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Decentralized Seed Services in Africa: An Assessment of Tanzania and Uganda
Waithaka, Michael; Mugoya, Mainza; Mabaya, Edward; Tihanyi, Krisztina (2021-03)The overall goal of decentralizing seed services is to increase the availability and accessibility of quality seed to farmers. The governments of Uganda and Tanzania have endeavoured to enhance access to improved seed for ... -
Determinants of Participation in Rural Off-Farm Activities and Effects on Food Shortage, Relative Deprivationand Diet Diversity
Getahun, Tigabu D.; Fetene, Gebeyehu (2022-01)This study investigates the determinants of smallholder farmers’ participation in rural off-farm activities, including own non-farm business and wage employment, and effects on food shortage, relative deprivation and dietary ... -
Digitale Technologien in der afrikanischen Landwirtschaft: Der Weg zu erschwinglichen, nutzbaren und integrierten IKT-Lösungen
Baraké, Evelyn; Baumüller, Heike (2018-07)Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) werden weltweit immer zugänglicher und erschwinglicher. Die Erwartungen sind hoch, dass diese Technologien die kleinbäuerliche Landwirtschaft revolutionieren können, indem ... -
Do African livestock policies address sustainability trade-offs? Evidence from Kenya, Zambia, and Burkina Faso
Kariuki, Juliet; Yameogo, Viviane; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina; Chagunda, Mizeck (2022-04)The livestock revolution has the potential to reduce poverty and (hidden) hunger but can also be associated with a “long shadow”, that are potential sustainability trade-offs, including regarding environmental and human ... -
Documenting the digital transformation of African agriculture: Use and impact of digital technologies among agricultural intermediaries
Baumüller, Heike; Ikpi, Ubi; Jumpah, Emmanuel Tetteh; Kamau, Geoffrey M.; Kergna, Alpha O.; Mose, Lawrence; Nientao, Abdoulaye; Omari, Rose; Phillip, Dayo; Salasya, Beatrice D. (2022-06)Agricultural intermediaries perform important functions in the African food and agriculture sector. Digital solutions targeted at these intermediaries could improve their service delivery while helping digital agricultural ... -
Doubler le rendement du maïs en afrique grâce à une meilleure gestion des cultures: Résultats d’un modèle de simulation de culture pour éclairer les politiques et la recherche
Baraké, Evelyn; Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan; Gaiser, Thomas (2018-01)Malgré l’importance du maïs en tant que culture de base pour la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique, les rendements dans la région sont très faibles par rapport au reste du monde. Pour répondre à la demande croissante, il est ... -
Doubling the Maize Yield in Africa through better Crop Management: Results from a crop simulation model to inform policy and research
Baraké, Evelyn; Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan; Gaiser, Thomas (2018-01)Despite the importance of maize as a staple crop for food security in Africa, yields in the region are very low in comparison to the rest of the world. To keep up with growing demand, increasing the productivity of Africa’s ... -
Edible weeds and food and nutrition security in the face of the herbicide revolution: A case study from Zambia
Daum, Thomas; Vehre, Alysha; Schweizerhof, Carolin; Schunko, Christoph (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 ... -
Empowering Smallholder Farmers through Farmer Organizations: Insights from Kenya and Burkina Faso
Wortmann-Kolundžija, Eli (2019-12)The market-driven agricultural transformation of the global food system requires all, directly and indirectly, participating actors to compete efficiently and to adapt to changes in consumer demand and buyer requirements. ... -
Ensuring Access to Safe and Nutritious Food for All Through Transformation of Food Systems: A paper on Action Track 1
Hendriks, Sheryl; Soussana, Jean-François; Martin, Cole; Kambugu, Andrew; Zilberman, David (2021-03-19)Action Track 1 of the Food Systems Summit offers an opportunity to bring together the crucial elements of food safety, nutrition, poverty and inequalities in the framework of food systems in the context of climate and ... -
Ethiopia - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security
Admassie, Assefa; Abebaw, Degnet (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 ... -
Farm Mechanization in Indian Agriculture with Focus on Tractors
Gulati, Ashok; Juneja, Ritika (2020-09)Our analysis shows that farm mechanization in India, especially the use of tractors, has made commendable progress. With major policy changes, entry of private farm machinery manufacturing companies and foreign collaborations, ... -
Farmer Innovation Contests: Tapping the Innovative Potential of Smallholder Farmers
Baumüller, Heike; Wünscher, Tobias; Tambo, Justice A. (2016-07)Generating agricultural innovations has traditionally been attributed to research organizations. The farmer’s own potential for the development of innovative solutions has largely been neglected. Our experience with Farmer ... -
The farming question: Intergenerational linkages, gender and youth aspirations in rural Zambia
Ogunjimi, Oluwafemi; Daum, Thomas; Kariuki, Juliet (2021-07)With agriculture considered key to generate jobs for Africa’s growing population, several studies have explored youth aspirations towards farming. While many factors explaining aspirations have been well studied, little ... -
Food Systems: Definition, Concept and Application for the UN Food Systems Summit
von Braun, Joachim; Afsana, Koaisar; Fresco, Louise O.; Hassan, Mohamed; Torero, Maximo (2021-03-05)The UN Food System Summit seeks to alter food systems to be healthier, safer, more sustainable, more efficient, and more equitable. This paper aims to inform the public and stakeholders interested in the Food Systems Summit ... -
Foreign direct investment in the African food and agriculture sector: trends, determinants and impacts
Husmann, Christine; Kubik, Zaneta (2019-04)In this paper, we seek to answer three research questions: (1) What is the pattern of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the African food and agriculture sector in the last 15 years? (2) What are the drivers of FDI in the ... -
Foreign Direct Investments In Africa’s Food And Agriculture Sector: How understanding and channeling FDI better could unlock a powerful development tool
Baraké, Evelyn; Husmann, Christine; Kubik, Zaneta (2019-02)Despite African governments’ efforts to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into their food and agriculture sector and the counter-criticism this has provoked, surprisingly little research has been conducted to better ... -
The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link: Estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia with time-use data
Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina (2019-08)In the quest to reduce global under- and malnutrition, which is particularly high among smallholder farmers, agriculture-nutrition linkages have received a lot of attention in recent years. Researchers have analysed the ... -
The Forgotten Agriculture-Nutrition Link: Estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia
Heni, Jakob; Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina (2020-03)Worldwide, 821 million people do not have access to enough calories, they are undernourished. In addition, close to two billion people lack micronutrients, they are malnourished and suffer from hidden hunger. Smallholder ... -
From agricultural to economic growth: Targeting investments across Africa
Getahun, Tigabu; Baumüller, Heike; Nigussie, Yalemzewd (2018-03)This paper examines whether investment in the agriculture and food sectors in Africa significantly increases overall economic growth and, hence, reduces food and nutrition insecurity. To this end, the study examines the ...