ESSP II Working Paper 37 "Growth in Total Factor Productivity in the Ethiopian Agriculture Sector: Growth Accounting and Econometric Assessments of Sources of Growth" by Fantu Nisrane Bachewe. Abstract: During the 2003/04–2008/09 period agricultural production in Ethiopia grew annually at 9.3 percent while cultivated area expanded at 4.7 percent. The remaining growth resulted from intensive […]
New ESSP Publication: ‘Integrating livestock in the CAADP framework: Policy analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model for Ethiopia’
ESSP II Research Note 13 "Integrating livestock in the CAADP framework: Policy analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model for Ethiopia" Summary of ESSP II Working Paper 34. David J. Spielman, Dawit Kelemework, and Dawit Alemu This study examines the magnitude of the macro and welfare effects generated by a realistic acceleration in the […]
Déjà Vu in the Horn of Africa
In lowland areas of the Horn of Africa, droughts and floods are frequent events, but the scale of the 2011 food emergency was somewhat unusual. Why is the region seemingly more vulnerable now than it has been in the past? How can development efforts be improved to render the people who live and work in the Horn more resilient to the next emergency? The answers to these questions are complex.
New ESSP publication: ‘The brokerage institution and the development of agricultural markets: new evidence from Ethiopia’
ESSP II Working Paper 36 "The brokerage institution and the development of agricultural markets: new evidence from Ethiopia" by Maria Quattri, Adam Ozanne, and Seneshaw Tamru. Abstract: Recognition that policies aimed at ‘getting prices right’ in less-developed countries have not been successful due to incomplete markets has spurred a new wave of reforms aimed instead […]
New ESSP publication: ‘Seed, Fertilizer, and Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia’
ESSP II Research Note 12 "Seed, Fertilizer, and Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia" Summary of ESSP II Working Paper 20. David J. Spielman, Dawit Mekkonnen Kelemework, Dawit Alemu Decisionmakers in Ethiopia have pursued a range of policies and investments to boost agricultural production and productivity. An important tool has been to increase the availability of improved […]
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