This report reaffirms the need for significant improvements in soil fertility and fertilizer application that take into account Ethiopia’s varied agro-ecologies, soil, and climate.
Agriculture is a core driver of Ethiopia's economy, supporting 85 percent of the population's livelihoods, and accounting for 46 percent of gross domestic product, and 80 percent of export value. Given the significant current and future role of the...
This report provides an analysis of the critical role of pulses in agricultural production as a driver for economic growth and food security. Pulses, which occupy approximately 13 percent of cultivated land and account for approximately 10 percent...
Agriculture is a key driver of Ethiopia’s long-term growth and food security. Agriculture directly supports 85 percent of the population, constitutes 43 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and 80 percent of export value. Nearly 16 percent of G...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown measures are also affecting the supply of basic services, with both direct and indirect costs for Nigerian households. The closure of schools is likely to reduce the food intake of some 7 million...
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. - 1996 World Food Summit
Nigeria is a big producer of many agricultural commodities. To achieve self-sufficiency and deepen diversification, there is an increasing need to increase production and value addition across key agriculture food products
In collaboration with partners in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda and within the larger framework of the Integrated Seed Sector Development in Africa (ISSD Africa) programme, WCDI part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) conducted rapid ass...
The Seed Money Project “Insects for Africa” was initiated to determine the need for alternative animal feed ingredients and the options of insects as a potential source in Eastern Africa. The aim of the project is to solve a local system problem. A...
The current report — Byte by byte: policy innovation for transforming Africa’s food system with digital technologies— summarizes the key findings of a systematic analysis of what seven African countries at the forefront of progress on digitalization...
This article is focusing on the change in gender roles in various communities in Malawi. The gender norms of women being the only caretakers of children, have slowly begun to eradicate. This is because of several factors limiting woman availabilit...
The number of new COVID-19 cases in the region rose by only 12 percent compared to 21 percent the previous week, confirming a decline that has lead governments to further ease movement, economic, and health restrictions. Six weeks after our first...