Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in the food environment in many low- and middle-income countries. But there is little systematic knowledge about the opportunities they have and constraints they face in trying to grow their businesses. To contribute to building thi...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | de Brauw, Alan Hirvonen, Kalle |
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| description | Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in the food environment in many low- and middle-income countries. But there is little systematic knowledge about the opportunities they have and constraints they face in trying to grow their businesses. To contribute to building this knowledge base, we draw upon linked household–enterprise surveys collected in two districts in Ethiopia in 2023. To learn about the constraints faced by these enterprises, we examine differences in organizational characteristics and business practices by outlet type, location, and manager gender and education among MSMEs that sell food. The results suggest that while there are clear availability constraints for specific types of foods, there are some strategies that could help MSMEs that retail healthy foods increase sales. If policymakers or others are interested in supporting sales through the food environment, interventions such as business training, service access, and capacity building on nutrition would best fit their needs. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1772292025-12-02T21:03:13Z Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment de Brauw, Alan Hirvonen, Kalle capacity development enterprises food environment healthy diets households nutrition Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in the food environment in many low- and middle-income countries. But there is little systematic knowledge about the opportunities they have and constraints they face in trying to grow their businesses. To contribute to building this knowledge base, we draw upon linked household–enterprise surveys collected in two districts in Ethiopia in 2023. To learn about the constraints faced by these enterprises, we examine differences in organizational characteristics and business practices by outlet type, location, and manager gender and education among MSMEs that sell food. The results suggest that while there are clear availability constraints for specific types of foods, there are some strategies that could help MSMEs that retail healthy foods increase sales. If policymakers or others are interested in supporting sales through the food environment, interventions such as business training, service access, and capacity building on nutrition would best fit their needs. 2025-10-20 2025-10-20T19:41:23Z 2025-10-20T19:41:23Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177229 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute de Brauw, Alan; and Hirvonen, Kalle. 2025. Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2367. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177229 |
| spellingShingle | capacity development enterprises food environment healthy diets households nutrition de Brauw, Alan Hirvonen, Kalle Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment |
| title | Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment |
| title_full | Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment |
| title_fullStr | Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment |
| title_short | Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment |
| title_sort | healthy diets and the role of micro small and medium enterprises examining ethiopia s food environment |
| topic | capacity development enterprises food environment healthy diets households nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177229 |
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