The Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) and the Econometric Society conducted their 12th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy and 1st African Meeting of the Econometric Society, repectively, from July 16 to 19, 2014 at the EEA Conference Center in Addis Ababa. The conferences were co-organized by EEA, the outgoing African Econometric Society, the incoming Africa […]
ESSP Research Note 28 "Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia" by John Hoddinott, Derek Headey and Mekdim Dereje. Summary of ESSP Working Paper 63. In rural economies encumbered by significant market imperfections, farming decisions may partly be motivated by nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. These imperfections create the potential for farm assets […]
ESSP Working Paper 66. "Structure and Performance of Ethiopia's Coffee Export Sector" by Bart Minten, Seneshaw Tamru, Tadesse Kuma, and Yaw Nyarko. Abstract: We study the structure and performance of the coffee export sector in Ethiopia, Africa’s most important coffee producer, over the period 2003 to 2013. We find an evolving policy environment leading to structural changes […]
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program would like to present its quarterly newsletter for the months April - June 2014. The Newsletter covers: Upcoming events “The 12th International Conference on Ethiopian Economy” in collaboration with Ethiopian Economics Association. July 16-19, 2014. EEA conference hall, Addis Ababa. Presentation of the results of the baseline survey for the Feed-the-Future […]
The 2020 Conference held last week in Addis Ababa had a very special guest – the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, the honorable Hailemariam Dessalegn. He delivered an inspiring speech that cited, among other things, ESSP’s contributions to improving Ethiopia’s resilience to shocks and food insecurity. It was in his inaugural address that credit to IFPRI […]
The 2020 Conference held last week in Addis Ababa had a very special guest – the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, the honorable Hailemariam Dessalegn. He delivered an inspiring speech that cited, among other things, ESSP’s contributions to improving Ethiopia’s resilience to shocks and food insecurity. It was in his inaugural address that credit to IFPRI […]
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) delivered two sessions at IFPRI’s conference entitled “Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security". One of the topics discussed during the conference was weather-based insurance in Ethiopia. The organizer of the session, Dr. Guush Berhane of IFPRI-ESSP, was quoted in an article on Sci Dev Net entitled "Weather-based insurance for African […]
ESSP Working Paper 65 "Perceptions, impacts and rewards of row planting of teff" by Joachim Vandercasteelen*, Mekdim Dereje, Bart Minten, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Abstract:This study analyzes the perceptions, impacts, and rewards of farmers who adopted row planting for the production of teff as a result of being exposed to a technology promotion campaign for row […]
The IFPRI 2020 Conference, will be conducted on May 15-17, 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the Sheraton Addis Hotel. It will bring together policymakers, practitioners, and scholars to discuss how resilience can be strengthened for food and nutrition security. More than 140 experts and practitioners are confirmed on the conference program to speak and share […]
For over 30 years, responses to food insecurity in Ethiopia were dominated by emergency food aid. While this food aid saved lives, it often failed to protect livelihoods and this became a growing concern. In response, during 2005 the Ethiopian Government revised its emergency food aid system and launched the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) […]
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