Ethiopia

Journal Article. Fantu Nisrane Bachewe and Bart Minten We study price behavior of vegetables and fruits in Ethiopia over the 15 year period from 2005 to 2019 based on retail and producer price datasets. This is an important topic given the importance of prices for consumption decisions for these nutritious foods. A number of notable […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program

Journal Article. Poor diet quality has been identified as a primary driver of malnutrition and increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Low fruit and vegetable consumption contributes to poor diet quality. We experimentally assess whether videos embedded messages about increasing fruit and vegetable consumption affect consumption. Four months after viewing either […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program

Journal Article. Soil erosion and subsequent land degradation undermine efforts to ensure food security and environmental sustainability in Ethiopia. The government of Ethiopia has implemented extensive soil and water conservation (SWC) programs in severely degraded and food-insecure areas of the country, in some cases integrated with subsequent or parallel irrigation development. However, the effectiveness of […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program