Adane Tufa

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 719 citations indexed

About

Adane Tufa is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Adane Tufa has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 719 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 5 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Adane Tufa's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (20 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (8 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). Adane Tufa is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (20 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (8 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). Adane Tufa collaborates with scholars based in Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria. Adane Tufa's co-authors include Arega D. Alene, Julius Manda, Victor M. Manyong, Makaiko G. Khonje, Tahirou Abdoulaye, David Chikoye, Shiferaw Feleke, Tesfamicheal Wossen, P.S. Setimela and Munyaradzi Mutenje and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Adane Tufa

25 papers receiving 695 citations

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Adoption and welfare impacts of multiple agricultural technologies: evidence from eastern Zambia

2018 194 citations Makaiko G. Khonje, Julius Manda et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adane Tufa Tanzania	11	479	226	188	114	111	25	719
Makaiko G. Khonje Germany	11	582 1.2×	283 1.3×	216 1.1×	114 1.0×	133 1.2×	20	860
Bola Amoke Awotide Nigeria	14	506 1.1×	231 1.0×	275 1.5×	88 0.8×	94 0.8×	40	816
Bright Owusu Asante Ghana	15	425 0.9×	183 0.8×	159 0.8×	118 1.0×	111 1.0×	69	692
A.S. Olanrewaju Nigeria	9	465 1.0×	164 0.7×	242 1.3×	194 1.7×	88 0.8×	17	723
Wen-Chi Huang Taiwan	14	433 0.9×	148 0.7×	209 1.1×	201 1.8×	104 0.9×	46	878
Yuichiro Amekawa Japan	12	327 0.7×	149 0.7×	96 0.5×	136 1.2×	115 1.0×	34	630
Benjamin Tetteh Anang Ghana	19	483 1.0×	214 0.9×	297 1.6×	120 1.1×	143 1.3×	58	873
Alwin Dsouza United States	11	324 0.7×	174 0.8×	150 0.8×	116 1.0×	78 0.7×	28	519
David Mather United States	12	493 1.0×	232 1.0×	244 1.3×	99 0.9×	82 0.7×	38	802
E.J.O. Rao Kenya	14	525 1.1×	177 0.8×	242 1.3×	116 1.0×	165 1.5×	26	836

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Tufa, Adane, et al.. (2025). Does social capital influence the intensity of conservation agriculture adoption among smallholder farmers in Malawi?. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 26. 100630–100630. 2 indexed citations

Thierfelder, Christian, Blessing Mhlanga, Hambulo Ngoma, et al.. (2024). Unanswered questions and unquestioned answers: the challenges of crop residue retention and weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems of southern Africa. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 39. 8 indexed citations

Ngoma, Hambulo, Paswel Marenya, Adane Tufa, et al.. (2024). Too fast or too slow: The speed and persistence of adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 208. 123689–123689. 4 indexed citations

Manda, Julius, Adane Tufa, Arega D. Alene, et al.. (2023). The income and food security impacts of soil and water conservation technologies in Tanzania. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 2 indexed citations

Ngoma, Hambulo, Paswel Marenya, Adane Tufa, et al.. (2023). Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for two‐wheel tractor‐based mechanisation services in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Journal of International Development. 35(7). 2107–2128. 10 indexed citations

Tufa, Adane, Arega D. Alene, Hambulo Ngoma, et al.. (2023). Willingness to pay for agricultural mechanization services by smallholder farmers in Malawi. Agribusiness. 40(1). 248–276. 11 indexed citations

Tufa, Adane, Arega D. Alene, Hambulo Ngoma, et al.. (2023). Analysis of adoption of conservation agriculture practices in southern Africa: mixed-methods approach. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 25 indexed citations

Tufa, Adane, et al.. (2022). The Effect of ICT Use on the Profitability of Young Agripreneurs in Malawi. Sustainability. 14(5). 2536–2536. 10 indexed citations

Manda, Julius, Adane Tufa, Arega D. Alene, et al.. (2021). The Average and Distributional Impacts of Soil and Water Conservation Technologies on the Welfare of Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations

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Tufa, Adane, Arega D. Alene, Julius Manda, et al.. (2021). The poverty impacts of improved soybean technologies in Malawi. Agrekon. 60(3). 297–316. 5 indexed citations

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Tufa, Adane, Arega D. Alene, Julius Manda, et al.. (2020). The effects of foreign direct investment on youth unemployment in the Southern African Development Community. Development Southern Africa. 38(6). 863–878. 32 indexed citations

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Manda, Julius, Makaiko G. Khonje, Arega D. Alene, et al.. (2020). Does cooperative membership increase and accelerate agricultural technology adoption? Empirical evidence from Zambia. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 158. 120160–120160. 138 indexed citations

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Manda, Julius, Arega D. Alene, Adane Tufa, et al.. (2020). Market participation, household food security, and income: The case of cowpea producers in northern Nigeria. Food and Energy Security. 9(3). e211–e211. 29 indexed citations

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Manda, Julius, Arega D. Alene, Adane Tufa, et al.. (2019). The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: A counterfactual analysis. World Development. 122. 261–271. 69 indexed citations

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Feleke, Shiferaw, et al.. (2019). Piloting a comprehensive measure of food security as an outcome indicator in impact assessment of improved maize varieties in Tanzania. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations

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Manda, Julius, Arega D. Alene, Adane Tufa, et al.. (2019). Adoption and Ex‐post Impacts of Improved Cowpea Varieties on Productivity and Net Returns in Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 71(1). 165–183. 29 indexed citations

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Tufa, Adane, Arega D. Alene, Julius Manda, et al.. (2019). The productivity and income effects of adoption of improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices in Malawi. World Development. 124. 104631–104631. 67 indexed citations

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Feleke, Shiferaw, et al.. (2018). Patterns and structure of household income inequality in rural Ethiopia. World Development Perspectives. 10-12. 80–82. 1 indexed citations

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Feleke, Shiferaw, et al.. (2017). ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY OF SWEET POTATO PRODUCERS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF ETHIOPIA. Experimental Agriculture. 54(4). 491–506. 13 indexed citations

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Tufa, Adane, M.P.M. Meuwissen, W.J.M. Lommen, et al.. (2015). Least-Cost Seed Potato Production in Ethiopia. Potato Research. 58(3). 277–300. 9 indexed citations

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