Publications of the Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics

  • Reviewed journal publications

    Reviewed journal publications

    2024

    Min, S., Bai, J., Wang, X., & Waibel, H. (2024). Does an inconsistent land tenure certificate affect technical efficiency of smallholder rubber farming: Evidence from a panel data in Southwest China. Forest Policy and Economics, 161, 103168.

    2023

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Huong Jaretzky and Hermann Waibel (2023): Extreme weather and agricultural management decisions among smallholder farmers in rural Thailand and Vietnam. Agricultural Economics Vol. 54 (5),  p. 593-622.

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Ingmar Schumacher and Eric Strobl (2023): Rainfall shocks and risk aversion: Evidence from Southeast Asia. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming.

    Weyori, Alirah E. and Sabine Liebenehm (2023): Rainfall shocks, livelihood diversification and welfare: Evidence from rural Togo. Journal of African Economies, forthcoming.

    Amare, Mulubrhan, Priyanka Parvathi and Trung Thanh Nguyen (2023): Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation: Comparative evidence from Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. Doi: 10.1111/cjag.12326

    2021

    Alirah E.Weyori (2021): Are integrated livestock disease-management practices complements or substitutes? The case of AAT control in rural Ethiopia. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 16 (3), p. 264-282. Download

    Jin, Shaoze, Shi Min, Jikun Huang and Hermann Waibel (2021): Falling price induced diversification strategies and rural inequality: Evidence of smallholder rubber farmers. World Development Vol. 146 (1), 105604. Download

    Min, Shi, Xiaobing Wang, Junfei Bai and Hermann Waibel (2021): Married to rubber? Evidence from the expansion of natural rubber in Southwest China. Forest Policy and Economics Vol. 129 (Aug.). Doi 10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102513

    Quiñones, Esteban J., Sabine Liebenehm and Rasadhika Sharma (2021): Left home high and dry‑reduced migration in response to repeated droughts in Thailand and Vietnam. Population and Environment Vol. 42, p. 579–621. Download

    Jin, Shaoze, Shi Min, Jikun Huang and Hermann Waibel (2021): Rising labour costs and the future of rubber intercropping in China. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. Doi 10.1080/14735903.2021.1918482

    Najib, Mukhamad, Ujang Sumarwan, Stevia Septiani, Hermann Waibel, Dwi Suhartanto and Farah Fahma (2021): Individual and socio-cultural factors as driving forces of the purchase intention for organic food by middle class consumers in Indonesia. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing. Doi 10.1080/08974438.2021.1900015

    2020

    Akabo Asodina, Francis, Faizal Adams, Fred Nimoh, Emmanuel A. Weyori, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa and John Edudes‑Andvi Bakang (2020): Are non‑market benefits of soybean production significant? An extended economic analysis of smallholder soybean farming in Upper West region of Northern Ghana. Agriculture & Food Security. Doi 10.1186/s40066-020-00265-7

    Min, Shi, Xiaobing Wang, Shaoze Jin, Hermann Waibel and Jikun Huang (2020): Climate change and farmers' perceptions: Impact on rubber farming in the Upper Mekong region. Climate Change Vol. 163, p. 451-480. Download

    Jin, Shaoze, Jikun Huang and Hermann Waibel (2020): Location and economic resilience in rubber farming communities in Southwest China. China Agricultural Economic Review. Doi 10.1108/CAER-06-2020-0153

    Hermann Waibel, Ulrike Grote, Shi Min, Trung Thanh Nguyen and Suwanna Praneetvatakul (2020): COVID-19 in the Greater Mekong Subregion: How resilient are rural households? Food Security  Vol. 12, p. 779–782. Download

    Badrun Nessa Ahmed, Sven Genschick, Michael Phillips and Hermann Waibel (2020): Is there a difference between the poor and non-poor? A disaggregated demand analysis for fish in Bangladesh. Journal of Aquaculture Economics and Management, (May). Download

    Ernah, Priyanka Parvathi and Hermann Waibel (2020): Will teaching sustainability standards to oil palm smallholders in Indonesia pay off? International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Vol. 18 (2), p. 196-211. Download

    Alirah E. Weyori, Sabine Liebenehm and Hermann Waibel (2020): Returns to livestock disease control? A panel data analysis in Togo. European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 47 (2), p. 654-683. Download

    2019

    Min Shi, Hou Ling-ling, Hermann Waibel, Huang Ji-kun and Mu Yue-ying (2019): The impact of migration on the food consumption and nutrition of left-behind family members: Evidence from a minority mountainous region of southwestern China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture Vol. 18 (8), p. 1780-1792. Download

    Ahmed, Badrun Nessa and Hermann Waibel (2019): The role of homestead fish ponds for household nutrition security in Bangladesh. Food Security, Vol. 11 (4), p. 835-854.  Download

    Shi Min, Jikun Huang, Hermann Waibel, Xueqing Yang and Georg Cadisch (2019): Rubber boom, land use change and the implications for carbon balances in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. Ecological Economics, Vol. 156 (Febr.), p. 57-67. Download

    Alirah E. Weyori, Sabine Liebenehm and Hermann Waibel (2019): The impact of integrated livestock disease management for food security in Togo. The International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Vol. 17 (1), p.1-17. Download

    2018

    Siamwalla, Ammar, Nippon Poapongsakorn, Hermann Waibel and Keokam Kraisoraphong (2018): Editors' Introduction. World Food Policy Journal, Vol. 4 (2). DOI: 10.18278/wfp.4.2.1

    Bezawit B. Chichaibelu and Hermann Waibel (2018): Over-indebtedness and its persistence among rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 56 (June), p. 1-23. Download

    Parvathi, Priyanka (2018): Does mixed crop-livestock farming lead to less diversified diets among smallholders? Evidence from Laos. Agricultural Economics, Vol. 49, p. 497-509. Download

    Liebenehm, Sabine (2018): Temporal stability of risk attitudes and the impact of adverse shocks - A panel data analysis from Thailand and Vietnam. World Development, Vol. 102 (Febr.): p. 262-274. Download

    Nguyen, Trung Thanh, Truong Lam Do, Priyanka Parvathi, Ada Wossink, Ulrike Grote (2018): Farm production efficiency and natural forest extraction: Evidence from Cambodia. Land Use Policy, Vol. 71 (Febr.): p. 480-493. Download

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Trung Thanh Nguyen (2018): Is environmental income reporting evasive in household surveys? Evidence from rural poor in Laos. Ecological Economics, Vol. 143 (January): p. 218-226. Download

    Shi Min, Junfei Bai, Jikun Huang and Hermann Waibel (2018): Willingness of smallholder rubber farmers to participate in ecosystem protection: Effects of household wealth and environmental awareness. Forest Policy and Economics, Vol. 87 (Febr.): p. 70-84. Download

    2017

    Alirah E. Weyori, Mulubrhan Amare, Hildegard Garming and Hermann Waibel (2017): Agricultural innovation systems and farm technology adoption: Findings from a study of the Ghanaian plantain sector. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, Vol. 24 (1): p. 65-87. Download

    Shi Min, Hermann Waibel and Jikun Huang (2017): Smallholder participation in the land rental market in a mountainous region of Southern China: Impact of population aging, land tenure security and ethnicity. Land Use Policy, Vol. 68 (Nov.): p. 625-637. Download

    Becker, Charles M., Bakhrom Mirkasimov and Susan Steiner (2017): Forced marriage and birth outcomes. Demography, Vol. 54 (4): p. 1401-1423. Download

    Shi Min, Hermann Waibel, Georg Cadisch, Gerhard Langenberger, Junfei Bai and Jikun Huang (2017): The economics of smallholder rubber farming in a mountainous region of Southwest China: Elevation, ethnicity and risk. Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 37 (3): p. 281-293.

