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Research and Development
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2018: Catalyzing Government Capacity to drive Agricultural Transformation
All CountriesAGRA

Agriculture is key to Africa’s future. The continent has most of the world’s arable land, over half of the African population is employed in the sector, and it is the largest contributor to total gross domestic product (GDP). Yet, Africa is still pro...

Research and Development
Foresight Africa 2016: Banking on agriculture for Africa’s future
Makhtar Diop

As countries across sub-Saharan Africa grapple with the challenges of sustaining high levels of economic growth, plunging commodity prices, and the effects of climate change, revitalizing agriculture must become a priority on the continent. The late...

Research and Development
Analysis of Agriculture Data Using Data Mining Techniques: Application of Big Data
All CountriesJharna Majumdar, Sneha Naraseeyappa & Shilpa Ankal...

In agriculture sector where farmers and agribusinesses have to make innumerable decisions every day and intricate complexities involves the various factors influencing them. An essential issue for agricultural planning intention is the accurate yi...

Research and Development
Agriculture in Africa: Potential versus Reality
All CountriesOTAVIO VERASON

With more than 60% of its 1.166 billion people living in rural areas, Africa’s economy is inherently dependent on agriculture. More than 32% of the continent’s gross domestic product comes from the sector. However, agricultural product...

Agri-Food News and Media
Agriculture in Africa 2019: Special Report
All CountriesSouhir Mzali

While Africa holds more than 60% of the world’s arable land, the continent’s share in global agricultural production remains low. Vast areas of land are uncultivated and productivity is lower than in much of the rest of the world. Nevertheless, farmi...

Marketing and Trade
Winning in Africa’s Agricultural Market
Goedde, Amandla Ooko-Ombaka, and Gillian Pais

Agriculture in Africa has a massive social and economic footprint. More than 60 percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is smallholder farmers, and about 23 percent of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP comes from agriculture. Yet, Africa&rsqu...

Agri-Food News and Media
West Africa Fertilizer Watch
Feed the Future

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...

Research and Development
Plan of Contingency to Fight Against the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Cote d ‘Ivoire
Cote d'IvoireFood and Agriculture Organisation of the United Na...

This book highlights the most urgent needs for an effective veterinary service that can quickly detect the emergence of several priority, unpredictable or exotic emerging diseases. The book contributes to FAO’s Strategic Objective 5 on reducing the e...

Nutrition
Africa’s Inland Aquatic Ecosystems: How They Can Increase Food Security and nutrition
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Na...

This special issue which aims to enrich knowledge of the sector all over the African continent, covers the value and contributions of diverse aquatic systems to food security, nutrition and livelihoods. The editorial quantifies the significance of th...

Research and Development
Stories of Change – Rwanda, Final Report
RwandaElyse, Iruhiriye, Deanna K. Olney, Gayathri V. Ram...

Globally, undernutrition is related to almost half of the deaths in children younger than five years of age. It leads to large human and economic costs to countries through increased morbidity and mortality in childhood, poor child growth and develop...

Marketing and Trade
Structure, Conduct and Performance of Maize Markets in Malawi
MalawiInternational Food Policy Research Institute

Seasonal analysis of the structure, conduct, and performance (SCP) of markets for staple crops has received relatively little attention in food policy analysis yet it has important implications for food and nutrition security. This study employs a mi...

Research and Development
Nigeria’s Mechanisation Landscape
NigeriaSahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition

This newsletter documents key mechanisation-led productivity and efficiency gains and potential scaling for agricultural transformation in Nigeria

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