| Description |
1 online resource (376 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Box -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Glossary -- 1 Introduction / Dorosh, Paul ; Rashid, Shahidur -- 2 Ethiopian Agriculture: A Dynamic Geographic Perspective / Chamberlin, Jordan ; Schmidt, Emily -- 3 Crop Production in Ethiopia: Regional Patterns and Trends / Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum ; Dorosh, Paul ; Gemessa, Sinafikeh Asrat -- 4 Seed, Fertilizer, and Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia / Spielman, David J. ; Kelemework Mekonnen, Dawit ; Alemu, Dawit -- 5 Policies and Performance of Ethiopian Cereal Markets / Rashid, Shahidur ; Negassa, Asfaw -- 6 Livestock Production and Marketing / Negassa, Asfaw ; Rashid, Shahidur ; Gebremedhin, Berhanu ; Kennedy, Adam -- 7 Patterns in Foodgrain Consumption and Calorie Intake / Berhane, Guush ; McBride, Linden ; Tafere Hirfrfot, Kibrom ; Tamiru, Seneshaw -- 8 Implications of Accelerated Agricultural Growth for Household Incomes and Poverty in Ethiopia: A General Equilibrium Analysis / Dorosh, Paul ; Thurlow, James -- 9 Disaster Response and Emergency Risk Management in Ethiopia / Graham, John ; Rashid, Shahidur ; Malek, Mehrab -- 10 Targeting Food Security Interventions in Ethiopia: The Productive Safety Net Programme / Coll-Black, Sarah ; Gilligan, Daniel O. ; Hoddinott, John ; Kumar, Neha ; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum ; Wiseman, William -- 11 The Evolving Role of Agriculture in Ethiopia's Economic Development / Dorosh, Paul -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
In this volume, policy experts provide empirical evidence to shed light on the complexities of agricultural and food policy in today's Ethiopia, highlight major policies and interventions of the past decade, and provide insights into building resilience to natural disasters and food crises |
| Notes |
Paul Dorosh is director of the Development Strategy and Governance Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute and led IFPRI's Ethiopia Strategy Support Program in Addis Ababa from 2009 to 2011. Shahidur Rashid is a senior research fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute and conducted research in Addis Ababa from 2006 to 2011 |
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In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed March 24, 2015) |
| Subject |
Agricultural systems -- Ethiopia
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Agriculture -- Ethiopia
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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Agricultural systems.
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Agriculture.
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Ethiopia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dorosh, Paul, editor
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Rashid, Shahidur, editor
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| ISBN |
9780812208610 |
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0812208617 |
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