Synopsis: The rapid expansion of herbicide use in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Patterns, drivers, and implications

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierFantu Bachewe: 0000-0001-7376-5096en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Programen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.number62en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.placeAddis Ababa, Ethiopiaen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorTamru, Seneshawen_US
dc.contributor.authorMinten, Barten_US
dc.contributor.authorAlemu, Dawiten_US
dc.contributor.authorBachewe, Fantu Nisraneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:24:27Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:24:27Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148353en_US
dc.titleSynopsis: The rapid expansion of herbicide use in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Patterns, drivers, and implicationsen_US
dcterms.abstractWe use qualitative and quantitative information from a number of datasets to study the adoption patterns and labor productivity impacts of herbicide use by farmers in Ethiopia. We find a four-fold increase in the value of herbicides imported into Ethiopia over the last decade, primarily by the private-sector. Adoption of herbicides by smallholders has grown rapidly over this period, with the application of herbicides on cereals doubling to more than a quarter of the area under cereals between 2004 and 2014. Relying on data from a large-scale survey of producers of teff, the most widely grown cereal in Ethiopia, we find significant positive labor productivity effects of herbicide use of between 9 and 18 percent. We show that the adoption of herbicides is strongly related to proximity to urban centers, levels of local rural wages, and access to markets. All these factors have changed significantly over the last decade in Ethiopia, explaining the rapid take-off in herbicide adoption. The significant increase in herbicide use in Ethiopia has important implications for rural labor markets, potential environmental and health considerations, and capacity development for the design and effective implementation of regulatory policies on herbicides.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTamru, Seneshaw; Minten, Bart; Alemu, Dawit; and Bachewe, Fantu. 2016. Synopsis: The rapid expansion of herbicide use in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Patterns, drivers, and implications. ESSP II Research Note 62. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148353en_US
dcterms.descriptionThe Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) is financially supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department for International Development (DFID) of the government of the United Kingdom and is undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).en_US
dcterms.extent2 pagesen_US
dcterms.isPartOfESSP II Research Noteen_US
dcterms.issued2016-12-16en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.publisherEthiopian Development Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148473en_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/131000en_US
dcterms.subjectlabour marketen_US
dcterms.subjectfarm inputsen_US
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectmarket accessen_US
dcterms.subjectproductivityen_US
dcterms.subjectherbicidesen_US
dcterms.typeBriefen_US

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