Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia

State Policy and Smallholder Farming

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs. But now, such farmers find themselves under threat from environmental degradation, climate change and declining productivity. As a result, smallholder agriculture has increasingly become subsistence-oriented, with many of these farmers trapped in a cycle of poverty. Smallholders have long been marginalised by mainstream development policies, and only more recently has their crucial importance been recognised for addressing rural poverty through agricultural reform.This collection, written by leading Ethiopian scholars, explores the scope and impact of Ethiopia’s policy reforms over the past two decades on the smallholder sector. Focusing on the Lake Tana basin in northwestern Ethiopia, an area with untapped potential for growth, the contributors argue that any effective policy will need to go beyond agriculture to consider the role of health, nutrition and local food customs, as well as including increased safeguards for smallholder’s land rights. They in turn show that smallholders represent a vitally overlooked component of development strategy, not only in Ethiopia but across the global South.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-10-15
Mått150 x 232 x 16 mm
Vikt320 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfrica Now
Antal sidor208
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781786992185

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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