    Bezawit B. Chichaibelu and Hermann Waibel (2017): Borrowing from “Pui” to pay “Pom”: Multiple borrowing and over-indebtedness in rural Thailand. World Development, Vol. 98 (Oct.): p. 338-350. Download

    Langenberger, Gerhard, Georg Cadisch, Konrad Martin, Shi Min and Hermann Waibel (2017): Rubber intercropping: A viable concept for the 21st century? Agroforestry Systems, Vol. 91 (3), p. 577-596. Download

    Shi Min, Jikun Huang, Junfei Bai and Hermann Waibel (2017): Adoption of intercropping among smallholder rubber farmers in Xishuangbanna, China. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Vol. 15 (3), p. 223-237. Download

    Shi Min, Jikun Huang and Hermann Waibel (2017): Rubber specialization versus crop diversification: The roles of perceived risks. China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. 9 (2), p. 188-210. Download

    2016

    Krause, Henning, Rattiya S. Lippe and Ulrike Grote (2016): Adoption and income effects of public GAP standards: Evidence from the horticultural sector in Thailand. Horticulturae, Vol. 2 (4): 18. Download

    Grote, Ulrike and Hermann Waibel (2016): Constructing a database for food security assessments in Southeast Asia. World Food Policy, Vol. 2 (2) / 3 (1): p. 79-103. Download

    Ernah, Priyanka Parvathi and Hermann Waibel (2016): Adoption of sustainable palm oil practices by Indonesian smallholder farmers. Journal of Southeast Asian Economies (JSEAE), Vol. 33 (3): p. 291-316. Download

    Mulubrhan Amare and Lena Hohfeld (2016): Poverty Transition in Rural Vietnam: The Role of Migration and Remittances. The Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 52 (10): p. 1463-1478. Download

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Bernard Bett, Cristobal Verdugo and Mohamed Said (2016): Optimal drug control under risk of drug resistance – the case of African animal trypanosomosis. Journal of Agricultural Economics (JAE), Vol. 67 (2): p. 510-533. Download

    Lippe, Rattiya S. and Ulrike Grote (2016): Determinants affecting adoption of GLOBALG.A.P. standards: A choice experiment in Thai horticulture. Agribusiness, Vol. 33 (2): p. 242-256. Download

    Nguyen, Trung T., Loc D. Nguyen, Rattiya S. Lippe and Ulrike Grote (2016): Determinants of farmers’ land use decision-making: Comparative evidence from Thailand and Vietnam. World Development, Vol. 89: p. 199-213. Download

    Cahyadi, Eko R. and Hermann Waibel (2016): Contract farming and vulnerability to poverty among oil palm smallholders in Indonesia. The Journal of Development Studies (JDS), Vol. 52 (5): p. 681-695.

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Hermann Waibel (2016): Organic agriculture and fair trade: A happy marriage? A case study of certified smallholder black pepper farmers in India. World Development, Vol. 77 (C): p. 206-220. Download

    2015

    Inga Häuser, Konrad Martin, Jörn Germer, Pia He, Sergey Blagodatskiy, Hongxi Liu, Manuel Krauß, Arisoa Rajaona, Min Shi, Gerhard Langenberger, Chao-Dong Zhu, Marc Cotter, Sabine Stürz, Hermann Waibel, Heidrun Steinmetz, Silke Wieprecht, Michael Ahlheim, Thomas Aenis and Georg Cadisch (2015): Environmental and socio-economic impacts of rubber cultivation in the Mekong region: Challenges for sustainable land use. CAB Reviews 2015, Vol. 10 (027). Abstract

    Tanika Chakraborty, Bakhrom Mirkasimov and Susan Steiner (2015): Transfer Behavior in Migrant Sending Communities. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 43 (3), p. 690-705. Download

    Lippe, Rattiya S. and Ulrike Grote (2015): Forecasting GLOBALG.A.P. adoption among Thai orchid producers. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), Vol. 1078: p. 129-134. Download

    Gödecke, Theda and Hermann Waibel (2015): Does the underlying definition of household impair programme targeting? Journal of Development Effectiveness, Vol. 8 (1): p. 87-104. Download

    Shi Min, Junfei Bai, James Seale Jr. and Thomas Wahl (2015): Demographics, societal aging, and meat consumption in China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, Vol. 14 (6): p. 995-1007.

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Hermann Waibel (2015): Adoption and impact of black pepper certification in India. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Vol. 54 (2): p. 133-161.

    Klasen, Stefan and Hermann Waibel (2015): Vulnerability to poverty in South-East Asia: Drivers, measurement, responses, and policy issues. World Development, Vol. 71 (July): p. 1-3. Download

    Phung, Tung Duc, Bernd Hardeweg, Suwanna Praneetvatakul und Hermann Waibel (2015): Non-sampling error and data quality: What can we learn from surveys to collect data for vulnerability measurements? World Development, Vol. 71 (July): p. 25-35. Download

    Gloede, Oliver, Lukas Menkhoff and Hermann Waibel (2015): Shocks, individual risk attitude, and vulnerability to poverty among rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. World Development, Vol. 71 (July): p. 54-78. Download

    Lena Giesbert and Susan Steiner (2015): Client Perceptions of the Value of Microinsurance: Evidence from Southern Ghana. Journal of International Development, Vol. 27 (1): p. 15-35. Download

    2014

    Phung, Tung Duc and Hermann Waibel (2014): The Poverty and Welfare Effects of the 2008 Food Price Crisis in Vietnam: A Decomposition Analysis. World Food Policy. Vol. 1 (2).

    Liebenehm, Sabine and Hermann Waibel (2014): Simultaneous estimation of risk and time preferences among small-scale cattle farmers in West Africa. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 96 (5): p. 1420-1438. Download

    Damir Esenaliev and Susan Steiner (2014): Ethnicity and the Distribution of Welfare: Evidence from Southern Kyrgyzstan. Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 42 (4): p. 970-982. Download

    Tilman Brück, Damir Eseanliev, Antje Kroeger, Alma Kudebayeva, Bakhrom Mirkasimov and Susan Steiner (2014): "Household survey data for research on well-being and behavior in Central Asia." Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 42 (3): p. 819-835. Download

    Ehlert, Christoph R., Dagmar Mithöfer and Hermann Waibel (2014): Worker welfare on Kenyan export vegetable farms. Food Policy, Vol. 46 (June): p. 66-73.

    Bai, Junfei, Jill J. McCluskey, Hainan Wang and Shi Min (2014): Dietary globalization in Chinese breakfasts. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 

    2013

    Hohfeld, Lena and Hermann Waibel (2013): Investments of rural households in Northeast Thailand and the future of small scale farming. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Vol. 52 (3): p. 217-236.

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Hermann Waibel (2013): Fair trade and organic agriculture in developing countries - A review. Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing, Vol. 25 (4): p. 311-323. Download

    Macharia, Ibrahim, Dagmar Mithöfer and Hermann Waibel (2013): Pesticide handling practices by vegetable farmer in Kenya. Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol. 15 (4): p. 887-902. Download

    Cahyadi, Eko R. and Hermann Waibel (2013): Is contract farming in the Indonesian oil palm industry pro-poor? Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, Vol. 30 (1): p. 62-76. Download

    Hardeweg, Bernd, Lukas Menkhoff and Hermann Waibel (2013): Experimentally validated survey evidence on individual risk attitudes in rural Thailand. Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 61 (4): p. 859-888. Download

    Hardeweg, Bernd, Andreas Wagener and Hermann Waibel (2013): A distributional approach to comparing vulnerability, applied to rural provinces in Thailand and Vietnam. Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 25 (1): p. 53-65. Download

    2012

    Amare, Mulubrhan, Lena Hohfeld, Somchai Jitsuchon and Hermann Waibel (2012): Rural-urban migration and employment quality: A case study from Thailand. Asian Development Review, Vol. 29 (1): p. 57-79. Download

    Amare, Mulubrhan and Solomon Asfaw (2012): Food aid impact of poverty reduction in Ethiopia. Journal of Development Effectiveness, Vol. 4 (2): p. 235-256. Download

    Jena, Pradyot R., Bezawit B. Chichaibelu, Till Stellmacher and Ulrike Grote (2012): The impact of coffee certification on small-scale producers’ livelihoods: A case study from the Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics, Vol. 43 (3): p. 429-440. 

