ESSP Working Paper 61. "Hydrological modeling of sustainable land management interventions in the Mizewa watershed of the Blue Nile Basin" by Emily Schmidt and Birhanu Zemadim. Abstract: According to the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Blue Nile basin is one of the least planned and managed sub-basins of the Nile (IWMI, 2008). Previous studies […]
Ethiopia on the Path from Famine to Food Security
IFPRI Infographic about Ethiopia
2012 Global Food Policy Report
IFPRI’s 2012 Global Food Policy Report reviews major food policy developments like new sources of agricultural growth, the outcomes of Rio+20 and the progress toward a green economy, the move from attention to action on gender, the prospects for youth employment in agriculture in Africa, the evolution of the US and EU support for their […]
Improved Evidence towards Better Food and Agricultural Policies in Ethiopia
ESSP II / IFPRI and EDRI organized the Conference 'Improved Evidence towards Better Food and Agricultural Policies in Ethiopia' on November 2, 2012, in the Hilton hotel, Addis Ababa. More than 180 people particpated in the conference. Dr. Paul Dorosh and Dr. Shahidur Rashid launched the book 'Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy […]
2012 Global Hunger Index
IFPRI issued the seventh annual Global Hunger Index Report The 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report presents a multidimensional measure of global, regional, and national hunger. It shows that progress in reducing the proportion of hungry people in the world has been tragically slow. According to the index, hunger on a global scale remains “serious.” […]