Ethiopia has made substantial efforts in the last three decades to increase agricultural productivity through modern input intensification and stimulate overall economic growth.

Several factors contribute to the low level of improved variety use in Ethiopia.

Several factors contribute to the low level of improved variety use in Ethiopia.

Rural transformation and poverty reduction in Ethiopia require increased agricultural productivity. Limited availability of quality seed to smallholders is a roadblock on the way to productivity growth.

This study evaluates the impact in the main cropping season of 2015 of a new approach to the distribution of improved seed in Ethiopia, known as Direct Seed Marketing (DSM).

The Ethiopian government rolled out a nationwide campaign in 2013 to promote the use of row planting, aiming to scale up its adoption to almost 2.5 million teff farmers.

For centuries, efforts to improve, multiply, and distribute teff seed have relied on informal mechanisms, primarily farmers’ own selection of varieties exhibiting desirable yield, taste, color, or stress-resistance characteristics, and farmer-to-f

An operational evaluation to guide seed-sector reform

Over the past two decades, decisionmakers in Ethiopia have pursued a range of policies and investments to boost agricultural production and productivity, particularly with respect to the food staple crops that are critical to reducing poverty in t

Decisionmakers in Ethiopia have pursued a range of policies and investments to boost agricultural production and productivity.

Agriculture is a core driver of Ethiopia’s economy, supporting 85 percent of the population’s livelihoods and accounting for 46 percent of gross domestic product and 80 percent of export value.