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Ex Post Impacts of Improved Maize Varieties on Poverty in Rural Ethiopia

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Abstract

This Agricultural Economics journal article is based on the study that documents the impacts of improved maize varities on household well-being and on overall rural poverty using primary data. In Ethiopia, the last four decades have seen more than 40 improved varieties of maize - including hybrids and OPVs – developed and released by the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) in collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). An Impact Brief (#45) based on the report/study submitted to SPIA is also available. The full report will be published shortly on this site along with the SPIA foreword.

Citation

Zeng, D., Alwang, J., Norton, G. W., Shiferaw, B., Jaleta, M. and Yirga, C. (2015), Ex post impacts of improved maize varieties on poverty in rural Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics. doi: 10.1111/agec.12178

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Zeng, D., Alwang, J., Norton, G. W., Shiferaw, B., Jaleta, M. and Yirga, C.

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