Ph.D. Candidate in Economics 

I am a Ph.D. student in Economics at the Univ. of Bordeaux. I will defend in October 2024.

My research focuses on agricultural transformation, agricultural value-chain, and social protection in East Africa. I was a Fulbright visiting scholar at UC – Berkeley in 2022-2023, and at the University of Georgia in fall 2021.

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Publications:

« Competition on Agricultural Markets and Quality of Smallholder Supply: The Role of Relational Contracting and Input Provision by Traders« , with Banawe Anissa and Erwin BulteEconomic Development and Cultural Change (2024)

« Returns to Quality in Rural Agricultural Markets: Evidence from Wheat Markets in Ethiopia »,  Journal of Development Economics (2024)

Working Papers:

« Buyers’ response to third-party quality certification: Theory and evidence from Ethiopian wheat traders », with Gashaw T. Abate (IFPRI), Tanguy Bernard (BSE), Erwin Bulte (Wageningen University), and Elisabeth Sadoulet (UC Berkeley) . IFPRI DP 02258

Work in Progress

  • « General equilibrium effects of social policy: evidence from the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program ».
  • « The impact of quality measurement and collective marketing training on Ethiopian wheat farmers’ commercialization behaviors », with Gashaw T. Abate (IFPRI), and Tanguy Bernard (BSE).
  • « Experimental design for encouraging the adoption of Aflasafe among small-scale farmers in Nigeria », with Tanguy Bernard (BSE), Yanyan Liu (IPFRI), Nozomi Kawarazuka (IPP), and Tesfamicheal Wossen (IITA).
  • « Using Market Intelligence to Inform Plant Breeding Investments », with Tanguy Bernard (BSE), Berber Kramer (IFPRI), Valerien Pede (IRRI), Brendan Rice (IFPRI), and Carly Trachtman (IFPRI).
  • « The effects of cassava drying technology on commercialization and consumption smoothing in rural Uganda », with Mathew Ahimbisibwe Kato (Vichad) and Jed Silver (UC Berkeley).

Grades and Standards for African Farmers.

Tanguy Bernard.