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Grain Market Research Project Ethiopia

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Project Overview

• Project Fact Sheet: summarizes project approach and output.

Working Papers Top

• Can The Momentum be Sustained? An Economic Analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture/Sasakawa Global 2000's Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia. A Joint Research Activity of: The Grain Marketing Research Project/Michigan State University, Sasakawa Global 2000, the Ministry of Agriculture Department of Extension and Cooperatives and the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization. September 1998.
• Food Aid Targeting in Ethiopia: A Study of Household Food Insecurity and Food Aid Distributions. Clay D.C., Molla D. and Habtewold D. March 1998. EtWp 12.
• Agricultural Market Performance and Determinants of Fertilizer Use in Ethiopia. Demeke M., Kelly V., Jayne T.S., Said A., Le Vallée J.C. and Chen H. January 1998. EtWp 10.
• Vertical and Spatial Integration of Grain Markets in Ethiopia: Implications for Grain Market and Food Security Policies. Negassa A. and Jayne T.S. January 1998. EtWp 9.
• Market Structure, Conduct, and Performance: Constraints of Performance of Ethiopian Grain Markets. Dessalegn G., Jayne T.S. and Shaffer J.D. January 1998. EtWp 8.
• Meeting Food Aid and Price Stabilization Objectives Through Local Grain Purchase: A Review of the 1996 Experience. Amha W., Stepanek J., Jayne T.S. and Negassa A. March 1997. EtWp 7.
• The Response of Ethiopian Grain Markets to Liberalization. Negassa A. and Jayne T.S. January 1997. EtWp 6.
• Promoting Fertilizer Use in Ethiopia: The Implications of Improving Grain Market Performance, Input Market Efficiency, and Farm Management. Demeke M., Said A. and Jayne T.S. March 1997. EtWp 5.
• Designing Strategies to Support a Transformation of Agriculture in Ethiopia. Molla D., Gebre H., JayneT.S., Shaffer J. January 1995. EtWp 4.
• Toward Increased Cereals Production in Ethiopia. Howard J., Said A., Molla D., Diskin P. and Bogale S. September 1995. EtWp 3.
• Toward a Research Agenda to Promote Household Access to Food in Ethiopia. Jayne, T.S. and Molla D. September 1995. EtWp 2.
• Improving information and Performance in Grain Marketing. Tschirley D., Diskin P., Molla D. and Clay D. September 1995. EtWp 1.

MSU International Development Papers Top

• Targeting of Food Aid in rural Ethiopia: Chronic Need or Inertia? By T.S. Jayne, John Strauss, Takashi Yamano, and Daniel Molla. 2000. IDP 23. 84pp.

Market Analysis Notes Top

• Food Aid Targeting in Ethiopia: A Study of Household Food Insecurity and Food Aid Distributions. March 1998. EtMA 6.
• Revisiting Grain Movement Control and Taxation in Ethiopia: A Policy Brief. January 1998. EtMA 5.
• Meeting Food Aid and Price Support Objectives Through Local Grain Purchase: a Review of the 1996 Experience in Ethiopia. March 1997. EtMA 4.
• The Deregulation of Fertilizer Prices: Impacts and Policy Implication. January 1997. EtMA 3. (
• The Response of Ethiopian Cereal Markets to Liberalization. January 1997. EtMA 2.
• Emerging Market and Policy Responses to Ethiopia's Grain Harvest of 1995-96. July 1996. EtMA 1.

MSU Policy Synthesis Top

• Understanding and Improving Food Aid Targeting in Rural Ethiopia. T.S. Jayne, John Strauss, Takashi Yamano, and Dainiel Molla. PS 50. 1999.

Professional Publications Top

• Byerlee, D., T.S. Jayne, and R. Myers.  2006.  Managing food price risks and instability in a liberalizing market environment: Overview and policy options, Food Policy, Vol. 31 (4):  275-287.
• Jayne, T.S., B. Zulu, and J.J. Nijhoff. 2006.  Stabilizing Food Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa.  Food Policy, Vol. 31 (4):  328-341.
• Crawford, E., V. Kelly, T. Jayne, and J. Howard.  2003.  Input Use and Market Development in subs-Saharan Africa: An Overview.  Food Policy, Vol. 28(4): 277-292.
• Jayne, T.S., J. Govereh, M. Wanzala, and M. Demeke.  2003.  Fertilizer Market Development: A Comparative Analysis of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zambia.  Food Policy, Vol. 28(4): 293-316.
• Jayne, T.S. T. Yamano, M. Weber, D. Tschirley, R. Benfica, A. Chapoto, and B. Zulu.  2003.  Smallholder Income and Land Distribution in Africa: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies.  Food Policy, Vol. 28(3): 253-275.
• Jayne, T.S., J. Govereh, A. Mwanaumo, J. Nyoro, and A. Chapoto. 2002. False Promise or False Premise: The Experience of Food and Input Market Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa. World Development, Vol 30 (11): 1967-1986. Summary.
• Jayne, T.S., J. Strauss, and T. Yamano.  2002.  “Food Aid Distribution in Ethiopia: Chronic Needs or Inertia?”  Journal of Development Economics, Vol 68 (2): 247-288.
• Jayne, T.S., J. Strauss, T. Yamano, and D. Molla.  2001.  “Giving to the Poor?  Food Aid Distribution in Ethiopia,” World Development, Vol. 29, No. 5 (May).
• Jayne, T.S.  1998.  “Market Reform, Institutional Constraints, and Agricultural Productivity:  Emerging Evidence from Africa,” Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol 3 (1): 1-28.

Food Security III Cooperative Agreement between US Agency for International Development, EGAT/AG Bureau cooperating closely with Africa/SD Bureau, and MSU Department of Agricultural Economics.

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