Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping

Coffee is Ethiopia’s most important export commodity, cultivated by over 6 million smallholder farmers in the country, and accounting for about one-third of the country’s commodity exports. While coffee production has increased over the last decade, coffee yields are low and several constraints to i...

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Autores principales: Abate, Gashaw T., Bernard, Tanguy, Regassa, Mekdim D., Minten, Bart
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143410
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Regassa, Mekdim D.
Minten, Bart
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description Coffee is Ethiopia’s most important export commodity, cultivated by over 6 million smallholder farmers in the country, and accounting for about one-third of the country’s commodity exports. While coffee production has increased over the last decade, coffee yields are low and several constraints to improved productivity remain. With two-three decades old and low-yielding coffee trees in particular, the sector cannot attain its full potential. In this paper, we assess the short-term impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program in Sidama on adoption rate and intensity of stumping – currently the best practice to revitalize ageing coffee trees and substantially improve their productivity. Using baseline and follow-up data and a difference-in-difference approach, we find that the adoption rate and intensity of stumping has increased by about threefold during the first year of the rejuvenation training intervention.
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spelling CGSpace1434102025-12-02T21:03:13Z Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping Abate, Gashaw T. Bernard, Tanguy Regassa, Mekdim D. Minten, Bart coffee industry commodities coffee plant rejuvenation agricultural productivity Coffee is Ethiopia’s most important export commodity, cultivated by over 6 million smallholder farmers in the country, and accounting for about one-third of the country’s commodity exports. While coffee production has increased over the last decade, coffee yields are low and several constraints to improved productivity remain. With two-three decades old and low-yielding coffee trees in particular, the sector cannot attain its full potential. In this paper, we assess the short-term impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program in Sidama on adoption rate and intensity of stumping – currently the best practice to revitalize ageing coffee trees and substantially improve their productivity. Using baseline and follow-up data and a difference-in-difference approach, we find that the adoption rate and intensity of stumping has increased by about threefold during the first year of the rejuvenation training intervention. 2021-05-19 2024-05-22T12:13:55Z 2024-05-22T12:13:55Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143410 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151232 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147302 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149640 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134844 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; Bernard, Tanguy; Regassa, Mekdim D.; and Minten, Bart. 2021. Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2023. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134408.
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Abate, Gashaw T.
Bernard, Tanguy
Regassa, Mekdim D.
Minten, Bart
Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping
title Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping
title_full Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping
title_fullStr Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping
title_full_unstemmed Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping
title_short Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping
title_sort improving coffee productivity in ethiopia the impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping
topic coffee industry
commodities
coffee
plant rejuvenation
agricultural productivity
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143410
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