We study production practices of larger and more capital-intensive farmers (“horti-preneurs”) in horticultural commercial clusters in the central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Attracted by profitable vegetable markets, more educated farmers rent in land for vegetable production from a large number of smallholders to meet rapidly growing urban vegetable demand. We find that these hortipreneurs obtain […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Resetting the Table: Straight talk about the food we grow and eat
FEB 10, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 10:30 AM EST. Consumers want to know more about their food–including the farm from which it came, the chemicals used in its production, its nutritional value, how the animals were treated, and the costs to the environment. They are being told that buying organic foods, unprocessed and sourced from small local […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Trade, value chains, and rent distribution with foreign exchange controls: Coffee exports in Ethiopia
Exchange rate policies can have important implications on incentives for export agriculture. However, their effects are often not well understood. We study the issue of foreign exchange controls and pricing in the value chain for Ethiopia's coffee—its most important export crop. Relying on unique pricing and cost data, we find that coffee exporters are willing […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
50 Years of CGIAR Innovations
For 50 years CGIAR innovations have driven transformations and propelled cutting-edge research that advance knowledge, policies, and human development. Read more.
Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world
Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World is the first comprehensive exploration of key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change. In this four-part volume, top experts offer the latest research in the field of agricultural development. Using new lenses to examine today’s biggest challenges, contributors […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
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