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The European Journal of Development Research | 2017

The Rapid Expansion of Herbicide Use in Smallholder Agriculture in Ethiopia: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications

Seneshaw Tamru; Bart Minten; Dawit Alemu; Fantu Nisrane Bachewe

Adoption of herbicides by Ethiopian smallholders has grown rapidly, with application on cereals doubling to more than a quarter of the area under cereals between 2004 and 2014. Relying on unique data from a large-scale survey of producers of teff, the most widely grown cereal in Ethiopia, we find considerable positive labor productivity effects of herbicide use of between 9 and 18 per cent. We show that the adoption of herbicides is strongly related to proximity to urban centers, access to all-weather roads, and levels of local rural wages. All these factors have changed substantially over the last decade in Ethiopia, explaining the rapid take-off in herbicide adoption. The sizable increase in herbicide use in Ethiopia has important implications for rural labor markets, potential environmental and health considerations, and capacity development for the design and effective implementation of regulatory policies on herbicides.Cet article étudie l’utilisation des herbicides en Éthiopie. Il révèle une augmentation rapide des importations d’herbicides dans le secteur privé en Ethiopie (une valeur quadruplée au cours de la dernière décennie). L’adoption des herbicides par les petits exploitants a augmenté rapidement, en particulier l’application dans le domaine des céréales qui a plus que doublé au cours des dix dernières années, attenant plus d’un quart de ce secteur en 2014. Nous constatons d’importants effets positifs sur la productivité du travail pour ceux qui adoptent de 9 à 18 pourcent. Nous montrons que l’adoption des herbicides est fortement liée à la proximité d’une ville, aux salaires ruraux, et à l’accès aux marchés. Tous ces facteurs ont considérablement changés au cours de la dernière décennie en Éthiopie, ce qui semble expliquer la popularité de l’adoption des herbicides. Ce changement a des répercussions importantes sur les marchés du travail ruraux, sur les considérations potentielles en matière d’environnement et de la santé, et sur les besoins en matière de renforcement des capacités pour la conception et la mise en œuvre de politiques réglementaires.


Journal of Development Studies | 2017

Urban Wage Behaviour and Food Price Inflation in Ethiopia

Fantu Nisrane Bachewe; Derek Headey

Abstract Theoretically, increases in food prices could benefit the poor by increasing the demand for unskilled labour, and hence their wages. This paper tests this hypothesis in urban Ethiopia. We exploit a unique panel of monthly price and wage data from 111 urban markets to first construct welfare-relevant measures of real wages, before employing various panel estimators to formally test wage-food price integration. We find moderate rates of long-run adjustment to increases in food prices, but that adjustment is very slow. This implies highly adverse short-run welfare impacts of higher food prices on the urban poor.


Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment | 2016

Crop residue allocation to livestock feed, soil improvement and other uses along a productivity gradient in Eastern Africa

Alan J. Duncan; Fantu Nisrane Bachewe; Kindu Mekonnen; Diego Valbuena; Gedion Rachier; Dagnachew Lule; Mesfin Bahta; Olaf Erenstein


World Development | 2017

Agricultural Transformation in Africa? Assessing the Evidence in Ethiopia

Fantu Nisrane Bachewe; Guush Berhane; Bart Minten; Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse


Archive | 2016

Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia

Fantu Nisrane Bachewe; Guush Berhane; Bart Minten; Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse


Archive | 2015

Agricultural growth in Ethiopia (2004-2014): Evidence and drivers

Fantu Nisrane Bachewe; Guush Berhane; Bart Minten; Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse


Archive | 2014

Feed the Future (FtF) of Ethiopia - Baseline report 2013

Fantu Nisrane Bachewe; Guush Berhane; Kalle Hirvonen; John Hoddinott; Jessica B. Hoel; Fanaye Tadesse; Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse; Tassew Woldehanna; Feiruz Yimer; Yisehac Yohannes; Kibrewossen Abay; Biratu Yigezu; Habekirstos Beyene; Yared Abebe; Nebiyu Meshesha


Archive | 2012

Urban wage behavior and food price inflation: the case of Ethiopia [Working Paper]

Derek Headey; Fantu Nisrane Bachewe; Mekdim Dereje; Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse


Archive | 2016

Agricultural prices during drought in Ethiopia: An assessment using national producer data (January 2014 to January 2016)

Fantu Nisrane Bachewe; Feiruz Yimer; Bart Minten; Paul A. Dorosh


Archive | 2015

Cereal productivity and its drivers: The case of Ethiopia

Fantu Nisrane Bachewe; Bethlehem Koru; Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

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Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

International Food Policy Research Institute

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Bart Minten

Catholic University of Leuven

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Guush Berhane

International Food Policy Research Institute

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Derek Headey

International Food Policy Research Institute

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Mekdim Dereje

International Food Policy Research Institute

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Bart Minten

Catholic University of Leuven

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Paul A. Dorosh

International Food Policy Research Institute

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Seneshaw Tamru

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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Dawit Alemu

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research

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Fanaye Tadesse

International Food Policy Research Institute

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