Synopsis: Agricultural prices during drought in Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierPaul Dorosh: 0000-0001-6049-6018
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number56en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.placeAddis Ababa, Ethiopiaen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorBachewe, Fantu Nisraneen
dc.contributor.authorYimer, Feiruzen
dc.contributor.authorMinten, Barten
dc.contributor.authorDorosh, Paul A.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:24:23Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:24:23Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148332
dc.titleSynopsis: Agricultural prices during drought in Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractWe analyze the evolution of crop and livestock producer prices and wages of unskilled laborers in Ethiopia over the January 2014 to January 2016 period, during which time the country was massively impacted by El Niño triggered droughts. The analyses reveal no evidence of widespread adverse price effects of the drought in the labor and cereal markets. Real prices of the major cereals were lower at the beginning of 2016 compared to two years earlier, especially for maize, sorghum, and wheat, the crops that make up the major source of calories in the areas that were most hit by the drought. Conversely, prices of root crops and pulses increased. Given the large importance attached to cereal consumption, the overall real food consumption basket price declined compared to two years earlier, the decline being lower in drought-affected areas. Considering crop and livestock prices jointly reveals that livestock-cereal terms of trade declined in the worst affected areas, contrasting considerably with improvements seem in areas less affected by the drought. This contrast is mainly due to livestock prices declining faster than cereal prices in such areas. The fluctuating behavior of cereal prices since January 2015 strikingly contrasts with the situation during the major drought of 1997/98. During that period, cereal production declined by 25 percent compared to the year before, with significant simultaneous real price increases of between 15 and 45 percent.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBachewe, Fantu Nisrane; Yimer, Feiruz; Minten, Bart; and Dorosh, Paul A. 2016. Synopsis: Agricultural prices during drought in Ethiopia. EESSP II Research Note 56. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148332en
dcterms.extent4 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfESSP II Research Noteen
dcterms.issued2016-06-24
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.publisherEthiopian Development Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146293en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/130440en
dcterms.subjectpricesen
dcterms.subjectdroughten
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectcropsen
dcterms.subjectwagesen
dcterms.subjectlabouren
dcterms.subjectcommoditiesen
dcterms.subjectpulsesen
dcterms.subjecttubersen
dcterms.subjectcereal cropsen
dcterms.subjectel niñoen
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