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Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria
(2020-01)
Agricultural mechanization can contribute to agricultural transformation. However, there is a need to find institutional solutions allowing smallholder farmers, who play a key role in agricultural development, to access ...
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 ...
Connected cows and cyber chickens?: Stocktaking and case studies of digital livestock tools in Kenya and India
(2021-07)
There are high hopes that digital tools can help to reduce constraints to livestock development, which in turn promises to alleviate poverty and ensure food and nutrition security. Yet, little systematic evidence exists ...
Edible weeds and food and nutrition security in the face of the herbicide revolution: A case study from Zambia
(2021-01)
Herbicides are on the rise across the developing world. Herbicides may come with several advantages, for example, they may help to improve yields, thereby contributing to food and nutrition security. However, they may ...
Between pandemics and famines: Towards nutrition-sensitive lockdowns during Covid-19 and beyond
(2020-12)
In a moment of global unity, many governments across the world chose the same policy to address Covid-19: lockdowns. Lockdowns helped to “flatten the curve” but often undermined food and nutrition security. Taking a ...
Comprehensive Livestock Driven Typology for Food and Nutrition Security in Mali
(2022-02)
To guide the selection and design of appropriate interventions for increasing the production and consumption of animal-sourced foods, in this paper we propose a spatial typology based on a comprehensive food and nutrition ...
Animal traction, two-wheel tractors, or four-wheel tractors? A best-fit approach to guide farm mechanization in Africa
(2022-04)
There are heavy - at times dogmatic - debates on which technological pathway toward farm mechanization - animal traction, two-wheel tractors, four-wheel tractors - should be supported by African governments and development ...
How to engage smallholder producers in scaling the dairy and poultry sectors: Lessons from India
(2024-02)
India is a land of smallholders and its dairy and poultry sectors are no exception. The average herd size of the dairy sector is less than four animals per household. Nevertheless, India is the largest milk producer in the ...
From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa’s Food Production: Investment and policy priorities for sufficient, nutritious and sustainable food supplies
(2020-10)
This study identifies ways in which Africa can realize its potential to secure a supply of food for affordable and healthy diets through the sustainable use of its own resources. The focus is on investment, cooperation, ...
Potentiels d'Innovation pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et la Croissance Agricole Durable en Afrique Subsaharienne: Orientations stratégiques pour la collaboration en matière de développement
(2016-05)
Étant donné que la majorité de la population de l’Afrique subsaharienne dépend fortement de l’agriculture, le rendement des investissements en termes d’effets de réduction de la pauvreté est souvent le plus élevé dans ce ...