Objective: To develop a healthy diet for Ethiopian women closely resembling their current diet and taking fasting periods into account while tracking the cost difference. Design: Linear goal programming models were built for three scenarios (non-fasting, continuous fasting and intermittent fasting). Each model minimised a function of deviations from nutrient reference values for eleven nutrients […]
After a long period of relatively stable prices on world markets, the prices of key food staples began to rise from around the beginning of 2020. This period of price increases, spanning the Covid-19 pandemic and then the price shocks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raised serious concerns about the welfare of poor people in […]
This study documents the characteristics and functioning of fruit and vegetable (FV) value chains in select places in Ethiopia. The case study employed a mixed methods approach, including a survey of 340 FV traders, six focus group discussions (FGDs), and analysis of the policy environment with respect to food and nutrition, the business climate, and […]
Ethiopia’s rapid economic growth and reductions in poverty and ill-being have been dampened by significant global (COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine war, …) and domestic (conflict, drought, …) shocks in recent years. Recovery and reconstruction that aligns well with sustainable growth and transformation thus constitute the central challenge facing the country in the coming few years. The […]
Ethiopian agriculture in the news for the period August 16 - 31, 2023 highlighting current stories in agriculture and related topics in the country. Read more>>
IFPRI Blog: Research Post BY TADDESE ZERFU, FANTU BACHEWE, TIRSIT GENYE, MERON GIRMA, AREGASH SAMUEL, JAMES WARNER, AND CORNELIA VAN ZYL Hidden hunger—the silent epidemic of micronutrient deficiencies—is driven by poverty and continues to be a major public health challenge in the developing world. More than 3 billion people worldwide, primarily in Africa, Asia, and […]
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Ethiopian agriculture in the news for the period August 01 - 15, 2023 highlighting current stories in agriculture and related topics in the country. Read more>>
Poor nutrition threatens health, exacerbates inequalities, affects economic productivity, and traps countries like Ethiopia in a vicious cycle of poverty. About 38% of children below the age of 5 in the country are too short for their age (stunted). This means that these children live in an environment that impairs their physical and cognitive growth […]
Objective To determine the associations of WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Service Ladder service levels and sociodemographic factors with diarrhoeal disease among children under 5 years in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia. Design A community-based cross-sectional study. Setting Bishoftu town, Ethiopia, January–February 2022. Participants A total of 1807 mothers with at least one child […]
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