Sustainable land management (SLM) technologies including composting and agro-forestry are widely promoted as strategies to counter land degradation and enhance resilience against adverse weather shocks. Given that women are disproportionately vulnerable to such shocks, promoting their uptake of these technologies may be particularly important. We conducted a randomized trial in rural Ethiopia analyzing a bundled […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Assessing the role of food MSMEs in providing employment for women and youth in Ethiopia
This paper analyzes the employment characteristics of food micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), using survey data collected from 1,686 food vendors in Addis Ababa and Butajira, Ethiopia. The data suggest that 74 percent of the enterprises were formal or had a tax identification number. The average number of workers across enterprises was 2.3, which […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Increasing retail sales of healthy foods in Ethiopia: Lessons from MSME surveys in two urban areas
The food environment represents the place in which demand for food meets supply—consumers purchase foods in the food environment, while retailers of the food consumers purchase represent the end of the value chain. In many countries, the food environment is characterized by a large number of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) who sell the […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
The political economy of food self sufficiency policies and food security in African countries
Food security deteriorated in Africa during the past decade, and the number of undernourished people has been increasing since 2010. The prevalence of undernourishment is now above pre-pandemic levelsat 9.7% compared with 7.2% in 2019, and Africa repor... Source: IFPRI Africa Regional Office (AFR)
Effectiveness of aflatoxin biocontrol: Evidence from Kenyan smallholders under varied levels of technical support
Agricultural technologies shown to be highly effective in research trials often have a lower impact when utilized by smallholder farmers. Both heterogeneous returns and suboptimal application are believed to play a role in this efficacy gap. Source: IFPRI Africa Regional Office (AFR)
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