Publications

Access to timely and credible price information is critical for smallholder farmers operating in thin and fragmented markets. This study examines the welfare impacts of public agricultural price infomaton disseminated via plasma screens instailled by th Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (EXX(. Leveraging spatial and temporal variation in the phased roll-out of 101 plasma screens across Ethiopia […]

While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, a key supply-side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market for seeds and traits. Historically, […]

Objective To examine the effects of nutrition, dietary practices, and other related factors on academic performance and IQ among children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods A case-control study was conducted among 309 children aged 6–14 years attending public and private schools in low-income districts of Addis Ababa from March to August 2023. Binary and multinomial logistic […]

Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are often important sources of employment in the food retail environment of Low- and Middle-Income Countries. As a result, policy makers might consider promoting job creation through MSMEs operating in the food environment. In this paper, we study a unique data set collected in two sites in Ethiopia to […]

Abstract/Description Despite remarkable progress in reducing undernutrition, Ethiopia still has one of the highest rates of undernutrition amongst children under five years of age (U5) and women of reproductive age (WRA) globally. The country’s stubborn problem of undernutrition coexists with a rising challenge of overweight/obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly amongst WRA in urban […]