On the Productive Value of Crop Biodiversity: Evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia

References

1. ↵
   1. Baumol William J.,
   2. Panzar John C.,
   3. Willig Robert D.

   1982. Contestable Markets and the Theory of Industry Structure. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
2. ↵
   1. Benin Samuel,
   2. Ehui Simeon,
   3. Pender John

   . 2004. “Policies Affecting Changes in Ownership of Livestock and Use of Feed Resources in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia.” Journal of African Economies 13 (1): 166–94.

   OpenUrl
3. ↵
   1. Bissonette John A.,
   2. Storch Ilse

   . 2002. “Fragmentation: Is the Message Clear?” Conservation Ecology 6 (2): 14 (available at www.consecol.org/vol16/iss2/art14).

   OpenUrl
4. ↵
   1. Brock William A.,
   2. Xepapadeas Anastasios

   . 2003. “Valuing Biodiversity from an Economic Perspective: A Unified Economic, Ecological and Genetic Approach.” American Economic Review 93 (5): 1597–614.

   OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
5. ↵
   1. Callaway Ragan M.,
   2. Walker Lawrence R.

   1997. “Competition and Facilitation: A Synthetic Approach to Interactions in Plant Communities.” Ecology 78: 1958–65.

   OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
6. ↵
   1. Cardinale Bradley J.,
   2. Ives Anthony R.,
   3. Inchausti Pablo

   . 2004. “Effects of Species Diversity on the Primary Productivity of Ecosystems: Extending Our Spatial and Temporal Scale of Inference.” Oikos 104 (3): 437–50.

   OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
7. ↵
   1. Chavas Jean-Paul

   . 2009. “On the Productive Value of Biodiversity.” Environmental and Resource Economics 42 (1): 109–31.

   OpenUrl
8. ↵
   1. Chavas Jean-Paul,
   2. Kim Kwansoo

   . 2007. “Measurement and Sources of Economies of Scope: A Primal Approach.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 163 (3): 411–27.

   OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
9. ↵
   1. Cincotta Richard P.,
   2. Engelman Robert

   . 2000. Nature’s Place: Human Population and the Future of Biological Diversity. Washington, DC: Population Action International.
10. ↵
    1. Cork S. J.,
    2. Proctor W.,
    3. Shelton D.,
    4. Abel N.,
    5. Binning C.

    2002. “The Ecosystem Services Project: Exploring the Importance of Ecosystems to People.” Ecological Management and Restoration 3 (2): 143–46.

    OpenUrl
11. ↵
    1. Debinski Diane M.,
    2. Holt Robert D.

    2000. “A Survey and Overview of Habitat Fragmentation Experiments.” Conservation Biology 14 (2): 342–55.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
12. ↵
    1. Di Falco Salvatore,
    2. Chavas Jean-Paul

    . 2009. “On Crop Biodiversity, Risk Exposure and Food Security in the Highlands of Ethiopia.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91 (3): 599–611.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
13. ↵
    1. Faith D. P.,
    2. Carter G.,
    3. Cassis G.,
    4. Ferrier S.,
    5. Wilkie L.

    2003. “Complementarity, Biodiversity Viability Analysis and Policy-Based Algorithms for Conservation.” Environmental Science and Policy 6 (3): 311–28.

    OpenUrl
14. ↵
    1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    . 2001. The Economics of Soil Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rome: FAO.
15. ↵
    1. Gebremedhin Berhanu,
    2. Smale Melinda,
    3. Pender John

    . 2006. “Determinants of Cereal Diversity in Villages of Northern Ethiopia.” In Valuing Crop Biodiversity: On-Farm Genetic Resources and Economic Change, ed. Smale Melinda. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.
16. ↵
    1. Giller Paul S.,
    2. Hillebrand Helmut,
    3. Berninger Ulrike-G.,
    4. Gessner Mark O.,
    5. Hawkins Stephen,
    6. Inchausti Pablo,
    7. Inglis Cheryl,
    8. Leslie Heather,
    9. Malmqvist Björn,
    10. Monaghan Michael,
    11. Morin Peter J.,
    12. O’Mullan Gregory

    . 2004. “Biodiversity Effects on Ecosystem Functioning: Emerging Issues and their Experimental Test in Aquatic Environments.” Oikos 104 (3): 423–36.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
17. ↵
    1. Grepperud Sverre

    . 1996. “Population Pressure and Land Degradation: The Case of Ethiopia.” Journal of Environment, Economics and Management 30 (1): 18–33.

