Code
01W00421
Duration
01 October 2021 → 30 September 2026
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
Adoption
Bio-fortification
children
food security
impact assessment
nutrition
smallholders
sweet potato
women
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 in order to improve food, and nutrition security, and rural development.