SELECTED 2019 PUBLICATIONS: AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION

Diao, Xinshen; Cossar, Frances; Houssou, Nazaire; and Kolavalli, Shashidhara. 2019. Unleashing the power of mechanization. In Ghana’s economic and agricultural transformation: Past performance and future prospects. Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, Peter B.R.; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; and Resnick, Danielle (Eds.). Chapter 9 Pp. 241-256. New York, NY: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348_09

Liu, Yanyan; and Zhou, Yuan. 2019. Land plot size, machine use and agricultural intensification in China. Project Note 01. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133385

Mueller, Valerie; Masias, Ian; and Vallury, Sechindra. Labor‐saving technologies and structural transformation in northern Ghana. Agricultural Economics 50(5): 581–594. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12511

Takeshima, Hiroyuki. 2019. The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from Nigeria. Project Note 04. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133386

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; and Bhattarai, Madhusudan. 2019. Agricultural mechanization in Nepal: Patterns, impacts, and enabling strategies for promotion. In Agricultural transformation in Nepal: Trends, prospects, and policy options, eds. Kumar, Anjani; Thapa, Ganesh B.; and Joshi, Pramod Kumar. Part Two: Productivity Growth and Its Drivers, Chapter 10, Pp. 261-289. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9648-0_10

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; and Joshi, Pramod Kumar. 2019. Overview of the agricultural modernization in Southeast Asia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1819. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133195

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; and Kennedy, Adam. 2019. Mechanization in Nigeria: What needs to be done to stimulate demand and support market growth? Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 98. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University. https://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133530

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; and Liu, Yanyan. 2019. Determinants of agricultural machinery adoption intensities in Ghana. Project Note 05. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133387

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; and Liu, Yanyan. 2019. Mechanization growth and declining farm size in South Asia: Exploring the role of biological technologies in Nepal Terai. Project Note 03. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133384

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L.; and Edeh, Hyacinth O. 2020. Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria. Agricultural Systems 177 (January 2020): 102691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102691

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Liu, Yanyan. 2019. Geography of smallholders’ tractor adoptions and R&D–Induced land productivity: Evidence from household survey data in Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1871. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133436

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Liu, Yanyan; Nguyen, Cuong Van; and Masias, Ian. 2019. Evolution of agricultural mechanization in Vietnam: Insights from a literature review and multiple rounds of a farm household survey. Project Note 02. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133389

Win, Myat Thida; Belton, Ben; and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2018. Myanmar’s rural revolution: Mechanization and structural transformation. In Myanmar Transformed? People, Places and Politics, eds. Justine Chambers, Gerard McCarthy, Nicholas Farrelly, and Chit Win. Part III: Places. Chapter 5, Pp. 109-136. Singapore: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute. https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/2345