A half-day seminar on “The Impact of Armed Conflict on Food Security in Ethiopia” was held on August 29, 2025, at the IFPRI meeting room, with 11 participants in attendance. The presentation was based on a thesis jointly prepared by Tekelhaymanot Araya, an intern at IFPRI-Ethiopia, and Dr. Gidisa Lachisa of Addis Ababa University. The […]
The Federal Ministry of Health, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP), officially launched the Joint UN Initiative for the Prevention of Wasting (JUNIPr) in Ethiopia. The initiative aims to accelerate national efforts to prevent child wasting—a severe and life-threatening form of malnutrition that […]
Ethiopian agriculture in the news for the period Aug 01 - 15, 2025 highlighting current stories in agriculture and related topics in the country. Read more>>
In Africa, digital technologies are rapidly changing the way health care is provided, monitored, and evaluated. Ethiopia’s experience with the national web-based health information management platform, District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2), shows how data systems can be a game changer in advancing improved maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes—even in settings with few medical […]
Background: In Ethiopia, food insecurity and poor dietary diversity continue to affect maternal and child health, particularly in rural regions. Objective: We examined the status and determinants of household food security and maternal dietary diversity in rural Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected 422 households, and household food […]
Index insurance lowers agricultural risk but covers only covariate risks. Since farmers do not have complete insurance, they may develop mistrust of insurance when experiencing crop losses and not receiving payouts. Although recent innovations in remote sensing enable the provision of more complete insurance including coverage for idiosyncratic risks, such insurance introduces differences in payouts […]
From 2022-2024, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) combined high-quality nutritional and social science research with development and policy partnerships to generate innovative food systems solutions that contributed to sustainable healthy diets. Through a country-led approach, SHiFT supported the design and implementation of national food systems transformation activities […]
Dr. Taddese Zerfu, a Research Fellow at IFPRI, recently spoke with Ethiopia’s Sheger FM 102.1 to highlight the critical importance of healthy diets in advancing public health and development. Drawing from the newly released 2025 UN report, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI), Dr. Taddese discussed Ethiopia’s persistent nutrition challenges—including […]
Ethiopian agriculture in the news for the period July 16 - 31, 2025 highlighting current stories in agriculture and related topics in the country. Read more>>
On July 18–19, the 22nd International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy was held at the Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) Conference Centre. As a co-organizer, the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) of IFPRI, together with the Policy Innovation Program of CGIAR, actively participated in the event. Presentation of Research Findings The IFPRI-ESSP team presented key research […]
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