    Amare, Mulubrhan, Solomon Asfaw and Bekele Shiferaw (2012): Welfare impacts of Maize-Pigeonpea Intensification in Tanzania. Agricultural Economics, Vol. 43 (1): p. 27-43.

    2011

    Witt, Rudolf and Hermann Waibel (2011): Constraints to diversification of poor fishery-dependent households in Cameroon. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 6 (2): p. 155-175.

    Pemsl, Diemuth E., Marc Voelker , Lifeng Wu and Hermann Waibel (2011): Long-term impact of Bt cotton: Findings from a case study in China. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Vol. 9 (4): p. 508-521. Download

    Chiwaula, Levison S., Rudolf Witt and Hermann Waibel (2011): An asset-based approach to vulnerability: The case of small-scale fishing areas in Cameroon and Nigeria. Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 47 (2): p. 338-353.

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Hippolyte Affognon and Hermann Waibel (2011): Impact assessment of livestock research and development in West Africa: A propensity score matching approach. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Vol. 50 (3): p. 253-266. Download

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Hippolyte Affognon and Hermann Waibel (2011): Collective livestock research for sustainable disease management in Mali and Burkina Faso. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Vol. 9 (1): p. 212-221.

    Gödecke, Theda and Hermann Waibel (2011): Rural-urban transformation and village economy in emerging market economies during economic crisis: Empirical evidence from Thailand. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Vol. 4 (2): p. 205-219.

    2010

    Witt, Rudolf, Diemuth Pemsl and Hermann Waibel (2010): Collecting data for poverty and vulnerability assessment in remote areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. Survey Methodology, Vol. 36 (2): p. 217-222.

    Völker, Marc and Hermann Waibel (2010): Do rural households extract more forest products in times of crisis? Evidence from the mountainous uplands of Vietnam. Forest Policy and Economics, Vol. 6 (12): p. 407-414.

    Do, Quy-Toan and Tung P. Duc (2010): The Importance of Being Wanted. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 2 (4): p. 236-253.

    Asfaw, Solomon, Dagmar Mithöfer and Hermann Waibel (2010): What Impact are EU Supermarket Standards Having on Developing Countries Export of High-value Horticultural Products? Evidence from Kenya. Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing, Vol. 22 (3): p. 252-276.

    2009

    Mausch, Kai, Dagmar Mithöfer, Solomon Asfaw and Hermann Waibel (2009): Vegetable production under EurepGAP standard in Kenya: Is large "more beautiful" than small. Journal of Food Distribution Research, Vol. 40 (3): p. 115-129. 

    Garming, Hildegard and Hermann Waibel (2009): Pesticides and farmer health in Nicaragua: a willingness-to-pay approach to evaluation. The European Journal of Health Economics. Vol. 10 (2): p. 125-133.

    Clausen, Peter-Henning, Burkhard Bauer, Karl-Hans Zessin, Oumar Diall, Zakaria Bocoum, Issa Sidibe, Hippolyte Affognon, Hermann Waibel, Delia Grace and Tom Randolph (2009): Preventing and containing trypanocide resistance in the cotton zone of West Africa. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Vol. 57 (1-2): p. 28-32.

    Asfaw, Solomon, Dagmar Mithöfer and Hermann Waibel (2009): Agrifood supply chain, private-sector standards, and farmers’ health: evidence from Kenya. Agricultural Economics, Vol. 41: p. 251-263.

    Asfaw, Solomon, Dagmar Mithöfer and Hermann Waibel (2009): Investment in compliance with GlobalGAP standards: Does it pay off for small-scale producers in Kenya? Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Vol. 48 (4): p. 337-362.

    Asfaw, Solomon, Dagmar Mithöfer and Hermann Waibel (2009): EU Food Safety Standards, Pesticide Use and Farm-level Productivity: The Case of High-value Crops in Kenya. Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 60 (3): p. 645-667.

    2008

    Witt, Rudolf, Diemuth E. Pemsl and Hermann Waibel (2008): The Farmer Field School in Senegal: Does Training Intensity Affect Diffusion of Information? Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education, Vol. 15 (2): p. 47-60.

    Pemsl, Diemuth E., Hermann Waibel and Andrew P. Gutierrez (2008): The economics of biotechnology under ecosystem disruption. Ecological Economics, Vol. 66: p. 178-183.

    Chiwaula, Levison S. and Ben M. Kaluwa (2008): Household consumption of complementary infant foods in two low income districts in Malawi. Journal of International Development, Vol. 20 (5): p. 686-697.

    2007

    Zilberman, David and Hermann Waibel (2007): Advances in Impact Assessment of Natural Resources Management Research. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Vol. 47 (4 - Special issue): p. 395-420.

    Pemsl, Diemuth and Hermann Waibel (2007): Assessing the profitability of different crop protection strategies in cotton: Case study results from Shandong Province, China. Agricultural Systems, Vol. 95 (Dec. 2007): p. 28-36.

    2006

    Kuosmanen, Timo, Diemuth Pemsl and Justus Wesseler (2006): Specification and estimation of production functions involving damage control inputs: A two-stage, semi-parametric approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 88 (2): p. 499-511.

  • Books and book chapters

    Books and book chapters

    Waibel, Hermann, Chompunuch Nantajit, Phouvong Phami and Somkid Naprom (2021): Covid-19 and rural development in the Mekong River Region: Case studies from Thailand and Laos. In: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS) (2021): The displaced: Disrupted trade, labour, and politics in the Mekong River Basin. Tokyo, Japan, p. 226-254.

    Waibel, Hermann, Thi Hoa Pahlisch and Marc Voelker (2018): Farmers’ perceptions of and adaptations to climate change in Southeast Asia: The case study from Thailand and Vietnam. In: D. Zilberman, L. Lipper, N. McCarthy, S. Asfaw and G. Branca: Climate smart agriculture - Building resilience to climate change. Springer Natural Resource Management and Policy book series, Vol. 52, Rome, p. 137-160. Download

    Parvathi, Priyanka, Ulrike Grote, and Hermann Waibel (Edts.) (2017): Fair trade and organic agriculture - A winning combination? CAB International, 208 p.  9781786393050

    Waibel, Hermann and Lena Hohfeld (2016): Poverty and nutrition: A case study of rural households in Thailand and Viet Nam. In: Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan (Edts.): The Asian ‘Poverty Miracle’. Impressive accomplishments or incomplete achievements? ADBI series on Asian Economic Integration and Cooperation. Edward Elgar, p. 215-250. Abstract

    Ali, Zulfiqar, Mustafa Mujeri and Badrun Nessa Ahmed (2016): Extreme poverty and marginality in Bangladesh: Review of extreme poverty focused innovative programmes. In: Cecep Effendi and Vasanthi Rajendran (Eds.): Dynamics of poverty: Cases from CIRDAP member countries. Dhaka: CIRDAP, p. 73-92. Download

    Klasen, Stephan and Hermann Waibel  (2013): Vulnerability to poverty: Theory, measurement and determinants, with case studies from Thailand and Vietnam. Palgrave, 360 p. Contents

    Waibel, Hermann, Songporne Tongruksawattana and Marc Voelker (2013): Voices of the poor in climate change in Thailand and Vietnam. In: Aris Ananta, Armin Bauer and Myo Thant (Eds.): The environments of the poor in Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific. ADB, Singapore, p. 170-186.

    Mithöfer, Dagmar and Hermann Waibel (2011): Vegetable production & marketing in Africa: Socio-economic Research. CABI publishers, Wallingford, UK, 271 p.

    Liebenehm, Sabine (2009): Impact of livestock research on farmers' knowledge and productivity. The case of trypanosomosis in West Africa. VDM, Saarbrücken, Germany, 118 p.

    Praneetvatakul, Suwanna and Hermann Waibel (2008): A panel data model for the assessment of Farmer Field Schools in Thailand. In: K. Otsuka and K. Kalirajan: Agriculture in developing countries - technology issues. Sage Publishers, New Delhi, p. 137-151.

    Waibel, Hermann (2007): Externalities and the costs of pesticide dependence. In: P. Kunstadter: Pesticides in South East Asia. Sanga Sabhasari Research Foundation, Silkworm Books, Bangkok, Thailand, p. 181-196.

