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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 ...
Empowering Smallholder Farmers through Farmer Organizations: Insights from Kenya and Burkina Faso
(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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Von den Potenzialen zur Realität: Wie die afrikanische Lebensmittelproduktion gesteigert werden kann: Investitionen und politische Prioritäten für eine ausreichende, nährstoffreiche und nachhaltige Lebensmittelversorgung
(2020-10)
Diese Studie zeigt Wege auf, wie Afrika sein Potenzial zur Sicherung der Versorgung mit Nahrungsmitteln für eine erschwingliche und gesunde Ernährung durch die nachhaltige Nutzung seiner eigenen Ressourcen ausschöpfen kann. ...
Can Mobile Money Facilitate Cash Transfers to Farmers and the Rural Poor in the COVID-19 Context?
(2020-06)
Mobile money is widespread across Africa. The GSMA reports that around half of the 1 billion mobile money accounts worldwide were registered in Africa in 2019. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) alone, mobile money transactions ...
Youth aspirations, perceptions of farming, and migration decisions in rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Further empirical evidence from Ethiopia
(2020-05)
The study discusses the aspirations and preferences of youth in rural sub-Saharan Africa using a large-scale SMS-based survey data and complements it with an investigation on the causal effects of adolescent aspirations ...
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 ...
