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The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Minten, Bart Assefa, Thomas Abebe, Girum Tamru, Seneshaw Engida, Ermias |
| Organization | IFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division |
| Organization | IFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Program |
| Spatial Coverage | Ethiopia [ET] |
| Description | Given the importance of agriculture in developing economies, food processing industries often dominate employment and value addition in the industrial sector in these settings. For example, it is estimated that the food processing industry in Ethiopia employs one million people, around 2 percent of the economically active population. However, the way in which Ethiopia’s food processing industry is changing and how it functions is little understood. We study the markets in urban Ethiopia for commercial ready-to-eat enjera, the traditional staple pancake of the country. We find that these commercial enjera markets are rapidly growing, employing more than 100,000 people in urban Ethiopia, many of whom are women. Moreover, enjera is now being prepared by mixing flour from locally produced teff with that of imported rice, thus absorbing an important part of the rapidly growing rice imports (almost 200 million USD in 2015) to the country and leading to higher profits for those enterprises en |
| Sponsorship | United States Agency for International Development Department for International Development, United Kingdom |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/624a21c1-36dc-41fb-986d-140498da87f1 |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute |
| Publisher Date | 2017-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Policies, Institutions, and Markets Bread Supply Chains Food Technology Eragrostis Tef Industry Employment Households Urban Areas Enterprises Sales Trade Productivity International Trade Food Processing |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Report |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
