In rural areas, poverty reduction was driven by improved infrastructure and connectivity, as well as good agricultural growth. Within agriculture, the report highlights the move to cash crops and the usage of improved seeds which has had poverty-reducing effects.

Between 2000 and 2011, Ethiopia experienced a 33 percent decline in the share of people living in poverty. This was mainly driven by agricultural growth, investments in basic services, and effective safety nets, underpinned by high and consistent economic growth.

The famine in Ethiopia in 1984 served as the beginning of a country-wide famine that lasted for at least 20 years after the crisis itself. [5] According to the study Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia: local perceptions of famine and famine response, "In 2003, up to 15 million people were considered food insecure." [5] 2002 served as a key year where food security was extremely low, and that food ...

2023年11月8日 · Utilising three-wave comprehensive panel data from rural Ethiopia, this paper offers valuable insights into the effect of maize productivity on rural household welfare. We use both fixed-effects and correlated random-effects IV estimators to account for unobserved heterogeneity and endogeneity.

2021年5月2日 · In 2019, the World Bank’s Poverty Assessment for Ethiopia stated that agricultural growth was the main factor in poverty reduction. The project supports smallholder farmers by enhancing commercialization through an increase in market accessibility, promoting irrigation usage and increasing agricultural services.

2025年1月15日 · However, poverty in Ethiopia remains primarily a rural issue. Between 2000 and 2016, urban poverty dropped from 36.9 to 14.8%, while rural poverty declined from 45.4 to 25.6% [15, 16].

2023年12月15日 · With the increased food and nitration insecurity, rapid population growth, shortage of land and the agricultural sector is dominated by the smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, focusing on smallholder agriculture and introducing more friendly institutions, input and output markets and strengthen their product and productivity capacity in such a way ...

2021年6月1日 · Empirical study conducted in Ethiopia showed family size, sex of households, dependency ratio, and livestock ownership are the most important determinants of rural poverty (Ermiyas et al., 2019). They verified that livestock ownership and sex of households were negatively related to poverty while family size and dependency ratios were ...

2024年8月25日 · Agroforestry practices (AFPs) play a critical role in enhancing income and reducing poverty. This study assessed the effect of AFPs on income and poverty status of farmers in Lay Armachiho (LA), Bahir Dar Zuria (BDR), and Banja districts of Northwestern Ethiopia. 387 households, and 63 key informants were interviewed.

2020年12月18日 · In Ethiopia about 33% of the rural population lives below the national poverty line and an additional 14% of non-poor households are estimated to be vulnerable to falling into poverty (World Bank 2015).