Project Note Ethiopia’s rivers and streams (Figure 1) and its ground water potential of 2.6 billion m3 of groundwater potential (Awulachew et al., 2008) is estimated to have a potential to irrigate 5.3 million hectares of land. So far, less than 5 percent of the potentially irrigable land is currently irrigated, exposing the country’s agriculture […]
The Impact of Market System Development Approaches
The Impact of Market System Development Approaches: The case of InovAgro in Mozambique By Mulubrhan Amare, Helder Zavale, Jenny Smart, and Hosaena Ghebru Market system development (MSD) approaches aim to address market failures and frictions that frequently impede adoption of modern yield-enhancing agricultural practices in sub-Saharah Africa. This brief examines the impact of an MSD […]
Social protection and resilience: The case of the productive safety net program in Ethiopia
Journal Article. Improving household resilience is becoming one of the key focus and target of social protection programs in Africa. However, there is surprisingly little direct evidence of the impacts of social protection programs on household resilience measures. We use five rounds of panel data to examine rural households’ resilience outcomes associated with participation in […]
Global Food 50/50 2022 Report
A Review of the Gender- and Equity-related Policies and Practices of 51 Organizations Active in the Global Food System By Global Health 5050, IFPRI, and UN Women Across the world, populations are facing severe threats and rising inequalities due to a combination of climate change, environmental degradation, the COVID-19 pandemic and conflict. Food systems, as […]
Income mobility of rural households: Are female headed households participating in Ethiopia’s economic growth?
Discussion Paper Over the last decade, Ethiopia has had one of the fastest growing economies in the world with annual growth rates averaging approximately 9.2% and 5.3% for the overall economy and the agricultural sector, respectively. Concomitant with this growth has been falling poverty rates and slightly rising inequality. While average growth has been strong, […]
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