By default, most investors equate a passive investment such as a traditional market capitalisation based index with a welldiversified investment. However, “diversified” and “passive” should not a priori be considered as synonymous. We have attempted to show that “passive” should not...

This paper presents an overview of crop agriculture in Ethiopia, focusing mainly on cereal production. Ethiopia’s crop agriculture continues to be dominated by the country’s numerous small farms that cultivate mainly cereals for both own-consumption and sales. Five major cereals...

We study cereal wholesale markets in Ethiopia in the last decade (2001–2011), a period that has been characterized by important local changes affecting agricultural markets, including strong economic growth, urbanization, improved road and communication infrastructure, an increase in...