Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Pierce Mill - 15/10/2022
EatSafe conducted a Story Sourcing activity, or the semi-formal process that uses journalistic techniques to gather stories directly from the audience of interest, to gather stories from traditional food market vendors and consumers in Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Euromonitor, Wageningen University - 05/09/2022
This report is an appraisal of a methodological approach conceptualized and commissioned by GAIN and designed by Euromonitor to assess the informal dairy market in Ethiopia using formal market approaches. This work was conducted in 2019 with support from Wageningen University under the Agriculture 4 Nutrition and Health Program.
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network - 10/02/2023
The 2022 EatSafe Innovation Challenge received 700 applications from students, researchers, and entrepreneurs with ideas how to adapt food system innovations to traditional food markets contexts and along value chains to solve food safety issues in Nigeria and Ethiopia.
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - 12/07/2022
During program startup in Ethiopia, EatSafe identified and gauged stakeholders’ interest and influence in food safety. EatSafe then convened a series of events to engage these stakeholders at local and national levels prior to intervention implementation.
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) - 09/03/2022
EatSafe conducted a review on published articles of foodborne hazards present in foods and beverages commonly bought and sold in traditional food markets in Ethiopia.
Haley Swartz, Genet Gebremedhin, Anouk de Vries - 12/04/2022
Ethiopia’s 2018 Food and Nutrition Policy cited food safety as critical to improving nutrition and public health, though responsibility for implementation remains spread across a dozen federal governing bodies. Regulations also omit traditional markets where many Ethiopians procure food, increasing food safety risks.
Aster Zewdie, Wubet Girma - 04/04/2022
Through its Food Systems Summit Member State Dialogues and National Pathway, Ethiopia has shown strong political commitment to transforming its food system. The need to address food issues systemically is increasingly recognised. We can no longer afford progress in one area driving setbacks in another.
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - 09/03/2022
EatSafe evaluated the regulatory and policy landscape for food safety in Ethiopia at the national and regional levels, which included an assessment of existing regulations and resulted in recommendations for strengthening implementation.
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - 13/09/2021
EatSafe conducted a systematic search and review process of 116 published studies on the perspectives and practices of consumers and vendors related to food safety in Ethiopia.
Johanna Farrell - 04/11/2021
In Ethiopia, per capita annual consumption of dairy is just 11% of World Health Organization recommended levels. Low incomes are a key constraint to dairy consumption, as many consumers cannot afford to buy dairy in recommended quantities. Key sector constraints are centred around rural scarcity, high prices, and quality concerns.