The real tragedy of the poor 

is the poverty of their 

aspirations.

Adam Smith

Publications

38. Tabe-Ojong, M. P & Geffersa A.G. (2024) "Complementary technology adoption and smallholder commercialization: Panel data evidence from Ethiopia", Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy, Accepted.

37. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Salama, Y., Abay, K., et al. (2024) "Harnessing digital innovations for climate action and market access: Opportunities and constraints in the CWANA region", Global Food Security, Available online.

36. Dureti, G.G. & Tabe-Ojong, M. P., (2024) "To cluster or not to cluster? Land as a binding constraint to cluster-based development in Ethiopia", Plos One, Available online.

35. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Kedinga, M.E., Gebrekidan, B.H. (2024) "Behavioural Factors Matter for the Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture"Scientific ReportsAvailable online. 

34. Geffersa A.G. & Tabe-Ojong, M. P. (2023) "Smallholder commercialization and rural household welfare: Panel data evidence from Ethiopia"European Review of Agricultural EconomicsAvailable online.

33. Tabe-Ojong, M. P. & Molua, E.L. (2023) "Oil Palm Production and Educational Outcomes: Gender Disaggregated Evidence from Cameroon"Journal of Development Studies,  Available online.

32. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Heckelei, T., Baylis, K., Rasch S. (2023) "Cooperative Membership and Exposure to Role Models: Implications for Income and Asset aspirations", Journal of Behavioural and Experimental EconomicsAvailable online.

31. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Lokossou, J.C., Gebrekidan, B.H., Affognon, H. (2023) "Adoption of climate-resilient groundnut varieties increases agricultural production, consumption and smallholder commercialization in West Africa"Nature Communication,  Available online.

30Dureti, G.G., Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Owusu-Sekyere, E. (2023) The new normal? Cluster farming and smallholder commercialization in Ethiopia”,  Agricultural Economics,  Available online

29. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Alamsyah, Z., Sibhatu, K.T. (2023) Oil Palm Expansion, Food Security and Diets: Comparative Evidence from Cameroon and Indonesia”,  Journal of Cleaner Production, Available online.

28. Tabe-Ojong, M. P.  (2023) Context matters: Oil palm production and women dietary diversity in the tropical forest of Cameroon”,  Journal of Agricultural Economics, Available online

27.  Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Heckelei, T., Rasch S. (2023) "Aspirations and Investments in Livestock: Evidence of Aspiration Failure in Kenya", Agricultural EconomicsAvailable online

26. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Aihounton, B.D.G., Lokossou, J.C. (2023) "Climate-smart Agriculture and Food Security: Cross-country Evidence from West Africa"Global Environmental ChangeAvailable online.

25.  Abate, G., Abay, K.A., Chamberlain, J., Kassim, Y., Spielman, D., Tabe-Ojong, M. P.(2023) "Digital tools and agricultural market transformation in Africa: Why are they not at scale yet, and what will it take to get there?  "Food PolicyAvailable online.

24. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Molua, E.L., Nanfouet, M.A., Mkong, C.J., Kiven, V., Atem, V. (2023) "Oil palm production, income gains, and off-farm employment among independent producers in Cameroon "Ecological EconomicsAvailable online.

23. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Rukundo, E., Gebrekidan, B.H. (2023) "COVID-19 and Food Insecurity in Africa: Review of the Emerging Empirical Evidence"European Review of Agricultural EconomicsAvailable online.

22. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Nyam, Y.S., Lokossou, J.C., Gebrekidan, B.H. (2023) "Farmer advisory systems and pesticide use in legume-based systems in West Africa"Science of the Total EnvironmentAvailable online.

21.  Tabe-Ojong, M. P.,  Ibarra, L.M., Andrades, R., Labarta, R. (2023)  “Soil conservation and smallholder welfare under Cassava-based Systems in Thailand”,  Land Degradation and Development, Available online.

20.  Tabe-Ojong, M. P.,  Fabinin, A.N., Minkoua, J.R., Molua, E.L., Fonkeng, E.E.  (2023) "Organic Soil Amendments and Food Security: Evidence from Cameroon",  Land Degradation and Development, Available online.