    OpenUrl
18. ↵
    1. Harlan Jack R.

    1992. Crops and Man, 2nd ed. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy.
19. ↵
    1. Heal Geoffrey

    . 2000. Nature and the Marketplace: Capturing the Value of Ecosystem Services. New York: Island Press.
20. ↵
    1. Heisey Paul W.,
    2. Smale Melinda,
    3. Byerlee Derek,
    4. Souza Edward

    . 1997. “Wheat Rusts and the Costs of Genetic Diversity in the Punjab of Pakistan.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79 (3): 726–37.

    OpenUrlCrossRef
21. ↵
    1. Hill M. O.

    1973. “Diversity and Evenness: A Unifying Notation and Its Consequences.” Ecology 54 (2): 427–32.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
22. ↵
    1. Hooper D. U.,
    2. Chapin F. S. III.,
    3. Ewel J. J.,
    4. Hector A.,
    5. Inchausti P.,
    6. Lavorel S.,
    7. Lawton J. H.,
    8. Lodge D.,
    9. Loreau M.,
    10. Naeem S.,
    11. Schmid B.,
    12. Setälä H.,
    13. Symstad A. J.,
    14. Vandermeer J.,
    15. Wardle D. A.

    2005. “Effects of Biodiversity on Ecosystem Functioning: A Consensus of Current Knowledge.” Ecological Monographs 75 (1): 3–35.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
23. ↵
    1. Justus James,
    2. Sarkar Sahotra

    . 2002. “The Principle of Complementarity in the Design of Reserve Networks to Conserve Biodiversity: A Preliminary History.” Journal of Biosciences 27 (4, suppl. 2): 421–35.

    OpenUrlPubMed
24. ↵
    1. Kumbhakar Subal C.,
    2. Knox Lovell C. A.

    2000. Stochastic Frontier Analysis. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
25. ↵
    1. Lande Russell

    . 1996. “Statistics and Partitioning of Species Diversity, and Similarity among Multiple Communities.” Oikos 76 (1): 5–13.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
26. ↵
    1. Landis Douglas A.,
    2. Gardiner Mary M.,
    3. van der Werf Wopke,
    4. Swinton Scott M.

    2008. “Increasing Corn for Biofuel Production Reduces Biocontrol Services in Agricultural Landscapes.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (51): 20552–57.

    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
27. ↵
    1. Loreau Michel,
    2. Hector Andy

    . 2001. “Partitioning Selection and Complementarity in Biodiversity Experiments.” Nature 412 (6842): 72–76.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
28. ↵
    1. Luenberger David G.

    1995. Microeconomic Theory. New York: McGraw-Hill.
29. ↵
    1. May Robert M.

    1975. “Patterns of Species Abundance and Diversity.” In Ecology and Evolution of Communities, ed. Cody Martin L., Diamond Jared M., 81–120. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
30. ↵
    1. Meng E. C. H.,
    2. Smale M.,
    3. Bellon M.,
    4. Grimanelli D.

    1998. “Definition and Measurement of Crop Diversity for Economic Analysis.” In Farmers, Gene Banks, and Crop Breeding, ed. Smale Melinda, 19–31. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
31. ↵
    1. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

    . 2005. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis Report. Washington, DC: Island Press.
32. ↵
    1. Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MFED)

    . 2007. Survey of the Ethiopian Economy. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.
33. ↵
    1. Naeem S.,
    2. Thompson L. J.,
    3. Lawler S. P.,
    4. Lawton J. H.,
    5. Woodfin R. M.

    1994. “Declining Biodiversity Can Affect the Functioning of Ecosystems.” Nature 368 (6473): 734–37.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
34. ↵
    1. Pender John,
    2. Gebremedhin Berhanu,
    3. Benin Samuel,
    4. Ehui Simeon

    . 2001. “Strategies for Sustainable Development in the Ethiopian Highlands.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83 (5): 1231–40.

    OpenUrlCrossRef
35. 1. Pender John,
    2. Place Frank,
    3. Ehui Simeon K.

    2006. Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
36. ↵
    1. Polasky Stephen,
    2. Solow Andrew R.

    1995. “On the Value of a Collection of Species”. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 29 (3): 298–303.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
37. ↵
    1. Priestley R. H.,
    2. Bayles R. A.

    1980. “Varietal Diversification as a Means of Reducing the Spread of Cereal Diseases in the United Kingdom.” Journal of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany 15: 205–14.

