Food Aid

The impact of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme and related transfers on agricultural productivity

Authors
John Hoddinott, Guush Berhane, Daniel O. Gilligan, Neha Kumar and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
Publisher
Journal of African Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute
Publication date
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https://academic.oup.com/jae/article-abstract/21/5/761/785385/The-Impact-of-Ethiopia-s-Productive-Safety-Net?sid=a28c8e35-d5fc-4a33-bd00-484118639b8a
Source / Citation
John Hoddinott, Guush Berhane, Daniel O. Gilligan, Neha Kumar and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. 2012. "The impact of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme and related transfers on agricultural productivity" Journal of African Economies (2012). Article in Press. First published online on September 26, 2012
Country

Ethiopia's Food Security Programme provides income transfers through public works in its Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) as well as targeted services provided through the Other Food Security Programme (OFSP) and, later, the Household Asset Building Programme (HABP) designed to improve agricultural productivity. There is a trade-off in these two types of transfers between short-term improvements in food security and longer term food security achieved through increased agricultural productivity.