International humanitarian organizations have expressed substantial concern about the potential for increases in food insecurity resulting from the COVID‐19 pandemic. We use a unique panel survey of a representative sample households in Addis Ababa to study both food security and food consumption during the pandemic. In contrast to some other countries in the region, Ethiopia […]
CGIAR 50 Years of Innovations
Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Gender bias and inequalities not only hold back women, but entire societies. CGIAR breakthrough innovations have made a difference for gender equality over the decades. Explore the Innovations
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN & GIRLS IN SCIENCE
CGIAR @Wires Feb 11, 1PM ET Muzna Alvi speaks with senior researchers Marie Ruel, Jemimah Njuki, and Ruth Meinzen-Dick, and their daughters about their careers in science. Part of a global conversation hosted by CGIAR WIRES. Join Conversation
Efficiency and profits of emerging medium-scale farms in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia’s commercial horticultural sector
We study production practices of larger and more capital-intensive farmers (“horti-preneurs”) in horticultural commercial clusters in the central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Attracted by profitable vegetable markets, more educated farmers rent in land for vegetable production from a large number of smallholders to meet rapidly growing urban vegetable demand. We find that these hortipreneurs obtain […]
Resetting the Table: Straight talk about the food we grow and eat
FEB 10, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 10:30 AM EST. Consumers want to know more about their food–including the farm from which it came, the chemicals used in its production, its nutritional value, how the animals were treated, and the costs to the environment. They are being told that buying organic foods, unprocessed and sourced from small local […]
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