    OpenUrl
38. ↵
    1. REST/Noragric

    . 1995. Farming Systems, Resource Management, and Household Coping Strategies in Northern Ethiopia: Report of a Social and Agro-Ecological Baseline Study in Central Tigray, Mekelle. Ås: Agricultural University of Norway.
39. ↵
    1. Routledge R. D.

    1979. “Diversity Indices: Which Ones Are Admissible?” Journal of Theoretical Biology 76 (4): 503–15.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
40. ↵
    1. Sala Osvaldo E.,
    2. Stuart Chapin F. III.,
    3. Armesto Juan J.,
    4. Berlow Eric,
    5. Bloomfield Janine,
    6. Dirzo Rodolfo,
    7. Huber-Sanwald Elisabeth,
    8. Huenneke Laura F.,
    9. Jackson Robert B.,
    10. Kinzig Ann,
    11. Leemans Rik,
    12. Lodge David M.,
    13. Mooney Harold A.,
    14. Oesterheld Martín,
    15. Poff N. LeRoy,
    16. Sykes Martin T.,
    17. Walker Brian H.,
    18. Walker Marilyn,
    19. Wall Diana H.

    2000. “Global Biodiversity Scenarios for the Year 2100.” Science 287 (5459): 1770–74.

    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
41. ↵
    1. Simpson E. H.

    1949. “Measurement of Species Diversity.” Nature 163 (4148): 688.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
42. ↵
    1. Smale Melinda,
    2. Hartell Jason,
    3. Heisey Paul W.,
    4. Senauer Ben

    . 1998. “The Contribution of Genetic Resources and Diversity to Wheat Production in the Punjab of Pakistan.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 80 (3): 482–93.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
43. ↵
    1. Smale M.,
    2. Meng E. E.,
    3. Brennan J. P.,
    4. Hu Ruifa

    . 2003. “Determinants of Spatial Diversity in Modern Wheat: Examples from Australia and China.” Agricultural Economics 28 (1): 13–26.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
44. ↵
    1. Smale M.,
    2. Reynolds M. P.,
    3. Warburton M.,
    4. Skovmand B.,
    5. Trethowan R. R.,
    6. Singh R. P.,
    7. Ortiz-Monasterio I.,
    8. Crossa J.

    2002. “Dimensions of Diversity in Modern Spring Bread Wheat in Developing Countries from 1965.” Crop Science 42 (6): 1766–79.

    OpenUrlWeb of Science
45. ↵
    1. Solow Andrew,
    2. Polasky Stephen,
    3. Broadus James

    . 1993. “On the Measurement of Biological Diversity.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 24 (1): 60–68.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
46. ↵
    1. Tilman David,
    2. Downing John A.

    1994. “Biodiversity and Stability in Grasslands.” Nature 367 (6461): 363–65.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
47. ↵
    1. Tilman David,
    2. Kareiva Peter M.

    1997. Spatial Ecology: The Role of Space in Population Dynamics and Interspecific Interactions. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
48. ↵
    1. Tilman David,
    2. Polasky Stephen,
    3. Lehman Clarence

    . 2005. “Diversity, Productivity and Temporal Stability in the Economies of Humans and Nature.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 49 (3): 405–26.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
49. ↵
    1. Tilman David,
    2. Wedin David,
    3. Knops Johannes

    . 1996. “Productivity and Sustainability Influenced by Biodiversity in Grassland Ecosystems.” Nature 379 (6567): 718–20.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
50. ↵
    1. Vavilov Nikolay Ivanovich

    . 1949. “The Origin, Variation, Immunity and Breeding of Cultivated Plants.” Chronica Botanica 13: 1–364.

    OpenUrl
51. ↵
    1. Weitzman Martin L.

    1992. “On Diversity.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 107 (2): 363–405.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
52. ↵
    1. Weitzman Martin L.

    1998. “The Noah’s Ark Problem.” Econometrica 66 (6): 1279–98.

    OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science
53. ↵
    1. Wood David,
    2. Lenné Jillian M.

    1999. Agrobiodiversity: Characterization, Utilization, and Management. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.
54. ↵
    1. Zhu Youyong,
    2. Chen Hairu,
    3. Fan Jinghua,
    4. Wang Yunyue,
    5. Li Yan,
    6. Chen Jianbing,
    7. Fan JinXiang,
    8. Yang Shisheng,
    9. Hu Lingping,
    10. Leung Hei,
    11. Mew Tom W.,
    12. Teng Paul S.,
    13. Wang Zonghua,
    14. Mundt Christopher C.

    2000. “Genetic Diversity and Disease Control in Rice.” Nature 406 (6797): 718–22.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science