Ethiopia’s agricultural sector has recorded remarkable rapid growth in the last decade. This note documents aspects of this growth process.
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Synopsis: Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia
This study assesses factors that explain households’ perceived land tenure insecurity and the demand for new formalization of land rights in Ethiopia.
We estimate the impact of improved market access on household well-being and nutrition using a quasi-experimental setting in Ethiopia.
Chronic undernutrition in Ethiopia is widespread and many children consume highly monotonous diets.
Synopsis, Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia
Using child-level panel data from rural areas of Ethiopia, we analyze effects of both economic and non-economic shocks on child cognition skills measured after the early childhood age window.
This note synthesizes one of the two study tour reports written by the participating African officials.
Synopsis, Agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2015 Feed the Future survey
This research note previews results from a study of agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia and shows that 9 percent of farmers in the Feed the Future regions of Ethiopia used mechanization at some point during the agricultural year 2014/15.
Synopsis, Diet transformation in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s food economy is transforming fast.
Cereal production has exhibited unprecedented growth in Ethiopia, leading to important welfare improvements in the country. However, it is not well understood what the drivers have been of this growth and how it can be sustained.
A large proportion of Ethiopians derive their livelihoods from smallholder agriculture.
Exploring child health risks of poultry keeping in Ethiopia: Insights from the 2015 Feed the Future Survey
The agricultural sector in Ethiopia and in other developing countries is increasingly asked to contribute to reducing undernutrition as well as poverty and food insecurity.
The paper revisits seasonality by assessing how the quantity and quality of diets vary across agricultural seasons in rural and urban Ethiopia.
Synopsis: Coffee value chains on the move: Evidence from smallholder coffee farmers in Ethiopia
Important changes to Ethiopia’s coffee sector have occurred in the last decade. The adoption of improved production, harvest, and post-harvest practices has been increasing with positive impacts on coffee productivity and incomes.
Nutrition in Ethiopia: An emerging success story?
Research does not always provide the results that we expect.
Synopsis: An analysis of trends and determinants of child undernutrition in Ethiopia, 2000-2011
This study uses two rounds of the Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) to statistically analyze patterns and trends in undernutrition (child growth) in Ethiopia over the period 2000 to 2011.
We study the relationship between pre-school children’s food consumption and household agricultural production.
In the absence of well-established factor markets, the roles of indigenous institutions and social networks as mobilizing factors for agricultural production can be substantial.
Synopsis: Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia
Traditional food marketing systems in developing countries are often not trusted.
Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) are rapidly increasing in global value chains. While consumers, mostly in developed