Working Paper The paucity of reliable, timely household consumption data in many low- and middle-income countries has made it difficult to assess how global poverty has evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Standard poverty measurement requires collecting household consumption data, which is rarely done by phone. To test the feasibility of collecting consumption data over the […]
Accelerating technical change through ICT: Evidence from a video-mediated extension experiment in Ethiopia
Journal Article Despite enthusiasm around applications of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to smallholder agriculture in many lower-income countries, there are still many questions on the effectiveness of ICT-based approaches. This study assesses the impacts of video-mediated agricultural extension service provision on farmers’ adoption of improved agricultural technologies and practices in Ethiopia using data from […]
NBE revises credit directive, agriculture sector to reap benefits
Ethiopian agriculture in the news for the period September 01 - 15, 2022 highlighting current stories in agriculture and related topics in the country. Read more>>
As global food prices rise, important new data addresses the affordability of healthy diets
IFPRI Insights Food Prices for Nutrition Launch: Responding to the current food crisis and transforming food systems so they can provide affordable healthy diets for all requires reliable and responsive data that can inform policies and interventions. The Food Prices for Nutrition project, a new initiative led by Tufts University, IFPRI, and the World Bank, in collaboration […]
Respondent fatigue reduces dietary diversity scores reported from mobile phone surveys in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Article in press The computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) has been used extensively during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the effects of respondent fatigue during these interviews on responses to questions about diet are unknown. Objectives: We designed an experiment that randomized the placement of a survey module on the dietary diversity of rural Ethiopian women and […]
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