Ethiopia’s agricultural growth performance over the past decade has been the focus of in-depth research by ESSP.
Facilitating strategic change for better nutritional outcomes
In June 2015, ESSP co-facilitated a conference to bring together the nutrition community engaged in combating malnutrition in Ethiopia. The Transform Nutrition consortium (funded by DfID) worked closely with IFPRI-ESSP to develop a relevant program to share knowledge on the nutritional needs facing Ethiopia today.
Building capacity in Ethiopia’s government institutions
Since 2010-2015, with USAID funding, IFPRI has supported the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) through embedding two technical assistants (TAs) in the working environment of the MoA and Federal Cooperative Agency (FCA).
Helping to make programs nutrition sensitive
The Government of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is one of the largest social protection programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. IFPRI and ESSP have been working on the PSNP with the government and its development partners since 2006 as the external independent programme evaluator. As part of this collaboration, IFPRI and ESSP have worked with […]
Supporting the Ethiopian Economics Association
ESSP has supported the Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) to further embed its purpose as a collective body that contributes to economic research and development. Through this collaboration, ESSP has helped to forge stronger links with multiple stakeholders including EEA’s members, local and international researchers, policy makers, and local and international development partners. Through the annual […]