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What are the Effects of Agricultural Mechanization?: A case study from Zambia
(2020-03)
During the last decade, governments, private actors as well as civil society and development partners have joined efforts to promote a productivity revolution in Africa’s agriculture. For this, smallholder farmers are key, ...
The Forgotten Agriculture-Nutrition Link: Estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia
(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 ...
How to develop Knowledge and Skills for Mechanization in Africa: Historical examples from the United States and Germany
(2018-01)
Agricultural mechanization is now high on the policy agenda of many African countries, yet few of these efforts emphasize the development of knowledge and skills. However, without the appropriate knowledge and skills, using ...
La mecanisation des petites exploitations agricoles en Afrique: Comment aborder les défis de gouvernance des initiatives étatiques et privées de mécanisation?
(2017-09)
Au cours de la dernière décennie, le programme de développement de l’Afrique a conduit à la mise en place d’une variété d’initiatives étatiques et privées visant à promouvoir la mécanisation. Des preuves accablantes montrent ...
Smallholder agricultural mechanization in Africa: Addressing governance challenges of state- and market-led mechanization efforts
(2017-08)
In the past decade, agricultural mechanization has returned to Africa’s development agenda, which has led to a variety of state and market-led initiatives to promote mechanization. Overwhelming evidence suggests that past ...
Do African livestock policies address sustainability trade-offs? Evidence from Kenya, Zambia, and Burkina Faso
(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 ...