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Climate Change
A Synergistic Approach to Climate and Nature
All Countriesadaptationcommunity

The biodiversity and climate change crises are inextricably interlinked – this has been recognized by science and in multiple decisions, declarations, and calls for enhanced cooperation under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and...

Research and Development
Application of digital image processing method for roasted coffee bean quality identification: A systematic literature review
All CountriesI Santoso EA Yuanita RS Karomah

Determination of coffee quality can be done using digital image processing methods to produce parameters and quality classifications precisely, make images of better quality so that photos and moving images can be easily understood.

Research and Development
Stochastic frontier technical efficiency analysis of watermelon (Citrullus lenatus) production in Nigeria
NigeriaOI Ettah JA Igiri E Agbachom J Effiong MA Iyam IA...

The objectives of the study is to identify the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, determine the technical efficiency and measure the total resource productivity of watermelon production in the study area.

Agribusiness SMEs
Integrating vegetables in push-pull technology: Gendered preferences of smallholder farmers in Western Kenya
KenyaFO Ouya JO Pittchar F Chidawanyika ZR Khan

Transformative rural smallholder agriculture addressing biophysical constraints requires farmer-led innovations for increased technology adoption.

Food Business
Socio-cultural norms in the local food system and potential implications for women’s dietary quality in rural Northern Ghana
GhanaS Zakariah-Akoto M Armar-Klemesu A Ankomah K Torpe...

This study examined how socio-cultural norms linked with rural food systems can potentially exert adverse effects on women’s diets.

Monthly price update. Oilseeds, Oils and Meals, No. 183 | October 2024
All CountriesFAO

In September 2024, all three FAO price indices tracking the developments of the components of the oilcrops complex appreciated month-on-month.

Research and Development
Financing African seedcompanies
All CountriesAGRA

AGRA shows that for seed companies to access finance, support needs to be based on performance and stage of development, be market oriented and blended in nature.

Food Fortification
Assessing the Scale and Impacts of Fertilizer Subsidy Programmes in Africa
All CountriesAGRA

In most countries, there would appear to be significant potential for expanding and deepening fertilizer systems while reducing or repurposing fertilizer subsidies.

Food Fortification
Gender in restoration, on-farm crop management and agroecology
All CountriesBioversity International and International Center...

The vision of the Alliance is to foster gender-equitable, socially inclusive food systems and landscapes that sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish all people.

Agribusiness SMEs
Occurrence and Distribution of Major Cassava Pests and Diseases in Cultivated Cassava Varieties in Western Kenya
KenyaEverlyne N. Wosula, Rudolph R. Shirima, Massoud Am...

Cassava is an important food crop in western Kenya, yet its production is challenged by pests and diseases that require routine monitoring to guide development and deployment of control strategies.

Research and Development
Agricultural risk management: theories and applications in the Sahel and West Africa
Sub-Saharan AfricaPARM, UCAD, AGRHYMET/CILSS

This publication is intended for managers of technical services, NGOs and civil society as well as all other actors involved in agricultural risk management.

Digital innovation strategy for agrifood systems in Africa
All CountriesFAO

The Digital Innovation Strategy (DIS) of the Regional Office for Africa (RAF) of FAO has been prepared to respond to critical challenges facing inclusive and sustainable agrifood system transformation in sub-Saharan Africa.