New Journal Article by Joachim Vandercasteelen, Mekdim Dereje, Bart Minten, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Abstract: Adoption of yield-increasing technologies is crucial to boost staple food production in sub-Saharan Africa. However, empirical evidence is lacking on the impact of improved agricultural technologies that are scaled up from research at agricultural experiment stations to the farm level. We assess the […]
Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 139, by Abdulazize Wolle, Kalle Hirvonen, Alan de Brauw, Kaleab Baye, Gashaw t. Abate. Abstract: Overweight and obesity are rising rapidly in Ethiopia's urban areas, constituting a major public health concern. Dietary choices can be one of the key drivers of adult body-weight. Using data collected from a large household survey in […]
Post-harvest losses in rural-urban value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia
New journal article by Bart Minten, Seneshaw Tamru and Thomas Reardon. Abstract: We study post-harvest losses (PHL) in important and rapidly growing rural–urban value chains in Ethiopia. We analyze self-reported PHL from different value chain agents – farmers, wholesale traders, processors, and retailers – based on unique large-scale data sets for two major commercial commodities, […]
Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 138, by Kibrom A. Abay, Nathaniel D. Jensen. Abstract: Despite several studies showing the effect of access to markets and weather conditions on crop production, we know quite little on whether and how livestock production systems respond to variation in weather risk and access to markets. In this paper, we study whether and […]
Beneficiary Views on Cash and In-Kind Payments: Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety
New journal article by Kalle Hirvonen & John Hoddinott. Abstract: Economists often default to the assumption that cash is always preferable to an in-kind transfer. Do beneficiaries feel the same way? This paper addresses this issue using longitudinal household data from Ethiopia, where a large-scale social safety net intervention (PSNP) operates. Even though most payments […]
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