ESSP Working Paper 131, by Mequanint B. Melesse, Marrit van den Berg, Alan de Brauw, and Gashaw Tadesse Abate. Abstract: Using survey data collected from 996 representative households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this paper documents several insights to help understand urban consumer food purchasing and consumption choices. The findings can be summarized as follows: 1) We find >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Climate Change Impacts on Crop Yields in Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 130, by Timothy Thomas, Paul Dorosh, and Richard Robertson. Abstract: We present results of model simulations of maize, wheat, and sorghum yields in Ethiopia through 2085. The analysis draws on climate outcomes from 32 global climate models and an agronomic crop model to estimate effects on the yields of these cereals of >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Transforming agri-food systems in Ethiopia: Evidence from the dairy sector
ESSP Working Paper 129, by Bart Minten, Yetimwork Habte, Seneshaw Tamru, and Agajie Tesfaye . Abstract: In the transformation of agri-food systems in developing countries, we usually see rapid changes in the livestock sector. However, good data for clearly understanding this transformation are often lacking, especially so in Africa. Relying on a combination of diverse large-scale >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Does weather risk explain low uptake of agricultural credit?: Evidence from Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 128, by Kibrom A. Abay, Bethelhem Koru, Jordan Chamberlin, and Guush Berhane. Abstract: Credit markets are key instruments by which liquidity constrained smallholder farmers may finance productivity investments. However, the documented low demand and uptake of agricultural credit by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa poses challenges for energizing rural transformation in the region. >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Cropland expansion in Ethiopia: Economic and climatic considerations for highland agriculture
ESSP Working Paper 127, by Emily Schmidt and Timothy S. Thomas. Abstract: Agricultural GDP in Ethiopia grew at an average 7.3 percent per year between 2001/02 and 2012/13. Most of this dynamism occurred in the highlands, where high population density and land scarcity begs the question of how future agricultural output can be maintained to >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
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