural mechanization and south-south knowledge exchange: What can Ghanaian and Nigerian policymakers learn from Bangladesh's experience? 2016
- Economywide effects and implications of alternative policies 2016
- Policy options for inducing a supply response 2016
- Production systems: Biophysical and economic environment and constraints 2016
- The Nigerian rice economy: Policy options for transforming production, marketing, and trade 2016
- Varietal development and the effectiveness of seed sector policies: The case of rice in Nigeria 2016
- Farm Household Typologies and Mechanization Patterns in Nepal Terai: Descriptive Analysis of the Nepal Living Standards Survey 2015
- Drivers of growth in agricultural returns to scale: The hiring in of tractor services in the Terai of Nepal: 2015
- Characteristics of Private-Sector Tractor Service Provisions: Insights from Nigeria. Developing Economies. 53:188-217. 2015
- Fertilizer subsidies, political influence and local food prices in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Nigeria. Food Policy. 54:11-24. 2015
- Market Imperfections for Tractor Service Provision in Nigeria: International Perspectives and Empirical Evidence 2015
- Farmer Preferences on Seed Purchase Timing: Some Evidence From Nigeria. Journal of Crop Improvement. 29:131-158. 2015
- Onset risks and draft animal investments in Nigeria. Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development. 9(2). 2015
- Irrigation Potential in Nigeria: Some Perspectives Based on Factor Endowments, Tropical Nature, and Patterns in Favorable Areas 2014
- Government fertilizer subsidy and commercial sector fertilizer demand: Evidence from the Federal Market Stabilization Program (FMSP) in Nigeria. Food Policy. 47:1-12. 2014
- Tractor Owner-Operators in Nigeria: Insights from a Small Survey in Kaduna and Nasarawa States 2014
- Importance of Rice Research and Development in Rice Seed Policies: Insights from Nigeria 2014
- Estratégias de saída e potenciais alternativas aos programas de subsídios agrícolas 2014
- Monitorização e avaliação dos programas de subsídios agrícolas 2014
- Substituting for rice imports in Ghana 2014
- Assessing the Potential and Policy Alternatives for Achieving Rice Competitiveness and Growth in Nigeria 2013
- Input promotion within a complex subsector: fertilizer in Nigeria. Agricultural Economics. 44:581-594. 2013
- Agricultural Mechanization Patterns in Nigeria: Insights from Farm Household Typology and Agricultural Household Model Simulation 2013
- Dynamics of transformation: insights from an exploratory review of rice farming in the Kpong Irrigation Project. 2013
- Typology of Farm Households and Irrigation Systems: Some Evidence from Nigeria 2013
- Dynamics of transformation: Insights from an exploratory review of rice farming in the Kpong irrigation project 2013
- MECHANIZATION AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION, AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: TYPOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION IN NIGERIA. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 95:1230-1236. 2013
- Policy options for accelerated growth and competitiveness of the domestic rice economy in Nigeria 2013
- Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: a heteroskedastic double selection model. Agricultural Economics. 43:655-670. 2012
- Minor millets in Tamil Nadu, India: local market participation, on-farm diversity and farmer welfare. Environment and Development Economics. 17:603-632. 2012
- Will They Stay or Will They Go? The Political Influence of GM-Averse Importing Companies on Biosafety Decision Makers in Africa. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 94:736-749. 2012
- Risks and farmers’ investment in productive assets in Nigeria. Agricultural Economics. 43:143-153. 2012
- Exit strategies for and potential alternatives to agricultural subsidy programs 2012
- The formal seed sector and gaps in the demand for hybrid seeds in Nigeria. JOURNAL OF FOOD AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENT. 10:267-276. 2012
- Assessing input-specific knowledge gaps in farmers' demand for agricultural inputs - Seed and irrigation technologies in Nigeria. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 6:2072-2077. 2011
- Assessing input-specific knowledge gaps in farmers' demand for agricultural inputs – Seed and irrigation technologies in Nigeria. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 2011
- Pressure group competition and GMO regulations in Sub-Saharan Africa, Insights from the Becker model. Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization. vol. 9. 2011
- Sensitivity of welfare effects estimated by equilibrium displacement model, A productivity growth for semisubsistence crops in Sub-Sahara African market with high market margin 2011
- Demand characteristics for improved rice, cowpea, and maize seeds in Nigeria, Policy implications and knowledge gaps 2010
- Measuring the effect of transaction costs for investment in irrigation pumps, Application of unobserved stochastic threshold model to the case of Nigeria 2010
- Prospects for development of genetically modified cassava in Sub-Saharan Africa. AgBioForum. 2010
- Sales location and supply response among semisubsistence farmers in Benin, A heteroskedastic double selection model 2010
- Sensitivity of welfare effects estimated by equilibrium displacement model, A biological productivity growth for semisubsistence crops in Sub-Sahara African market with high transaction costs 2009
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conference paper
- Identifying the effects of market imperfections for a scale biased agricultural technology, Tractors in Nigeria 2015
- Fertilizer subsidy, political influence and local food prices in sub-Saharan Africa, Evidence from Nigeria 2013
- Climate change, perceptions and the heterogeneity of adaptation and rice productivity, Evidence from Indonesian villages 2012
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- Overview of the evolution of agricultural mechanization in Nepal: A focus on tractors and combine harvesters 2017
- Synopsis: Constraints for small-scale private irrigation systems in the North Central zone of Nigeria 2017
- Synopsis: The role of the locations of public sector varietal development activities on agricultural productivity 2017
- Agricultural mechanization and south-south knowledge exchange: What can Ethiopian and Kenyan policymakers learn from Bangladesh's experience? 2016
- Is access to tractor service a binding constraint for Nepali Terai farmers? 2016
- Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria: International perspectives and empirical evidence 2016
- Rice in the Nigerian economy and agricultural policies 2016
- The impact on farm household welfare of large irrigation dams and their distribution across hydrological basins: Insights from northern Nigeria 2016
- Transforming the rice sector 2016
- Drivers of growth in agricultural returns to scale: The hiring in of tractor services in the Terai of Nepal 2015
- Subsídio aos insumos agrícolas e respetivo impacto no desenvolvimento: Sabedoria convencional 2014
- Typology of farm households and irrigation systems, Some evidence from Nigeria 2013
- Instruments to target agricultural subsidies to desired beneficiaries 2012
- Irrigation pumps and milling machines as insurance against rainfall and price risks in Nigeria 2012
- Onset risk and draft animal investment in Nigeria 2012
- Economics of farmers' demand for private irrigation in Nigeria 2010
- Farmers' preferences on seed purchase timing - rice, cowpea, and maize growers in Nigeria 2010
- Nigerian farmers' preferences on the timing of the purchase of rice, cowpea, and maize seeds 2010
- Agricultural mechanization and the smallholder farmers in Nigeria 2009
- Demand characteristics for rice, cowpea and maize seeds in Nigeria, Policy implications and knowledge gaps 2009
- Transaction costs and investment in irrigation pumps: Evidence from Nigeria 2009
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