Abebayehu Girma Geffersa

Biographic Data

ID4464345
NAMEAbebayehu Girma Geffersa
GIVEN NAMESAbebayehu Girma
FAMILY NAMEGeffersa
SIGNATUREGEFFERSA A G
AFFILIATIONSThe Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food Research Unit Canberra Australia
ORCID0000-0003-2108-1084
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Do Producer organizations Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture? assessing direct and spillover effects in Nigeria

    Open AccessAbebayehu Girma Geffersa, Martin Paul Jr Tabe‐ojong et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2026

    Climate change threatens the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, yet the adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) remains low. In this paper, we examine the role of producer organizations (POs) in promoting CSA adoption among their members and non-members through spillover effects. We rely on a three-wave panel dataset of over 1,500 farm households fielded between 2017 and 2019 and estimated the mul…

  • Technical efficiency and technology gaps among smallholder maize farmers in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbebayehu Girma Geffersa, Frank W AgbolaARTICLESustainable Futures2025References: 2

    Despite advancements in agricultural technology, food insecurity and poverty remain significant challenges in many developing countries. This situation is severe in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where rural poverty and food insecurity are on the rise, becoming critical developmental issues. Consequently, enhancing the production of staple crops is essential for achieving food security in the region. In this paper, we investigate the impact of adoptin…

  • Agricultural cooperative membership and welfare of maize farmers in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbebayehu Girma GeffersaARTICLEAnnals of Public and Cooperative…2024Cited by: 2References: 20

    The emergence of agricultural cooperatives is widely viewed as a potential institutional arrangement that can help achieve rural poverty reduction by improving farmers’ welfare in developing countries. However, empirical evidence on the effect of cooperative membership on welfare and rural poverty in sub‐Saharan Africa remains limited. This paper examines the effect of cooperative membership on the welfare and poverty levels of maize‐farming hous…

  • Agricultural productivity, land use intensification and rural household welfare

    Open AccessAbebayehu Girma GeffersaARTICLEAgrekon2023

    While the role of agricultural productivity in alleviating poverty and enhancing household well-being is widely acknowledged, the microlevel evidence on the relationship between smallholder productivity and rural household welfare remains scarce in sub-Saharan Africa.Utilising three-wave comprehensive panel data from rural Ethiopia, this paper offers valuable insights into the effect of maize productivity on rural household welfare.We use both fi…

  • Does cooperative membership enhance inorganic fertilizer use intensity? Panel data evidence from maize farmers in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbebayehu Girma GeffersaARTICLEAnnals of Public and Cooperative…2023References: 24

    Agricultural cooperatives are increasingly being viewed as an effective means of promoting agricultural technologies in developing countries. This paper examines the effects of cooperative membership on inorganic fertilizer use intensity. Employing a three‐wave panel dataset relating to smallholder maize farmers in Ethiopia, we model inorganic fertilizer application as a two‐step decision‐making process involving both fertilizer adoption and its …