Climate risk profile: Ethiopia
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
Ethiopia
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As drought stokes urban hunger, Ethiopia dishes up free school meals
Endale Terefe remembers a time when he used to go to school so hungry he had trouble staying awake during lessons. The 14-year-old student in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, was living with his aunt
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Nearly 7 million South Sudanese facing extreme hunger: NRC
As South Sudan prepares to mark eight years of independence, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) called on all parties to the conflict to utilize the extension to the peace deal and work towards ending
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Rural water supply in Ethiopia: a political economy analysis
Many rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa still lack clean water for basic needs such as drinking and washing. Even where water points have been constructed, many break down prematurely or provide inadequate,
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Early response and resilience investments: the case of drought in eastern Ethiopia in 2015–16
In 2014 the UK Department for International Development (DFID) shifted to a multi-year humanitarian funding (MYHF) approach. With the introduction of longer funding timeframes, it was anticipated that
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Household income implications of improved fertilizer accessibility and lower use inefficiency: Long-term scenarios for Ethiopia
High population growth rates in Ethiopia are likely to aggravate farmland scarcity, as the agrarian share of the population stays persistently high, but also create increasing demand for food and non-food
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Impacts of improved biomass cookstoves on child and adult health: experimental evidence from rural Ethiopia
This paper presents the three-year impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption during an initial one-year randomized controlled
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Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce PM2.5 concentrations? if so, for whom? empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia
Improved biomass cookstoves have been promoted as important intermediate technologies to reduce fuelwood consumption and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a
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Integrating gender considerations in Ethiopia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process: analysis and recommendations
It is broadly recognized that the impacts of climate change will have disproportionate impacts on some members of communities and societies, and gender is one factor that influences vulnerability to climate
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India likely to add 273 million people between 2019 and 2050: UN Report
India, projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country around 2027, is expected to add nearly 273 million people between now and 2050 and will remain the most populated country through
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Milking it? Ethiopian farmers fight drought with insured cows
After farmer Manza Bulacho's crops were wiped out in a drought that devastated parts of Ethiopia in 2017, the father of 10 hoped a cow could keep him going. Bulacho, 42, who lives near the city of Arba