ESSP Working Paper 63 "Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia" by Hoddinott, John F., Headey, Derek and Dereje, Mekdim. Abstract: In rural economies encumbered by significant market imperfections, farming decisions may partly be motivated by nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. These imperfections create the potential for farm assets to have direct dietary […]
Hydrological modeling of sustainable land management interventions in the Mizewa watershed of the Blue Nile Basin
ESSP Working Paper 61. "Hydrological modeling of sustainable land management interventions in the Mizewa watershed of the Blue Nile Basin" by Emily Schmidt and Birhanu Zemadim. Abstract: According to the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Blue Nile basin is one of the least planned and managed sub-basins of the Nile (IWMI, 2008). Previous studies […]
East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis
Agriculture is essential to the economies of East African countries. Climate change, with its effects on temperature and precipitation, threatens this important economic activity. How to foster agricultural development and food security in East Africa as the effects of climate change become more serious is the subject of the study East African Agriculture and Climate […]
Building Smarter Subsidies: Input Subsides in Africa South of the Sahara
The flagship journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Agricultural Economics, released a Special Issue on Input Subsidy Programs (ISPs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The main motivation for the special issue is to provide African policy makers and development partners with evidence and insight from high-quality research on the impact of Input Subsidy Programs (ISP) […]
Saving for a Sunny Day
This article was originally posted on IFPRI's Insights website. Can insurance help Ethiopian farmers survive the droughts that are likely to come? Recently, scientists uncovered the inconvenient truth that drought in eastern Africa is likely here to stay. They placed the blame squarely on climate change—namely, on the linkage between the warming Indian Ocean and […]
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