Degnet Abebaw

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Degnet Abebaw is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Safety Research and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Degnet Abebaw has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13 papers in Safety Research and 11 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Degnet Abebaw's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (13 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (11 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (10 papers). Degnet Abebaw is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (13 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (11 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (10 papers). Degnet Abebaw collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, United States and Germany. Degnet Abebaw's co-authors include Mekbib G. Haile, Belay Kassa, Assefa Admassie, Habtemariam Kassa, Getnet Alemu, Arjun S. Bedi, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Zelalem Yilma, Robert Sparrow and Ayalneh Bogale and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Degnet Abebaw

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The impact of cooperatives on agricultural technology adoption: Empirical evidence from Ethiopia

2012 462 citations Degnet Abebaw, Mekbib G. Haile Food Policy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Degnet Abebaw Ethiopia	17	505	331	246	218	208	39	1.3k
Ephraim Chirwa Malawi	24	799 1.6×	575 1.7×	361 1.5×	188 0.9×	411 2.0×	112	2.3k
David Stifel United States	24	385 0.8×	641 1.9×	426 1.7×	159 0.7×	483 2.3×	59	2.3k
Steven Block United States	22	231 0.5×	645 1.9×	219 0.9×	83 0.4×	409 2.0×	37	1.9k
Marshall Makate Australia	17	504 1.0×	193 0.6×	296 1.2×	134 0.6×	99 0.5×	43	1.2k
Lionel Demery United States	16	296 0.6×	696 2.1×	275 1.1×	214 1.0×	133 0.6×	47	1.8k
Javier Escobal Peru	19	307 0.6×	328 1.0×	188 0.8×	83 0.4×	196 0.9×	66	1.2k
Clifton Makate Zimbabwe	23	1.1k 2.2×	304 0.9×	639 2.6×	106 0.5×	192 0.9×	56	2.1k
Takashi Yamano Japan	23	550 1.1×	597 1.8×	596 2.4×	80 0.4×	321 1.5×	83	2.1k
Anke Niehof Netherlands	16	270 0.5×	174 0.5×	135 0.5×	140 0.6×	163 0.8×	79	1.2k
Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler United Kingdom	24	280 0.6×	323 1.0×	520 2.1×	80 0.4×	292 1.4×	120	2.1k

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Abebaw, Degnet, et al.. (2025). Value chain analysis of smallholder highland bamboo products: The case of Hula and Gumer districts, Ethiopia. 12. 100177–100177.

Abebaw, Degnet, et al.. (2023). Determinants of smallholder farmers’ participation in highland bamboo markets: The case of Hula and Gummer Districts, Ethiopia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100052–100052. 3 indexed citations

Admassie, Assefa & Degnet Abebaw. (2021). Ethiopia - Land, Climate, Energy, Agriculture and Development: A Study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Galdo, José, Ana C. Dammert, & Degnet Abebaw. (2020). Evidence from Survey Design Experiments. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 2 indexed citations

Galdo, José, Ana C. Dammert, & Degnet Abebaw. (2020). Evidence from Survey Design Experiments. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 3 indexed citations

Ketema, Mengistu, et al.. (2020). Technical Efficiency of Wheat Producers in North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region, Central Ethiopia. Sustainable Agriculture Research. 9(3). 77–77. 6 indexed citations

Abebaw, Degnet, Assefa Admassie, Habtemariam Kassa, & Christine Padoch. (2020). Can rural outmigration improve household food security? Empirical evidence from Ethiopia. World Development. 129. 104879–104879. 30 indexed citations

Galdo, José, Ana C. Dammert, & Degnet Abebaw. (2020). Gender Bias in Agricultural Child Labor: Evidence from Survey Design Experiments. The World Bank Economic Review. 35(4). 872–891. 12 indexed citations

Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh, Robert Sparrow, Zelalem Yilma, et al.. (2018). The impact of Ethiopia's pilot community based health insurance scheme on healthcare utilization and cost of care. Social Science & Medicine. 220. 112–119. 47 indexed citations

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Melka, Yoseph, Habtemariam Kassa, Mengistu Ketema, Degnet Abebaw, & Ute Schmiedel. (2015). The effect of drought risk perception on local people coping decisions in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 7(9). 292–302. 17 indexed citations

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Kassie, Girma T., et al.. (2014). Resource Entitlement and Welfare Among Resettlers in the Dry Forest Frontiers of Northwestern Ethiopia. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 9(2). 2 indexed citations

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Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh, Robert Sparrow, Zelalem Yilma, et al.. (2013). Impact of Ethiopian pilot community-based health insurance scheme on health-care utilisation: a household panel data analysis. The Lancet. 381. S92–S92. 36 indexed citations

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Abebaw, Degnet. (2013). SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF CHILD IMMUNIZATION IN RURAL ETHIOPIA. Journal of International Development. 26(7). 1011–1023. 3 indexed citations

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Admassie, Assefa & Degnet Abebaw. (2013). Rural Poverty and Marginalization in Ethiopia: A Review of Development Interventions. 269–300. 17 indexed citations

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Abebaw, Degnet & Mekbib G. Haile. (2012). The Impact of Cooperatives on Agricultural Technology Adoption: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Haile, Mekbib G. & Degnet Abebaw. (2012). What Factors Determine the Time Allocation of Agricultural Extension Agents on Farmers' Agricultural Fields? Evidence Form Rural Ethiopia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Abebaw, Degnet, et al.. (2010). The impact of a food security program on household food consumption in Northwestern Ethiopia: A matching estimator approach. Food Policy. 35(4). 286–293. 64 indexed citations

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Admassie, Assefa, et al.. (2009). Impact Evaluation of the Ethiopian Health Services Extension Programme. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Abebaw, Degnet. (2008). Determinants of Solid Waste Disposal Practices in Urban Areas of Ethiopia: A Household-Level Analysis. Eastern Africa social science research review. 24(1). 1–14. 26 indexed citations

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Mburu, John, et al.. (2007). Farmers' Willingness to Conserve Crop Genetic Resources under Different Policy Incentives. Outlook on Agriculture. 36(2). 137–143. 1 indexed citations

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