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Biomass and nutrient flow dynamics and sustainability practices to de-risk environmental challenges in the Sub-Saharan Africa farming system
MaliGuindo, M. Traore, B. Birhanu, Birhanu Zemadim

The present study aimed to quantify the fluxes of biomass, nutrients, and nutrient balances from different fertilizer sources to de-risk the challenges related to agriculture and the environment in Mali.

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IFPRI Key Facts Series: Food And Nutrition Security
MalawiCHIMWEMWE BANDA

This is a second Food and Nutrition Key Facts sheet in a series of Key Facts sheets that IFPRI is producing based on Integrated Household Surveys (IHS). The purpose of the series is to present data relevant to key policy issues on agriculture, food s...

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Productivity Growth And The Role Of Mechanization In African Agriculture.
All CountriesOLIVER K. KIRUI, LUKAS KORNHER AND MAKSUD BECKCHAN...

This paper compares agricultural productivity growth, specifically, the impact of agricultural mechanisation on total factor productivity and cereal yields, across African countries using contemporaneous and sequential Malmquist index approaches. Con...

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Mechanization, Digitalization, And Rural Youth-Stakeholder Perceptions On Three Mega-Topics For Agricultural Transformation In Four African Countries
All CountriesThomas Daum., Patrice Ygue Adegbola., Carine Adegb...

Mechanization, digitalization, and rural youth engagement are central to African agricultural transformation. Each of these topics is associated with debates on opportunities, risks, and appropriate policy actions, which become visible in internation...

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An Evolving Paradigm Of Agricultural Mechanization Development: How Much Can Africa Learn From Asia?
All CountriesXinshen Diao, ED., Hiroyuki. ED. Takeshima And Xia...

Agricultural mechanization in Africa south of the Sahara especially for small farms and businesses requires a new paradigm to meet the needs of the continent’s evolving farming systems. Can Asia, with its recent success in adopting mechanization, of...

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Agricultural Mechanization And Sustainable Agrifood System Transformation In The Global South
All CountriesDaum, T

This paper provides an overview of the state of agricultural mechanization across the Global South – i.e. Eastern and South-eastern Asia, Southern Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean – and explores the potentials and risks of ag...

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

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...

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Evaluating Satellite-Based Evapotranspiration Estimates for Hydrological Applications in Data-Scarce Regions: A Case in Ethiopia
EthiopiaYIHUN T. DILE, ESSAYAS K. AYANA, ABEYOU W. WORQLUL...

Water resource development opens up opportunities for improving smallholder farmer livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa; however, implementation of water resource interventions to ensure sustainability hinges on the availability of sufficient quantity a...

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Post-Harvest Management And Farm Outcomes: Storage Facilities Matters
NigeriaRUCHIRA BOSS AND MAMATA PRADHAN

An evaluation study across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha, finds that post-harvest management of crops plays a crucial role in both value generation as well as value distribution along crop value chains, by mitigating post-harvest losses, in the ma...

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Breaking Down Silos: On Post-Harvest Loss Interventions In Tanzania
TanzaniaCHRISTIAENSEN

This research examines the effects of an intervention aimed at reducing Post-Harvest Losses (PHL) of maize growing farmers during their maize storage in Tanzania. Farmers were invited to attend a training on best practices in post-harvest maize manag...

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Solar-Powered Cold-Storages And Sustainable Food Systems Transformation: Evidence From Horticulture Markets Interventions In Northeast Nigeria
NigeriaHIROYUKI TAKESHIMA, FUTOSHI YAMAUCHI, DAUDA BAWA,...

Modern cooling technologies that utilize renewable energy sources have been increasingly recognized as a promising tool to address a multitude of challenges emerging in progressively complex food systems in developing countries. When provided as cold...

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Agricultural Mechanization and Gendered Labor Activities Across Sectors: Micro-Evidence from Multi-Country Farm Household Data
All CountriesHIROYUKI TAKESHIMA AND XINSHEN DIAO

Gender differences in the engagement of work activities across sectors are important elements of gender inequality in rural livelihoods and welfare in developing countries. The role of production technologies, including agricultural mechanization, in...