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Agri-Food News and Media
Harnessing Opportunities For Informed Investments In The Sorghum Community Value Chain In Tanzania
All Countries, TanzaniaCGIAR

This study was conducted among sorghum farmers, focus groups, seed producers and extension officers in 10 districts of Tanzania to map out business opportunities along the sorghum value chain. Results obtained demonstrated that socio-economic factors...

Agri-Food News and Media
Assessment Of Grain Legumes And Dryland Cereals Seed Value Chains In Uganda
UgandaCGIAR

This paper analyses the current state of Uganda’s seed value chain for grain legumes and dryland cereals (GLDC), the challenges as well as the opportunities in it. It also identifies critical areas that can drive sustainability in seed value chains.

Agri-Food News and Media
Rising Demand For Rice In Animal Feed Puts Pressure On Supplies
All CountriesElizabeth Schroeder

The use of low-grade rice in animal feed rations across Asia has resulted in the price of this staple commodity rising rapidly.

Agri-Food News and Media
From West Africa, Here Comes The Next Miracle Grain:Fonio
All CountriesAugusta Dwyer

A tiny grain called fonio could play a big role in improving food security in West Africa, say researchers at Cornell University’s Department of Global Development.

Agri-Food News and Media
Climate change impact on wheat and maize growth in Ethiopia: a multi-model uncertainty analysis
EthiopiaInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (...

Ethiopia’s economy is dominated by agriculture which is mainly rain-fed and subsistence. Climate change is expected to have an adverse impact particularly on crop production. Previous studies have shown large discrepancies in the magnitude and someti...

Agri-Food News and Media
How have smallholder farmers used digital extension tools? Developer and user voices from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia
South AfricaInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (...

Digital extension tools (DETs) include phone calls, WhatsApp groups and specialised smartphone applications used for agricultural knowledge brokering. We researched processes through which DETs have (and have not) been used by farmers and other exten...

Agri-Food News and Media
Maize varietal replacement in Eastern and Southern Africa: bottlenecks, drivers and strategies for improvement
South AfricaInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (...

Seed security is vital for food security. Rapid-cycle, climate-adaptive breeding programs and seed systems that deliver new, elite varieties to farmers to replace obsolete ones can greatly improve the productivity of maize-based cropping systems in s...

Agri-Food News and Media
2020 Annual Report
South AfricaInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (...

CGIAR Research Program on Maize 2020 Annual Report

Packaging and Storage
Harvest-tenure Promotes Innovative Technologies, Tools, Practices and Training/Capacity Building to Reduce Postharvest loss
GhanaWilliam Lanier

Assessing African Union food and feed imports versus exports or foreign exchange reserves, suggests agribusiness based on inputs and warehouses does not cost-effectively provide surplus nutrition. A trial in Ghana organized data on staple grain posth...

Mechanization
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...

Nutrition
Socio-Economic Drivers of Food Security Among Rural Households in Nigeria: Evidence From Smallholder Maize Farmers
NigeriaADEBAYO OGUNNIYI, SAMUEL OPEYEMI OMOTOSO, KABIR KA...

Issues relating to food availability, accessibility/affordability, and food utilization remain paramount among different stakeholders such as policymakers and academics. Using data from 250 maize farming households in Nigeria, the study used Foster–G...

Mechanization
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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