New journal article by Kalle Hirvonen, Yan Bai, Derek Headey and William A Masters. Background: The EAT–Lancet Commission drew on all available nutritional and environmental evidence to construct the first global benchmark diet capable of sustaining health and protecting the planet, but it did not assess dietary affordability. We used food price and household income data […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Understanding urban consumers’ food choice behavior in Ethiopia: Promoting demand for healthy foods
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
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Assessment Study for Sudan
On February 12, 2019 the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) hosted the Validation Workshop for discussing the findings of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Assessment Study for Sudan in Khartoum. The study formed part of the Nexus Regional Dialogue (NRD) in the MENA region, co-funded by the EU and BMZ “Nexus Dialogues Programme” and aims to align national strategies, policies and implementation plans with a national Nexus framework as an operational guidance to Sudan. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Has the provision of legume seeds subsidies affected dietary diversity? Evidence from FISP
In Malawi, maize is life – the cereal is the main staple with more than 70 percent of all agricultural plots in the country used for maize farming. This strong dependence on maize has led to a poorly diversified agricultural system with limited dietary diversity. The government of Malawi implements a Farm Input Subsidy Program >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program