@article{Diriba:343216,
      recid = {343216},
      author = {Diriba, Getachew},
      title = {Agricultural and Rural Transformation in Ethiopia:  Obstacles, Triggers and Reform Considerations},
      journal = {Ethiopian Journal of Economics},
      address = {2018-10-01},
      number = {683-2024-3008},
      month = {Oct},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {Ethiopia’s agriculture has shown remarkable resilience  over many years but is now increasingly failing. In spite  of national efforts, the number of poor and food insecure  population has remained very high, with an estimated 25  million people at the threshold of survival. The numbers of  people on emergency and safety net program assistance have  been consistently increasing both in aggregate number and  in spatial manifestations, now covering nearly all the  Regional States. In addition, Ethiopia’s import of cereals,  edible oil and lint cotton, has continues to rise  dramatically, costing over a billion dollars every year.  This is an underlying trend that should alarm policymakers  and development practitioners alike. The traditional  factors of production, land, labor and capital, have now  been merged with the knowledge system. The real difference  between the rich and poor countries is no longer only  endowment of the factors of production as they used to be;  rather it is how effectively nations, and people, utilize  knowledge. Knowledge, that is scientific invention,  technology, innovation, and the internet are all growing at  an accelerated rate leaving far behind countries such as  Ethiopia. Important incentives and reform priorities are  suggested as a basis for enacting agricultural and rural  transformation including supportive legal environment,  facilitate and support agricultural mechanization and input  distribution as well as encourage and support decisive  private sector participation and leadership in agricultural  and rural transformation.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/343216},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.343216},
}