Value Chains For Nutritious Food Analysis Of The Egg Value Chain In The Tigray Region Of Ethiopia

Author : Hirvonen, Kalle,Baye, Kaleab,Headey, Derek D.,Hoddinott, John F.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 21 pages
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Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Political Science
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Value chains for nutritious food: Analysis of the egg value chain in the Tigray region of Ethiopia by Hirvonen, Kalle,Baye, Kaleab,Headey, Derek D.,Hoddinott, John F. Pdf

Eggs have high potential for improving nutrition outcomes in low-income countries, yet very few children in such settings consume eggs on a regular basis despite widespread poultry ownership. To redress this disconnect, a number of interventions have been implemented to improve household production of poultry products, as well as caregiver awareness of the nutritional benefits of eggs and other animal-sourced foods. However, very few of these interventions have tried to leverage food markets to improve nutrition, even though most rural people predominantly rely on markets for the majority of their non-staple food consumption. This study was implemented to better understand the constraints to purchasing eggs for consumption by young children in rural Ethiopia, with a view to informing the design of marketoriented interventions that might cost-effectively increase children’s egg consumption. To do so we analyzed secondary datasets on poultry ownership, household and child egg consumption, and retail egg prices to understand egg markets and the egg value chain in Tigray. Similar to other contexts in sub-Saharan Africa, we find that two-thirds of households own poultry, though only onequarter of young children consumed eggs in the past 24 hours. Although markets in Tigray are well integrated – likely because of the important role of egg aggregators – egg prices remain high. A modest consumption level of 2.5 eggs per person per week would cost around 10 percent of the total budget of households in the poorest quintile of households, even though eggs are more affordable than other animal-sourced foods. We find that egg consumption among young children is not constrained by fasting associated with Orthodox Christianity. High prices are likely the main constraint and are a function of low levels of intensification in egg production, which is dominated by backyard poultry systems characterized by high mortality rates and low productivity.

Author : Pyburn, Rhiannon,Stoian, Dietmar,Quintero, Sandra
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Gender dynamics in value chains by Pyburn, Rhiannon,Stoian, Dietmar,Quintero, Sandra Pdf

Over the past 20 years, value chain development (VCD) initiatives and value chain research have increasingly integrated gender dimensions to allow for gender-differentiated employment and income opportunities and other benefits for women and men, and to address the exploitation of women’s labor (Pyburn and Kruijssen 2021). This research often addresses constraints to women’s participation in specific value chains, such as administrative procedures in transboundary fish trade (Ratner et al. 2018) or disproportionate harassment of women food traders by authorities in Nigeria (Resnick et al. 2019). This brief draws on research conducted under the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) to illustrate how VCD supports and constrains progress toward gender equality and women’s empowerment. In particular, the brief summarizes work from a portfolio of six PIM co-funded projects (2020–2021) on gender dynamics in value chains beyond the production node and single commodity analysis (Box 1), a book chapter in a CGIAR-wide gender publication (Pyburn and van Eerdewijk 2021), the Pro-WEAI (project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index) for Market Inclusion, and other gender-integrated value chain work within PIM (Crimi 2018; Vos and Pyburn 2021), and provides an outlook for future research.

Author : Legese, G.,Haile, A.,Duncan, A.J.,Dessie, T.,Gizaw, S.,Rischkowsky, B.
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789291463589

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Sheep and goat value chains in Ethiopia: A synthesis of opportunities and constraints by Legese, G.,Haile, A.,Duncan, A.J.,Dessie, T.,Gizaw, S.,Rischkowsky, B. Pdf

Author : Benfica, Rui,Thurlow, James
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Identifying priority value-chains in Ethiopia by Benfica, Rui,Thurlow, James Pdf

This paper uses an economy-wide model to identify agricultural activities and value-chains in Ethiopia whose expansion would be most effective at generating economic growth, reducing national and rural poverty, creating jobs, and diversifying diets. Results indicate that expanding cereals production would continue to contribute positively to national pro-poor growth. However, the analysis suggests that there is no single value-chain that can achieve all policy objectives. Instead, a more balanced portfolio of valuechains would not only enhance agriculture’s future contribution to poverty reduction and economic growth, but also promote faster rural transformation and dietary diversification, both of which are needed to create job opportunities and improve nutrition outcomes over the longer-term. After considering alternative weighting schemes for competing policy goals, the final analysis suggests that vegetables and fruits/tree crops should be considered “priority” value-chains, because these are among the most effective at achieving multiple policy objectives. Other highly-ranked value-chains include oilseeds, tobacco/cotton/tea, and milk/dairy.