19. Tabe-Ojong, M. P.(2022) Do Producer Organizations Promote Environmental Sustainability Through Organic Soil Investments? Evidence from Cameroon ”,  Journal of  Development Effectiveness, Available online.

18. Tabe-Ojong, M. P.(2022) Action against invasive species: charcoal production, beekeeping and prosopis eradication in Kenya”,  Ecological Economics, Available online.

17. Tabe-Ojong, M. P.,  Dureti, G. G. (2022) "Are Agro-clusters Pro-Poor? Evidence from Ethiopia "Journal of Agricultural EconomicsAvailable online

16. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Gebrekidan, B.H., Rukundo, E., Boerner, J.,  Heckelei, T. (2022) "COVID-19 in Rural Africa: Food Access Disruptions, Food Insecurity and Coping  Strategies in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania"Agricultural EconomicsAvailable online.

15. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Smale, M., Jamora, N., Azevedo, V. (2022) Genebanks and market participation: Evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi ”,  CABI Agriculture & Bioscience, Available online.

14. Tabe-Ojong, M. P.(2022) Ecological shocks and non-cognitive skills: Evidence from Kenya”,  Ecological Economics, Available online

13. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Hauser, M., Mausch, K.(2022) Does agricultural commercialization increase asset and livestock accumulation on smallholder farms in Ethiopia?”,  Journal of Development Studies,  Available online.

12. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Ordway, E., Nkongho, R., Molua, E.L.  (2021) "Oil palm expansion among non-industrial producers in Cameroon: Potentials for Synergy between Agro-economic Gains and Ecological Safeguards", Forest Policy and Economics, Available online

11. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Alvarez, M., Ihli, H., Becker, M., Heckelei, T. (2021) "Action Against Invasive Species: Control strategies of Parthenium hysterophorus L. on smallholder farms in Kenya",  Environmental ManagementAvailable online

10. Tabe-Ojong, M. P.,Rukundo, E (2021)Religiosity and parental educational aspirations for children in Kenya”,  World Development Perspectives, Available online

9. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Mausch, K., Woldeyohanes, T.,Heckelei, T.(2021)  “Three hurdles towards commercialization: Integrating subsistence chickpea producers in the market economy, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Available online. 2019 Hans H. Ruthenberg Graduate Award

8. Tabe-Ojong, M. P.,Heckelei, T., Baylis, K.(2021)Aspiration formation and ecological shocks in rural Kenya”,  The European Journal of Development Research, Available online

7. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Molua, E.L., Ngoh, S.B., Beteck, S.E.(2021), “Production, consumption and market diversification of grain legumes in the humid forest Agroecology of Cameroon”, Sustainable Production and consumption, Vol 27, pp 193 – 202.  

6. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Molua, E.L., Minkoua, J.R., Fuh, L.G. (2020), “Production and supply of tomato in Cameroon: Examination of the comparative effect of price and non-price factors”, Scientific African, vol. 10, issue 1.

5. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Boakye, A.J.,Muliro,M. (2020), “Mitigating the impacts of floods using adaptive and resilient coping strategies: The role of the Emergency Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP) in Ghana”, Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 30, issue 1.

4. Molua, E.L., Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Meliko, M.O.,Fotabong, M.N., Akamin, A. (2020),Efficiency Differentials in Resource-use Among Smallholder Cassava Farmers in Southwestern Cameroon”, Development in practice, vol. 30, issue 3, pp. 297-307.

3. Habiyaremye, N., Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Ochieng, J., Chagomoka, Takemore. (2019),New insights on efficiency and productivity analysis: Evidence from vegetable-poultry integration in rural Tanzania”, Scientific African, vol. 6, issue 1.

2. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Habiyaremye, N. (2017),Economic Evaluation of Bioenergy Production from Bio-Based plants in Germany: Implications for the bioeconomy?”, Journal of Sustainable development, vol. 10, issue 6, pp. 262-273.

1. Tabe-Ojong, M. P., Molua, E.L (2017),Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Tomato Production in Semi-Urban Farms in Cameroon: A Stochastic Frontier Production Approach”, Journal of Management and Sustainability, vol. 7, issue 4, pp. 27-35.






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