Stein T. Holden        MY BLOGS

I am a professor in Development and Resource Economics in Department of Economics and Resource Management at Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.

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My areas of research interest include (click on topics to get lists of publications):

Countries where I have done most of my research include:

My CV

I do much of my research in close collaboration with my current and ex- PhD-students. We also have a MSc-program in Development and Natural Resource Economics where we collaborate with four African universities. Most of our PhD-students are from developing countries. I view this collaboration and investment in capacity-building as my most important contribution to development. At the same time we are required to publish internationally and that is also a very important way of disseminating information about our research and ensuring that we do good quality work.

Link to my pictures: Gallery

I was key note speaker on the international workshop on large-scale agricultural investments on 11 May 2012 in Hamburg, Germany, arranged by The German Institute of Global and Area Studies. My presentation: "Uncertainty about Future Impacts of Large Land Acquisitions by International Investors in Africa, with Ethiopia as a Case". For further information about the workshop, see the web page.

I presented the paper "Command and control: How does it work? The case of land market restrictions in Ethiopia" in the World Bank Land and Poverty conference April 23-26, 2012. Paper

I am project leader for a new research project (2012-2014) with the title "Joint Certification and Household Land Allocation: - Towards Empowerment or Marginalization?"  that is financed by the Research Council of Norway. Sosina Bezu is employed as a researcher on the project. You find the blog for the project here.

My presentation in the World Food Day Colloquium "40 Years of Farming Systems Research for Food Security" at University of Hohenheim on November 11, 2011. www.foodsecurity.de

My presentation "Towards a Food Crisis in Africa? Technology Potential and Constraints" at the Bergen Resource Centre for International Development on the "World Food Crisis?"

 Our joint presentation at the AAEA Annual Meeting i Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 24-26.July 2011, 

“Can Agricultural Input Subsidies Foster an African Green Revolution? Insights from Malawi”.

We opened the new Centre for Land Tenure Studies(CLTS) at UMB on June 27th, 2011. Program.

My presentations at the

European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 18th Annual Conference, 29 June - 2 July 2011, Rome

Presentation at UMBs Spring Conference LandKAMP 26th May 2011:

Globalised land utilisation resulting in land grabbing or development opportunities for low-income countries? Ownership rights, poverty and the environment

Program in English  Powerpoint(Norwegian)

My presentation at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference 19-20th April 2011, Washinton DC:

Welfare Impacts of Low-Cost Land Certification in Ethiopia 

Paper Video  Powerpoint  Conference program

My presentation at the CSAE 25th Anniversary Conference 2011: Economic Development in Africa in Oxford:

Cash Constraints and Sticky Input Expenditures: -Experimental Evidence from Malawi. Paper

My presentation at the World Bank Land Policy and Admininstration Conference April 2010:

Impact of land registration and certification on land border conflicts in Ethiopia.

Paper  Powerpoint   Program Link.

The video of the opening session is available here. 

UNU-WIDER 25th Anniversary Conference: The Triple Crisis – Finance, Food and Climate Change: Link

Some recent papers/publications:

Bezu, S.,  Barrett, C. and  Holden, S. T. (in press). Does the nonfarm economy offer pathways for upward mobility? Evidence from a panel data study in Ethiopia.  World Development (Forthcoming).

Holden, S. T. and Lunduka, R. (In press). Who Benefit from Malawi's Input Subsidy Program? Forum For Development Studies (Forthcoming).

Aryal, J. P. and Holden, S. T. (In press). Livestock and Land Share Contracts in a Hindu Society. Agricultural Economics (Forthcoming). Earlier version.

Holden, S. T. and Lunduka, R. (2012). Do Fertilizer Subsidies Crowd Out Organic Manures? The Case of Malawi. Agricultural Economics 43, 301-312.

Kassie, M., Köhlin, G., Bluffstone, R., and Holden, S. T.(2011). Are soil conservation technologies "win-win?" A case study of Anjeni in the north-western Ethiopian highlands. Natural resources forum 35(2), 89-99. Abstract.Paper.

Gebregziabher, G. and Holden, S. T. (2011). Does Irrigation Enhance and Food Deficits Discourage Fertilizer Adoption in a Risky Environment? Eveidence from Tigray, Ethiopia. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 3(10), 514-528. Link Summary

Holden, S. T., Deininger, K. and Ghebru, H. (2011). Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation. Journal of Development Studies 47(1), 31-47. Link. Earlier version

 Holden, S. T. and Lunduka, R. (2011). Do Fertilizer Subsidies Crowd Out Organic Manures? The Case of Malawi. Paper submitted for the EAERE conference in Rome, June 29-July 2, 2011. Link

Holden, S. T. and Lunduka, R. (2011). Cash Constraints and Sticky Input Expenditures: -Experimental Evidence from Malawi. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Norwegian Economists at Handelshøgskolen, Bergen, January 5-7, 2011. Link

Holden, S. (2010). Rethinking Development in Africa: Is it Power Traps or Poverty Traps that Block Development? The Nordic Africa Institute website: Link

Holden, S. T. and Lunduka, R. (2010). Yara, the Fertilizer Industry and the Impacts on Small Farmers in Malawi. Understanding the Issues 1/2010. Norwegian Church Aid, Lilongwe and Oslo. See: Link

Holden, S. T. and Sietchiping, R. (2010). Land, Environment and Climate Change. Challenges, Responses and Tools. Global Land Tools Network, UNHABITAT, Nairobi. See: Link

Holden, S. T. and Bezabih, M. (2008). Gender and Land Productivity on Rented Out Land: Evidence from Ethiopia. In Holden, S. T., Otsuka, K. and Place, F. (Eds.). The Emergence of Land Markets in Africa: Impacts on Poverty and Efficiency. Resources For the Future Press, Washington D.C. See: Link 

Holden, S. T., Otsuka, K. and Place, F. (Eds) (2008). The Emergence of Land Markets in Africa: Impacts on Poverty, Equity and Efficiency. Resources For the Future Press, WashingtonD.C. Here

Holden, S. T., Deininger, K. and Ghebru, H. (2009). Impacts of Low-cost Land Certification on Investment and Productivity. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91 (2):359-373. See: Abstract

Benjaminsen, T. A., Holden, S. T., Lund, C. and Sjaastad, E. (2009). Formalisation of land rights: Some empirical evidence from Mali, Niger and South Africa. Land Use Policy 26: 28–35. See: Abstract

Bezu, S. and Holden, S. T. (2008). Can Food-for-Work Encourage Agricultural Production? Food Policy 33(5): 541-549. See: Abstract

Deininger, K., Ali, D., Holden, S. T. og Zevenbergen, J. (2008). Rural land certification in Ethiopia: Process, initial impact, and implications for the other African countries. World Developmen 36(10): 1786-1812. See: Abstract

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