IFPRI issued the seventh annual Global Hunger Index Report The 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report presents a multidimensional measure of global, regional, and national hunger. It shows that progress in reducing the proportion of hungry people in the world has been tragically slow. According to the index, hunger on a global scale remains “serious.” […]
Ethiopian Farmers Benefit from Anti-Hunger Program
IFPRI Study Highlights Success of Government Safety Net Initiative For several months each year, poor farmers in Ethiopia, especially those in drought-prone areas, go hungry. During the so-called “lean” period between planting and harvesting, food supplies can run dangerously low. Sometimes, families have to sell livestock, farming tools, and other precious assets to pay for […]
ESSP II Newsletter September-October 2012
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Progarm II would like to present you its bimonthly newsletter for the month September-October 2012. The newsletter presents: Highlights of presentations at the Tenth International Conference on the Ethiopian economy and others. Upcoming events Regional training in the “Introduction to GIS” will be given in Jimma August 27–September 1 and in […]
Strategies for African Agriculture
The new book Strategies and Priorities for African Agriculture, Economywide Perspectives from Country Studies, published by IFPRI, builds on and adds to knowledge about why Africa has enjoyed ongoing economic stability, sustained economic growth, and improved governance since 2000. With the introduction of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) process in 2003 and African […]
ESSP II Newsletter July-August 2012
Ethiopia Strategy Support Program II would like to present you its bimonthly newsletter for the months July-August 2012. The newsletter presents: Upcoming events The Tenth International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy will be held July 19-21, 2012 at the Ethiopian Economic Association in collaboration with IFPRI/ESSP II. A half-day workshop on 'Writing, Presenting, and Publishing […]