What is the optimal size and composition of rural financial cooperatives (RFCs)?

The livestock sub-sector has contributed little to the remarkable economic growth recorded in Ethiopia in the last decade.

We use qualitative and quantitative information from a number of datasets to study the adoption patterns and labor productivity impacts of herbicide use by farmers in Ethiopia.

Improved technologies are increasingly being promoted to farmers in sub-Saharan-African countries to address low agricultural productivity in their staple crops.

This note synthesizes one of the two study tour reports written by the participating African officials.

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.

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.

In rural economies encumbered by significant market imperfections, farming decisions may partly be motivated by nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors.