The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation
Given the importance of agriculture in developing economies, food processing industries often dominate employment and value addition in the industrial sector in these settings. For example, it is estimated that the food processing industry in Ethiopia employs one million people, around 2 percent of...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Minten, Bart Assefa, Thomas Abebe, Girum Tamru, Seneshaw Engida, Ermias |
| author_browse | Abebe, Girum Assefa, Thomas Engida, Ermias Minten, Bart Tamru, Seneshaw |
| author_facet | Minten, Bart Assefa, Thomas Abebe, Girum Tamru, Seneshaw Engida, Ermias |
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| description | Given the importance of agriculture in developing economies, food processing industries often dominate employment and value addition in the industrial sector in these settings. For example, it is estimated that the food processing industry in Ethiopia employs one million people, around 2 percent of the economically active population. However, the way in which Ethiopia’s food processing industry is changing and how it functions is little understood. We study the markets in urban Ethiopia for commercial ready-to-eat enjera, the traditional staple pancake of the country. We find that these commercial enjera markets are rapidly growing, employing more than 100,000 people in urban Ethiopia, many of whom are women. Moreover, enjera is now being prepared by mixing flour from locally produced teff with that of imported rice, thus absorbing an important part of the rapidly growing rice imports (almost 200 million USD in 2015) to the country and leading to higher profits for those enterprises en |
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| spelling | CGSpace1483832025-11-06T06:10:57Z The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation Minten, Bart Assefa, Thomas Abebe, Girum Tamru, Seneshaw Engida, Ermias bread supply chains food technology eragrostis tef industry employment households urban areas enterprises sales trade productivity international trade food processing Given the importance of agriculture in developing economies, food processing industries often dominate employment and value addition in the industrial sector in these settings. For example, it is estimated that the food processing industry in Ethiopia employs one million people, around 2 percent of the economically active population. However, the way in which Ethiopia’s food processing industry is changing and how it functions is little understood. We study the markets in urban Ethiopia for commercial ready-to-eat enjera, the traditional staple pancake of the country. We find that these commercial enjera markets are rapidly growing, employing more than 100,000 people in urban Ethiopia, many of whom are women. Moreover, enjera is now being prepared by mixing flour from locally produced teff with that of imported rice, thus absorbing an important part of the rapidly growing rice imports (almost 200 million USD in 2015) to the country and leading to higher profits for those enterprises en 2017 2024-06-21T09:24:32Z 2024-06-21T09:24:32Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148383 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147659 application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Minten, Bart; Assefa, Thomas; Abebe, Girum; Engid, Ermias; and Tamru, Seneshaw. 2017. Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation: The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets. ESSP II Research Note 63. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148383 |
| spellingShingle | bread supply chains food technology eragrostis tef industry employment households urban areas enterprises sales trade productivity international trade food processing Minten, Bart Assefa, Thomas Abebe, Girum Tamru, Seneshaw Engida, Ermias The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation |
| title | The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation |
| title_full | The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation |
| title_fullStr | The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation |
| title_short | The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation |
| title_sort | case of ethiopia s enjera markets synopsis food processing transformation and job creation |
| topic | bread supply chains food technology eragrostis tef industry employment households urban areas enterprises sales trade productivity international trade food processing |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148383 |
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