Here is the quarterly newsletter for the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) for April - June 2015. This newsletter summarizes: Upcoming events, Recent Presentations, Latest Publications, Policy Related Research, Capacity Strengthening Activities, Latest Survey Information, Special Conference Presentation. >> Read more
ESSP Research Note 40 "Nutrition in Ethiopia: An emerging success story?" by Headey, Derek D. Abstract: Research does not always provide the results that we expect. At the recent conference on improving nutrition in Ethiopia, Together for Nutrition 2015, we learnt about the rapid progress in Ethiopia in child nutritional outcomes that are linked to improved birth size […]
ESSP Working Paper 76. "Coffee Value Chains on the Move: Evidence from Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Ethiopia" by Bart Minten, Mekdim Dereje, Ermias Engeda, Tadesse Kuma Abstract: In this paper, we look at the coffee sector in Ethiopia and analyze changes and their drivers upstream in the value chain. In this study we focus on three main […]
This conference took place on 15th June in Addis Ababa. Almost 150 people attended from diverse sectors and organizations to learn and to share the latest research on food and nutrition.
ESSP Working Paper 75. "Cereal productivity and its drivers: The case of Ethiopia" by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Koru, Bethlehem and Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Abstract: Cereal production has exhibited unprecedented growth in Ethiopia, leading to important welfare improvements in the country. However, it is not well understood what the drivers have been of this growth and how it […]
ESSP Working Paper 74. "Seasonality and household diets in Ethiopia" by Hirvonen, Kalle, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum and Worku, Ibrahim Abstract: The paper revisits seasonality by assessing how the quantity and quality of diets vary across agricultural seasons in rural and urban Ethiopia. Using unique nationally representative household level data for each month over one calendar year, we […]
Important changes have happened in the last decade to Ethiopia’s coffee sector. There has been increasing adoption of improved production, harvest, and post-harvest practices, with positive impacts on coffee productivity and incomes. Presented at EDRI, this research represents the first survey results on a national scale that gathers the key facts on Ethiopia’s coffee sector […]
ESSP Research Note 39. Synopsis of ESSP WORKING PAPER 70 "An analysis of trends and determinants of child undernutrition in Ethiopia, 2000-2011" by Headey, Derek D. Abstract: This study uses two rounds of the Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) to statistically analyze patterns and trends in undernutrition (child growth) in Ethiopia over the period 2000 to 2011. In 2000, over […]
This conference on nutrition scheduled for Monday 15th June 2015, promises to be an invaluable opportunity for all those involved in nutrition in Ethiopia to meet and exchange ideas, from a very practical perspective as well as from solid research. Read more.
Tsega Mezgebo from Mekelle University presented research findings from the urban Tigray area at EDRI on 8th May, 2015. Her investigations, along with her co-researcher, Catherine Porter, covered the factors that influence decision making of farming households to adopt income diversification strategies as their traditional livelihoods become increasingly marginalized with urban expansion.
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