@article{Garcia-Fuentes:283872,
      recid = {283872},
      author = {Garcia-Fuentes, Pablo A.  and Fukasawa, Yoshi  and  Rodriguez, Edgar A. Martinez  and Vargas, Conney  and  Mireles, Rodrigo},
      title = {THE EFFECT OF OXEN ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND FARM  INCOME IN NICARAGUA},
      journal = {International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics  (IJFAEC)},
      address = {2018-10-15},
      number = {1128-2019-553},
      month = {Oct},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {This study uses survey data to assess the effect of oxen  as draft animals on agricultural productivity and farm  agricultural income in Nicaragua during the year 2017. The  results suggest that farms that use oxen to plow the land  have higher bean productivity than farms that use stick to  plant crops. On average, using oxen increases farm’s bean  output by 7.75 100-pound bags, and hiring oxen increases  farm’s bean output by 8.5 100-pound bags. Also, using or  hiring oxen increases total farm planted area. The main  finding about the effect of oxen to plow the land through  farm planted area on agricultural farm gross income  suggests that using oxen to plow the land increases  agricultural farm gross income by 18.13 percent, and that  hiring oxen increases agricultural farm gross income by  25.55 percent.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/283872},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.283872},
}