Agricultural transformation remains one of Africa’s most pressing priorities but has been difficult to achieve. The statistics are well-known: Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa, (SSA), needs to double (and perhaps even triple) current le...

Since the mid-1990s, many East African nations have enjoyed relatively high economic growth rates and made substantial progress in poverty reduction. Nevertheless, firm productivity remains low across sectors, and the region remains highly dependen...

For the past 50 years, Daisy Namusoke has grown crops on her small plot of land in the Buikwe District of Central Uganda, mostly to feed her husband, five children, and two grandchildren. Like most smallholder farmers in Africa, she grows a mix of...

Collaboration between government and private sector is crucial The importance of agricultural growth in Africa is highlighted during the upcoming World Food Day on 16th October that focuses on raising awareness of world hunger and food security. T...

The economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa for 2016 gives room for cautious optimism. A 4.7% increase in GDP across the region in 2016 has been higher than expected. However, the World Bank warns that low commodity prices and high borrowing costs...

Why data could be the deciding factor in Africa’s agricultural transformation. The world has a palm oil problem. It’s a global, billion-dollar industry and its end result is irreversible environmental damage, ranging from deforestation and fires, t...

Africa’s cities currently provide the largest and most rapidly growing agricultural markets in Africa. Out of total urban food sales of roughly US$200 to US$250 billion per year, over 80% comes from domestic African suppliers. In the coming decad...

Leading in late 2020 means carving a new path through an epic disruption precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has spawned health, economic, and social crises that have rendered the best-laid plans useless. With no roadmap for the marathon ahe...

As the largest network of agricultural research organizations in the world, CGIAR is uniquely positioned to be a thought leader and global convener on the use of big data and information technology in agriculture. The CGIAR Platform for Big Data i...

As COVID-19 has spread throughout the world, it has rocked economies to their core. This is especially true in developing countries, where safety nets and structures for resilience are nascent, fragile or do not exist. Feed the Future is leveragin...

“Single hazards are a major challenge to reducing poverty and malnutrition but the combined impact of multiple hazards can be devastating. COVID-19 has further amplified these and risks pushing fragile food systems further into nutritional crisis.”...

Nigeria’s economic development is at a turning point. The Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan will run out next year, the United Nations has projected that the country’s population will double by 2050 to 410 million, the Africa C...