Author : Kalle Hirvonen,Abdulazize Wolle
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-11
Category : Political Science
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Consumption, production, market access and affordability of nutritious foods in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia by Kalle Hirvonen,Abdulazize Wolle Pdf

Poor dietary quality is a significant risk factor for stunting and micronutrient deficiencies among young children and globally one of the leading causes of premature death and disease (Arimond & Ruel, 2004; Forouzanfar et al., 2015). Dietary quality is typically proxied by diversity of the consumed diet. Foods with similar nutritional qualities are first grouped together and dietary diversity is measured by the number of different food groups consumed in a certain time interval. For example, the World Health Organization recommends that children 6-23 months consume at least from four food groups (out of seven) every day. Based on this metric, Ethiopian children in this age range consume one of the least diversified diets in sub-Saharan Africa (Hirvonen, 2016) with only 14 percent meeting the WHO recommendation (CSA & ICF, 2016). Recent analysis of the timing of growth faltering of young children suggests that poor complementary feeding practices, including poor dietary quality, is an important risk factor for stunting in Ethiopia (Hirvonen, Headey, Golan, & Hoddinott, 2019). The available evidence suggests that diets are monotonous also at the household level. For example, in 2011, the average Ethiopian household consumed only 42 kg of fruits and vegetables in a year per adult equivalent (Hassen Worku, Dereje, Minten, & Hirvonen, 2017) – far below the World Health Organization’s recommendation of 146 kg per year (Hall, Moore, Harper, & Lynch, 2009). This report is structured as follows. In the subsequent section we describe the data used in this report. In section 3, we assess the consumption of nutritious foods among vulnerable groups: young children and mothers. In section 4, we assess the production of nutritious foods in the region. In section 5, we study the availability of nutritious foods in rural markets. In section 6, we assess the affordability of nutritious foods in the region. Section 7 concludes and summarizes the findings.

Author : Marivoet, Wim,Ulimwengu, John M.,Bugeme, David M.,Sanginga, Blandine,Thontwa, Sarah
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Spatial Food and Nutrition Security Typologies for Agriculture and Food Value Chain Interventions in Eastern DRC  by Marivoet, Wim,Ulimwengu, John M.,Bugeme, David M.,Sanginga, Blandine,Thontwa, Sarah Pdf

To guide the design of future agriculture and food value chain interventions, this paper combines two existing spatial food and nutrition security typologies and applies them to the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Apart from estimating absolute and relative inefficiencies along the food system from agricultural potential to nutrition, the integration of both typologies resulted in nine unique low efficiency profiles across the territories and major cities of the Greater Kivu region and Tanganyika. In addition to low utilization efficiency observed in some areas, most PICAGL intervention zones, especially Uvira and Kalemie, suffer from significant market constraints and therefore could substantially benefit from food value chain development. Although this paper relies on the most recent and spatially disaggregated data (which is a major improvement with respect to agricultural statistics of the country), the proposed typologies cannot uncover all bottlenecks hindering the development of agricultural value chains in the region.

Author : Kassie, Girma T.,Worku, Yonas,Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane,Asnake, Woinishet,Abate, Gashaw Tadesse
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Scoping study on Ethiopian sesame value chain by Kassie, Girma T.,Worku, Yonas,Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane,Asnake, Woinishet,Abate, Gashaw Tadesse Pdf

The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is the largest non-profit public agricultural research group globally. Recently, it has restructured itself into One-CGIAR with the intention of integrating its capabilities, knowledge, assets, people, and global presence for a new era of intercon nected and partnership-driven research towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One-CGIAR led the development of about 30 initiatives that aimed at addressing one more of the key impact areas of SDGs. One of these initiatives is “Rethinking Food Markets and Value Chains for Inclu sion and Sustainability,” referred to as rethinking markets in short. Rethinking Markets Initiative aims to provide evidence on what types of bundled innovations, incentive structures, and policies are most effec tive for creating more equitable sharing of income and employment opportunities in growing food markets, while reducing the food sector’s environmental footprint. The initiative has four work packages addressing different but interrelated issues and that are being implemented in one or more countries. Work Package 1 (WP1) is about making globally integrated value chains inclusive, efficient, and environmentally sustainable.

