Impacts of Institutional Intervention on Price Transmissions: The Case of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

Gelaw, Fekadu; Speelman, Stijn; Huylenbroeck, Guido Van

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“…Coffee is sold into local markets in small towns such as Yayu, where the price is fixed relative to prices in national and international markets (i.e. the price cannot be negotiated between farmers and traders), and then transported to regional ECX centres where it is graded for quality, and then stored in the Addis Ababa warehouse before export (Gelaw, et al 2017). In addition to selling coffee into the ECX system, farmers can join co--operatives and sell their coffee there.…”

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Pursuing climate resilient coffee in Ethiopia – A critical review

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This paper provides a multi--scalar examination of the Ethiopian coffee sector and its pursuit of climate resilience. Concern is growing about the potential impact of climate change on Arabica coffee in Ethiopia and the 25 million livelihoods it supports. Arabica coffee has a relatively narrow envelope of climatic suitability and recent studies suggest that the area of bioclimatically suitable space for the species in its native Ethiopia could decline dramatically in the coming decades. We adopt a critical perspective on resilience that reflects on the situated nature of the ecology/science of coffee and climate change and the operation of social, economic, and discursive power across scales, paying particular attention to the differentiated impacts of climate change and associated resilience strategies. This analysis begins by reviewing Ethiopia's Climate Resilient Green Economy strategy and argues that the current lack of attention to coffee is inappropriate considering the coffee sector's vulnerability to climate change, economic importance and association with forests. The paper then examines the contemporary coffee sector which provides the context for reflecting on three potential responses to the threat climate change poses; a spatial response from farmers, adaptive farm management responses such as changing shade levels and the development of the country's genetic resources to cultivate improved varieties. The analysis explores the disconnect between the interventions emerging from national and international institutions and the local context. The multi--scale approach highlights the presence of complex normative trade--offs associated with pursing climate resilience strategies and reinforces the importance of appreciating the dynamics which influence decision--making in the country.

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The impact of warehouse services on spatial and intra‐temporal agricultural market integration: The case of the Ethiopian commodity exchange's warehouse services

Tessema,

Baker

2024

Agribusiness

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The Ethiopian commodity exchange market (ECX) was launched in 2008, and since then it has rolled out warehouse services for various commodities in different markets. In this study, our objective is to examine the effect of ECX's warehouse services on spatial and intra‐temporal integration of agricultural markets. To this effect, we apply the difference‐in‐difference approach on monthly retail price collected from sample markets. The results show that the warehouse service provision is associated with improved spatial market integration for chickpea and haricot bean, but not in the case of soya bean, sesame, and coffee. The results further show the warehouse service has no statistically significant impact on intra‐temporal market integration except for sesame. The implications of the study results are discussed. [EconLit Citations: D4, Q1, O1].

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From bilateral trade to centralized markets: A search model for commodity exchanges in Africa

Nyarko

Pellegrina

2022

Journal of Development Economics

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Impacts of Institutional Intervention on Price Transmissions: The Case of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange

Abstract: In the aftermath of the market liberalization reforms, interventions in developing countries shifted toward building institutions.

Cited by 4 publications

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Pursuing climate resilient coffee in Ethiopia – A critical review

Pursuing climate resilient coffee in Ethiopia – A critical review

The impact of warehouse services on spatial and intra‐temporal agricultural market integration: The case of the Ethiopian commodity exchange's warehouse services

From bilateral trade to centralized markets: A search model for commodity exchanges in Africa

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