Validation Workshop. March 12, 2026. ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. On March 12, 2026, more than 30 participants from government institutions, development partners, and research organizations convened at the ILRI campus in Addis Ababa for a one-day conference focused on strengthening evidence generation for Ethiopia’s Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP). The event provided a platform […]
Ethiopia Unveils Nat’l Strategy to Drive Agricultural Growth, Environmental Protection.
Ethiopian agriculture in the news for the period Feb 16 - Mar 15, 2026 highlighting current stories in agriculture and related topics in the country. Read more>>
The future in mind: Aspirations and long-term outcomes in rural Ethiopia
Aspirations may condition the future-oriented choices of individuals and thus may play a role in the persistence of poverty or the effort to break out of it. We run a randomized controlled trial in remote, rural Ethiopia to explore this and evaluate an intervention that aims to change how poor people perceive their future opportunities, […]
“If you want to have sex you can, if you don’t, you don’t have to”: A qualitative evaluation of the Unite for a Better Life couples program to prevent intimate partner violence in rural Ethiopia
Abstract/Description Background Gender-transformative programing targeting couples is an important strategy to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but questions around efficacy and safety remain. This qualitative study explores indications of change and unintended consequences of the gender-transformative Unite for a Better Life (UBL) intervention, using data from the couples’ and control arms of a cluster randomized […]
The impact of public price information on farm incomes: Lessons from the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange
Access to timely and credible price information is critical for smallholder farmers operating in thin and fragmented markets. This study examines the welfare impacts of public agricultural price infomaton disseminated via plasma screens instailled by th Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (EXX(. Leveraging spatial and temporal variation in the phased roll-out of 101 plasma screens across Ethiopia […]