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IFPRI Malawi Monthly Maize Market Report, April 2023
All CountriesIFPRI

The Monthly Maize Market Report was developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi with the goal of providing clear and accurate information on the variation of maize prices in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for...

Agri-Food News and Media
Miracle seeds - Biased Expectations, Complementary Input Use, And The Dynamics Of Smallholder Technology Adoption
All CountriesCAROLINE MIEHE, BJORN VAN CAMPENHOUT, LEOCARDIA NA...

To fully benefit from new agricultural technologies like improved seed varieties, significant investment in complementary inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides, and practices such as systematic planting, irrigation, and weeding are also required....

Agri-Food News and Media
Rwanda’s Agrifood System - Structure And Drivers Of Transformation
All CountriesXINSHEN DIAO, MIA ELLIS, SERGE MUGABO, KARL PAUW,...

This paper assesses the structure of Rwanda’s current and evolving agrifood system and its contribution to national development. The paper reiterates the point that Rwanda’s agrifood system stretches well beyond primary agriculture and creates jobs a...

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Scoping Study On Ethiopian Sesame Value Chain
EthiopiaGIRMA T. KASSIE, YONAS WORKU, FANTU NISRANE BACHEW...

The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is the largest non-profit public agricultural research group globally. Recently, it has restructured itself into One-CGIAR with the intention of integrating its capabilities, know...

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Evaluating The Impacts Of Watershed Rehabilitation And Irrigation Interventions On Vegetation Greenness And Soil Erosion Using Remote Sensing And Biophysical Modelling In Feresmay Watershed
EthiopiaYARED BAYISSA, YIHUN DILE, RAGHAVAN SRINIVASAN, et...

Soil erosion and subsequent land degradation undermine efforts to ensure food security and environmental sustainability in Ethiopia. The government of Ethiopia has implemented extensive soil and water conservation (SWC) programs in severely degraded...

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Feeding Africa - How Small-Scale Irrigation Can Help Farmers To Change The Game
All CountriesELIZABETH BRYAN AND CLAUDIA RINGLER

Small-scale irrigation can help smallholder farmers to increase agricultural productivity and incomes. It can be scaled quickly and without large public investments. For these reasons, it can contribute more rapidly to the achievement of national agr...

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Private Sector Promotion Of Climate-Smart Technologies
All CountriesLENIS SAWEDA LIVERPOOL-TASIE, ANDREW DILLON, JEFFR...

Sustainable intensification is predicated on climate-smart agricultural input adoption. We test strategies for promoting the adoption of climate-smart agricultural inputs in Nigeria with a private sector firm. We disentangle the effects of price disc...

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Lessons Learnt In Nutrition Education Communication And Advocacy
All CountriesHARVESTPLUS

Introducing biofortified crops as new crops on the market required people to receive the right information as to why they should produce and consume these crops. Nutrition trainings were a platform to disseminate this much needed information. These t...

Agri-Food News and Media
Measuring Changes In The Rwanda’s Agri-Food System
RwandaIFPRI

Transformation of the agri-food system (AFS) is a leading pathway to achieve the USG Global Food Security Strategy Objective 1 of “Inclusive agriculture-led growth”. The AFS encompasses the primary agricultural sector, as well as all upstream and dow...

Agri-Food News and Media
Measuring Changes In The Tanzania’s Agri-Food System
TanzaniaIFPRI

Transformation of the agri-food system (AFS) is a leading pathway to achieve the USG Global Food Security Strategy Objective 1 of “Inclusive agriculture-led growth”. The AFS encompasses the primary agricultural sector, as well as all upstream and dow...

Agri-Food News and Media
Measuring Changes In The Zambia’s Agri-Food System
ZambiaIFPRI

Transformation of the agri-food system (AFS) is a leading pathway to achieving USG Global Food Security Strategy Objective 1 of “inclusive agriculture-led growth”. The AFS encompasses the primary agricultural sector, as well as all upstream and downs...

Agri-Food News and Media
Measuring Changes In The Uganda’s Agri-Food System
UgandaIFPRI

Transformation of the agri-food system (AFS) is a leading pathway to achieve the USG Global Food Security Strategy Objective 1 of “Inclusive agriculture-led growth”. The AFS encompasses the primary agricultural sector, as well as all upstream and dow...