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Change in crop management strategies could double the maize yield in Africa
(2017-07)
Change in cropping practices is required to address the food security issues in Africa. Yet, testing of the performance of such changes, in particular at large scales, often needs significant investments. Crop models are ...
Honey Bee Network in Africa: Co-creating a Grassroots Innovation Ecosystem in Africa
(2019-02)
This paper presents a case study of the Honey Bee Network’s decentralized model for collecting, verifying and disseminating grassroots innovations and provides a roadmap for its replication in Africa. The ...
Improving milk value chains through solar milk cooling
(2018-09)
Smallholder dairy farms are the major providers of marketed milk in Kenya, producing one to ten liters per day. Due to this low production level, farmers are usually associated in cooperatives. Dairy cooperatives are ...
On the use of agricultural system models for exploring technological innovations across scales in Africa: A critical review
(2016-07)
The major challenge of the 21st century is to achieve food security under, roughly, a doubling in food demand by 2050 compared to present, and producing the additional food under marked shifts in climatic risks and with ...
African agricultural mechanization: Myths, realities and an emerging research agenda
(2019-12)
African farm systems remain the least mechanized of all continents. There were substantial state-led efforts to promote agricultural mechanization during the 1960s and 1970s, but these efforts failed, which led to a ...
Annual Report 2015: Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation - PARI
(2016-04)
PARI Annual Report 2015 The Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI) brings together partners from Africa, India and Germany to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth and food and nutrition ...
Impacts of agricultural mechanization: Evidence from four African countries
(2020-06)
Agricultural mechanization is on the rise in Africa. A widespread replacement of manual labor will change the face of African agriculture. Despite this potentially transformative role, only few studies have looked at the ...
Performance Evaluation and Water Availability of Canal Irrigation Scheme in Punjab Pakistan
(2022-01-28)
The supply of surface water by century-old infrastructure causes substantial water loss and triggers huge abstractions of groundwater, resulting in low irrigation efficiency. We evaluated the irrigation performance ...
Niger – Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security
(2021-01)
The Sahel is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in the world. Located in the central
part, Niger is facing many complex and interconnected challenges which strongly hinder the
achievement of the key ...
Ethiopia - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security
(2021-01)
Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa with a population of more than
110 million. With over 10 percent growth rate, the Ethiopian economy has been one of the fastest
growing economies in the ...