Stein T. Holden        MY BLOGS

I am a professor in Development and Resource Economics in the School of Economics and Business at Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway. I am also an active member of the new Centre for Land Tenure Studies in our university that was established in 2011 and is a collaboration between four of our Departments.

My Profile with publications in Google Scholar

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

Countries where I have done most of my research include:

I do much of my research in close collaboration with my current and ex- PhD-students. Most of our PhD-students have been 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

Current and recent activities:

I presented the paper "Generosity and social distance in dictator game field experiments with and without a face", coauthored with Sosina Bezu at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Economists, Stavanger University, January 7-8, 2013. This is an output from our research project "Joint Land Certification: Towards Empowerment or Marginalization?", funded under FRISAM in the Research Council of Norway. Powerpoint

UMB-CLTS arranged a worskhop on Large Scale Land Acquisitions at Litteraturhuset, Oslo, on November 28, 2012, see Link

Invited lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Socioeconomics Program of International Mazie and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) 19-24. November 2012 at Mt. Kenya Safari Club, Kenya:"Farm Household Behavior under Imperfect Markets and Implications for Research and Policy"

Presentation at the international workshop "Evaluating the Impact of Tenure Security Interventions in Developing Countries" at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC, on November 2nd, 2012: "Links between Tenure Security and Food Security: Evidence from Ethiopia."

My presentation at Norfund, Aker Brygge, Oslo on October 31, 2012:"Development Impact of Agricultural Investment Projects" (in Norwegian)."

My papers with Rodney Lunduka and Hosaena Ghebru to be presented at the 28th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, The Global Bio-Economy at Iguassu Falls, Cataratas, Brazil, August 18-24, 2012: "Input Subsidies, Cash Constraints and Timing of Input Supply: -Experimental Evidence from Malawi"and "Reverse Share Tenancy and Marshallian Inefficiency: Bargaining Power of Landowners under the Sharecroppers' Productivity"

We arranged an international Land Tenure Reform book workshop on May 29-30, 2012, at Jevnaker, Norway. I am co-editing the book with professor Keijiro Otsuka, Tokyo, and lead economist Klaus Deininger, The World Bank. Program for the workshop

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. 

Some recent papers/publications:

Gebregziabher, G., Namara, R. E. and Holden, S.(2012). Technical Efficiency of Irrigated and Rain-Fed Smallholder Agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia: A Comparative Stochastic Frontier Production Function Analysis. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 51 (3), 203-226. Abstract

Bezu, S.,  Barrett, C. and  Holden, S. T. (2012). Does the nonfarm economy offer pathways for upward mobility? Evidence from a panel data study in Ethiopia.  World Development 40(8), 1634-1646. Link

Holden, S. T. and Lunduka, R. (2012). Who Benefit from Malawi's Input Subsidy Program? Forum For Development Studies (Forthcoming). Link

Aryal, J. P. and Holden, S. T. (2012). Livestock and Land Share Contracts in a Hindu Society. Agricultural Economics 43, 1-14.Link 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. Link

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. (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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