The food security role of agriculture in Ethiopia

Type Journal Article - Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics
Title The food security role of agriculture in Ethiopia
Author(s)
Volume 1
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2004
Page numbers 138-153
URL http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/12012/1/01010138.pdf
Abstract
This study analyses income, expenditure and food consumption data in Ethiopia to help explains the
country’s high probability of national food consumption shortfalls. The study argues that to reach the
goal of increased national food security, it is necessary to improve market functioning, invest in
infrastructure which reduces food transaction costs, provide incentives for increased production
through strong support for producers, and, most importantly of all, reform current land tenure
arrangements.

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