    Waibel, Hermann and David Zilberman (2007): International Research on Natural Resources Management: advances in impact assessment. CABI publishers, Wallingford, 270 p.

    Mithöfer, Dagmar and Hermann Waibel (2007): Economics of on-farm production of indigenous fruits. In: F. K. Akinnifesi: Indigenous Fruit trees in Southern Africa. CABI publishers, Wallingford, p. 237-253.

    Pandey, Sushil, Nguyen T. Khiem, Hermann Waibel and T. C. Thien (2006): Household food security and commercialization of agriculture in uplands of Vietnam: A micro-economic analysis. The International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines, 106 p.

  • Other publications

    Other publications

    2021

    Al Lily, Miriam and Hermann Waibel (2021): The socioeconomic determinants of urban poverty in Saudi Arabia. Diskussionspapiere der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät - Hannover Economic Papers (HEP), Nr. 691, Dec., 32p. Zusammenfassung/Info, Download

    Zhuang, Haowen, Shaoze Jin and Hermann Waibel (2021): Dynamics of livelihood strategies of smallholder rubber farmers in Southwest China. Paper presented at 10th ASAE conference, Session 4.1: Transformation of the rural economy in rubber producing areas in Southwest China, November 6-8, in Beijing, China (online).

    2020

    Al Lily, Miriam and Hermann Waibel (2020): The determinants of urban poverty in Saudi Arabia: Evidence from a socio-economic household survey. Paper presented at the ICP 2020: 14th International Conference on Poverty, 17-18 December, Barcelona, Spain (online).

    Nantajit, Chompunuch and Hermann Waibel (2020): The changing role of agriculture in rural villages of an emerging market economy: The case of Thailand. Paper presented at Tropentag, September 9 - 11 (online).

    Zhuang, Haowen and Hermann Waibel (2020): Labour markets and income stability of smallholder rubber farmers: Evidence from Southwest China. Paper presented at Tropentag 2020, September 9 – 11 (online).

    2019

    Brooks, Mark, Rattiya S. Lippe and Hermann Waibel (2019): Comprehensive data quality studies as a component of poverty assessments. Paper presented at IARIW World Bank conference "New Approaches to Defining and Measuring Poverty in a Growing World", November 7-8, Washington D.C., USA.

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel and Hermann Waibel (2019): Long-term weather variability, portfolio diversification and household welfare: Evidence from rural Togo. Paper presented on Sustainability and Development Conference, October 11-14, The University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Lukas Menkhoff and Hermann Waibel (2019): Risk attitudes and returns in rural economies: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented on Development Economics and Policy Conference (Verein für Socialpolitik), June 13-14, DIW / KfW, Berlin, Germany, and presented on Sustainability and Development Conference, October 11-14, The University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.

    Nantajit, Chompunuch and Hermann Waibel (2019): Livelihood changes in a rural Thai village during one decade: A panel data analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Scientific Research Group on Southeast Asia of the German Geographical Society (DGfG): Socio-Spatial Dynamics in Southeast Asia, May 3-4, Universität Wien, Austria. Abstract, Program

    Haowen Zhuang, Shaoze Jin and Hermann Waibel (2019): Impact of land certification on cash crop expansion in Southwest China. Paper presented at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty ''Catalyzing Innovation'', March 25-29, Washington DC, USA. Agenda

    2018

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Lukas Menkhoff and Hermann Waibel (2018): Risk attitudes and returns in rural economies: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at the Invited Seminar at International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA, November 20, and at the Invited Seminar at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, October 31.

    Badrun Nessa Ahmed and Hermann Waibel (2018): Does the loss of homestead fish ponds in Bangladesh increase food and nutrition insecurity of poor countries? Paper presented at Tropentag, September 17-19, Ghent, Belgium.

    Kantabussabong, Chomphunut, Sabine Liebenehm and Hermann Waibel (2018): Why do rural households in Northeast Thailand invest less? Consequences for the development. Paper presented at Tropentag, September 17-19, Ghent, Belgium.

    Huong Nguyen Thi Lan, Hermann Waibel and Sabine Liebenehm (2018): Land use change and agricultural growth in rural Viet Nam. Poster presented at Tropentag, September 17-19, Ghent, Belgium.

    Wilder, David, Sabine Liebenehm and Hermann Waibel (2018): Investments in agriculture but trapped in poverty: Evidence based on panel data analysis from Vietnam. Poster presented at Tropentag, September 17-19, Ghent, Belgium. 

    Haowen Zhuang, Shaoze Jin and Hermann Waibel (2018): Dynamics of livelihood strategies of smallholder rubber farmers in Southwest China. Poster presented at Tropentag 2018, September 17-19, Ghent, Belgium.

    Shaoze Jin, Shi Min, Jikun Huang and Hermann Waibel (2018): Does diversification reduce rural inequality? The case of smallholder rubber farmers in Southern China. Paper presented at the Doctoral Workshop of the Development Economics Committee of the German Economic Association, September 6-7, Berlin, Germany.

    Chichaibelu, Bezawit and Hermann Waibel (2018): Explaining differences in rural household debt between Thailand and Vietnam: Economic environment versus household characteristics. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitk, September 4, Freiburg i. Br., Germany.

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Nele Degener and Eric Strobl (2018): Rainfall shocks and risk aversion: Evidence from Southeast Asia. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitk, September 4, Freiburg i. Br., Germany.

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel, Sabine Liebenehm and Hermann Waibel (2018): Returns to livestock disease control: Impact of AAT control interventions on farmers’ welfare in sub-Saharan Africa - A panel data analysis from Togo. Paper presented at the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), July 28 - August 2, Vancouver, Canada.

    Shaoze Jin, Shi Min, Jikun Huang and Hermann Waibel (2018): Livelihood responses of smallholder farmers in Southwest China to the decline in rubber prices. Poster presented at the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), July 28 - August 2, Vancouver, Canada.

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Nele Degener and Eric Strobl (2018): Rainfall shocks and risk aversion: Evidence from Southeast Asia. Poster presented at the Development Economics and Policy Conference at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland, June 28-29.

    Priyanka Parvathi, Trung Thanh Nguyen, Ulrike Grote and Hermann Waibel (2018): Can agricultural investments increase off-farm employment? A micro-perspective on agricultural transformation in Southeast Asia. Paper presented at the Annual World Bank Conference on Dsiruptive Innovations, Value Chain and Rural Development 2018, Washington DC, USA, June 12-15.

    Priyanka Parvathi, Mulubrhan Amare,Trung Thanh Nguyen and Christopher B Barrett (2018): What African farmers can learn from rural smallholders in Southeast Asia? Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation. Paper presented at the Annual World Bank Conference on Disruptive Innovations, Value Chain and Rural Development 2018, Washington DC, USA, June 12-15.

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Lukas Menkhoff and Hermann Waibel (2018): Risk attitudes and rural development: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam. Poster presented at the 2018 ICABR Conference "Disruptive Innovations, Value Chains, and Rural Development" at the World Bank, Washington DC, USA, June 12-15.

    Nguyen, Trung Thanh, Truong Lam Do, Priyanka Parvathi, Ada Wossink and Ulrike Grote (2018): Farm production efficiency and natural forest extraction: Evidence from Cambodia. Paper presented at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2018, Washington DC, USA, March 19-23.

    Shaoze Jin, Shi Min, Jikun Huang and Hermann Waibel (2018): Sustainable land use by smallholder rubber farmers in Southwest China: Acceptance, adoption and governance of environmental programs. Paper presented at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2018, Washington DC, USA, March 19-23.

    2017

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel and Hermann Waibel (2017): Technological innovations and food security revisted: The impact of improved livestock management in Togo. Paper presented at third international conference of GlobalFood "GlobalFood Symposium 2017" organized by University of Göttingen, April 28-29, Germany.

    Parvathi, Priyanka (2017): Divorce mixed crop-livestock farming to increase dietary diversity? Evidence from smallholders in Lao PDR. Paper presented at GEWISOLA 2017, Munich, September 13-15; also presented at third international conference of GlobalFood "GlobalFood Symposium 2017" organized by University of Göttingen, April 28-29, Germany.

