Do public works investments in watershed rehabilitation and small-scale irrigation improve nutrition and resilience? Evidence from bureau for humanitarian assistance interventions in support of Ethiopia’s productive safety net program

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Banken_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUnited Nations Universityen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeNEXUS Gainsen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierBedru B. Balana: 0000-0002-7344-5743en_US
cg.creator.identifierDawit Mekonnen: 0000-0003-3642-3497en_US
cg.creator.identifierTiruwork Arega: 0000-0002-1717-5144en_US
cg.creator.identifierClaudia Ringler: 0000-0002-8266-0488en_US
cg.creator.identifierElizabeth Bryan: 0000-0002-0906-222Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierMastewal Yami: 0000-0001-9750-5571en_US
cg.creator.identifierAlemayehu Seyoum Taffesse: 0000-0001-8144-8998en_US
cg.creator.identifierAbenezer Wondwosen: 0000-0003-0989-9182en_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Natural Resources and Resilience Uniten_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Programen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Feed the Futureen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.number2308en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
dc.contributor.authorBalana, Bedruen_US
dc.contributor.authorMekonnen, Dawit Kelemeworken_US
dc.contributor.authorArega, Tiruworken_US
dc.contributor.authorRingler, Claudiaen_US
dc.contributor.authorBryan, Elizabethen_US
dc.contributor.authorYami, Mastewalen_US
dc.contributor.authorTaffesse, Alemayehu Seyoumen_US
dc.contributor.authorWondwosen, Abenezeren_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-07T16:25:22Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-07T16:25:22Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/168643en_US
dc.titleDo public works investments in watershed rehabilitation and small-scale irrigation improve nutrition and resilience? Evidence from bureau for humanitarian assistance interventions in support of Ethiopia’s productive safety net programen_US
dcterms.abstractBetween 2017 and 2021, the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) of the United States Agency for International Development supported public works in the areas of watershed rehabilitation and small-scale irrigation under Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP). The investments aimed to improve food security and nutrition and to increase the resilience capacities of households through improved natural resource systems and asset development. However, there is little evidence about how these water-related investments supported household food security, nutritional outcomes, and resilience. This study used a mixed-methods approach to fill some of these knowledge gaps. Econometric results show that households in BHA intervention areas had smaller food gaps, and this association is statistically significant. Similarly, households that adopted small-scale irrigation and water harvesting techniques on their own plots show significantly better nutritional outcomes than those that did not. The results further suggest that in general the households in BHA areas are more resilient than those in non-BHA woredas. However, higher resilience capacities are associated with agricultural water management on own plots rather than with public works in communal lands. Thus, if household security, nutrition and resilience are key goals of program interventions, then programs need to grow intentionality in developing assets, and particularly irrigation.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBalana, Bedru; Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; Arega, Tiruwork; Ringler, Claudia; Bryan, Elizabeth; et al. 2024. Do public works investments in watershed rehabilitation and small-scale irrigation improve nutrition and resilience? Evidence from bureau for humanitarian assistance interventions in support of Ethiopia’s productive safety net program. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2308. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168643en_US
dcterms.extent35 p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2024-12-31en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/27669645.2023.2202968en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137067en_US
dcterms.subjectpublic worksen_US
dcterms.subjectpublic investmenten_US
dcterms.subjectwatershed managementen_US
dcterms.subjectsmall-scale irrigationen_US
dcterms.subjectnutritionen_US
dcterms.subjectresilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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