Author : Eissler, Sarah,Sanou, Armande,Heckert, Jessica,Myers, Emily,Nignan, Safiatou,Thio, Elisabeth,Pitropia, Lucienne Amélie,Ganaba, Rasmané,Pedehombga, Abdoulaye,Gelli, Aulo
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Gendered participation in poultry value chains: Qualitative findings from an impact evaluation of nutrition-sensitive poultry value chain intervention in Burkina Faso by Eissler, Sarah,Sanou, Armande,Heckert, Jessica,Myers, Emily,Nignan, Safiatou,Thio, Elisabeth,Pitropia, Lucienne Amélie,Ganaba, Rasmané,Pedehombga, Abdoulaye,Gelli, Aulo Pdf

The SELEVER study is a five-year impact evaluation designed to address key knowledge gaps on the impact of a poultry value chain intervention on the diets, health, and nutritional status of women and children in Burkina Faso. This report uses qualitative methods to examine gendered participation in poultry value chains, the gendered opportunities and barriers experienced in poultry value chains, and the SELEVER program’s impact on these factors. A previous report (Eissler et al., 2020) based on the same fieldwork covered questions relating to local understandings of empowerment and dynamics of household food production and allocation. Six villages across five provinces were purposively selected for this study. Data were collected using multiple qualitative methods. In each village, we conducted four sex-disaggregated focus group discussions and semi-structured individual interviews with a man and a woman from two different households. Sex-disaggregated seasonal calendars were created for half of the villages. Interviews were also conducted with project service providers in each community, including group leaders (n=13), voluntary vaccinators (n=10), and poultry traders (n=6). A mix of inductive and deductive coding guided the thematic analysis of the data. The results indicate that while women in the study areas do engage in agricultural labor and various income-generating activities, they must prioritize their domestic responsibilities. Men are primarily responsible for providing staple food ingredients (e.g. grains or meat) for household consumption and earning the primary income, which often requires them to engage in seasonal migration. Men are increasingly aware of women’s time and unpaid labor burdens, and have started sharing in these tasks, a shift in which participants attribute to SELEVER. Additionally, we find that SELEVER has increased women’s capacity and opportunity to engage in poultry value chain activities while reducing barriers to their participation. SELEVER has trained selected women to practice as Village Volunteer Vaccinators (VVVs), which has enabled them to earn additional income. Notably, SELEVER has been effective in challenging and facilitating changing perceptions on traditional gender norms, such that men are increasingly supportive of their wives to engage in income-generating activities or activities outside of the household. Results highlight the importance of SELEVER’s engagement with men, as women’s ability to participate in activities outside of traditional gendered boundaries relies on their husbands’ permission. Without it, a woman cannot raise poultry, cultivate her own crops, practice as a VVV, or participate in women’s associations or income-generating activities. Despite evidence of success, barriers to women’s full participation persist. A lack of sufficient financial capital and autonomy in decision making limit women’s ability to improve upon and manage their poultry endeavors. A lack of financial capacity and time, limited freedom of movement, and restricting social norms further limit women’s ability to practice as service providers in the value chain. SELEVER can continue to address challenging social norms and focus on these more nuanced barriers women face in increasing their capacity for participation.

Author : Bernard, T.,Giraud Héraud, E.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org. [Author] [Author]
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251388228

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Agrifood value chains in low-income countries by Bernard, T.,Giraud Héraud, E. Pdf

Recognizing that agrifood value chains (AFVCs) are essential to ensure food security and foster structural change, FAO seeks to reassess the array of policies and interventions needed to protect and strengthen AFVCs in low-income countries and fragile states. [Author] This White Paper aims to contribute to this initiative by shedding light on largely unaccounted-for market structures at midstream segments of AFVCs. [Author] Building on the field of Industrial Organization in economics, we develop a theoretical framework and a related simulation tool that one can inform with existing or specifically collected data. [Author] Simulation outcomes help predict how different types of shocks may affect key food security outcomes, under different levels of concentration in midstream segments of AFVCs. [Author] We illustrate this approach using data from the Ethiopian wheat AFVC in 2013. [Author]

Author : Hirvonen, Kalle,Mohammed, Belay,Tamru, Seneshaw,Abate, Gashaw Tadesse,Minten, Bart
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Vegetable value chains during the COVID- 19 pandemic in Ethiopia: Evidence from cascading value chain surveys before and during the pandemic by Hirvonen, Kalle,Mohammed, Belay,Tamru, Seneshaw,Abate, Gashaw Tadesse,Minten, Bart Pdf

We combine in-person survey data collected in February 2020 (i.e., just before the pandemic was declared) with phone survey data collected in March 2021 (i.e., one year into the pandemic) and August 2021 (i.e., approximately 18 months into the pandemic) to study how vegetable value chains in Ethiopia have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. Focusing on the major vegetable value chain connecting farmers in East Shewa zone to consumers in Addis Ababa, we applied a cascading survey approach in which we collected data at all levels of the value chain: vegetable farmers, urban wholesalers, and retailers.

