Climate Change Workshop, Ethiopia

This workshop, held on July 20, 2011, provided an informative session on current climate change scenarios in Africa generally and Ethiopia particularly while initiating a forum for discussion among…

Date: Wednesday 20 July — Wednesday 20 July, 2011
Location: Jupiter Hotel Cazanchise - Addis Ababa

Agricultural Technology, Crop Income, and Poverty Alleviation in Uganda

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This paper evaluates the ex post impact of adopting improved groundnut varieties on crop income and poverty in rural Uganda. The study utilizes cross-sectional data of 927 households, collected in 2006, from seven districts in Uganda.

Agriculture

Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: Does Agroecology Matter?

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This paper uses data from household- and plot-level surveys conducted in the highlands of the Tigray and Amhara regions of Ethiopia to examine the contribution of sustainable land-management practices to net values of agricultural production in areas with low- and high-agricultural potential.

Agriculture, Policy Design

Agricultural Investment and Productivity - Building Sustainability in East Africa

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Agricultural Investment and Productivity provides a deep and systematic look at the opportunities for and constraints to investments in sustainable agriculture in East Africa, offering important insights into what works and how to analyze agricultural investments in one of the poorest regions of the world.

Agriculture, Policy Design

Risk preferences as determinants of soil conservation decisions in Ethiopia

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Soil degradation is one of the most serious environmental problems in the highlands of Ethiopia. The prevalence of traditional agricultural land use and the absence of appropriate resource management often result in the degradation of natural soil fertility.

Agriculture