ESSP Working Paper 61. "Hydrological modeling of sustainable land management interventions in the Mizewa watershed of the Blue Nile Basin" by Emily Schmidt and Birhanu Zemadim. Abstract: According to the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Blue Nile basin is one of the least planned and managed sub-basins of the Nile (IWMI, 2008). Previous studies […]
Saving for a Sunny Day
This article was originally posted on IFPRI's Insights website. Can insurance help Ethiopian farmers survive the droughts that are likely to come? Recently, scientists uncovered the inconvenient truth that drought in eastern Africa is likely here to stay. They placed the blame squarely on climate change—namely, on the linkage between the warming Indian Ocean and […]
What are the impacts of cash transfer programs on household livelihoods?
Interview with Guush Berhane (International Food Policy Research Institute - IFPRI) on the impacts of cash transfer programs on household livelihoods during the 'From Protection to Production' project workshop, 24-25 September 2013, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO HQ). 'Cash trasnfers provide support to local economy' For more interviews, please visit the http://www.fao.org/economic/ptop/multimedia/en/
2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI)
The International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern Worldwide Ethiopia, and Welthungerhilfe have published ‘The Global Hunger Index Report 2013’ on October 14, 2013. The report comprehensively measure and track global hunger. The Index combines three equally weighted indicators and ranks countries on the overall score. The three indicators are: the proportion of people who are […]
An Assessment of IFPRI’S Work in Ethiopia 1995–2010
In 2004, IFPRI and Ethiopia formalized their relationship via the establishment of the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP). Set up to provide direct support to the Government of Ethiopia, ESSP assisted in the design and implementation of the country’s national agricultural development strategy, and provides advice on other agricultural and rural development policy matters. For […]