    Steiner, Susan, Andreas Landmann and Helke Seitz (2017): Patrilocal residence and female labour supply. IZA Discussion Paper No. 10890. Download

    Dien H. Pham, Sabine Liebenehm and Hermann Waibel (2017): Risk attitude and household welfare in the presence of ethnic disparities - Evidence from rural households in Vietnam. Paper presented in the session on Rural Development at the ''Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network'' (PEGNet) Conference 2017 on ''Understanding national inequalities and how to address them''. September, 11-12, Zurich, Switzerland.

    Dien H. Pham, Sabine Liebenehm and Hermann Waibel (2017): Experimentally validated general risk attitude among different ethnic groups – The case of Dak Lak, Vietnam. Poster presented at Annual International Conference of the German Economic Association Research Group on Development Economics, Göttingen, June 1-2, Germany; also presented as paper at CFS Conference on Behavioral Risk Management, Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt am Main, April 14, Germany (Download) and at Doctoral Research Seminar, Research Committee on Development Economics German Economic Association, Freiburg, July 22-23, 2016, Germany.

    Waibel, Hermann, Thi Hoa Pahlisch and Marc Völker (2017): Farmers'' perceptions of and adaptations to climate change in Southeast Asia: The case study from Thailand and Vietnam. In: Leslie Lipper, Nancy McCarthy, David Zilberman, Solomon Asfaw and Giacomo Branca (Ed.): Climate smart agriculture - Building resilience to climate change. Natural Resource Management and Policy, Vol. 52, Springer. Download

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel and Hermann Waibel (2017): Technological innovations and food security revisted: The impact of improved livestock management in Togo. Paper presented at third international conference of GlobalFood "GlobalFood Symposium 2017" organized by University of Göttingen, April 28-29, Germany.

    Badrun Nessa Ahmed and Hermann Waibel (2017): Is there a poor man''s fish? Empirical analysis of fish demand in Bangladesh. Paper presented at third international conference of GlobalFood "GlobalFood Symposium 2017" organized by University of Göttingen, April 28-29, Germany.

    2016

    Lippe, Rattiya S. and Ulrike Grote (2015): Costs and benefits of GAP standards adoption in Thai horticulture, p. 205-214, in: Dirksmeyer, Theuvsen, Kayser (eds.) Thünen Report 22, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 343p. DOI: 10.3220/REP_22_2015.

    Krause, Henning, Rattiya S. Lippe and Ulrike Grote (2015): Value chain analysis of potted orchid flowers: A case study from the Netherlands and Germany, p. 215-230, in: Dirksmeyer, Theuvsen, Kayser (eds.): Thünen Report 22, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 343p. DOI: 10.3220/REP_22_2015

    Shi Min, Hermann Waibel and Jikun Huang (2016): Smallholder participation in land rental market in a mountainous region of Southern China: Impact of population aging, land tenure security and ethnicity. Paper presented at the 17th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, March 14-18, Washington D.C., USA.

    Liebenehm, Sabine (2016): Too risk-averse and too myopic to avoid losses? Insights from a dynamic field experiment in West Africa. Paper presented at DIW, Berlin (February 8).

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel and Hermann Waibel (2016): Understanding the adoption decisions of livestock farmers: The case of Best-Bet AAT management practices in Ethiopia. Paper presented at conference of The Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (STVM) and the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, September 4–8, Berlin, Germany.

    2015

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel and Hermann Waibel (2015): Adoption of best bet livestock disease management practices and its impact on food security of rural household in Togo. Paper presented at PhD colloquium of Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) of Verein für Socialpolitik in Zürich, Switzerland, November, 10-12.

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Hermann Waibel (2015): Is organic agriculture and fair trade certification a way out of crisis? Evidence from black pepper farmers in India. Paper presented at 55th Annual Conference of German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA), September 23-25, Gießen, Germany.

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Hermann Waibel (2015): The yield effects of organic farming: A case study of black pepper in India. Paper presented at Tropentag 2015, September 16-18, Berlin, Germany. 

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel and Hermann Waibel (2015): Adoption of improved livestock disease management practices and food security: Evidence from small scale cattle farmers in rural Togo. Poster and Paper presented at Tropentag 2015, September 16-18, Berlin, Germany.

    Shi Min and Hermann Waibel (2015): Land use, agrobiodiversity and smallholder rubber farmers’ risk perception: A case study from Xishuangbanna, China. Poster and Paper presented at Tropentag 2015, September 16-18, Berlin, Germany and at The International Conference on World Food Policy: The Future Faces of Food and Farming; Regional Challenges, December 17-18, Bangkok, Thailand. Program

    Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu and Hermann Waibel (2015): The interrelated dynamics of multiple borrowing and over-indebtedness among rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at the 29th Triennial Conference of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), August 9-14, in Milan, Italy.

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Bernard Bett, Cristobal Verdugo and Mohamed Said (2015): Optimal drug control under risk of drug resistance development – the case of African animal trypanosomosis in West Africa. Paper presented at the 29th Triennial Conference of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), August 9-14, in Milan, Italy.

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Hermann Waibel (2015): Household welfare impacts of black pepper certification in Kerala, India. Paper presented at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists 2015 "Agriculture in an interconnected world" organized by the University of Milan, August 9 -14, in Milan, Italy.

    Shi Min, Jikun Huang, Junfei Bai, Hermann Waibel (2015): Adoption of intercropping among smallholder rubber farmers in Xishuangbanna, China. Paper presented at the 29th Triennial Conference of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), August 9-14, in Milan, Italy.

    Ernah, Priyanka Parvathi and Hermann Waibel (2015): Cost-benefit analysis of the introduction of the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil standards: A case study in Jambi Province, Indonesia. Paper presented at 21st Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) June 24-27 in Helsinki, Finland.

    2014

    Parvathi, Priyanka (2014): Assessing the adoption and impact of organic and fair trade certification of pepper in India. Dissertation, Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover.

    Ernah Ernah and Hermann Waibel (2014): Sustainability criteria of smallholder''s oil palm farming in Indonesia: A stakeholders view. Paper presented at International Conference on Research on Food Security, Natural Resources Management and Rural Development (Tropentag), September 17-19, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic; and at International Conference on Indonesian Society of Agricultural Economics, August 28-29, Bogor, Indonesia.

    Shi Min, Hermann Waibel, Jikun Huang (2014): Rubber intercropping adoption of smallholders in Xishuangbanna, China". Poster presented at International Conference on Research on Food Security, Natural Resources Management and Rural Development (Tropentag), September 17-19, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic.

    Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu and Hermann Waibel (2014): Multiple borrowing: A symptom of over-indebtedness or households means of coping with risks and managing finances. Paper presented at the PEGNet Conference 2014 "Employment creation strategies in the developing world - How to create sufficient, productive and decent jobs." Organized by Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, September 18-19, in Lusaka, Zambia.

    Hohfeld, Lena (2014): Female wage employment and education expenditures in Northeast Thailand. Paper presented at the PEGNet Conference 2014 "Employment creation strategies in the developing world - How to create sufficient, productive and decent jobs." Organized by Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, September 18-19, in Lusaka, Zambia.

    Liebenehm, Sabine, Hermann Waibel, Oliver Gloede and Lukas Menkhoff (2014): Changes in risk attitudes and vulnerability to idiosyncratic and covariate shocks - Evidence from panel household data in Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at the PEGNet Conference 2014 "Employment creation strategies in the developing world - How to create sufficient, productive and decent jobs." Organized by Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, September 18-19, in Lusaka, Zambia; also presented at annual conference 2014 "Development Economics and Policy" of Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) of Verein für Socialpolitik, June 27-28, in Passau, Germany.

    Mulubrhan Amare and Hermann Waibel (2014): Climate Variability, Shocks and Non-farm Employment: Evidence from Rural Households in Northeast Thailand. Paper presented at 54th Annual Conference of German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA), September 17-19, Goettingen, Germany. Download

    Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu and Hermann Waibel (2014): Over-indebtedness and its persistency of rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Courant Research Centre "Poverty, Equity, and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries" and the Ibero-America Institute of Economic Research, July 2-4 2014, in Göttingen, Germany.

