ESSP Working Paper 126, by Paul Dorosh, Jenny Smart, Bart Minten, and David Stifel. Abstract: Increases in cereal prices can have adverse effects on poor net food buyers. This is a particular problem in Ethiopia because of frequent natural calamities – especially droughts
Farm size, food security, and welfare: Descriptive evidence from the Ethiopian highlands
ESSP Working Paper 111, by Kibrewossen Abay, Kalle Hirvonen, and Bart Minten Abstract: A growing rural population combined with limited scope for further land expansion and slow movement out of agriculture means that average farm sizes are decreasing in Ethiopia.
Food Security Information: Issues, Gaps and Opportunities
On February 10, 2015, a workshop, organized as part of the IFPRI-led Food Security Portal (PSP) project, took place in Addis Ababa. In total 36 people attended from various organizations, including donors, researchers, international NGOs, government institutions and policy makers. This European Commission-funded FSP project is now in its second phase, and continues to attract […]
Evaluation of Ethiopia’s Food Security Program
Download the new ESSP II – EDRI Report Evaluation of Ethiopia's Food Security Program: Documenting Progress in the Implementation of the Productive Safety Nets Programme and the Household Asset Building Programme (5MB) by Guush Berhane, John Hoddinott, Neha Kumar, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Michael Tedla Diressie, Yisehac Yohannes, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Mulugeta Handino, Jeremy Lind, Mulugeta Tefera, […]
Ethiopia on the Path from Famine to Food Security
IFPRI Infographic about Ethiopia