Publications

Ethiopia is making gradual but notable progress toward the digital transformation of its agricultural sector, driven by investments in connectivity, digital infrastructure, and cross-institutional coordination. Recent policy milestones have established an enabling foundation for scale, including the Digital Ethiopia 2025 and Digital Ethiopia 2030, personal data protection regulation and governance frameworks, and national roadmaps that […]

Background As countries transition from iron folic acid (IFA) to multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) for pregnant women, they need accurate data on who is being reached with these interventions. The aim of our formative research in Ethiopia and Bangladesh was to design updated household survey questions, response options, and visual aids to measure coverage of […]

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) constitute the vast majority of firms operating in the food system, particularly so in LMICs (Reardon et al., 2021). In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), MSMEs are strongly involved in each stage of the food value chain; at the retail stage, between 70% and 100% of food is sold by MSMEs […]

The recent surge in violent conflicts, intertwined with climate-induced drought shock, is jeopardizing decades of development progress in many low- and middle-income countries. This study investigates the compounded effects of armed conflicts and climate-induced disruptions on agricultural input use in Ethiopia, a country experiencing significant fragility due to both factors. Utilizing a unique household- and […]

Ethiopia’s food security and climate change mitigation objectives are central to its national development strategies and global commitments, particularly within the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) sector. Yet, without coherent implementation, these goals risk producing conflicting outcomes. Identifying pathways that allow Ethiopia to meet both food security and climate change mitigation objectives—while effectively […]