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Foreign exchange rationing, wheat markets and food security in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
In spite of remarkable growth in Ethiopia’s agricultural production and overall real incomes (GDP/capita) from 2004/05 to 2008/09, prices of major cereals (teff, maize, wheat and sorghum) have fluctuated sharply in both nominal and real terms. International prices of cereals also...
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Foreign exchange rationing, wheat markets and food security in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Beginning in April 2008, lack of access to foreign exchange effectively stopped private sector wheat imports. Government imports and subsidized sales to millers and households in late 2008, subsequently increased domestic supply and lowered market wheat prices, though market prices remained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114804
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This paper examines macro-economic developments in Ethiopia between 2004/05 and 2008/09, focusing on the external accounts and the real exchange rate. Simulations using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of Ethiopia's economy show that, compared to a policy of foreign exchange...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114815
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
-protected importables. Moreover, major external shocks to the economy (including increases in world prices of fuel in 2007 and early 2008 … the effects of changes in world prices and to assess dynamic effects of shocks and policies on growth and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933116
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The comprehensive Africa agriculture program as a collective institution:
Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Birner, Regina; Flaherty, Kathleen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
governance and commitment to agriculture. These include negative spillover effects of poor governance (for example, obstacles to … rather than harmonized approaches to support African agriculture. The paper discusses the strategies that CAADP can use to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145648
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai (contributor); Nelson, Gerald C. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of West African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …
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Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture:
Zhang, Xiaobo; Yang, Jin; Reardon, Thomas Anthony - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Most of the poor in the developing countries are smallholder farmers. Improving their productivity is essential for reducing poverty. Despite small landholdings, a high degree of land fragmentation, and rising labor costs, agricultural production in China has steadily increased. If one treats...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200207
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Value chains and nutrition: A framework to support the identification, design, and evaluation of interventions:
Gelli, Aulo; Hawkes, Corinna; Donovan, Jason; Harris, Jody - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
In this paper we explore how a value chain framework can inform the design of interventions for achieving improved nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption of nutritious foods (a demand side pathway); or (2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200208
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Using a spatial growth model to provide evidence of agricultural spillovers between countries in the NEPAD CAADP Framework:
Ulimwengu, John; Sanyal, Prabuddha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
The NEPAD Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has been endorsed by African Heads of State …. The program aims at stimulating agriculture-led development to alleviate poverty and hunger, and achieve sustainable food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862349
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In-depth assessment of the public agricultural extension system of Ethiopia and recommendations for improvement:
Davis, Kristin; Swanson, Burton; Amudavi, David; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Eighty-three percent of the population of Ethiopia depends directly on agriculture for their livelihoods, while many … others depend on agriculture-related cottage industries such as textiles, leather, and food oil processing. Agriculture … contributes about 46.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) (World Bank 2008) and up to 90 percent of total export earnings. As …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862358