This article was originally posted on IFPRI's Insights website. Can insurance help Ethiopian farmers survive the droughts that are likely to come? Recently, scientists uncovered the inconvenient truth that drought in eastern Africa is likely here to stay. They placed the blame squarely on climate change—namely, on the linkage between the warming Indian Ocean and […]
The Impact of the Promotion of Row Planting on Farmers’ Teff Yields in Ethiopia
ESSP Research Note 27 "The Impact of the Promotion of Row Planting on Farmers’ Teff Yields in Ethiopia " by Joachim Vandercasteelen, Mekdim Dereje, Bart Minten, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse . We assess the impact of the promotion of row planting at reduced seed rate on farmers’ teff yields in Ethiopia. Results indicate that the program […]
Scaling-up Adoption of Improved Technologies
ESSP Working Paper 60 "Scaling-up Adoption of Improved Technologies" by Vandercasteelen, Joachim, Dereje, Mekdim, Minten, Bart and Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum. Abstract: Adoption of yield-increasing technologies is seen as a key driver to increase agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is, however, a lack of empirical evidence on the impact of programs aiming to scale-up the adoption […]
Links between Tenure Security and Food Security: Evidence from Ethiopia
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Land Constraints and Agricultural Intensification in Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 58 "Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia" by Derek Headey, Mekdim Dereje, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Anna Josephson and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse . Abstract: Highland Ethiopia is one of the most densely populated regions of Africa and has long been associated with both Malthusian disasters and Boserupian agricultural intensification. This paper explores the race […]
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