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Grain Export Bans in Theory and in Practice
Source: Flickr/Rachel Strohm. Maize field In light of the expected good maize harvest for the 2013-14 Meher season, the government of Ethiopia is considering removing a ban in the export of maize....
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Fertilizer in Ethiopia: An assessment of policies, value chain, and...
Fertilizer use in Ethiopia has almost quintupled since the official elimination of input subsidy programs. Application rates, however, remain far below the recommended level and, given the limited...
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The Impact of the Use of New Technologies on Farmers’ Wheat Yield in...
Source: Flickr/CIMMYT This study examines the impact of the Wheat Initiative technology package on 482 wheat growers in the highlands of Ethiopia. The package includes improved wheat seed, a lower...
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Direct Seed Marketing Program in Ethiopia in 2013
Source: Flickr/ILRI (Stevie Mann) An Operational Evaluation to Guide Seed-Sector Reform In 2013 the Bureaus of Agriculture in the regional states of Amhara, Oromia, and Southern Nations, Nationalities,...
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The Economywide Effects of Teff, Wheat, and Maize Production Increases in...
The government of Ethiopia is investing significant public resources to increase overall national production of teff, wheat, and maize. To better understand the likely economywide effects of increases...
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Woreda-Level Crop Production Rankings in Ethiopia
A detailed understanding of farm production at the woreda-level is essential to plan and evaluate interventions because many agricultural policy decisions are implemented at this level. Unfortunately,...
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Public Wheat Imports to Ethiopia since 2008
A wheat farmer in Koka village, Ethiopia training his cows to thresh wheat. Photo credit: Flickr/Ollivier CIFOR Public interventions in the cereal markets of Ethiopia drastically declined after the...
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Patterns of Agricultural Production among Male and Female Holders: Evidence...
Photo credit: Flickr/Rod Waddington Abstract Gender inequality presents a significant barrier to increasing agricultural production and food security in Ethiopia. The lack of nationally representative...
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The Barley Value Chain in Ethiopia
(Flickr/Peter Haden) There’s a growing demand for malt barley in Ethiopia. The question is who should meet this new demand? There are two types of barley that farmers grow in Ethiopia: food barley and...
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The Wheat Supply Chain in Ethiopia: Patterns, trends, and policy options
Can farmers meet the growing demand for wheat in Ethiopia? Photo credit: Flickr/ Bioversity International Wheat is the second most important food commodity in Ethiopia as measured by its caloric...
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