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Climate information and farm productivity

Project Active from 1 Apr 2024 to 1 Jun 2026 Sustainable Growth and Farms

Recognising the acute vulnerability of Ethiopia's agricultural sector to climate change, this project uses a rigorous research approach to explore the added value of providing climate and weather forecasts to farmers.

Researchers

Emilia Tjernstrom

Emilia Tjernström

Senior Research Fellow, Monash University

Wang Sheng Lee

Seneshaw Tamru

Senior Country Economist, Ethiopia, International Growth Centre

Mekonnen Bekele Wakeyo

Researcher, Ethiopian Development Research Institute

Project outputs

TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA - FEBRUARY 19: Farmers Desta Gebreyesus (L), 26, and Berhanu Gereyesus, 23, channel water pumped up to fields from a hole dug deep into a dried out river bed in the Yechila district

Climate information and farm productivity

Wang Sheng Lee, Seneshaw Tamru, Emilia Tjernström, Mekonnen Bekele Wakeyo
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