New Journal Article by Getaw Tadesse, Gashaw T. Abate and Tadiwos Zewdie. Abstract: Measuring the incidence and intensity of food insecurity has long been a challenge due to its conceptual and practical complexity. Several scholars have proposed objective and subjective measurements to monitor or evaluate food in(security) programs. While the objective measurements such as food […]
From agricultural experiment station to farm: The impact of the promotion of a new technology on farmers’ yields in Ethiopia
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 […]
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