PhD research: Impact of Bio-fortified Sweet Potato Adoption on Food and Nutrition Security in Tigray, Ethiopia

Date
October 2021 to September 2026
Countries
Keywords
adoption
children
bio-fortification
impact assessment
food security
nutrition
sweet potato
smallholders
women
Institutions
Fair and Sustainable Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
Haramaya University (Ethiopia)
Research fields
Agriculture and Food Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences

In Tigray region of Ethiopia, 80% of the population is poor and malnourished. Bio-fortified sweet potato, the flagship of agriculture-based nutrition interventions, could help to reverse that trend, but its adoption rate is tremendously lower than elsewhere in Ethiopia. This project examines the drivers and impact of its adoption in order to improve food, and nutrition security, and rural development.