Resultados de búsqueda - "Ethiopia"

Mismeasurement and efficiency estimates : Evidence from smallholder survey data in Africa por Abay, Kibrom A., Wossen, Tesfamichael, Chamberlin, Jordan

“…We then empirically examine the implications of measurement error for the estimation of technical inefficiency using smallholder farm survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania. We find that measurement error in agricultural input and production data leads to a substantial upward bias in technical inefficiency estimates (by up to 85% for some farmers). …”
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African Union Strategic Climate Investment Partnership Roundtable: Working Group Information Brief Series por Chevallier, Romy, Gosling, Amanda

“…Subsequently, on the 19-20 June 2023, the AU hosted a Strategic Climate Investment Partnership Roundtable in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The objective of the roundtable was to leverage partnerships and align investment opportunities to support the operationalisation of the Strategy. …”
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Assessment of Belg 2023 Climate and Climate Outlook of the upcoming Kiremt 2023 por Teshome, Asaminew, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…It was convened on May 16, 2022, at Haile Resort, Adama, Ethiopia, and brought together 300 government officials of WoWE, EDRMC, EMI, representatives from socio-economic sectors, international partners, civic societies, and media. …”
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Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data por Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…This study aims to partly fill these knowledge gaps through micro‐evidence from seven countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, Nepal and Vietnam), using several nationally representative panel data and supplementary data and applying correlated random effects double‐hurdle models with instrumental variables. …”
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Mid-year report 2023 por Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa

“…AICCRA investments are concentrated in six anchor countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, and Zambia, but spillover benefits are being realized in many other ‘spillover’ countries, such as Tanzania, Uganda, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria among many more, as AICCRA works with Africa’s regional economic communities (RECs) and their associated regional agricultural research and climate change networks. …”
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Poverty impacts of food price increases in Nigeria por Minot, Nicholas, Martin, Will

“…The other briefs cover Kenya, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali (see Minot and Martin, 2023a and 2023b; Martin and Minot, 2023a, 2023b, and 2023c). …”
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Uncertainty in the drylands: Rethinking in/formal insurance from pastoral East Africa por Johnson, Leigh, Mohamed, Tahira Shariff, Scoones, Ian, Taye, Masresha

“…We employ this approach to investigate pastoralists’ encounters with index-based livestock insurance in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. Drawing on interview, ethnographic, and survey data, we demonstrate how insurance is understood within larger moral economies and collective imaginaries for living with and managing uncertainty in the drylands. …”
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African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) - On Station Data por Dessie, Tadelle, Hamisi Goromela, Ezekiel, Jaramillo, Maria, Bamidele, Oladeji, Adeyinka, Isaac, Sonaiya, Funso, Guangul, Solomon, Kingamkono, Margaret, Bruno, Jasmine, Getachew, Fasil, Adeyinka, Isaac, Komen, Hans, Jaramillo, Maria, Hanotte, Olivier H., Assefa, Getnet, Esatu, Wondmeneh, Kingamkono, Margaret, Adebambo, Olufunmilayo, Adeyinka, Isaac A., Rege, Ed, Ouma, Robert, Mujibi, Dennis, Alemayehu, Tesfahun, Kassaye, Hezekias, Njamba, Harrison

“…These data may be used to characterize chicken production in the 3 countries of Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria; carry out detailed analysis on chicken production systems, management practices, farmer preferences in the 3 countries, analysis likability data, and determine the productivity and production of select strains under semi-scavenging conditions.This dataset contains the on-station monitoring data for the 3 countries.…”
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The role of climate smart agricultural practices on household income and food security: A propensity score matching approach por Tesfaye, Abonesh, Hammond, James, Radeny, Maren A.O., Recha, John W.M., Nigussie, Abebe, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Wijk, Mark T. van, Tamene, Lulseged D., Abera, Wuletawu, Demeke, Getamesay, Solomon, Dawit

“…The aim of this study was to assess the impacts of climate-smart agricultural practices on household income and food security in Doyogena and Basona climate-smart landscapes in Ethiopia. Data were collected from 796 randomly selected smallholder farmers from the two climate-smart villages of the Doyogena (399) and Basona (397) districts. …”
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A risk governance approach to mitigating food system risks in a crisis: Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic in five low- and middle-income countries por Polman, D. F., Selten, M. P. H., Motovska, N., Berkhout, Ezra D., Bergevoet, R. H. M., Candel, J. J. L.

