Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers
One of the key questions in food policy debates in the last decades has been the role of cash cropping for achieving food security in low income countries. We revisit this question in the context of smallholder coffee production in Ethiopia. Using unique data collected by the authors on about 1,600...
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| author | Kuma, Tadesse Dereje, Mekdim Hirvonen, Kalle Minten, Bart |
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| description | One of the key questions in food policy debates in the last decades has been the role of cash cropping for achieving food security in low income countries. We revisit this question in the context of smallholder coffee production in Ethiopia. Using unique data collected by the authors on about 1,600 coffee farmers in the country, we find that coffee income improves food security, even after controlling for total income and other factors and after addressing the endogeneity of coffee income. Further analysis suggests that the pathway for achieving this improved food security is linked to being better able to smooth consumption across agricultural seasons. In contrast with food crops, coffee sales take place almost throughout the whole year, providing farmers with cash income also during the lean season. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1464312025-11-06T07:05:40Z Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers Kuma, Tadesse Dereje, Mekdim Hirvonen, Kalle Minten, Bart food policies agricultural policies agriculture smallholders coffee food security seasonality One of the key questions in food policy debates in the last decades has been the role of cash cropping for achieving food security in low income countries. We revisit this question in the context of smallholder coffee production in Ethiopia. Using unique data collected by the authors on about 1,600 coffee farmers in the country, we find that coffee income improves food security, even after controlling for total income and other factors and after addressing the endogeneity of coffee income. Further analysis suggests that the pathway for achieving this improved food security is linked to being better able to smooth consumption across agricultural seasons. In contrast with food crops, coffee sales take place almost throughout the whole year, providing farmers with cash income also during the lean season. 2016-09-27 2024-06-21T09:07:02Z 2024-06-21T09:07:02Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146431 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Kuma, Tadesse; Dereje, Mekdim; Hirvonen, Kalle; and Minten, Bart. 2016. Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers. ESSP II Working Paper 95. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146431 |
| spellingShingle | food policies agricultural policies agriculture smallholders coffee food security seasonality Kuma, Tadesse Dereje, Mekdim Hirvonen, Kalle Minten, Bart Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers |
| title | Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers |
| title_full | Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers |
| title_fullStr | Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers |
| title_short | Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers |
| title_sort | cash crops and food security evidence from ethiopian smallholder coffee producers |
| topic | food policies agricultural policies agriculture smallholders coffee food security seasonality |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146431 |
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