Author : Rui S. Benfica
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1304261503

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Identifying Priority Value-chains in Ethiopia by Rui S. Benfica Pdf

This paper uses an economy-wide model to identify agricultural activities and value-chains in Ethiopia whose expansion would be most effective at generating economic growth, reducing national and rural poverty, creating jobs, and diversifying diets. Results indicate that expanding cereals production would continue to contribute positively to national pro-poor growth. However, the analysis suggests that there is no single value-chain that can achieve all policy objectives. Instead, a more balanced portfolio of valuechains would not only enhance agriculture's future contribution to poverty reduction and economic growth, but also promote faster rural transformation and dietary diversification, both of which are needed to create job opportunities and improve nutrition outcomes over the longer-term. After considering alternative weighting schemes for competing policy goals, the final analysis suggests that vegetables and fruits/tree crops should be considered “priority” value-chains, because these are among the most effective at achieving multiple policy objectives. Other highly-ranked value-chains include oilseeds, tobacco/cotton/tea, and milk/dairy.

Author : Hartley, Faaiqa,Arndt, Channing
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Identifying priority value chains in Ghana by Hartley, Faaiqa,Arndt, Channing Pdf

This working paper identifies agricultural activities and value chains in Ghana whose expansion is most effective at generating economic growth, reducing national and rural poverty, creating jobs, and improving nutrition by diversifying diets. The Rural Investment and Policy Analysis (RIAPA) model of the Ghanaian economy is used to estimate how increasing production in different agricultural sectors leads to changes in national and household outcomes.1 RIAPA captures linkages between sectors and rural-urban economies, as well as changes throughout the agriculture-food system (AFS).

Author : Hirvonen, Kalle,Habte, Yetmwork,Mohammed, Belay,Tamru, Seneshaw,Abate, Gashaw Tadesse,Minten, Bart
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dairy value chains during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: Evidence from cascading value chain surveys before and during the pandemic by Hirvonen, Kalle,Habte, Yetmwork,Mohammed, Belay,Tamru, Seneshaw,Abate, Gashaw Tadesse,Minten, Bart Pdf

We combine in-person survey data collected in February 2018 with phone survey data collected in June and September 2021 to study how dairy value chains in Ethiopia have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. Focusing on the major dairy value chain connecting farmers in North and West Shewa as well as peri-urban and urban producers in and around Addis Ababa to consumers in Addis Ababa, we applied a cascading survey approach in which we collected data at all levels of the value chain: dairy farmers, rural wholesalers, and urban retailers.

Author : Sarah Eissler,Armande Sanou,Jessica Heckert,Emily C. Myers,Safiatou Nignan,Elisabeth Thio,Lucienne Amélie Pitropia,Rasmané Ganaba,Abdoulaye Pedehombga,Aulo Gelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1354503336

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Gendered Participation in Poultry Value Chains by Sarah Eissler,Armande Sanou,Jessica Heckert,Emily C. Myers,Safiatou Nignan,Elisabeth Thio,Lucienne Amélie Pitropia,Rasmané Ganaba,Abdoulaye Pedehombga,Aulo Gelli Pdf

Author : Kalle Hirvonen,Abdulazize Wolle
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Consumption, production, market access and affordability of nutritious foods in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia by Kalle Hirvonen,Abdulazize Wolle Pdf

Poor dietary quality is a significant risk factor for stunting and micronutrient deficiencies among young children and globally one of the leading causes of premature death and disease (Arimond & Ruel, 2004; Forouzanfar et al., 2015). Dietary quality is typically proxied by diversity of the consumed diet. Foods with similar nutritional qualities are first grouped together and dietary diversity is measured by the number of different food groups consumed in a certain time interval. For example, the World Health Organization recommends that children 6-23 months consume at least from four food groups (out of seven) every day. Based on this metric, Ethiopian children in this age range consume one of the least diversified diets in sub-Saharan Africa (Hirvonen, 2016) with only 14 percent meeting the WHO recommendation (CSA & ICF, 2016). Recent analysis of the timing of growth faltering of young children suggests that poor complementary feeding practices, including poor dietary quality, is an important risk factor for stunting in Ethiopia (Hirvonen, Headey, Golan, & Hoddinott, 2019). The available evidence suggests that diets are monotonous also at the household level. For example, in 2011, the average Ethiopian household consumed only 42 kg of fruits and vegetables in a year per adult equivalent (Hassen Worku, Dereje, Minten, & Hirvonen, 2017) – far below the World Health Organization’s recommendation of 146 kg per year (Hall, Moore, Harper, & Lynch, 2009). This report is structured as follows. In the subsequent section, we describe the data used in this report. In section 3, we assess the consumption of nutritious foods among vulnerable groups: young children and mothers. In section 4, we assess the production of nutritious foods in the region. In section 5, we study the availability of nutritious foods in rural markets. In section 6, we assess the affordability of nutritious foods in the region. Section 7 concludes and summarizes the findings.