The climate change forecasts for Ethiopia predict higher temperature and rainfall and increased variability in rainfall with periodic severe droughts and floods. The increased weather variability poses a check on the extent of Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation unless it is supported with improved agricultural water management such as irrigation to make smallholder farming resilient to adverse […]
Video-based behavioral change communication to change consumption patterns: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia
Poor diet quality has been widely identified as a primary reason for malnutrition and the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Low consumption of fruits and vegetables contributes to poor diet quality, and one factor leading to low fruit and vegetable consumption is limited consumer awareness of the health and nutrition […]
Expanding social protection coverage with humanitarian aid: Lessons on targeting and transfer values from Ethiopia
New ESSP Working Paper by Rachel Sabates-wheeler, Kalle Hirvonen, Jeremy Lind and John F. Hoddinott. Abstract: While social protection programs have multiplied over the last two decades across sub-Saharan Africa, these co-exist alongside humanitarian assistance in many places, calling for better integration of assistance delivered through the two channels. Progress on this front is hampered by […]
The rising price of nutritious foods: The case of Ethiopia
In several high and middle-income economies, the prices of nutritious foods are high, and increasing. However, less is known about these prices in low-income countries. Using unique food price data from 116 markets in Ethiopia, we find that real prices of all nutritionally-rich food groups increased significantly (between 21 and 74 percent) from 2005 to […]
Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia
Using a household and plot-level survey conducted in Ethiopia, this study analyzes the difference in farmers’ adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices between their rainfed and irrigated plots. The paper also investigates the varying influence of different types of irrigation water management systems and associated irrigation technologies on the adoption of SLM practices in […]
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