Public Lecture on Land tenancy contracts and contract duration influence on farmers’ investment decisions

October 6, 2015 | 15:00 h - 16:30 h

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to our next public lecture with

Prof. <link http: www.uni-kiel.de foodecon ee mitarbeiter abdulai index.html>Awudu Abdulai, University of Kiel,

on "Land tenancy contracts and contract duration influence on farmers’ investment decisions"

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung / Center for Development Research (ZEF), Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn (see <link>map), room 3.004, third floor.

The session is chaired by Joachim von Braun, ZEF-director.

Abstract:

The paper employs a dynamic model that shows how different types of land tenancy contracts and contract duration influence farmers’ investment decisions in soil improvement and productive inputs. Household and plot-level data from the Brong-Ahafo Region in Ghana is used to provide some empirical evidence to support the theoretical predictions from the model.

About the speaker:

<link http: www.uni-kiel.de foodecon ee mitarbeiter abdulai index.html>Awudu Abdulai, a citizen of Ghana, is professor of Food Economics and Food Policy, at the Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies at the University of Kiel, Germany. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Kiel in 2004, he taught at the ETH-Zurich and also held visiting positions at the Departments of Economics at Yale University and Iowa State University, as well IFPRI and Stanford University.

Entrance to the lecture is free, no registration is required. We are looking forward to seeing you at ZEF on October 6!