Seed producer cooperatives in the Ethiopian seed sector and their role in seed supply improvement: A review

DT Sisay, FJHM Verhees… - Journal of crop …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The role of seed producer cooperatives (SPCs) in the Ethiopian seed sector and their
contribution to seed supply improvement have received attention from researchers …

Factors that transformed maize productivity in Ethiopia

T Abate, B Shiferaw, A Menkir, D Wegary, Y Kebede… - Food security, 2015 - Springer
Maize became increasingly important in the food security of Ethiopia following the major
drought and famine that occurred in 1984. More than 9 million smallholder households …

'Land grab'as development strategy? The political economy of agricultural investment in Ethiopia

T Lavers - Journal of Peasant Studies, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the domestic political economy of so-called 'land-grabbing'in Ethiopia,
assessing the motivations of the Ethiopian government, which has strongly promoted foreign …

The political economy of agricultural extension policy in Ethiopia: economic growth and political control

K Berhanu, C Poulton - Development policy review, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This article argues that, in Ethiopia, the aim to transform the performance of smallholder
agricultural production is driven by the twin imperatives of economic growth and political …

Agricultural policies, agricultural production and rural households' welfare in Ethiopia

ZH Shikur - Journal of Economic Structures, 2020 - Springer
The paper employs the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Oromia region
of Ethiopia to assess the macroeconomic impacts of agricultural policy on agricultural growth …

Gender, wheat trait preferences, and innovation uptake: Lessons from Ethiopia and India

L Badstue, VV Krishna, M Jaleta… - Outlook on …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
During the post-Green Revolution era, numerous improved wheat varieties were released
and disseminated to enhance tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses and increase …

Integrated seed sector development in Africa: a basis for seed policy and law

NP Louwaars, WS De Boef, J Edeme - Journal of Crop …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Seed policies primarily concentrate on the formal seed system, which supplies Sub-Saharan
African countries less than 20% of the total seed demand and involves only a limited number …

Pluralistic seed system development: a path to seed security?

TH Mulesa, SP Dalle, C Makate, R Haug… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Seed security is central to crop production for smallholder farmers in developing countries,
but it remains understudied in relation to long-term seed sector development. Here, we …

Wheat policy, wheat yield and production in Ethiopia

ZH Shikur - Cogent Economics & Finance, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
One of Ethiopia's main challenges is increasing wheat production and productivity by
designing and implementing an appropriate wheat policy. The country has a wheat supply …

Governing seeds in East Africa in the face of climate change: Assessing political and social outcomes

OT Westengen, R Haug, P Guthiga… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is already negatively affecting Sub Saharan African agriculture. One of the
most effective ways to adapt on farm is to switch crop varieties. This technological change …