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Climate Change
Factors Associated Wth Farmers’ Use Of Indigenous And Scientific Climate Forecasts
UgandaMICHAEL ROBERT NBUKA, RABAN CHANDA, GAGOITSEOPE MM...

This study investigated factors associated with farmers’ use of SFs and indigenous forecasts (IFs) for agricultural use in the Rwenzori region, western Uganda. Household survey gathered data on demographic characteristics, climate information use and...

Agri-Food News and Media
Economic Analysis Of Public Investment In Alternative Agricultural Water Management Schemes
GhanaBEDRU BALANA AND MAMUDU A. AKUDUGU

This study assesses the institutions and economics of public investments in three agricultural water management infrastructure and technologies: rehabilitation of small reservoirs, fuel-powered motorized small pumps and electricity-powered large pump...

Agri-Food News and Media
Incorporating Seasonality into An Agroeconomic Model Of Ethiopia
EthiopiaJONATHAN LALA, MEKDIM D. REGASSA, YING ZHANG, LIAN...

Ethiopia’s agriculture-based economy generates highly seasonal outputs, with most production occurring during the long-rains Meher season and a lesser amount during the short-rains Belg season. Despite numerous studies detailing the economic impacts...

Food Safety
Interactive Typology Tool For Spatial Targeting Of Food And Nutrition Interventions
All CountriesWIM MARIVOET AND JOHN M. ULIMWENGU

In this interactive we develop a typology to help design and improve spatial targeting of food and nutrition security (FNS) interventions. Based on the efficiency estimation within a four-indicator diagram which represent the core segments of a food...

Agrodealer and Inputs
Estimating Acid Soil Effects On Selected Cereal Crop Productivities In Ethiopia
EthiopiaJAMES M. WARNER, MICHAEL L. MANN, JORDAN CHAMBERLI...

Acid soils are a major constraint to agricultural productivity in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. Restoring soil pH to optimal ranges for agriculture can have a significant impact on yields, particularly for acid-tolerant crops...

Agrodealer and Inputs
Smallholder Farmers’ Participation In Profitable Value Chains And Contract Farming
EgyptMARTIN PAUL JR. TABE-OJONG AND KIBROM A. ABAY

The participation of smallholder farmers in high-value and profitable value chains as well as contract farming remains low in Africa. This paper aims to identify observable and unobservable constraints that explain joint participation in profitable v...

Policy and Advocacy
Farmer Advisory Systems And Pesticide Use In Legume-based Systems In West Africa
All CountriesMARTIN PAUL JR. TABE-OJONG, YONG SEBASTIEN NYAM, e...

Despite the adverse effects of pesticides on the environment and human health, they are a key ingredient in boosting agricultural productivity as a way of meeting global food demand. While global levels of pesticides are towering in high-income count...

Food Safety
Value Addition And farmers: Evidence From Coffee In Ethiopia
EthiopiaSENESHAW TAMRU AND BART MINTEN

Local value-addition in developing countries is often aimed at for upgrading of agricultural value chains, since it is assumed that doing so will make farmers better off. However, transmission of the added value through the value chain and constraint...

Financial Services
Financial Incentives Often Fail To Reconcile Agricultural Productivity And Pro-conservation Behavior
All CountriesANDREW R. BELL, O. SAROBIDY RAKOTONARIVO, APURVA B...

Paying resource users to preserve features of their environment could, in theory, better align production and conservation goals. Across this range of dilemmas, while payments can encourage pro-conservation behavior, they often fail to capitalize on...

On-Farm Production (crops, livestock)
Intensification Of Rice Farming: The Role Of Mechanization And Irrigation
All CountriesHIROYUKI TAKESHIMA AND YUKICHI MANO

This identifies huge potential of a rice Green Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa based on a decade of field research. Demonstrates the utmost importance of rice cultivation training for sustainably improving productivity.

Agri-Food News and Media
Linking Ecosystem Services Provisioning With Demand For Animal-Sourced Food
TanzaniaDOLAPO ENAHORO, MARTA KOZICKA, CATHERINE PFEIFER,...

This paper presents a novel integrated assessment framework that links a model of the global agricultural and food system, a landscape-level environmental impact assessment model, and an ecosystem services simulation model.

Food Safety
Assessing Food Security Among Young Farmers In Africa
All CountriesDOLAPO ADEYANJU, JOHN MBURU, WAINAINA GITURO, CHEP...

Food insecurity remains a serious challenge for many households in Africa and the situation is even more prevalent among young people. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on youth food security status in Africa. We assessed the level and...

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