The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has for decades contributed significantly on key topics for effective service delivery. Building on earlier work, this brief summarizes research led by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) over the last seven years that focuses on agricultural and social protection services to inform policymakers […]
Lack of dietary diversity in Ethiopia is tied to limited access to a variety of foods and affordability, new research finds
Re-posted from Aliveandthrive. Many Ethiopians have little variety in their diets because foods such as meats and poultry and some fruits and vegetables are unavailable or too expensive, according to new research. Researchers looked at consumption, production, availability, and affordability in six regions of Ethiopia, to understand how well the regions’ food systems—from farm inputs […]
Double-duty actions: seizing programme and policy opportunities to address malnutrition in all its forms
Actions to address different forms of malnutrition are typically managed by separate communities, policies, programmes, governance structures, and funding streams. By contrast, double-duty actions, which aim to simultaneously tackle both undernutrition and problems of overweight, obesity, and diet-related non-communicable diseases (DR-NCDs) have been proposed as a way to effectively address malnutrition in all its forms […]
Public investment choices by local and central governments
A new journal article by Katrina Kosec and Tewodaj Mogues. Abstract: This paper examines the impacts of devolving authority for public resource allocation to local governments in a setting of limited electoral control. Such a setting differs from that assumed by seminal formal models of devolution, but describes many developing countries. This study presents a […]
Farmers’ grain storage and losses in Ethiopia: Measures and associates
While storage losses at the farm are often assumed to be an important contributor to presumed large postharvest losses in developing countries, reliable and representative data on these losses are often lacking. We study farmers’ storage decisions and self-reported storage losses for grains based on two large-scale household surveys conducted in major agricultural areas in […]
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