Structural transformation and the agricultural food system: An introduction

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dc.creatorDorosh, Paul A.
dc.creatorMinten, Bart
dc.date2020-08-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:43Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:30:09Z
dc.descriptionEthiopia’s agricultural sector has grown rapidly since 2000 due to a doubling in the use of modern inputs (chemical fertilizers and improved seeds), significant land expansion, increased labor use, and a 2.3 percent per year growth in total factor productivity (TFP) (Bachewe et al. 2018). At the same time, there has been a substantial spatial and structural transformation of the economy. Ethiopia’s urban population has more than doubled in the past 20 years (from 7.3 million in 1994 to 17.5 million in 2015), and nonagricultural output has grown rapidly so that the share of nonagriculture in GDP has risen from less than half in 2000 to about two-thirds today. Moreover, household welfare indicators have improved dramatically as rural poverty fell from 45 percent in 1999–2000 to 23.5 percent in 2015–2016 (Figure 1.1). Measures of malnutrition of children also improved significantly. For example, from 2000 to 2016 the child stunting rate fell from 58 percent to 38 percent while the share of children that are underweight declined from 41 percent to 24 percent over the same period (Ethiopia, CSA and ICF 2016; NPC 2017) (Figure 1.2). However, wasting only declined by 2 percent.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143247
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/106295
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296916
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296930
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceDorosh, Paul A.; and Minten, Bart. 2020. Structural transformation and the agricultural food system: An introduction. In Ethiopia's agrifood system: Past trends, present challenges, and future scenarios, eds. Paul A. Dorosh and Bart Minten. Chapter 1, Pp. 1-20. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296916_01.
dc.subjectvalue chains
dc.subjectnatural resources
dc.subjectlabour market
dc.subjectcrops
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectcereals
dc.subjectwelfare
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectcrop production
dc.subjectagrifood systems
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectrural development
dc.subjectyields
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectfood prices
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectfarm size
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleStructural transformation and the agricultural food system: An introduction
dc.typeBook Chapter

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