This video presents the highlights of the Conference on “Livestock, Gender, and Agency Amid Conflict in Ethiopia” on December 11, 2024 at the ILRI Campus in Addis Ababa. The event, jointly organized by CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), along with the Policy Studies Institute (PSI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), […]
Data collection: Actionable research to inform rehabilitation and rebuilding of livelihoods in conflict-affected communities in Ethiopia
Over the last two decades, Ethiopia achieved rapid and substantial economic growth and development and maintained relative stability within the volatile Horn of Africa region. However, more recently, Ethiopia continue to face major challenges arising from internal conflicts and related shocks. A recent conflict that broke out in November 2020 in Tigray resulted in major […]
Do public works investments in watershed rehabilitation and small-scale irrigation improve nutrition and resilience? Evidence from bureau for humanitarian assistance interventions in support of Ethiopia’s productive safety net program
Between 2017 and 2021, the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) of the United States Agency for International Development supported public works in the areas of watershed rehabilitation and small-scale irrigation under Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP). The investments aimed to improve food security and nutrition and to increase the resilience capacities of households through […]
Promoting adoption of sustainable land management technologies by women and couples in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized trial
Sustainable land management (SLM) technologies including composting and agro-forestry are widely promoted as strategies to counter land degradation and enhance resilience against adverse weather shocks. Given that women are disproportionately vulnerable to such shocks, promoting their uptake of these technologies may be particularly important. We conducted a randomized trial in rural Ethiopia analyzing a bundled […]
Assessing the role of food MSMEs in providing employment for women and youth in Ethiopia
This paper analyzes the employment characteristics of food micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), using survey data collected from 1,686 food vendors in Addis Ababa and Butajira, Ethiopia. The data suggest that 74 percent of the enterprises were formal or had a tax identification number. The average number of workers across enterprises was 2.3, which […]
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