Driven by the fast spread of private irrigation pumps, there has been a rapid expansion of intensive vegetable cultivation in the central Rift Valley in Ethiopia, making it the most important commercial vegetable production cluster in the country. Supporting that “quiet revolution” has been an inflow of migrant laborers—paid through daily, monthly, or piecemeal contracts, […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Economic problems linger in China post-lockdown
The Chinese experience provides important lessons about the dynamics of resilience. In this post, Xiaobo Zhang draws on new survey evidence showing how China’s initial COVID-19 lockdowns closed down SMEs and how these businesses dramatically rebounded ... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program
An opportunity for long-delayed agricultural reforms in India
India’s COVID-19 economic relief package includes a set of important agricultural reforms that some see as an opportunity for Indian agriculture. In this post, S. Mahendra Dev of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research explains the essence ... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program
Direct and spillover effects of land rights formalization in Africa: A case study of the Second-Level Land Certification (SLLC) in Ethiopia
IFPRI Discussion Paper by Hosaena Ghebru and Fikirte Girmachew. Abstract: The study investigates the overall impacts of a second level land certification (SLLC) program in Ethiopia using a three-wave panel data set 3092 households collected in 2013, 2015 and 2018. The fact that the first-round survey was administered just before the SLLC program was launched […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Crop trading during the pandemic: Lessons learned in Myanmar (late June)
Crop traders link farms with food processors and exporters. However, the pandemic has disrupted their normal operations. What policies can improve business conditions for traders and mitigate COVID-19 effects for farmers and consumers? Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program
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