17th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy

Co-Organized by the Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) and IFPRI
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IFPRI is participating in the Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) 17th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy.

The EEA is a not-for-profit association serving the professional interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied economics.  Members of the EEA are employed by academic or government institutions, as well as in industry and not-for-profit organizations, and engage in a variety of teaching, research, and extension/outreach activities. Their work addresses a broad range of topics such as the economics of agriculture, international and rural development, resources and the environment, food and consumer issues, and agribusiness.

Presenter

Title

Date

Time

Paul Dorosh

Macro-Economic Imbalances and the Case for Reform in Ethiopia

18-Jul

11:30am – 1:00pm

Co-organized by IFPRI-Ethiopia Strategy Program

Bart Minten (Chair)

PARALLEL SESSION 1: Livestock Economics

18-Jul

2:00pm – 3:30pm

Seneshaw Tamru

The Transforming Dairy Sector in Ethiopia

18-Jul

2:00pm – 3:30pm

Fantu Bachewe

The Increasing Costs of Nutritious Foods in Ethiopia: Evidence and Determinants

18-Jul

2:00pm – 3:30pm

Bart Minten

Cities and Dairy: The Case of Addis Ababa 

18-Jul

2:00pm – 3:30pm

Fikirte Girmachew, Ethiopia Strategy Program (Chair)

Agricultural Commercialization and Land Certification

Impacts of the Second Level Land Certification (SLLC) Program in Ethiopia

18-Jul

2:00pm – 3:30pm

Co-Organized by IFPRI-Ethiopia Strategy Program

Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse (Chair)

PLENARY SESSION 1: Job Creation

18-Jul

4:00pm – 5:30pm

Fantu Bachewe

Labor Markets in Ethiopia’s Transforming Agricultural Economy

18-Jul

4:00pm – 5:30pm

Bart Minten

Jobs and Ethiopia’s Agri-Food System 

18-Jul

4:00pm – 5:30pm

Hosaena Ghebru

Land Access, Youth Employment, and Migration

18-Jul

4:00pm – 5:30pm

Co-organized by IFPRI-Ethiopia Strategy Program

Bethlehem Koru, Ethiopia Strategy Program (Chair)

PARALLEL SESSION II: Agriculture

19-Jul

11:00am – 12:30pm

James Warner

Acid Soil Effects on Cereal Crop Productivity in Ethiopia: A Prototype for Enhancing Crop Management

19-Jul

11:00am – 12:30pm

Gashaw Abate

Accelerating Technical Change Through Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension: Evidence from Ethiopia

19-Jul

11:00am – 12:30pm

Abdulazize Wolle

Affordability of Nutritional Recommendations: A Regional Analysis in Ethiopia

19-Jul

11:00am – 12:30pm

Bethlehem Koru, Ethiopia Strategy Program

Does Weather Risk Explain low Uptake of Agricultural Credit? Evidence from Ethiopia

19-Jul

11:00am – 12:30pm

Co-Organized by IFPRI-Ethiopia Strategy Program

Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse (Chair)

PLENARY SESSION III: Welfare and Nutrition

19-Jul

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Fantu Bachewe

Nutritional Poverty in Economic Transition: Measuring the Affordability of Nutrient Adequacy and Dietary Energy in Ethiopia, 2001-2017

19-Jul

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Guush Berhane

Fasting Mothers, Fasting Children: Seasonality of Child Dietary Diversity in PSNP Areas

19-Jul

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

Parental Aspirations for Children’s Education: Is There a “Girl Effect”? Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

19-Jul

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Seneshaw Tamru, Ethiopia Strategy Program (Chair)

PARALLEL SESSION III: Trade and External Debt

20-Jul

11:00am – 12:30pm

Seneshaw Tamru, Ethiopia Strategy Program

Trade, Value Chains, and Rent Distribution with Foreign Exchange Controls: Coffee Exports in Ethiopia

20-Jul

11:00am – 12:30pm