Search Results - "Ethiopia"

Modeling International Relationships in Applied General Equilibrium (MIRAGE) Model by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Beyond IFPRI and CEPII, the model is now shared with different institutions such as the European Commission DG Trade and DG Enterprise (Brussels, Belgium), French National Institute for Agricultural Research ( INRA, Paris, France), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), and the World Trade Organization (WTO, Geneva, Switzerland). …”
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Agriculture and achieving the Millennium Development Goals by Rosegrant, Mark W., Ringler, Claudia, Benson, Todd, Diao, Xinshen, Resnick, Danielle, Thurlow, James, Torero, Maximo, Orden, David

“…The third chapter examines more closely how the targets of MDG 1 can be achieved in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia and Zambia), and how agricultural and economic growth, together with larger investments in social sectors including health and education, can substantially narrow the gap between business-as usual and MDG outcomes for Target 2 of MDG 1, halving child malnutrition levels. …”
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Targeting social assistance in fragile settings: An experiment on community-based targeting by Abay, Kibrom A., Berhane, Guush, Gilligan, Daniel O., Tafere, Kibrom, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…We implemented a clustered randomized control trial among community leaders in 180 villages in Ethiopia to evaluate how community leaders target and allocate resources when they face budget constraints and are in the presence (absence) of discretion. …”
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Analysis of the potential market segmentation of new CIAT forage hybrids in Africa, Latin America and Asia by Junca Paredes, John Jairo, Florez, Jesus Fernando, Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren, Burkart, Stefan

“…In Africa, for interspecific Urochloa and Megathyrsus maximus hybrids, there would be a total potential market of 934,654 ha. Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda have a market share of 82.64%. …”
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Synthesis of the agrifood systems’ hidden costs analysis in the six FABLE country case studies by Vittis, Yiorgos, Mosnier, Aline, Smith, Alison, Arguello, Ricardo, Chavarro Diaz, John, Costa, Wanderson, Köberle, Alexandre, Singh, Vartika, Getaneh, Yonas, Nigussie, Yirgalem, Navarro, Javier, Sperling, Frank, Cozza, Davide, Orduña-Cabrera, Fernando, Lord, Steven, Benitez Humanes, Miguel

“…This chapter summarizes the main findings about hidden costs in agrifood systems across six countries, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, and the United Kingdom building on the results from SOFA 2023, the FABLE Consortium, and the Food System Economic Commission (FSEC) initiative. …”
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Innovation bundles dashboard for resilience and women empowerment by Puskur, Ranjitha, Nchanji, Eileen, Cosmas, Lutomia, Ketema, Dessalegn, Muteti, Thomas, Gartaula, Hom, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Mapedza, Everisto D., Chadha, Deepali

“…Gender and socioeconomic studies from the CGIAR Gender Impact Platform were used to compile the existing STIBs, and more data from learning labs in Kenya, Ethiopia, and India its being added. Additional socio-economic and gender inventory data has been extracted from FAO’s Agricultural Innovation Systems and the World Bank, but not clustered into different bundles. …”
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The role of information networks in communicating and responding to HPAI outbreaks by Schiffer, Eva, Narrod, Clare, von Grebmer, Klaus

“…Thus, researchers from IFPRI and ILRI conducted network mapping exercises with participating stakeholders from governmental agencies, the private sector, research institutions, and farmer and trader organizations during the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) inception workshops held separately in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria to answer the following questions: How does information about a suspected outbreak of avian influenza on the farm or market level reach the respective authorities? …”
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Nitrogen use efficiency and genotype-by-environment interaction in durum wheat genotypes under varying nitrogen supply by Tesfaye Geleta Aga, Fetien Abay Abera, Tufa, Tesfaye Balemi, Abebe, Kebebew Assefa, Abeyo Bekele Geleta, Ayana, Negash Geleta

“…This study evaluated6 durum wheat genotypes in Ethiopia to determine the extent of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) components and genotype-by-environment interactions under high and low N supply. …”
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A critical review of food safety legislation and policy applicable to products of animal origin in South Africa by Molefe, S.M., McCrindle, C.M.E., Botha, C.J., Makita, K., Grace, Delia

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Participatory risk analysis to ensure food safety of edible offal from game meat by Ramrajh, S., McCrindle, C.M.E., Heeb, A.W., Makita, K., Grace, Delia

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Using global datasets to estimate flood exposure at the city scale: an evaluation in Addis Ababa by Carr, A. B., Trigg, M. A., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Bernhofen, M. V., Alemu, Abel Negussie, Bekele, Tilaye Worku, Walsh, C. L.

“…Methods: Here, we test the use of relevant global terrain, rainfall, and flood hazard data products in a flood hazard and exposure assessment framework covering Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To conduct the tests, we first developed a city scale rain-on-grid hydrodynamic flood model based on local data and used the model results to identify buildings exposed to flooding. …”
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Ghana Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Endline Survey, 2017 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…As part of this project, IFPRI is undertaking a study of irrigating and non-irrigating households in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Ghana to investigate the connections between irrigation, gender, nutrition and health. …”
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Ghana Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Baseline Survey, 2015 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…As part of this project, IFPRI is undertaking a study of irrigating and non-irrigating households in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana to investigate the connections between irrigation, gender, nutrition, and health. …”
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Tanzania Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Endline Survey, 2017 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…As part of this project, IFPRI is undertaking a study of irrigating and non-irrigating households in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Ghana to investigate the connections between irrigation, gender, nutrition and health. …”
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Global summary of baseline household survey results by Kristjanson, Patricia M., Garlick, Cathy, Förch, Wiebke, Thornton, Philip K., Cramer, Laura K., Ndungu, Anthony

“…A standardised survey, guidelines and training materials were implemented across 12 countries in West Africa (Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Ghana), East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania), and South Asia (India, Nepal and Bangladesh). …”
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Trypanosomiasis induced reproductive wastage in West African Dwarf sheep by Akinbamijo, O.O., Reynolds, L.

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Value of quality controlled citizen science data for rainfall-runoff characterization in a rapidly urbanizing catchment by Mengistie, G. K., Wondimagegnehu, Kirubel Demissie, Walker, D. W., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru

“…In this study, we established a citizen science program in the Akaki catchment which hosts Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Citizen scientists monitored river stage at multiple gauging sites for multiple years. …”
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Farming under fire: The interplay of armed conflict and climate-induced weather disruptions in agricultural input use by Ayalew, Hailemariam, Berhane, Guush, Wondale, Meseret, Breisinger, Clemens

“…This study investigates the compounded effects of armed conflicts and climate-induced disruptions on agricultural input use in Ethiopia, a country experiencing significant fragility due to both factors. …”
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Genomic tools accelerating the selection and deployment of best-bet forage genebank collections to farmers: Feed and Forage Development Research by Muktar, Meki S., Negawo, Alemayehu T., Habte, Ermias, Teshome, Abel, Dejene, M., Mohammed, K., Feyissa, F., Bezabih, Melkamu, Jones, Christopher S.

“…Currently, EIAR is evaluating the performance of the promising subsets to submit applications for the registration of new forage varieties in Ethiopia. This milestone provides livestock keepers with new forage options, improving feed supply, livestock productivity, and livelihoods.…”
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Key stakeholders, platforms, and networks in Bangladesh’s food systems transformation process, 2022–2024 by Abedin, Jainal, Herens, Marion, Brouwer, Inge D.

“…As part of SHiFT’s Work Package 5, Catalyzing Food Systems Transformation, this analysis was used to prepare a stakeholder engagement strategy for Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Viet Nam, SHiFT’s three countries of work. …”
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