Resultados de búsqueda - "Ethiopia"

Accounting for nutritional changes in six success stories: A regression-decomposition approach por Headey, Derek D., Hoddinott, John F., Park, Seollee

“…We explore potential explanations of this success by applying consistent statistical methods to multiple rounds of Demographic Health Surveys for Bangladesh, Nepal, Ethiopia, Odisha, Senegal, and Zambia. We find that changes in household wealth, mother's education and access to antenatal care are the largest drivers of nutritional improvement, except for Zambia where large increases in bednet usage is the single largest factor. …”
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Strengthening resilience of rural households through improved social protection por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…PIM’s research on social protection, led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in partnership with governments and development agencies, has supported increased investment in social protection programs, reaching roughly 8 million beneficiaries in Ethiopia, more than one million beneficiaries in Bangladesh, and more than one million in Tanzania.…”
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Measuring resilience in a volatile world: A proposal for a multicountry system of sentinel sites por Barrett, Christopher B., Headey, Derek D.

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Resilience and pastoralism in Africa south of the Sahara, with a particular focus on the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, West Africa por Little, Peter D., McPeak, John G.

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An experiment on the impact of weather shocks and insurance on risky investment por Hill, Ruth Vargas, Viceisza, Angelino

“…We conduct a framed field experiment in rural Ethiopia to test the seminal hypothesis that insurance provision induces farmers to take greater, yet profitable, risks. …”
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The teff value chain on the move por Minten, Bart, Tamru, Seneshaw, Engida, Ermias, Kuma, Tadesse

“…We study the value chain of teff, Ethiopia’s most important staple food crop by area and value. …”
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Economic benefits and returns to rural feeder roads por Stifel, David, Minten, Bart, Koru, Bethlehem

“…We estimate households’ willingness-to-pay for rural feeder roads in Ethiopia. Using a quasi-experimental setting, we find that the benefits of reducing transportation costs by 50 US dollars per metric ton of goods (agricultural surplus, purchased consumption goods, purchased agricultural inputs) would result in benefits worth roughly 35 percent of household consumption. …”
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Smallholder dairy in Kenya por Ngigi, Margaret

“…To illustrate her text, the author contrasts dairy sectors in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uanda."…”
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Navigating the climate-finance landscape in Eastern Africa: An exploration of climate and agriculture finance instruments por Chilambe, Pedro, Nguvi, Caroline, Zulu, Mercy, Jalango, Dorcas, Mundia, Carolyne

“…The purpose of this research report is to explore climate and agriculture finance instruments available in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, and identify which institutions (mainly government agencies, banks, and corporations) are providing these climate-finance solutions. …”
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Partnerships as the path to stability in fragile settings por Kosec, Katrina

“…This crisis, as well as escalating emergencies in Sudan, Yemen, Ethiopia, and Ukraine—among many others—underscores the critical need for effective strategies to protect, respond to, and stabilize vulnerable communities facing conflict, crises, and climate-induced disasters. …”
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Famine in Africa: Causes, responses, and prevention por von Braun, Joachim, Teklu, Tesfaye, Webb, Patrick

“…The authors present the results of field work and other research from numerous parts of Africa, with a particular focus on Botswana, Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. With these data, the authors explain the factors that cause famines and assess efforts to mitigate and prevent them. …”
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The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages por Dercon, Stefan, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hoddinott, John F., Woldehanna, Tassew

“…This paper investigates whether public investments that led to improvements in road quality and increased access to agricultural extension services led to faster consumption growth and lower rates of poverty in rural Ethiopia. Estimating an instrumental variables model using Generalized Methods of Moments and controlling for household fixed effects, we find evidence of positive impacts with meaningful magnitudes. …”
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The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages por Dercon, Stefan, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hoddinott, John F., Woldehanna, Tassew

“…This article investigates whether public investments that led to improvements in road quality and increased access to agricultural extension services led to faster consumption growth and lower rates of poverty in rural Ethiopia. Estimating an Instrumental Variables model using Generalized Methods of Moments and controlling for household fixed effects, we find evidence of positive impacts with meaningful magnitudes. …”
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Transforming livestock production systems in East Africa through scaling novel forages: The grass 2 cash @scale journey por Sibiko, Kenneth Waluse, Mwema, Emmanuel, Hansen, Andreas, Mwendia, Solomon W, Burkart, Stefan, Notenbaert, An

“…The seminar presentation shares information about a fascinating project implemented in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia between 2021-2024. It provides information about the design, implementation and major achievements, as well as key research findings from the project. …”
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Forage Seed Certification Refresher Training and Policy Dialogue por Gebreyes, Million G, Derseh, Melkamu, Assefa, Getnet, Moges, Mekdes, Kelemework, Fasil, Zeray, Tefera, Abiy, Rahel, Mekonnen, Kindu, Negawo, Alemayehu T., Dawit, Woubit, Olbana, Tamiru

“…The Forage Seed Certification Training and Policy Dialogue aimed to strengthen forage seed certification in Ethiopia by enhancing experts’ technical skills, identifying challenges, and developing strategies for revitalization. …”
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Socio-economic constraints to strategic sheep fattening: Evidence from the Ethiopian highlands por Shapiro, Barry I., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Reynolds, L.

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Effects of browse supplementation on the productivity of West African dwarf goats por Reynolds, L.

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Productivity of three sub-types of Sudan desert sheep at El Huda research station, Sudan por Suleiman, A.H., Wilson, R.T.

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REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT PLANNING: An Implementation Roadmap for Eastern and Southern Africa por Jalango, Dorcas Anyango, Yaregal, Yodit, Tesfaye, Lidya Ayalew, Ogutu, Elizabeth, Makonnen, Brook

“…This report, Implementation of Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plans: A Roadmap for Eastern and Southern Africa, provides a strategic framework to operationalize Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plans (CSAIPs) in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Zambia. The report identifies key implementation barriers, including financial constraints, fragmented coordination, and inadequate capacity, while offering phased solutions to address these challenges. …”
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Enhancing innovation in livestock value chains through networks: Lessons from fodder innovation case studies in developing countries por Ayele, Seife, Duncan, Alan J., Larbi, Asamoah, Truong Tan Khanh

“…This paper discusses how fodder technologies and knowledge have been introduced and integrated in diverse livestock production systems in Ethiopia, Syria and Vietnam. A synthesis of lessons learnt shows that fodder innovation is triggered and diffused by actors interacting and learning in networks, and on farms. …”
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