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The Food Security Role of Agriculture in Ethiopia

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  • Berhanu Adenew

    (Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute)

Abstract

This study analyses income, expenditure and food consumption data in Ethiopia to help explains the country’s high probability of national food consumption shortfalls. The study argues that to reach the goal of increased national food security, it is necessary to improve market functioning, invest in infrastructure which reduces food transaction costs, provide incentives for increased production through strong support for producers, and, most importantly of all, reform current land tenure arrangements.

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  • Berhanu Adenew, 2004. "The Food Security Role of Agriculture in Ethiopia," The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, vol. 1(1), pages 138-153.
    • Handle: RePEc:fao:tejade:v:1:y:2004:i:1:p:138-153
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    1. Colman,David & Young,Trevor, 1989. "Principles of Agricultural Economics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521336642, October.
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    1. Abafita, Jemal & Kim, Kyung-Ryang, 2014. "Determinants of Household Food Security in Rural Ethiopia: An Empirical Analysis," Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje, Korea Rural Economic Institute, vol. 37(2), pages 1-29.
    2. Goshu, Degye & Kassa, Belay & Ketema, Mengistu, 2023. "Is food security enhanced by agricultural technologies in rural Ethiopia?," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 18(1), April.

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    Keywords

    Ethiopia; food insecurity; rural development; rural poverty;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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