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Hermann Waibel (2014): Welfare impacts of organic and fair trade pepper certification of rural smallholders in India. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Courant Research Centre "Poverty, Equity, and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries" and the Ibero-America Institute of Economic Research, July 2-4 2014, in Göttingen, Germany.

    Mulubrhan Amare and Hermann Waibel (2014): The impact of remittances on household welfare growth and the development of children left behind: Empirical evidence from rural Thailand. Paper presented at annual conference 2014 "Development Economics and Policy" of Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) of Verein für Socialpolitik, June 27-28, in Passau, Germany. 

    Garming, Hildegard, Josefina Marin, Sonja Pürckhauer, Alirah Emmanuel Weyori, Charles Staver, German Rivera and Falguni Guharay (2014): From technology adoption to understanding innovation: Lessons from plantain innovation systems in four countries. Poster presented at Tropentag 2014, September 17-19, Prague, Czech Republic. (3rd Best Poster Award) Download

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel, Mulubrhan Amare and Herman Waibel (2014): Agricultural innovations systems and adoption decision: Findings from a study of Ghanaian plantain sector. Paper presented at annual conference 2014 "Development Economics and Policy" of Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) of Verein für Socialpolitik, June 27-28, in Passau, Germany.

    Schäfer, Dorothea and Susan Steiner (2014): Financial Development and Employment – Evidence from Transition Countries. DIW Discussion Paper 1390, DIW Berlin. Download

    Hohfeld, Lena (2014): Poverty and nutrition: A case study of rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at 2nd GlobalFood Symposium, April 25-26, Göttingen, Germany. Download

    Dohmeier, Nina and Hermann Waibel (2014): Shocks and food insecurity in Lao PDR. Poster presented at GlobalFood Symposium 2014, 25-26 April 2014, Göttingen, Germany. Download

    Shi Min and Junfei Bai (2014): Impact of demographic and aging on meat consumption in China. Paper presented at 2nd GlobalFood Symposium, April 25-26, Göttingen, Germany. Abstract p. 15

    2013

    Ernah Ernah, Eko R. Cahyadi and Hermann Waibel (2013): Socio-economic and environmental conditions of smallholder oil palm farmers in the Province of Jambi, Indonesia. Poster presented at Tropentag 2013, September 17-19, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany.

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel and Hermann Waibel (2013): Analysis of Plantain Innovation Systems and their Effect on Adoption of Improved Technologies - A Case Study from Ghana. Poster presented at Tropentag 2013, ''Agricultural development within the rural-urban continuum'', 17.-19.09.2013, University of Hohenheim, Germany.

    Mulubrhan Amare, Hermann Waibel and Lena Hohfeld (2013): Migration and remittances in rural Vietnam: Do they offer paths for structural poverty transitions? Paper presented at the PEGNet Conference 2013 ''How to Shape Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Economies in the Developing World - Global, Regional, and Local Solutions''. University of Copenhagen, October 17-18, 2013.

    Mulubrhan Amare and Hermann Waibel (2013): Geographic capital, shocks and asset poverty traps in rural Vietnam. Paper presented at Jahrestagung 2013 "Development Economics and Policy" of Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) of Verein für Socialpolitik, June 21-22, München, Germany, and at 5th EAAE PhD Workshop, May 29-31, Leuven, Belgium.

    Mulubrhan Amare, Hermann Waibel and Lena Hohfeld (2013): Migration and remittances in emerging market economies of Southeast Asia: Do they offer paths for structural poverty transitions? Paper presented at Arnoldshain Seminar XI “Migration, development, and demographic change: Problems, consequences and solutions”, June 25-28, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel and Hermann Waibel (2013): Assessing plantain innovation system using mixed methods: A case study from Ghana. Paper present at the MUSALAC conference: Plantain in Latin America, the Caribbean and West Africa: Looking for lessons on technological change and innovation systems, June 2-3, Armenia, Colombia.

    Hohfeld, Lena and Hermann Waibel (2013): Investments in agriculture: The future for small scale farming in Northeast Thailand? Poster presented at Jahrestagung 2013 "Development Economics and Policy" of Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) of Verein für Socialpolitik. June 21-22, München, Germany. Download

    2012

    Liebenehm, Sabine and Hermann Waibel (2012): Simultaneous estimation of risk and time preferences among small-scale cattle farmers in West Africa. Working paper, Institut für Entwicklungs- und Agrarökonomik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover. Download

    Rana, Sita, Priyanka Parvathi and Hermann Waibel (2012): Factors affecting the adoption of organic pepper farming in India. Poster presented at Tropentag. September, 19-21, Göttingen and Kassel/Witzenhausen, Germany. Abstract

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Hermann Waibel (2012): Fair trade and organic agriculture in developing countries - A review. Poster presented at Tropentag. September, 19-21, Göttingen and Kassel/Witzenhausen, Germany. Download

    Hohfeld, Lena and Hermann Waibel (2012): Is there a future for agriculture in rural villages in Northeast Thailand? Poster and paper presented at Tropentag 2012: Resilience of agricultural systems against crises. September 19-21, Göttingen - Kassel/Witzenhausen, Germany. 

    Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu and Hermann Waibel (2012): Financial vulnerability and indebtedness of poor households in Thailand and Vietnam. Poster and paper presented at Tropentag 2012: Resilience of agricultural systems against crises. September 19-21, Göttingen, Germany.

    Parvathi, Priyanka and Hermann Waibel (2012): Fair trade and organic agriculture in developing countries - A review. Paper presented at the International Food Marketing Research Symposium. Awarded the best student paper. June 21-22, Philadelphia, United States.

    Liebenehm, Sabine and Hermann Waibel (2012): How risk-averse are small-scale cattle farmers in West Africa? - First insights from an experimental study in West Africa using panel data. Poster presented at Jahrestagung 2012 "Development Economics and Policy" of Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) of Verein für Socialpolitik. June 22-23, Bonn, Germany. Download

    Gödecke, Theda and Hermann Waibel (2012): Understanding social networks in rural Thailand. Poster presented at Jahrestagung 2012 "Development Economics and Policy" of Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) of Verein für Socialpolitik. June 22-23, Bonn, Germany. Download

    Cahyadi, Eko R. and Hermann Waibel (2012): Is contract farming in the Indonesian oil palm industry pro-poor? Poster presented at Jahrestagung 2012 "Development Economics and Policy" of Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) of Verein für Socialpolitik. June 22-23, Bonn, Germany. Download

    2011

    Mulubrhan Amare, Lena Hohfeld, Somchai Jitsuchon and Hermann Waibel (2011): Finding Quality Employment through Rural Urban Migration: A case study from Thailand. Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference. June, 24-25, Berlin, Germany. Download

    2010

    Duc, Tung P. and Hermann Waibel (2010): "Diversification in land and labor allocation in response to shocks among small- scale farmers in Central Vietnam". Schriften der Gesellschaft fur Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V. Vol. 45 p. 91-111.

    Liebenehm, Sabine (2010): "Assessing the impact of agricultural research on cattle farmers'' knowledge about African Animal Trypanosomosis: An application of the propensity score matching approach". Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V. Vol. 45 p. 387-396.

    Hohfeld, Lena (2010): Rural Urban Migration and Agricultural Investments. Poster presented at Tropentag 2010: World food system - A contribution from Europe. September 14-16, Zurich, Switzerland.

    Hardeweg, Bernd, Lukas Menkhoff and Hermann Waibel (2010): Experimentally-validated survey evidence on individual risk attitudes in rural Thailand. Paper presented at 25th Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association. August 23-26, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

    Hardeweg, Bernd, Lukas Menkhoff and Hermann Waibel (2010): Experimentally-validated survey evidence on individual risk attitudes in rural Thailand. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society. March 29-31, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

    Hardeweg, Bernd, Andreas Wagener and Hermann Waibel (2010): Towards Comparative and Aggregate Vulnerability: Analysis of Welfare Distributions in Rural Areas in Thailand and Viet Nam. Paper presented at Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik. September 7-10, Kiel, Germany.

