The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) is a collaborative program undertaken by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Policy Studies Institute (PSI).

In order to support inclusive and sustainable growth and transformation in Ethiopia, the program works closely with local partners to assure that relevant research evidence is available for improved decision making and that local capacity is gradually formed so that the increasingly complex questions in Ethiopia can be tackled in a meaningful way by the relevant government institutions and other concerned local partners. This is achieved by doing analysis on important topics in the country, focusing on four major issues:

1. Transforming agriculture sustainably;
2. Reducing malnutrition;
3. Improving markets, value chains, and trade;
4. Building resilience.

The European Union, together with USAID and FCDO, is funding this program in its current phase which began in 2017 and which will run till the end of 2020.

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