Dr. Jacob Asravor

Akademischer Kurzlebenslauf



Research Associate

Chair of Household and Consumer Economics

 

Consultation Hours: On request

 

Vita

06/2025 – Present: Research Associate at the University of Hohenheim

07/2021 – 12/2025: Doctoral candidate at the University of Hohenheim

04/2021 – 03/2024: Graduate Research Fellow, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

11/2021 – 03/2022: Visiting Researcher, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), virtual

 

 

Forschungsinteressen

  • Food and nutrition security
  • Technology adoption
  • Consumer economics
  • Production economics

Ausgewählte Veröffentlichungen

  • Tsiboe, F., Martey, E. & Asravor, J. (2026). Production gaps among farmers with disabilities are associated with limited technology. Agricultural Economics, 57(4), e70115. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.70115
  • Awoke, B.G., Asravor, J., Bosch, C., Daum, T., Köller, K. & Birner, R. (2026). Productivity, technical efficiency, and sustainability of mechanized potato production: A case study of tillage service users in Kenya. Potato Research, 69(95). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-026-10042-x
  • Martey, E., Etwire, P.M., Asravor, J., Adogoba, D.S., Suraj, M.M. & Puozaa, D. (2026). Breeding or adoption? Groundnut varietal age and farm performance in Northern Ghana. World Food Policy, 12(1), e70018. https://doi.org/10.1002/wfp2.70018
  • Owusu, V. & Asravor, J. (2025). Do regional-specific differences influence smallholder farmers' climate information use? Evidence from Ghana. Climate Services, 38, 100580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2025.100580
  • Asravor, J., Tsiboe, F., Adetoyinbo, A. & Ankamah, J. (2025). Charting the path to increased oil palm output in Ghana beyond area expansion. Agribusiness, Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.22054
  • Sariyev, O., Asravor, J. & Zeller, M. (2025). Poverty and food security impacts of sustainable intensification: Evidence from Ethiopia. Food Security, 17, 405–420. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-025-01517-9
  • Asravor, J., Tsiboe, F., Asravor, K.R. Wiredu, A.N. & Zeller, M. (2024). Technology and managerial performance of farm households by age in Ghana. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 61, 279–303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-023-00679-y

Conferences

  • 38th Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), July 1 – 4, 2026. Sciences Po and University of Bordeaux, France. Oral Presentation.

  • 2024 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), July 28 – 30. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Oral Presentation.
  • Second virtual African productivity conference (vAPW2023), December 14 – 16, 2023. Jönköping University, Sweden. Oral Presentation.
  • First virtual African productivity conference (vAPW2021), December 16 - 18, 2021. Jönköping University, Sweden. Oral Presentation.
  • International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD), September 21 – 22, 2016. Columbia University, New York, USA. Oral Presentation.