    Gödecke, Theda and Hermann Waibel (2010): Is agriculture a good shock absorber for economic crisis? Empirical evidence from a rural village in Thailand. Paper presented at Tropentag 2010: World food system - A contribution from Europe. September 14-16, Zurich, Switzerland.

    Gödecke, Theda and Hermann Waibel (2010): Shock mitigation and rural-urban migration during the recent Thai crisis. Paper presented at PEGNet Conference 2010: Policies to Foster and Sustain Equitable Development in Times of Crisis. September 2-3, Midrand, South Africa.

    Chiwaula, Levison S. and Rudolf Witt (2010): Technical Guidelines for the Economic Valuation of inland small scale fisheries in developing countries (Report). World Fish Center, Penang, Malaysia, 40 p.

    Chiwaula, Levison S. and Hermann Waibel (2010): Extent and impacts of household seasonal vulnerability to poverty: A case study from the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in Nigeria. European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE). November 25-27, Hohenheim, Germany.

    Chiwaula, Levison S. (2010): Household poverty and child labour decisions in Malawi. In: E. V. E. R. Akee , K. Tatsiramos: Child Labor and the Transition Between School and Work, Research in Labour Economics. 33-51.

    Béné, Chris, Malloum O. Baba, Emma Belal, Levison S. Chiwaula, Mamane Na Andi, Arthur Neiland, Peter Ngoma, Friday Njaya, Solomon Ovie, Aminu Raji, Jane Turpie, Hermann Waibel and Rudolf Witt (2010): Small-scale inland fisheries in sub-Sahara Africa: A policy recommendation document to support their contribution to rural development and strengthen their integration in decentralized governance. World Fish Center, Penang, Malaysia, 14 p.

    2009

    Chiwaula, Levison S. (2009): Child labour and poverty linkages. A micro analysis from rural Malawian data. AERC Research Paper. Download

    Witt, Rudolf, Levison S. Chiwaula and Hermann Waibel (2009): Vulnerability and household livelihoods in small-scale fishing areas in Nigeria and Cameroon - An asset-based approach. Inaugural Conference of the Courant Research Centre ''Poverty, Equity and Growth''. July, 1-3, Göttingen, Germany.

    Waibel, Hermann, Ashok Malkarnekar and Eko R. Cahyadi (2009): Impact Assessment of Training and Certification of BPR Directors in Indonesia. Vol. Bank Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

    Hohfeld, Lena (2009): Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Private Partnerships in International Development Cooperation - Evaluating the Impact of Corporate Motivations. Paper presented at EASY-ECO Conference: Stakeholder Perspectives in Evaluating Sustainable Development. October 16-18, Budapest, Hungary.

    Heinrichs, Florian, AIPH and Union Fleurs (2009): International Statistics Flowers and Plants. Vol. 57. Hannover.

    Hardeweg, Bernd and Hermann Waibel (2009): The spatial distribution and interregional dynamics of vegetable production in Thailand. Poster presented at 49th Annual GEWISOLA Conference 2009. September 30 - October 2, Kiel, Germany.

    Gerlach, Anne, Lena Hohfeld and Annika Schudak (2009): "Mitmachen erwünscht". Ökologisches Wirtschaften. Vol. 13 (4). p. 26-27.

    Affognon, Hippolyte, Massita Coulibaly, Oumar Diall, Delia Grace, Thomas Randolph and Hermann Waibel (2009): Etude des Politiques relatives aux stratégies de gestion de la chimioresistance dans al cadre de la lutte contre la trypanosomose en Afrique de l’Ouest (Research Report). ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya.

    2008

    Witt, Rudolf, Diemuth E. Pemsl and Hermann Waibel (2008): Small-scale inland fisheries in Africa: How to collect data for poverty assessment? Paper presented at Annual Conference of "Verein für Socialpolitik: Research Committee Development Economics". May 30-31, Zürich.

    Pananurak, Piytat, Suwanna Praneetvatakul and Hermann Waibel (2008): What is the Role of Farmers Training on Cotton Production in Pakistan, China and India? Paper presented at Tropentag 2008. October 7-9, Hohenheim, Germany. Download

    Hohfeld, Lena, Hermann Waibel and Fred Weirowski (2008): Motivation of CSR Orientated Public Private Partnerships in Fisheries and Agriculture Development. Poster presented at Tropentag 2008. October 7-9, Hohenheim, Germany.

    Heinrichs, Florian, AIPH and Union Fleurs (2008): International Statistics Flowers and Plants. Vol. 56. Hannover.

    Hardeweg, Bernd (2008): Spatial distribution and interregional dynamics of vegetable production in Thailand. Vauk, Kiel, Germany, 239 + xvi p. Download

    Cahyadi, Eko R. and N. Handayani (2008): Impact Assessment of Road Building on Rural Economy in District of Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. Vol. Official Project Report funded by Local Government of Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia.

    2007

    Waibel, Hermann, Solomon Asfaw and Dagmar Mithöfer (2007): Small-scale Producers and Food-safety Standards in the Agrifood Supply Chain: the case of High-value Crops in Kenya. Paper presented at Annual Conference, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer im Verein für Socialpolitik. Göttingen.

    Praneetvatakul, Suwanna, Hermann Waibel and Lakchai Meenakanit (2007): Farmer Field Schools in Thailand: History, Economics and Policy. University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany. 102.

    Jankowski, Anna, Dagmar Mithöfer, Bernhard Löhr and Hermann Waibel (2007): Economics of Biological Control in Cabbage Production in Two East African Countries. Paper presented at Conference on Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management (Tropentag). October 9-11, Witzenhausen, Germany. Download

    Heinrichs, Florian, AIPH and Union Fleurs (2007): International Statistics Flowers and Plants. Vol. 55. Hannover.

    Hardeweg, Bernd, Hermann Waibel, Suwanna Praneetvatakul and Phung D. Tung (2007): Sampling for Vulnerability to Poverty: Cost Effectiveness Versus Precision. In: E. Tielkes: Tropentag 2007. Centre for International Rural Development, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany. Download

    Garming, Hildegard and Hermann Waibel (2007): "Willingness to pay to avoid health risks from pesticides, a case study from Nicaragua". Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V. Vol. 42 p. 239-248.

    Cahyadi, Eko R. and S. Nurzaman (2007): Quick survey on Impact Assessment of Certification Program of Bank Directors in Java and West Nusa Tenggara. Vol. Jakarta, Indonesia.

    Fatmasari, D. and Eko R. Cahyadi (2007): "Impact analysis of the changes of organization and governance on employee’s productivity". Jurnal Manajemen, Department of Management, Bogor Agricultural University.

    2006

    Witt, Rudolf, Hermann Waibel and Diemuth E. Pemsl (2006): Diffusion of Information among Small-Scale Farmers in Senegal: The Concept of Farmer Field Schools. Paper presented at Annual Conference of "Verein für Socialpolitik: Research Committee Development Economics". June 2-3, Berlin.

    Wilkins, R., M. Fink, J. Helenius, J. T. Sorensen, Hermann Waibel and C. Watson (2006): Evaluation of Research on Organic Production in Sweden. FORMAS, Stockholm, Sweden, 158 p.

    Pemsl, D. E., Madan M. Dey and Ferdinand J. Paraguas (2006): Determining high potential aquaculture pro-ductionareas - analysis of key socio-economic adoption factors. Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn. Download

    Pananurak, Piyatat, Suwanna Praneetvatakul and Hermann Waibel (2006): Impact Assessment of Farmer Field School on Cotton Production in Asia: A Cross Country Comparison. Poster presented at Tropentag 2006. October 11-13, Bonn. Download

    Mulianto, S. E., Eko R. Cahyadi and K. Wijayakusuma (2006): The Guidance of Supervision: supplemented by sharia etics and cases. Vol. Elex Media Computindo, Gramedia.

    Mausch, Kai, Dagmar Mithöfer, Hermann Waibel and Solomon Asfaw (2006): Impact of EurepGAP Standard in Kenya: Comparing Smallholders to Large Scale Producers. Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn.

