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Oxen, Agricultural Productivity and Farm Income in Nicaragua

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  • Garcia-Fuentes, Pablo A.
  • Fukasawa, Fukasawa
  • Rodriguez Martinez, Edgar A.
  • Vargas, Conney
  • Mireles, Rodrigo

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This research uses survey data to assess the effect of oxen as draft animals on agricultural productivity and farm agricultural income in Nicaragua. The results show that farms that use oxen to plow the land have higher productivity of beans than farms that use stick to plant crops. On average, using oxen increases farm’s beans output by 7.75 100-pound bags of beans, and hiring oxen increases farm’s beans output by 8.5 100-pound bags of beans. Farms that use oxen or hire oxen to plow the land have more planted area. The impact of using oxen to plow the land through farm planted area on farm agricultural gross income is 18.13 percent, and the impact of hiring oxen to plow the land through farm planted area on farm agricultural gross income is 25.55 percent.

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  • Garcia-Fuentes, Pablo A. & Fukasawa, Fukasawa & Rodriguez Martinez, Edgar A. & Vargas, Conney & Mireles, Rodrigo, 2018. "Oxen, Agricultural Productivity and Farm Income in Nicaragua," 2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida 266599, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:saea18:266599
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.266599
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    1. Manuel Agosin Trumper & Rodrigo Bolaños & Félix Delgado, 2008. "Nicaragua: A la búsqueda del crecimiento perdido," Working Papers wp275, University of Chile, Department of Economics.
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    Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development;
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