This article analyzes how urban proximity introduces spatial heterogeneity in farm productivity within the high-value dairy sector in one of the poorest countries in Africa, Ethiopia. We look at how urban proximity—measured as travel time—affects the decisions and productivity of milk farmers located in rural production zones serving fresh milk to the capital Addis Ababa. […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Understanding the link between the Productive Safety Net Program and agrobiodiversity cultivation in Ethiopia
Our study aimed at investigating the possible linkages between agrobiodiversity and the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), an extensive social protection program, which is part of Ethiopia’s national Food Security Program. Both agrobiodiversity and the PSNP have proven to be two critical elements helping to foster the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate-induced challenges. […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
SMALLHOLDER AND AGRIFOOD SME RESILIENCE TO SHOCKS
Farmers and food businesses have shown both great vulnerability to and capacity to adjust to a major shock like COVID-19. Read Blog Post > https://www.ifpri.org/blog/smallholder-and-agrifood-sme-resilience-shocks-lessons-covid-19-un-food-system-summit Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Policy-induced market distortions along agricultural value chains
Agricultural policies have repercussions beyond the farm, influencing prices & market conditions along the entire agrifood value chain of a commodity. Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria. Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa
Agricultural value chains, particularly in the developing world, have been going through drastic changes over the past decades. Differences in world market participation and access to value chain technologies might however have resulted in uneven experiences across countries. In this paper, we explore their impact on prices in the value chain, using the example of […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
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