Search Results - "Ethiopia"

Cows, missing milk markets, and nutrition in rural Ethiopia by Hoddinott, John F., Headey, Derek D., Dereje, Mekdim

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Gully rehabilitation in southern Ethiopia – value and impacts for farmers by Mekuria, Wolde, Phimister, E., Yakob, G., Tegegne, Desalegn, Moges, A., Tesfaye, Y., Melaku, Dagmawi, Gerber, C., Hallett, P. D., Smith, J. U.

“…Working with farmers in a watershed in southern Ethiopia, we investigated (a) the effectiveness of low-cost gully rehabilitation measures to reduce soil loss and upward expansion of gully heads; (b) how farmers and communities view gully interventions; and (c) whether involving farmers in on-farm field trials to demonstrate gully interventions improves uptake, knowledge, and perceptions of their capacity to act. …”
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Urbanization and economic transformation: A CGE analysis for Ethiopia by Dorosh, Paul A., Thurlow, James

“…Strong economic growth in urban areas has not led to rapid urbanization in Ethiopia, possibly as a result of prevailing land tenure policies. …”
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Determinants of schooling: Empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia by Mani, Subha, Hoddinott, John F., Strauss, John

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The bang for the birr: Public spending and rural welfare in Ethiopia by Mogues, Tewodaj

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Consumption, saving, and investment behaviors of successful farmers in Ethiopia by Bayrau, Alebel, Berhane, Guush, Ageba, Gebrehiwot, Woldehanna, Tassew, Dorosh, Paul A., Tadesse, Fanaye, Koru, Bethlehem, Tafere, Kibrom

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Economic growth without structural transformation: The case of Ethiopia by Dorosh, Paul A., Schmidt, Emily, Shiferaw, Admasu

“…Ethiopia is a highly agrarian economy, with a long history of substantial food insecurity. …”
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An assessment of IFPRI's work in Ethiopia during 1995-2010 by Renkow, Mitch, Slade, Roger

“…Ethiopia is one of the most populated and poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and as such has been a high priority country for IFPRI research and capacity-building work. …”
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Fertilizer in Ethiopia: An assessment of policies, value chain, and profitability by Rashid, Shahidur, Tefera, Nigussie, Minot, Nicholas, Ayele, Gezahegn

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Collective action and vulnerability: Burial societies in rural Ethiopia by CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…In addition, collective action has an instrumental value; it can help individuals, groups, and communities achieve common goals. In Ethiopia, a study found that one form of collective action, iddir, or burial societies, helped households in the study areas attenuate the impact of illness.…”
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Structural transformation in Ethiopia: Evidence from cereal markets by Minten, Bart, Stifel, David, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…Important improvements have thus happened in the last decade in Ethiopia’s food marketing system, traditionally identified as a major cause of food security problems in the country.…”
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Structural Transformation in Ethiopia: Evidence from Cereal Markets by Minten, Bart, Stifel, David, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…Important improvements have thus happened in the last decade in Ethiopia’s food marketing system, traditionally identified as a major cause of food security problems in the country.…”
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Nonlinear dynamics of livestock assets: Evidence from Ethiopia by Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Dercon, Stefan

“…We illustrate the method by searching for traps in the dynamics of livestock asset holdings in rural Ethiopia. We find evidence of distribution-dependent dynamics and multiple equilibria for tropical livestock units.…”
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Cooperatives for staple crop marketing: Evidence from Ethiopia by Bernard, Tanguy, Spielman, David J., Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum, Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude

“…The evidence from Ethiopia indicates that they do increase farmers' profits from crop sales, but that the beneficiaries do not tend to be the poorest smallholders. …”
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Making Rural Services Work for the Poor and Women in Ethiopia by Mogues, Tewodaj, Petracco, Carly, Randriamamonjy, Josee

“…This paper applies a public expenditure benefit incidence analysis of different public services in rural Ethiopia across gender and wealth groups. Among the results are findings that the gender gap in our study areas is substantial and that public works transfers are more progressive than direct support transfers.…”
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Responding to land degradation in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia by Kumasi, Tyhra Carolyn, Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo

“…If unattended to, land degradation would reduce agricultural productivity and increase pressure on marginal environments in the Tigray highlands of Ethiopia, adversely affecting food security and livelihoods of smallholder farmers. …”
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The bang for the birr: Public expenditures and rural welfare in Ethiopia by Mogues, Tewodaj

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SMEs in the Food Environment in urban and peri-urban Ethiopia by de Brauw, Alan, Hirvonen, Kalle, Mekonnen, Daniel, Chege, Christine

“…In late 2023, a unique survey was fielded in Ethiopia to study micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) selling food directly to consumers in two locations in Ethiopia (a woreda of Addis Ababa, and Butajira). …”
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Africa RISING Ethiopia First phase (2011-2016) by International Livestock Research Institute

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Land tenure and land management in the highlands of Northern Ethiopia by Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Pender, John L., Ehui, Simeon

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