ESSP Research Note 21 "Effects of Extension Services on Technology Adoption and Productivity among Female and Male Farmers" by Catherine Ragasa, Guush Berhane, Fanaye Tadesse, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Summary of ESSP Working Paper 49. This study contributes new empirical evidence on the gender difference in access to extension services in Ethiopia and how this […]
New ESSP Publication: ‘Insuring against the Weather’
ESSP Research Note 20 "Insuring against the Weather" by Guush Berhane, Daniel Clarke, Stefan Dercon, Ruth Vargas Hill, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Weather risk remains a major challenge to farming in poor countries that face frequent droughts. Recent evidence on index-based weather insurance points to low take-up rates largely due to basis risk (i.e. residual […]
New ESSP Publication: ‘A Spatial Assessment of Livestock Production and Market Access’
ESSP Research Note 19 "A Spatial Assessment of Livestock Production and Market Access" by Helina Tilahun and Emily Schmidt. Summary of ESSP II Working Paper 44. This study links smallholder livestock production data from the Agricultural Census (2001/02) and annual CSA agricultural sample survey with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data on land cover, city population, […]
New ESSP Publication: ‘Household and Plot Level Impact of Sustainable Land and Watershed Management Practices in the Blue Nile’
ESSP Research Note 18 "Household and Plot Level Impact of Sustainable Land and Watershed Management Practices in the Blue Nile" by Emily Schmidt and Fanaye Tadesse. Summary of ESSP II Working Paper 42. This study examines the impact of sustainable land and watershed management (SLWM) on value of agricultural production and livestock holdings. Analysis suggests […]
New ESSP Publication: ‘Economic Benefits and Returns to Rural Feeder Roads’
ESSP Research Note 17 "Economic Benefits and Returns to Rural Feeder Roads" by David Stifel, Bart Minten, and Bethlehem Koro. Summary of ESSP II Working Paper 40. We estimate households’ willingness-to-pay for rural feeder roads in Ethiopia. Using a quasi-experimental setting, we find that the benefits of reducing transportation costs by 50 US dollars per […]