The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) is a collaborative program undertaken by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI).
On February 10, 2015, a workshop, organized as part of the IFPRI-led Food Security Portal (PSP) project, took place in Addis Ababa. In total 36 people attended from various organizations, including donors, researchers, international NGOs, government institutions and policy makers. This European Commission-funded FSP project is now in its second phase, and continues to attract […]
ESSP Research Note 35."Synopsis: Who benefits from the rapidly increasing voluntary sustainability standards? " by Minten, Bart, Dereje, Mekdim, Engeda, Ermias and Tamru, Seneshaw Summary of ESSP Working Paper 71. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) are rapidly increasing in global value chains. While consumers, mostly in developed countries, are willing to pay significant premiums for such standards, it is not well […]
ESSP Working Paper 72. "Can agricultural traders be trusted? " by Assefa, Thomas Woldu and Minten, Bart Abstract: Traditional food marketing systems in developing countries are often not trusted. In consequence, policy makers frequently try to regulate them and modern market arrangements increasingly are emerging to address some of their presumed deficiencies. However, it is unclear how trustworthy these […]
During mid-January, GIS training was delivered at Mekelle University to lecturers of postgraduate students. In total there were 12 participants. The training delivery was shared between Hailu Shiferaw and Helina Tilahun, who work for ESSP, a collaborative program between IFPRI and EDRI (Ethiopian Development Research Institute). Following the 4-day training course, the Vice President for […]
Last week marked the end of the 2nd round household survey. Its purpose has been to assess the impact of remoteness on village communities in Alefa Woreda, south-west of Gonder. This is an isolated area with little or no electricity and mobile phone access. The terrain is rugged and the lack of access to markets […]
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program would like to present you its quarterly newsletter for the months October - December 2014. The newsletter presents: - Upcoming Events Regional GIS Training in Tigray region from 14-16 January, 2015 15th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia (AESE) on ‘Performance of the Ethiopian agriculture in the face of […]
ESSP Working Paper 71. "Who benefits from the rapidly increasing voluntary sustainability standards?" by Minten, Bart, Dereje, Mekdim, Engeda, Ermias, and Tamru, Seneshaw Abstract: Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) are rapidly increasing in global value chains. While consumers, mostly in developed countries, are willing to pay significant premiums for such standards, it is not well understood how effectively these […]
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program would like to present its quarterly newsletter for the months October - December 2014.
ESSP Working Paper 70. "An analysis of trends and determinants of child undernutrition in Ethiopia, 2000‐2011" by HHeadey, Derek D. Abstract: This report uses two rounds of the Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) to statistically analyze patterns and trends in undernutrition (child growth) in Ethiopia over 2000 to 2011. Ethiopia remains one of the most undernourished populations in […]
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