▪ Adoption of improved biomass stoves was dominated by women, adoption of motor pumps and domestic solar technologies was dominated by men ▪ Modern energy technologies outside the domestic cooking domain. Less likely to directly benefit women ▪ Enhancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in rural energy use requires targeted approaches ▪ Design, promotion and […]
Encouraging adaptation of sustainable land management technologies in rural Ethiopia
Changing climatic conditions and extreme weather events pose important risks for poor rural households in Ethiopia • Women may face different and/or exacerbated risks due to reduced access to financial resources, limited livelihood opportunities, and norms that restrict adaptive behaviors • Strategies to enhance resiliency to extreme weather realizations through sustainable land management (SLM) practices […]
How Ethiopia’s agricultural initiatives are paying back in ensuring food security
Ethiopian agriculture in the news for the period February 01 - 15, 2024 highlighting current stories in agriculture and related topics in the country. Read more>>
Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia
While indirect response methods are increasingly used in surveys to measure sensitive behaviours such as intimate partner violence, important questions persist around how respondents understand and react to these methods. This article presents evidence from a list experiment measuring multiple forms of intimate partner violence in rural Ethiopia. We find that the list experiment does […]
Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa
Local food markets play crucial roles in promoting dietary diversity and improving nutritional outcomes in poor rural communities. Evidence on the quality of local food markets in Africa in providing these nutritious foods in the face of climatic shocks is however limited, partly due to lack of appropriate metrics to measure food market qualities in […]
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