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Development domains for Ethiopia: capturing the geographical context of smallholder development options

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  • Chamberlin, Jordan
  • Pender, John L.
  • Yu, Bingxin

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The choices that smallholder farmers are able to make are strongly conditioned by the geographic conditions in which they live. The importance of this fact for rural development strategy is not lost on policy makers. For example, the government of Ethiopia frequently frames policy discussions by broadly different geographical conditions of moisture availability, recognizing moisture reliable, drought prone and pastoralist areas. These conditions are seen as important criteria for determining the nature, extent and priority of development interventions for different parts of the country. There is considerable evidence, however, that other geographical factors also have important implications for rural development options. This paper uses agroecology, access to markets, and population density to define development domains: geographical locations sharing broadly similar rural development constraints and opportunities.

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  • Chamberlin, Jordan & Pender, John L. & Yu, Bingxin, 2006. "Development domains for Ethiopia: capturing the geographical context of smallholder development options," DSGD Discussion Papers 55410, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:dsgddp:55410
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55410
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