Agricultural transformation in Ethiopia
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...
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The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury)
2022
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-946112024-03-28T10:54:23Z Agricultural transformation in Ethiopia Beyene, Atakilte Agricultural development Agricultural policy Smallholders Small farms Farmers Farm management Economic aspects Ethiopia Land rights thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFC Poverty and precarity thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa::1HF Sub-Saharan Africa::1HFG East Africa::1HFGA Ethiopia 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. 2022-12-06T16:13:45Z 2022-12-06T16:13:45Z 2018 book ONIX_20221206_9781786992208_134 9781786992208 9781786992192 9781786992185 9781786992215 9781786992222 9781350218352 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94611 eng Africa Now image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://bloomsbury.com/9781786992185 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-2218 The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) Zed Books 10.5040/9781350218352 10.5040/9781350218352 7ee4a7c6-060a-4f97-b274-d06b79c44563 9781786992208 9781786992192 9781786992185 9781786992215 9781786992222 9781350218352 Zed Books 192 Uppsala; London open access |
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| title | Agricultural transformation in Ethiopia |
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| topic | Agricultural development Agricultural policy Smallholders Small farms Farmers Farm management Economic aspects Ethiopia Land rights thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFC Poverty and precarity thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa::1HF Sub-Saharan Africa::1HFG East Africa::1HFGA Ethiopia |
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