Mechanization
Double Cob Maize Sheller - An Efficient Option for Smallholder Farmers
ZimbabweMatin, Md.A.; Thierfelder, C.
Grains

This engine-powered double-cob maize sheller can be used for shelling of maize cobs. It drastically reduces human , time and cost compared to tradition hand shelling. The low-cost small scale sheller can be commercially used by machinery service prov...

Research and Development
CGIAR 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy: Transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis
CGIAR System Organization
All

Food unites the world, and powers us forward. Today a powerful and unified global effort is needed to equip food systems to advance human and planetary health to their full potential. The climate crisis is at the forefront of threats to our ability t...

Agri-Food News and Media
Nigerian CEO Sells Nutritious Foods to Low-Income Consumers
NigeriaHWMIA
All

“Many Nigerians still regard nutritious food as a luxury so we set out to find a cost-effective solution for families to have access to healthy, safe and affordable food, particularly those at the base of the pyramid,” says Pelumi Aribisala, the CEO...

On-Farm Production (crops, livestock), Research and Development
How light is too light touch: The Effect of a Short Training-Based Intervention on Household Poultry Production in Burkina Faso
Burkina FasoJESSICA LEIGHT, JOSUÉ AWONON, ABDOULAYE PEDEHOMBGA...
Livestock and Small Ruminants

This paper reports on the effects of a training-based intervention seeking to increase household engagement in poultry production in Burkina Faso, analyzing data from a large-scale cluster randomized trial in which 1798 households in 60 communes were...

Nutrition, Research and Development
Strategies and Interventions for Healthy Adolescent Growth, Nutrition, and Development
All CountriesDOUGAL HARGREAVES, EMILY MATES, PURNIMA MENON, HAR...

Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development

Nutrition
Nourishing our Future: the Lancet Series on Adolescent Nutrition
All CountriesGEORGE C. PATTON, LYNNETTE M. NEUFELD, SURABHI DOG...

Nourishing our Future: the Lancet Series on Adolescent Nutrition

Food Safety
Effect of Parboiling Conditions on Zinc and Iron Retention in Biofortified and Non-Biofortified Milled Rice
All CountriesVÍCTOR TALEON, MD ZAKIUL HASAN, ROELINDA JONGSTRA,...

Effect of Parboiling Conditions on Zinc and Iron Retention in Biofortified and Non-Biofortified Milled Rice

Climate Change, Financial Services, Research and Development
Does Rainfall Variability Explain Low Uptake of Agricultural Credit? Evidence from Ethiopia
EthiopiaKIBROM A. ABAY, BETHELHEM KORU, JORDAN CHAMBERLIN...

Does Rainfall Variability Explain Low Uptake of Agricultural Credit? Evidence from Ethiopia

Research and Development
What can we Really Learn from Sex-Disaggregated data?
All CountriesBJORN VAN CAMPENHOUT, ELS LECOUTERE AND DAVID SPIE...

During the past several years, we have been working intently on a field experiment with smallholder farmers in Uganda randomly assigned to get access to information in the form of short engaging videos. Because women and men are both involved in farm...

Policy and Advocacy, Research and Development, Nutrition
The Links between Food-Related Trade and Fiscal Policies and Obesity Rates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
All CountriesKIBROM ABAY, HOSAM IBRAHIM, CLEMENS BREISINGER AND...

Obesity and overweight are major public health problems strongly linked to high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which are projected to have an overall cost of almost $7 trillion in the next...

Others, Nutrition
Mismatch between Soil Nutrient Deficiencies and Fertilizer Applications: Implications for Yield Responses in Ethiopia
EthiopiaKibrom A. Abay, Mehari H. Abay, Mulubrhan Amare, G...

In this article we use experimental (spectral soil analysis) data from Ethiopia to examine farmers’ response to soil nutrient deficiencies and its implications for yield responses. We find that farmers’ response to macronutrient (nitrogen and phospho...

Research and Development
Can Information Drive Demand for Safer Food? Impact of Brand-Specific Recommendations and Test Results on Product Choice
All CountriesSarah Wairimu Kariuki, Vivian Hoffmann
Rice

As an unobservable attribute, food safety is likely to be under-provided by markets where regulatory enforcement is weak. In such settings, stimulating consumer demand for safer food can potentially encourage market actors to invest in food safety.