@article{Ulimwengu:56902,
      recid = {56902},
      author = {Ulimwengu, John M.},
      title = {Farmers’ health and agricultural productivity in rural  Ethiopia},
      journal = {African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics},
      address = {2009-09},
      number = {311-2016-5500},
      pages = {18},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {This paper estimates a stochastic production using  household survey data to analyze the
relationship between  farmers’ health impediments and agricultural production  efficiency
in Ethiopia. The results show that healthy  farmers produce more per unit of inputs, earn
more income  and supply more labor than farmers affected by sickness.  The model results
show that production inefficiency  increases significantly with the number of days lost  to
sickness. This finding suggests that investing in the  health sector in rural areas will not
only improve farmers’  agricultural performance but also increase their  income.
Policymakers should therefore devise strategies  that will maximize the contribution of
health investments  to agricultural productivity and the overall rural  economy.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/56902},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.56902},
}