Journal de l'économie mondiale

This study investigated determinants of sesame commercialization among smallholder farms, the case of Melokoza and Basketo special woredas, Southern Ethiopia. For this study cross sectional data was collected from 184 randomly selected smallholder farm households in the district. The survey data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and double-hurdle model. From the descriptive statistics it was found that the level of commercialization of sesame in the district was 79%, which by far above the national commercialization average (35%).

In this paper we examine CO₂ emissions since 1960 with data disaggregated by levels of income. Higher levels of persistence are observed in high income countries and some degrees of mean reversion, thus implying transitory shocks are observed in the lower middle and low income countries. Policy implications are derived from the results obtained.