    Macharia, Ibrahim, B. Nyambo and J. Maundu (2006): Promotion of integrated pest management for vegetable production in theEastern arc mountains & East African coastal forest mosaic biodiversity hotspots. Biovision,

    Maack, Kai and Iris A. Goy (2006): Der Markt für ökologisches Gemüse: Strukturen und Entwicklungen. Zentrum für Betriebswirtschaft im Gartenbau e.V, Hannover, p.

    Kruse, Torben, Hermann Waibel, Festus K. Akinnifesi and Dagmar Mithöfer (2006): Economics of In-Situ Conservation of Indigenous Trees by Smallholder Farmers in Central Malawi. Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn. Download

    Krasuaythong, Thanaporn and Hermann Waibel (2006): Why Do Farmers Adopt Alternative Vegetable Production Technologies? Descriptive Analysis of Vegetable Farmers and Farmers'' Knowledge and Attitude Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn. Download

    Heinrichs, Florian, AIPH and Union Fleurs (2006): International Statistics Flowers and Plants. Vol. 54. Hannover.

    Hardeweg, Bernd and Hermann Waibel (2006): A Spatial Model of Vegetable Production in Thailand: Results and Policy Implications. Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn. Download

    Garming, Hildegard and Hermann Waibel (2006): Willingness to pay to avoid health risks from pesticides, a case study from Nicaragua. Paper presented at 46. Jahrestagung der GeWiSoLa. October 5-7, Gießen, Germany.

    Garming, Hildegard and Hermann Waibel (2006): Valuation of Non-market Goods - Farmer Health in Nicaragua. Paper presented at Tropentag 2006. October 11-13, Bonn, Germany.

    Cahyadi, Eko R. (2006): Baseline study to develop major commodities and products of Small and Medium Enterprise in Province of DKI Jakarta, Indonesia. Vol. Project report funded by Bank Indonesia,

    Malkarnekar, Ashok, Diemuth Pemsl and Hermann Waibel (2006): Technology Adoption under Heterogeneity and Uncertainty: the Case of Bt cotton Production in Karnataka, India. Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn. Download

    Asfaw, Solomon, Dagmar Mithöfer and Hermann Waibel (2006): Adoption and Impact of EurepGAP Standards: The Case of Kenyan Smallholder Export Farmers. Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn.

    Asfaw, Solomon (2006): Does Food Aid Reach the Poor? New Evidence from Northern Ethiopia. Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn.

    Affognon, Hippolyte, Hermann Waibel, Delia Grace and Thomas Randolph (2006): A Methodology to Measure the Costs of Animal Trypanosomosis at Farm Level in West Africa. Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn. Download

  • Dissertations

    Dissertations

    Brooks, Mark (2023): Measures to maintain data quality in long term panel household and village surveys in developing countries.

    Nguyen Thi Lan, Huong (2022): Essays on Risk Attitude, Knowedge, Extreme Weather and Farmers’ Behavior in Rural  Southeast Asia.

    Nantajit, Chompunuch (2022): Essays on Village Development in Rural Thailand.

    Zhuang, Haowen (2022):  Essays on the Transformation of the Rural Economy in Rubber producing areas in Southwest China.

    Al Lily, Miriam (2022): Poverty in Saudi Arabia.

    Jin, Shaoze (2020): Essays on the consequences of declining rubber prices for smallholder farming in Southwest China.

    Ahmed, Badrun Nessa (2019): The economics of aquaculture production and consumption emphasizing the nutritional benefit of the poor in Bangladesh.

    Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel (2019): Essays on livestock technology, diversification and welfare impact in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Pahlisch, Thi Hoa (2019): Essays on vulnerability to climate change and child malnutrition in Southeast Asia.

    Pham, Huong Dien (2018): Culture, knowledge and risks: Insights from rural Vietnam.

    Chichaibelu, Bezawit Beyene (2017): The dynamics of rural households debt in Thailand and Vietnam.

    Shi Min (2016): Economic analysis of rubber land use systems in Southern China.

    Ernah (2015): Assessment of sustainability standards among smallholder oil palm farmers in Indonesia.

    Liebenehm, Sabine (2015): New insights from behavioral economics in developing countries.

    Hohfeld, Lena (2015): Essays on vulnerability to poverty, migration and gender in Thailand and Vietnam.

    Mulubrhan Amare Reda (2015): Shocks, migration and welfare dynamics in South-East Asia.

    Parvathi, Priyanka (2014): Assessing the adoption and impact of organic and fair trade certification of pepper in India.

    Cahyadi, Eko Ruddy (2013): Contract farming and risks for smallholders in the oil palm industry in Indonesia.

    Gödecke, Theda (2012): Research on vulnerability to poverty: A village case study from Thailand.

    Phung, Tung Duc (2012): Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural Vietnam: Data Collection Issues, Coping Strategies and Crisis Events.

    Tongruksawattana, Songporne (2011): Response to shocks and risks of rural households in Northeast Thailand.

    Mausch, Kai (2010): Poverty, inequality and the non-farm economy: The case of rural Vietnam.

    Macharia, Ibrahim (2010): Negative externalities of pesticide use in the vegetable sub-sector in Kenya.

    Wu, Lifeng (2010): Interaction effects of new technology and farmer training in cotton in China.

    Völker, Marc (2010): Mountain agriculture, natural resource extraction and risk perception: Determinants of vulnerability to poverty in rural Vietnam.

    Pananurak, Piyatat (2010): Impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools in cotton production in China, India and Pakistan.

    Chiwaula, Levison (2009): Assessment of inland fisheries resources in Nigeria.

    Witt, Rudolf (2009): The impact of inland fisheries resources management on poverty reduction in Northern Cameroon.

    Solomon Asfaw (2008): Global agrifood supply chain, EU foodsafety standards and African small-scale producers – The case of high-value horticultural export from Kenya.

    Hardeweg, Bernd (2008): The spatial distribution and interregional dynamics of vegetable production in Thailand.

    Krasuaythong, Thanaporn (2008): Technologies adoption in vegetable production in Northern Thailand.

    Garming, Hildegard (2008): Pesticides and human health – An economic approach to evaluation.

    Affognon, Hippolyte D. (2006): Economic analysis of Trypanocide use in villages under risk of drug resistance in West Africa.

    Dirksmeyer, Walter (2006): Ökonomik biologischer Pflanzenschutzverfahren im Freilandgemüsebau.

    Pemsl, Diemuth (2005): Economics of agricultural biotechnology in crop protection in developing countries: The case of Bt-cotton in Shandong Province, China.

    Mithöfer, Dagmar (2004): Economics of indigenous fruit crops in Zimbabwe.

    Abdul-Rahman Saeed, Samir (2002): Economics of irrigation of vegetables and other intensive crops in the province of Lahj, Yemen.

    Zander, Katrin (2001): Willingness to pay for traditional fruit tree meadows in two counties of Germany.

    Adenew, Berhanu (2000): The costs of soil conservation measures among smallholders in the Hararghe Highlands of Ethiopia.

    Emana, Bezabih (2000): The role of improved seeds and fertilizer in food security under risk: The case of smallholders in Eastern Oromya, Ethiopia.

    Ajayi, Oluyede (1999): Pesticides and human health: An economic analysis of rice-cotton systems in Northern Côte d’Ivoire.

    Jungbluth, Frauke (1999): The economics of pest management of Citrus production in Thailand.

    Agne, Stefan (1999): The effect of a pesticide tax on pesticide demand and income in Costa Rica.

    Fleischer, Gerd (1998): Economic criteria for pesticide policy assessment.

    Kunze, Dagmar (1998): Socio-economic impact of stone terraces in the province of Bam/Burkina Faso.

    Horstkotte-Wesseler, Gesa (1998): Small-scale aquaculture and integrated pest management in intensive rice-based farming systems – A socioeconomic analysis of potentials, constraints and interactions.

    Purba, Sirman (1997): The economics of rice-fish production systems in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

    Wesseler, Justus (1996): Economics of introducing fruit trees in the Cordillera Central Northern Luzon, Philippines.

    Stoyke, Cord (1995): Economics of de-intensification strategies of cereal-based farms in Northern Germany.