Solomon Asfaw

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Solomon Asfaw is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Solomon Asfaw has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 25 papers in Soil Science and 13 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Solomon Asfaw's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (30 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (23 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (13 papers). Solomon Asfaw is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (30 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (23 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (13 papers). Solomon Asfaw collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Kenya and United States. Solomon Asfaw's co-authors include Leslie Lipper, Bekele Shiferaw, Franklin Simtowe, Nancy McCarthy, Dagmar Mithöfer, Andrea Cattaneo, Aslıhan Arslan, Hermann Waibel, Mulubrhan Amare and Alessandro Palma and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecological Economics, World Development and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

In The Last Decade

Solomon Asfaw

52 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Impact of modern agricultural technologies on smallholder welfare: Evidence from Tanzania and Ethiopia

2012 497 citations Solomon Asfaw, Bekele Shiferaw et al. Food Policy profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Solomon Asfaw Italy	25	1.7k	1.0k	635	605	444	53	2.8k
Moti Jaleta Ethiopia	25	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	730 1.1×	717 1.2×	934 2.1×	77	3.8k
Arega D. Alene Tanzania	32	2.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 2.1×	557 0.9×	736 1.7×	110	4.1k
Paswel Marenya Kenya	25	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	641 1.0×	691 1.1×	440 1.0×	71	3.0k
Jordan Chamberlin United States	30	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	619 1.0×	382 0.6×	448 1.0×	102	3.1k
Leslie Lipper Italy	32	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	859 1.4×	1.0k 1.7×	666 1.5×	86	4.0k
T. S. Jayne United States	26	1.5k 0.8×	955 0.9×	615 1.0×	345 0.6×	213 0.5×	74	2.5k
Tesfamicheal Wossen Kenya	25	1.2k 0.7×	637 0.6×	631 1.0×	369 0.6×	524 1.2×	55	2.3k
Jeffrey Alwang United States	28	1.2k 0.7×	579 0.6×	782 1.2×	223 0.4×	388 0.9×	138	2.5k
Clifton Makate Zimbabwe	23	1.1k 0.6×	639 0.6×	304 0.5×	580 1.0×	340 0.8×	56	2.1k
Calogero Carletto United States	28	1.1k 0.6×	891 0.9×	630 1.0×	226 0.4×	203 0.5×	84	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Solomon Asfaw

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Solomon Asfaw

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20 of 20 papers shown

Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal trends and variability of rainfall across agro-ecologies in East Guji Zone, Southeast Ethiopia. PLOS Climate. 3(3). e0000361–e0000361. 2 indexed citations

Kebede, Asfaw, et al.. (2023). Optimizing soil erosion estimates of RUSLE model by analyzing land use/cover dynamics in upper Awash River Basin, Central Ethiopia. Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk. 14(1). 13 indexed citations

Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2020). Distributional impacts of soil erosion on agricultural productivity and welfare in Malawi. Ecological Economics. 177. 106764–106764. 31 indexed citations

Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2019). Heterogeneous impact of livelihood diversification on household welfare: Cross-country evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. World Development. 117. 278–295. 131 indexed citations

Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2017). Improving the efficiency targeting of Malawi's farm input subsidy programme: Big pain, small gain?. Food Policy. 73. 104–118. 11 indexed citations

Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2017). Cash transfer programmes, weather shocks and household welfare: evidence from a randomised experiment in Zambia. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 9(4). 419–442. 34 indexed citations

Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2016). Agricultural Technology Adoption under Climate Change in the Sahel: Micro-evidence from Niger. Journal of African Economies. 25(5). 637–669. 137 indexed citations

Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2015). Livelihood diversification and vulnerability to poverty in rural Malawi. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 8 indexed citations

Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2015). Welfare Impacts of Climate Shocks: Evidence from Uganda. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2014). Cash Transfer Programme, Productive Activities and Labour Supply: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment in Kenya. The Journal of Development Studies. 50(8). 1172–1196. 83 indexed citations

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Arslan, Aslıhan, Nancy McCarthy, Leslie Lipper, Solomon Asfaw, & Andrea Cattaneo. (2013). Adoption and intensity of adoption of conservation farming practices in Zambia. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 187. 72–86. 257 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Solomon, et al.. (2012). Market participation, on-farm crop diversity and household welfare: micro-evidence from Kenya. Environment and Development Economics. 17(5). 579–601. 26 indexed citations

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Amare, Mulubrhan & Solomon Asfaw. (2012). Poverty reduction impact of food aid in rural Ethiopia. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 4(2). 235–256. 3 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Solomon, Bekele Shiferaw, Franklin Simtowe, & Mekbib G. Haile. (2011). Agricultural Technology Adoption, Seed Access Constraints and Commercialization in Ethiopia. Open Access Repository of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). 3(9). 436–477. 114 indexed citations

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Simtowe, Franklin, Solomon Asfaw, Aliou Diagne, & Bekele Shiferaw. (2010). Determinants of Agricultural Technology adoption: the case of improved groundnut varieties in Malawi. Open Access Repository of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). 1 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Solomon, Dagmar Mithöfer, & Hermann Waibel. (2010). What Impact Are EU Supermarket Standards Having on Developing Countries' Export of High-Value Horticultural Products? Evidence From Kenya. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing. 22(3-4). 252–276. 92 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Solomon, Dagmar Mithöfer, & Hermann Waibel. (2009). Investment in compliance with GlobalGAP standards: does it pay off for small-scale producers in Kenya?. 48(4). 337–362. 26 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Solomon, Dagmar Mithöfer, & Hermann Waibel. (2009). Food-safety Standards and Farmers Health: Evidence from Kenyan’s Export Vegetable Growers. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Mausch, Kai, et al.. (2009). Export Vegetable Production in Kenya under the EurepGAP Standard: Is Large “More Beautiful” than Small?. Journal of food distribution research. 40(3). 115–129. 15 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Solomon, Dagmar Mithöfer, & Hermann Waibel. (2008). EU private agrifood standards in African high-value crops: pesticide use and farm-level productivity. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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