Great Expectations from Ethiopia’s Wheat Initiative (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
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09.10.18
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Thomson Reuters Foundation News published an op-ed by several IFPRI researchers including Gashaw Tadesse Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Alan de Brauw, and Nicholas Minot, who examined the impact of Ethiopia’s Wheat Initiative on farmers’ yields to understand how programs can boost wheat yields in underperforming areas.
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