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Scalable nutrition interventions in a graduation model program: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia

We explore the effect of different models of scalable nutrition services embedded within a light-touch graduation program implemented at scale in Ethiopia. The graduation program provided poor households enrolled in Ethiopia’s national safety net, the Productive Safety Net Program, with additional livelihood programming including savings groups and agricultural and livestock value-chain training. In addition, extremely […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program

Buyers’ response to third-party quality certification: Theory and evidence from Ethiopian wheat traders

When quality attributes of a product are not directly observable, third-party certification (TPC) enables buyers to distinguish between quality levels and reward sellers accordingly. We study the adoption of TPC by traders in smallholder-based agricultural value chains in low-income countries, where traders aggregate products from many small-scale producers before selling in bulk to downstream processors. […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program

Healthy diets and the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Examining Ethiopia’s food environment

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in the food environment in many low- and middle-income countries. But there is little systematic knowledge about the opportunities they have and constraints they face in trying to grow their businesses. To contribute to building this knowledge base, we draw upon linked household–enterprise surveys collected […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program

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