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 […]
2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI)
The International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern Worldwide Ethiopia, and Welthungerhilfe have published ‘The Global Hunger Index Report 2013’ on October 14, 2013. The report comprehensively measure and track global hunger. The Index combines three equally weighted indicators and ranks countries on the overall score. The three indicators are: the proportion of people who are […]
An Assessment of IFPRI’S Work in Ethiopia 1995–2010
In 2004, IFPRI and Ethiopia formalized their relationship via the establishment of the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP). Set up to provide direct support to the Government of Ethiopia, ESSP assisted in the design and implementation of the country’s national agricultural development strategy, and provides advice on other agricultural and rural development policy matters. For […]
Transforming smallholder farms: Policy options to help potentially profitable smallholders
Small farms play an indispensable role in global food security, particularly in developing countries. In fact, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), four-fifths of the developing world’s food is a product of small-sized farms. That said, not all smallholder farms are cut from the same cloth and strategies that help shift small […]
Women’s Participation in Agricultural Cooperatives in Ethiopia
New ESSP Publication: ESSP Working Paper 57
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