Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia

Agriculture important in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning foreign exchange. Transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in the region. In theory, railways have the advantage of shipping bulky freight, such as fertilizer, at low costs. However, in many Afri...

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Main Authors:	Iimi, Atsushi, Adamtei, Haileysus, Markland, James, Tsehaye, Eyasu
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2020
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORTS TRADE LOGISTICS RAILWAYS FERTILIZER
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33148

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spelling	okr-10986-331482021-05-25T10:54:39Z Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia Iimi, Atsushi Adamtei, Haileysus Markland, James Tsehaye, Eyasu AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORTS TRADE LOGISTICS RAILWAYS FERTILIZER Agriculture important in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning foreign exchange. Transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in the region. In theory, railways have the advantage of shipping bulky freight, such as fertilizer, at low costs. However, in many African countries, railways were in virtual bankruptcy in the 1990s. Using a large sample of data comprised of more than 190,000 households over eight years in Ethiopia, the paper estimates the impacts of rail transport on agricultural production. The paper takes advantage of the historical event that a major rail line connecting the country to Port Djibouti was abandoned during the 2000s. With the fixed effects and instrumental variable techniques combined, an agricultural production function is estimated. It is found that deteriorated transport accessibility to the port had a significantly negative impact. The use of fertilizer particularly decreased with increased transport costs. 2020-01-08T20:06:12Z 2020-01-08T20:06:12Z 2019-03-27 Journal Article Journal of Applied Economics 1514-0326 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33148 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia
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topic	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORTS TRADE LOGISTICS RAILWAYS FERTILIZER
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORTS TRADE LOGISTICS RAILWAYS FERTILIZER Iimi, Atsushi Adamtei, Haileysus Markland, James Tsehaye, Eyasu Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia
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description	Agriculture important in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning foreign exchange. Transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in the region. In theory, railways have the advantage of shipping bulky freight, such as fertilizer, at low costs. However, in many African countries, railways were in virtual bankruptcy in the 1990s. Using a large sample of data comprised of more than 190,000 households over eight years in Ethiopia, the paper estimates the impacts of rail transport on agricultural production. The paper takes advantage of the historical event that a major rail line connecting the country to Port Djibouti was abandoned during the 2000s. With the fixed effects and instrumental variable techniques combined, an agricultural production function is estimated. It is found that deteriorated transport accessibility to the port had a significantly negative impact. The use of fertilizer particularly decreased with increased transport costs.
format	Journal Article
author	Iimi, Atsushi Adamtei, Haileysus Markland, James Tsehaye, Eyasu
author_facet	Iimi, Atsushi Adamtei, Haileysus Markland, James Tsehaye, Eyasu
author_sort	Iimi, Atsushi
title	Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia
title_short	Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia
title_full	Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia
title_sort	port rail connectivity and agricultural production : evidence from a large sample of farmers in ethiopia
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia

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