Code
01CD03525
Duration
22 August 2025 → 21 December 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Agricultural and natural resource economics, environmental and ecological economics
- Economic development, innovation, technological change and growth not elsewhere classified
- Innovation and technology management
- Market research
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Sustainable agriculture
Keywords
Women
impact assessment
Bio-fortification
children
smallholders
food security
Adoption
sweet potato
nutrition
Project description
In Tigray region of Ethiopia, 80% of the population is poor and malnourished. Bio-fortified sweet potato, the flagship of agriculture-based nutrition interventions, could help to reverse that trend, but its adoption rate is tremendously lower than elsewhere in Ethiopia. This project examines the drivers and impact of its adoption to improve food, nutrition security, and rural development.