ESSP II 
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program - Phase II (ESSP II) is a collaborative program of capacity building, research, policy analysis and knowledge dissemination by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI).
In order to respond to Ethiopia’s growing development challenges, IFPRI ESSP II and its advisory committee identified four key activities:
- Collaborative research with the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) with a focus on promoting poverty reduction and economic development in Ethiopia.
- Robust knowledge-management to contribute to policy dialogue, strategic priority setting, and evidence-based policy analysis.
- Capacity strengthening and increased knowledge dissemination within the academic and policy research community.
- Enhancing communications and institutional linkages between policy makers, policy analysts, civil society, and other policy and research actors through joint seminars and other dissemination events