“…Studying responses in five low- and middle-income countries – Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mexico, Nigeria and Vietnam – we find that food system risks and actors related to the food system were largely absent from initial risks assessment and policy responses, leading to growing food insecurity risks for vulnerable groups. …”
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Yield Potential and Yield Stability in Durum Wheat using Crop Wild Relative Crosses, and Participatory Assessment of Moroccan Farmers Preferences por El Haddad, Noureddine, Sanchez-Garcia, Miguel, Visioni, Andrea, Verma, Ramesh Pal Singh, Abderrazek, Jilal, Agrawal, Shiv Kumar, Kilian, Benjamin, Bassi, Filippo

“…It outlines the key achievements in advancing yield potential and stability of durum wheat using crop wild relative crosses across four targeted countries (Morocco, Ethiopia, Senegal and Lebanon). The culmination of the previous phase of BOLD project was highlighted by noteworthy achievements, including the successful participatory assessment of Moroccan farmers' preferences. …”
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Accelerating and scaling up Africa’s climate change adaptation and mitigation actions: Experiences and lessons learned por Majaliwa, Mwanjololo J.G., Nakayiwa, Florence, Waswa, Moses, Ekepu, David

“…The side event was attended by 42 people, including 8 women, from Ouganda, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin, Mali, Malawi, Senegal, USA, and Rwanda.…”
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Identification of competitive high yielding and stress tolerant demand-driven common bean varieties for key agro-ecologies and cropping systems in East and Southern Africa por Mukankusi, Clare, Mamo, Teshale Assefa, Nkhata, Wilson, Amongi, Winnyfred, Nkalubo, Stanley, Kilango, Michael, Mbiu, Julius, Misango, Shamir, Antonio, David, Chisale, Virginia

“…The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT through Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) supported ten national bean breeding programs that included Department of Agriculture Research Services (DARS) -Malawi, Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI-Uyole)-Tanzania, National Research Agronomic Research Institute (AII) Botswana, National Agriculture Research Development Institute (NARDC) Angola in the Southern Africa Bean Research Network (SABRN) and Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI-Maruku), Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI-Selian), Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KARLO-Kakamega), National Agricultural Crops Research Resources institute (NACRRI-Uganda) and the Ethiopia Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR-Melkassa), to select new bean varieties that are suitable for the diverse agro-ecologies and cropping systems. …”
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Market participation and pastoral welfare in drought-prone areas: A dose-response analysis por Yitayew, Asresu, Kassie, Girma, Yigezu, Yigezu

“…By applying bivariate selection model and dose-response function to a case study of 357 pastoral households in Ethiopia, this study examines pastoralists’ participation in goat markets and the impact of participation on per capita income, poverty headcount, and poverty gap. …”
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Livestock and climate change frames and interaction strategies in East Africa: Exploring tensions between adaptation and mitigation options por Cramer, Laura K., Dewulf, Art, Crane, Todd A.

“…We use data from interviews, policy documents and participant observations of science-policy interfaces in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda to answer: (1) How do frames used by scientists and policymakers affect discussions about climate change and livestock keeping in East Africa? …”
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Assessing the risk of COVID-19 in Feed the Future countries por Koo, Jawoo, Azzarri, Carlo, Ghosh, Aniruddha, Quabili, Wahid

“…The most widely used dataset by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (Dong, Du, and Gardner 2020), for example, does not include subnational data for Feed the Future’s 12 target countries in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) and South Asia: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, and Uganda. …”
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Report on boosting investment in agriculture research in Africa: Building a case for increased investment in agricultural research in Africa por African Union

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The way forward for nutrition-driven agriculture por Fan, Shenggen, Yosef, Sivan, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

“…It has assessed the impacts of various agricultural interventions and policies on nutrition, including those that integrate behavior change communication or social protection, and profiled the up-and-down journeys of countries such as Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India, and Malawi in integrating nutrition into agriculture policies and program interventions. …”
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Modeling crop-livestock interactions in semi-subsistence economies por Aragie, Emerta A., Thurlow, James

“…Utilizing a modeling framework that innovatively integrates the crop and livestock systems, this study examines the interactions and dynamic adjustments within these systems following weather shocks, using Ethiopia as a case study. We also evaluate the effectiveness of various adaptation strategies in sustaining farm incomes, food security, and welfare. …”
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Climate change and hunger: Africa's smallholder farmers struggle to adapt por Ringler, Claudia

“…Researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and their partners studied the perceptions of climate change among smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa. They found that a lack of access to credit, markets, information, risk‐sharing tools, and property rights has limited the ability of many farm households to adapt to the negative effects of climate change. …”
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