Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia

Atakilte Beyene is a senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute. His work has involved extensive field studies in Ethiopia and Tanzania, and he has previously held positions at Stockholm University, the Stockholm Environment Institute, and Ethiopia’s Tigray Development Association. His other works include the edited collection Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa (Zed 2011).

• State Policies and Questions of Agrarian Transformation - Atakilte Beyene1. Agricultural Input Supply and Output Marketing Systems - Fentahun Tesafa2. Agricultural Investment Alternatives and the Smallholder Farming Sector - Kassa Teshager Alemu3. Large-Scale Canal Irrigation Management by Smallholder Farmers - Atakilte Beyene4. Determinants of Climate-resilient Agricultural Practices among Smallholder Farmers - Nigussie Abadi and Girmay Tesfay5. Sociocultural Dimensions of Food: The Case of Teff - Gedef Abawa6. The Impact of Malaria Epidemics on Agricultural Production in Dembia and Fogera, 1950-2000 - Fantahun Ayele7. Women Farmers’ Land Rights in the Context of Constraining Cultural Norms - Mulunesh Abebe Alebachew 8. Rural Transformation through Robust Land Rights - Daniel AmbayeConcluding Remarks - Atakilte Beyene

Atakilte Beyene’s collection draws on the analytical perspectives of seven exceptionally well-grounded Ethiopian rural development specialists. A book with valuable lessons for the rest of the African continent and smallholder rural areas globally.