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 […]
Transforming smallholder farms: Policy options to help potentially profitable smallholders
Small farms play an indispensable role in global food security, particularly in developing countries. In fact, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), four-fifths of the developing world’s food is a product of small-sized farms. That said, not all smallholder farms are cut from the same cloth and strategies that help shift small […]
Ethiopia on the Path from Famine to Food Security
IFPRI Infographic about Ethiopia
2012 Global Food Policy Report
IFPRI’s 2012 Global Food Policy Report reviews major food policy developments like new sources of agricultural growth, the outcomes of Rio+20 and the progress toward a green economy, the move from attention to action on gender, the prospects for youth employment in agriculture in Africa, the evolution of the US and EU support for their […]
ESSP Brochure 2013
Download the new ESSP Brochure 2013 and read about ESSP's major activites, research themes, and capacity building activities for 2013, as well as ESSP's highlights of 2012.