Agriculture and Ethiopia's Economic Transformation

John W. Mellor and Paul Dorosh ()

No 8, ESSP research notes from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: his paper examines the importance of achieving high agricultural growth as a means of accelerating Ethiopia’s economic transformation. The conclusions are that a high rate of agricultural growth has farreaching positive implications for increasing employment and accelerating poverty reduction. An agricultural GDP of six percent is feasible through a high growth rate in agricultural productivity; however, reforms are needed to accelerate growth in seed production and distribution, and in fertilizer distribution and application.

Keywords: agriculture; growth; Ethiopia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; Eastern Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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