This research was conducted to evaluate the impact of innovations to improve the yield and nutrition of sorghum varieties in Ethiopia. Importantly, we used an economic model to account for the market impacts of the innovation. Household data on the p...

Tracking agricultural expenditure in developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa in a consistent and harmonised manner is important, not only in the context of the multilateral spending commitments made under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Devel...

The effects of climate change on smallholder agriculture under different crop technologies, namely conservation agriculture, Falbedia albida, optimal fertilisation and intensive farming, were analysed against the conventional subsistence farming in M...

Uganda’s climate is changing in terms of rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns, leading to extreme meteorological conditions such as prolonged drought, floods and landslides. Yet the majority (68%) of Ugandans rely largely on rain-fe...

The FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) organized a Lessons Learning and Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Resilience Building in November 2024 in Uganda. The workshop aimed to enhance FAO’s resilience programming by leveraging quantitative and qualitat...

Our understanding of climate-induced crop failure and crop abandonment is limited at present. This study surveyed theoretical and empirical literature on climate-induced crop failure and crop abandonment. We reviewed widely used models of crop abando...

In the Sahel, climate change is clearly characterised by the recurrence of extreme phenomena. The series of droughts in the 1970s and 1980s are an illustration of this. Louga, our study area, is experiencing the effects of climate change in that rain...

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is viewed as a potentially effective intervention to address low agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), while strengthening farmers’ capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change. We therefore cond...

Modern agriculture, plant breeding, and agrochemicals such as pesticides, fertilizers, and technological improvements have increased agricultural productivity sharply, but at the same time these technological improvements have caused widespread envir...

Sorghum and other millets, despite being known for their resilience, face significant agroclimatic challenges, including erratic rainfall, high temperatures, drought, dry spells and nutrient-poor soils. These crops, being significantly important...

Climate change alters risks associated with climate-sensitive infectious diseases (CSIDs) with pandemic potential. This poses additional threats to already vulnerable populations, further amplified by social factors such as gender inequalities. Curre...

In 2024, CIMMYT’s Dryland Crops Program (DCP) laid the foundations to advance its vision and address the 50:20 challenge. This is possible through the efforts of over 200 scientists from partner institutions, working collaboratively to deliver impact...