Research

Research Grants

Reducing Land Degradation and Carbon Loss from Ethiopia's Soils to Strengthen Livelihoods and Resilience ( RALENTIR )

Funded Value:  £920,774

Funded Period:  Nov 19 - Oct 23

Funder: ESRC

Role:  Co-Investigator

Peer-reviewed articles

Gebremariam, Aregawi G., et al. (2024) "Vaccine uptake and effectiveness: Why some African countries performed better than the others?." Health Policy and Technology 13.1 100820. 

Argaw, T., Fledderjohann, J., Aurino, E., & Vellakkal, S. (2023). Children’s educational outcomes and persistence and severity of household food insecurity in India: Longitudinal evidence from Young Lives. Journal of Nutrition

Argaw,T., E Phimister, D Roberts (2021). From farm to kitchen: how gender affects production diversity and the dietary intake of farm households in Ethiopia - Journal of Agricultural Economics.

J Smith, D Nayak, A Datta, WN Narkhede, F Albanito, Argaw T…. (2020) A systems model describing the impact of organic resource use on farming households in low to middle income countries. Agricultural Systems.

J Smith, D Nayak, F Albanito, B Balana, H Black, Argaw T… (2019). Treatment of organic resources before soil incorporation in semi-arid regions improves resilience to El Niño, and increases crop production and economic returns. Environmental Research Letters.

A Jote, S Feleke, A Tufa, V Manyong, Argaw T (2018). Assessing the efficiency of sweet potato producers in the southern region of Ethiopia. Experimental Agriculture.

B Gebeyehu, S Feleke, A Tufa, Argaw T, T Tefera (2018). Patterns and structure of household income inequality in rural Ethiopia- World Development Perspectives.

Working papers 

Haug, Ruth, Worku Tessema, Argaw, Thomas, Trygve Berg, Alexander R. Phiri, James W. Banda, Emmanuel E. Kaunda, Joseph Hella, Illuminatus Kamile, and Carl Erik Schulz. (2009). "High global food prices-crisis or opportunity for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Malawi and Tanzania." Noragric Report No 48 

Recent Conference Presentations

Association of persistence and severe household food insecurity with children’s educational outcomes: A longitudinal analysis from Young Lives, 4 – 8 August 2021, American Sociological Association, Los Angles, USA. 

Trends in the cohort prevalence, severity, and persistence of food insecurity in Ethiopia, India, and Peru, 2009-2016  British Society of Population Studies Virtual conference, 2021.

From Farm to Kitchen: How gender affects production diversity and the dietary intake of farm households in Ethiopia. 2nd annual Sustainability and Development Conference. University of Michigan October 11-14, 2019. 

Research in progress

Setting a life course foundation: School dropout and food insecurity in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam, a longitudinal study ( with Jasmine Fledderjohann, Elisabetta Aurino, Sukumar Vellakkal). 

Life satisfaction, educational aspiration, and pscyhoemotional outcomes in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vientam a longitudinal study (with Jasmine Fledderjohann, Elisabetta Aurino, Sukumar Vellakkal). 

Climate Risk and Informal Business in Africa: Do Business Activities Enable Rural Households to Smoothen Their Consumption During Climate Shocks? ( with Addisu Lashitew )

State dependence, vulnerability and resilience in food insecurity and poverty in Ethiopia. ( with Euan Phimister, Tewodros Tefera) 

Nonagricultural businesses in Ethiopia: structure, and impact on agricultural commercialization (with Euan Phimister).

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