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| | | Title | Consumption, Saving, and Investment Behaviors of Successful Farmers in Ethiopia | | Author | Alebel,Bayrau; Bethlehem, Koru; Guush, Berhane; Gebrehiwot Ageba; Fanaye, Tadesse; Paul, Dorosh; Tassew, Woldehanna; Kibrom, Tafere | | Subject | Economic Development, Agriculture | | Date of Publication | 2012 | | Publisher | Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) | | Number of Pages | 113 | | Language | English | | Geographical Coverage | Africa, Ethiopia | | Keywords | Consumption, savings, Investment | | Abstract | Ethiopia’s economy has experienced rapid growth within the last seven years. Smallholder farmers have primarily contributed to this rapid economic growth. To motivate farmers and speed up the transformation of subsistence agriculture to more market-oriented production and hence reduce poverty, the Ethiopian government has been awarding farmers recognized as most successful in significantly improving their livelihoods since 2006. In responding to this government effort, the Ethiopian Development Research Institute and Ethiopian Strategy Support Program II/International Food Policy Research Institute initiated a research project to study the consumption, saving, and investment behaviors of successful farmers. Particularly, the study was initiated to understand whether the increase in incomes of the successful farmers lead to welfare improvements in rural Ethiopia. | | Copyright Holder | Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) | | Copyright URL | http://www.edri.org.et | | Filesize | 1585641 MB | | File Format | PDF | | [ View / download original document ] |
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