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Modelling the Economy-Wide Impact of Technological Innovation and Mapping Agricultural Potential: The case of Burkina Faso
(2019-11)
In this study, we develop an economy wide model for Burkina Faso to assess the most promising opportunities for technological innovations to enhance maize production and productivity and their economywide effects. We ...
The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Africa: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
(2021-04)
As recognised by the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa – 2024 (STISA-2024), science, technology and innovation (STI) offer many opportunities for addressing the main constraints to embracing transformation ...
Yield effects of selected agronomic innovation packages in maize cropping systems of six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2018-05)
Implementation of suitable innovation packages into cropping systems is required to address the issues of food security and improvement of the crop yield in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, quantification of the effects of ...
Frontier analysis and agricultural typologies
(2018-03)
PARI’s main goal is to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India by supporting the scaling of proven innovations in the agri-food sector in collaboration with all relevant actors. ...
Regional trade and volatility in staple food markets in Africa
(2015-06)
This paper deals with the role of regional trade in fostering the resilience of domestic food markets. Using country production and trade data from FAOSTAT database, a series of simple indicators are calculated that shed ...
Vocational Education and Training for Farmers and Other Actors in the Agri-Food Value Chain in Africa
(2018-01)
The study analyzes the current state of Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) in Africa and presents its challenges and opportunities. A review of the ATVET in selected Sub-Saharan Africa ...
Ex-ante technology assessment for inclusive poverty reduction and sustainable productivity growth in agriculture (TIGA): A manual
(2016)
The manual presented here is based on the experience and draw out the collected lessons learnt with regard to the design and implementation of the Ex-ante technology assessment and farm household segmentation for inclusive ...
The Agricultural mechanization in Africa: micro-level analysis of state drivers and effects
(2019-04)
This paper examines the state, drivers and, consequently, the impacts of agricultural mechanization in eleven countries in Africa. Using representative multistage stratified household survey data and robust analytical ...
Mechanization in African Agriculture: A Continental Overview on Patterns and Dynamics
(2018-06)
This study provides an overview on the patterns and dynamics of mechanization in African agriculture over the 10 year period (2005-2014). Farm level and value chain related mechanization are considered. This study looks ...
Beyond adoption: welfare effects of farmer innovation behavior in Ghana
(2016-05)
With numerous challenges hindering smallholders’ adoption of externally developed technologies, it is often argued that farmer innovation can play an essential role in rural livelihoods. Yet a rigorous assessment of the ...