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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Here is a list of selected articles that have already been published in journals.

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  1. Wang, D., A. Mugera., and B. White. “Directed Technical Change, Capital Intensity Increase and Energy Transition: Evidence from China. The Energy Journal 40(2019) [Link].

  2. Watto, M.A., A. Mugera., R. Kingwell, M.M, Saqab. “Re-thinking the unimpeded tube-well growth under the depleting groundwater resources in the Punjab, Pakistan.” Hydrogeology Journal (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-018-1771-9

  3. Ojede, A., and A. Mugera.“Co-Movements Between Key Components Of Aggregate Productivity And Real Exchange Dynamics In Developing Countries.” Journal of Developing Areas, 52(2018):1-27. [Link]

  4. Azeem, M.M., A. Mugera., and S. Schillizi. “Vulnerability to Multi-Dimensional Poverty: an Empirical Comparison of Alternative Measurement Approaches, The Journal of Development Studies (2017), DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1344646. [Link]

  5. Zhihai, Y., A. Mugera., N. Yin., and Y. Wang. “Soil Conservation Practices and Production Efficiency
    of Smallholder Farms in Central China.” Environ Dev Sustain (2017) DOI 10.1007/s10668-017-9951-7. [Link]

  6. Zhihai, Y., A. Mugera., and F. Zhang. “Investigating Yield Variability and Inefficiency in Rice Production: A Case Study in Central China.” Sustainability 8(2016):789. [Link]

  7. Azeem, M.M., A. Mugera., and S. Schillizi. “Living on the edge: Household Vulnerability to Food-Insecurity in the Punjab, Pakistan.” Food Policy 64(2016):1-13. [Link]

  8. Mugera, A., M. Langemeier., and A. Ojede. “Do Productivity and Relative Price Changes Contribute to Profitability Change? Evidence from a Sample of Kansas Farms.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(2016):1210-1229. [Link]

  9. Azeem, M.M., A. Mugera., S. Schillizi., and K. Siddique. “An Assessment of Vulnerability to Poverty in Punjab, Pakistan: Subjective Choices of Poverty Indicators.” Social Indicators Research (forthcoming 2016). [Link]

  10. Azeem, M.M., A. Mugera., and S. Schillizi. “Poverty and Vulnerability in the Punjab, Pakistan: A Multilevel Analysis.” Journal of Asian Economics 44(2016):57-72. [Link]

  11.  Watto, M. A., and A. Mugera. “Groundwater Depletion in the Indus Plains of Pakistan: Imperatives, Repercussions and Management Issues.” International Journal of Basin Management (forthcoming, 2016). [Link]

  12. Watto, M.A., and A. Mugera. “Irrigation Water Demand and Implications for Groundwater Pricing in Pakistan”, Water Policy (forthcoming 2016). DOI: 10.2166/wp.2015.160. [Link].

  13. Mugera, A., E. Downsborough., and M. Burton. “Consumer Preference and Willingness to Pay for a Local Label Attribute in Western Australian Fresh and Processed Food Products.” Journal of Food Product Marketing (forthcoming 2016). DOI:10.1080/10454446.2015.1048019. [Link]

  14. Watto, M. A., and A. Mugera. “Wheat Farming System Performance and Irrigation Efficiency in Pakistan: a Bootstrapped Metafrontier Approach.” International Transactions in Operational Research (forthcoming, 2016). [Link]

  15. El-Shater,T., Y. Yigezu., A. Mugera., C. Piggin., A. Haddad., Y. Khalil., S. Loss and A. A. Hassan.  Does Zero Tillage improve the Livelihoods of Small and Medium Holder Cropping Farmers in the Temperate Developing World?  Journal of Agricultural Economics 67(2016):154-172. [Link]

  16. Mugera, A., R. Curwen., and B. White. “Deregulation of the Australian Wheat Export Market: What Happened to Wheat Prices?” Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing 28(2016):18-34. [Link]

  17. Watto, M. A., and A. Mugera. “Econometric Estimation of Technical and Irrigation Efficiency of Groundwater Irrigated Cotton Cultivation in Pakistan”. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 4 Part A (2015): 193-211. [Link]

  18. Mugera, A and G.G. Nyambane. “Impact of Debt Structure on Production Efficiency of Broadcare Farms in Western Australia.” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2014). 59(2014):208-224. [Link]

  19. Watto, M. A., and A. Mugera. “Efficiency of Irrigation Water Application to Sugarcane Cultivation in Pakistan”. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2014). doi: 10.1002/jsfa.6887 [Link]

  20. Watto, M. A., and A. Mugera. “Measuring Production and Irrigation Efficiencies of Rice Farms: Evidence from the Punjab Province." Asian Economic Journal”, 28(2014): 301-322. [Link]

  21.  Watto, M. A., and A. Mugera. “Measuring Efficiency of Cotton Cultivation in Pakistan: A Restricted Production Frontier Study.” Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 94(2014): 3038-3045. [Link]

  22. Fogarty, J., and A. Mugera. “Local Government Efficiency: Evidence from Western Australia.” The Australian Economic Review, 46(2013):300-311. [Link]

  23.  Mugera, A. “Measuring Technical Efficiency of Dairy Farms with Imprecise Data: A Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis Approach.” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 57(2013):501-519. [Link]

  24. Mugera, A., and A. Ojede. “Technical Efficiency in African Agriculture: Is it Catching-up or Lagging behind.” Journal of International Development, 26 (2013):979-795.[Link] 

  25. Ojede, A., A. Mug era., and D. Seo. “Macroeconomic Policy Reforms and Productivity Growth in African Agriculture.” Contemporary Economic Policy, 31(2013):814-830. [Link]

  26. Mugera, A. “Sustained Competitive Advantage in Agribusiness: Applying the Resource-based Theory to Human Resources.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 15(2012):27-48. [Link]

  27. Mugera, A., M, Langemeier, and A. M. Featherstone. “Labor Productivity Growth in the Kansas Farm Sector: A Tripartite Decomposition using Non-Parametric Approach.” Agriculture & Resource Economics Review, 41(2012):298-312. [Link]

  28. Mugera, A., M.R. Langemeier., and A.M. Featherstone. Labor Productivity Convergence in the Kansas Farm Sector: A Three-stage Procedure using Data Envelopment Analysis and Semiparametric Regression Analysis. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 38(2012):67-79. [Link] 

  29. Mugera, A., and M.R. Langemeier. “Does Farm Size and Specialization Matter for Productive Efficiency? Results from Kansas.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 43(2011):1-14.[Link]

  30. Mugera, A., and A.M. Featherstone. “Backyard Hog Production Efficiency: Evidence from the Philippines.” Asian Economic Journal, 22(2008): 225-240. [Link]

  31. Mugera, A., and V. Bitsch.  “Managing Labor on Dairy Farms: A Resource-based Perspective with Evidence from Case Studies.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 8(2005): 79-98. [Link]

  32. Bitsch, V., G. A. Kassa, S. B. Harsh, and A. Mugera. “Human Resource Management Risks: Sources and Control Strategies Based on Dairy Farmer Focus Groups.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 37(2006):123-136. [Link]

  33. Biruma, M.A., A. Mugera, D. W. Norman, and A. M. Featherstone. “The Uganda Rural Farmers Scheme: Women's Accessibility to Agricultural Credit.” Agricultural Finance Review, Special Issue on Microfinance in Developing Economies (Fall 2006): 215-234. [Link]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Ecclesiastes 9:11 (KJ21) 

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