Publications

Seasonality: a missing link in preventing undernutrition

New journal article by Kaleab Baye and Kalle Hirvonen. Abstract: The increasing recognition that stunting and wasting are linked, and that wasting can increase the risk of subsequent stunting, has serious programmatic and policy implications,

Empowering Africa’s women farmers (Newsday)

Re-post from IFPRI.ORG. Newsday (Zimbabwe) reported on an op-ed by Ruth Meinzen-Dick. The op-ed explains that over 60% of all employed women in Sub-Saharan Africa work in agriculture.

Economywide effects of climate‐smart agriculture in Ethiopia

Re-post from IFPRI.ORG. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural systems to support food security under climate change.

Cities, value chains, and dairy production in Ethiopia

ESSP Working Paper 137, by Joachim Vandercasteelen, Bart Minten, and Seneshaw Tamru. Abstract: This paper explores the spatial heterogeneity in dairy production in the highland production area around the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.

Impacts of Hosting Forced Migrants in Poor Countries

New journal article by Jean-François Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen, Athur Mabiso, and Joachim Vandercasteelen. Abstract: Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries.