Ethiopia Strategy Support Program II

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• Agricultural productivity: performance and constraints
• Pro-poor public spending: efficiency and accountability
• Rural non-farm economy
• Synthesis edited volume of Ethiopian Agriculture and Food Policy
• Cereal Price Determination in Ethiopia
• Analysis of the Rural-Urban Transformation
• Weather Index Insurance Survey
• Consumption, savings and Investment Behaviors of Successful Farmers
• Livestock markets
• Aspirations, risk and household investment behaviour
• Investments in watersheds
• Accelerating Agricultural Market Transformation in Ethiopia: Processes, Potentials, and Challenges
• The Teff Value Chain
• Understanding and Improving Agricultural Extension Delivery in Ethiopia

An introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) training was conducted at Hawassa University by IFPRI-ESSP II in collaboration with the Central Statistical Agency (CSA), November 1-4, 2011. The training was given to students of Hawassa University, staff of SNNPR Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, and CSA staff.

A one day workshop on "Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at CSA: Mapping future collaboration and data gathering" was conducted by IFPRI-ESSP II in collaboration with the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) in Addis Ababa, ILRI Campus. The participants were composed of heads and GIS experts from Finance and Economic Development Bureaus of all the 11 regions in Ethiopia.

The workshop took place on October 31st, 2011 and was attended by 22 participants.

A one day workshop on “Taking Stock of the Economics of the Livestock Sector in Ethiopia” was conducted by IFPRI-ESSP II in collaboration with the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The workshop took place in Jupiter Hotel, Addis Ababa on November 4th, 2011. More than 50 participants took part in the workshop and 10 presentations were made.

To get access to all the presentations, please visit Slide Share.

The Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), Ethiopia Strategy Support Program II (ESSP II / IFPRI), and School of Economics of Addis Ababa University organized a two-week course in CGE Modeling. The course had two components. In the first week, the course focused on the basic tools and static version of the model. Week two was devoted to a dynamic version of the CGE Model.

The training was conducted by Prof. Sherman Robinson (IFPRI), Dario Debowicz (IFPRI), Seneshaw Tamiru (ESSP II) and Ermias Engida (ESSP II) at the Addis Ababa Univesity from October 17-28, 2011.

An 'Introduction to GIS' training (using ArcGIS Desktop) was given by the GIS team of the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program II to 23 participants from Central Statistical Agency, National Meteorological Agency, and ESSP II. The training took place at the International Livestock Research Institute campus, September 20-22, 2011.
This training is a component of ESSP II 's capacity building.

The training included courses on: the principles of GIS, acquiring geographic data, manipulating attribute tables in ArcGIS, exploring spatial relationships using chloropleth mapping, introduction to projections, exploring and utilizing georeferenced data, spatial data integration and data query, spatial measurements and statistics, meteorological data presentation, and agriculture survey data presentation.

"From Famine to Food Security -- Meeting the Challenge in the Horn of Africa"

August 11, 2011, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Headquarters, Washington D.C., on the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. Secretary Clinton discussed the ongoing international humanitarian response, as well as how the crisis in the Horn of Africa shows the urgency of investing in sustained food security.

To see the video of the event or read the transcripts of the introduction by Shenggen Fan, Director General, and Secretary Clinton’s speech, please visit:
http://www.ifpri.org/event/famine-food-security-meeting-challenge-horn-africa

Ethiopian Economic Association and IFPRI/ESSP II jointly organized the 9th International Conference on Ethiopian Economy, held July 21-23, 2011, at the Ethiopian Economic Association in Addis Ababa. ESSP II hosted several sessions.

Videos of Opening speeches and presentations:

2011 Conference on Ethiopian Economy - Paul Dorosh, Opening from IFPRI Library on Vimeo.

2011 Conference on Ethiopian Economy - Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Opening from IFPRI Library on Vimeo.

2011 Conference on Ethiopian Economy - Paul Dorosh from IFPRI Library on Vimeo.

To access the rest of the videos please visit: http://vimeo.com/album/1678075