Interview with Guush Berhane (International Food Policy Research Institute - IFPRI) on the impacts of cash transfer programs on household livelihoods during the 'From Protection to Production' project workshop, 24-25 September 2013, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO HQ). 'Cash trasnfers provide support to local economy' For more interviews, please visit the http://www.fao.org/economic/ptop/multimedia/en/
ESSP Working Paper 58 "Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia" by Derek Headey, Mekdim Dereje, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Anna Josephson and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse . Abstract: Highland Ethiopia is one of the most densely populated regions of Africa and has long been associated with both Malthusian disasters and Boserupian agricultural intensification. This paper explores the race […]
The International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern Worldwide Ethiopia, and Welthungerhilfe have published ‘The Global Hunger Index Report 2013’ on October 14, 2013. The report comprehensively measure and track global hunger. The Index combines three equally weighted indicators and ranks countries on the overall score. The three indicators are: the proportion of people who are […]
In 2004, IFPRI and Ethiopia formalized their relationship via the establishment of the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP). Set up to provide direct support to the Government of Ethiopia, ESSP assisted in the design and implementation of the country’s national agricultural development strategy, and provides advice on other agricultural and rural development policy matters. For […]
Importance of cities rapidly growing world-wide: In 1950: 30% living in cities; In 2010: 50% . www.yahoo.com. Events
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program would like to present its bimonthly newsletter for the months September-October 2013. The newsletter covers: Upcoming events Several workshops on the impact of the Productive Safety Nets Program (PSNP) will be held in September 2013 in regional capitals and in Addis Ababa. A day-long conference on “Improved evidence towards better […]
Small farms play an indispensable role in global food security, particularly in developing countries. In fact, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), four-fifths of the developing world’s food is a product of small-sized farms. That said, not all smallholder farms are cut from the same cloth and strategies that help shift small […]
The 11th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy was held from July 18–20, 2013 at the Ethiopian Economic Association, in collaboration with IFPRI/ESSP II. The event was attended by more than 500 participants and 70 papers were presented.
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program would like to present its bimonthly newsletter for the months July-August 2013. The newsletter covers: Upcoming events: The 11th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy will be held July 18-20, 2013 at the Ethiopian Economic Association, in collaboration with IFPRI/ESSP II List of recent ESSP publications: ESSP Working Paper 52. Ethiopia’s […]
New ESSP Publication: ESSP Working Paper 57
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