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Harvesting Solar Power in India
Gulati, Ashok; Manchanda, Stuti; Kacker, Rakesh (2016-09)Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an ambitious target of 100,000 MW of solar power capacity to be achieved by 2022, when India celebrates 75 years of her independence. This is a grand vision for ushering in a sort of ... -
Healthy Diet: A definition for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021
Hendriks, Sheryle; Hugas, Marta; Neufled, Lynnette M. (2021-03-01)The aim of this document is to propose a definition of healthy diets and related evidence, thus permitting the alignment of terminology for the Food Systems Summit. Diets are combinations of food consumed by individuals ... -
Hidden mobilities in post-Soviet Spaces: Boundaries, scales, identities and informal routes to livelihood
Van Assche, Kristof; Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2014-06)We analyze the hidden mobilities, in physio-spatial, epistemic and social terms that are part and parcel of livelihood strategies in places dominated by informal institutions and authoritarian governance regimes. Soviet ... -
Honey Bee Network in Africa: Co-creating a Grassroots Innovation Ecosystem in Africa
Gupta, Anil; Shinde, Chintan; Dey, Anamika; Patel, Ramesh; Patel, Chetan; Kumar, Vipin; Patel, Mahesh (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 ... -
How could science–policy interfaces boost food system transformation?: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit, May 14th 2021
Hainzelin, Etienne; Caron, Patrick; Place, Frank; Alpha, Arlène; Dury, Sandrine; Echeverria, Ruben; Harding, Amanda (2021-05-14)The world’s food systems must be transformed to make healthier diets more accessible for all, while increasing the sustainability and resilience of these systems, as clearly called for in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ... -
How migrants made their way: The role of pioneering migrants and solidarity networks of the Wakhi of Gojal (Northern Pakistan) in shaping the dynamics of rural-urban migration
Benz, Andreas (2013-07)In this working paper, I investigate the role which solidarity networks based on different types of shared identities, perceived relatedness and kinship affiliations played for enabling, shaping, facilitating and intensifying ... -
How to develop Knowledge and Skills for Mechanization in Africa: Historical examples from the United States and Germany
Daum, Thomas; Huffman, Wallace E.; Birner, Regina (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 ... -
How to engage smallholder producers in scaling the dairy and poultry sectors: Lessons from India
Konok, Khadeja Akter; Gulati, Ashok; Ritika, Juneja (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 ... -
How to keep tractors running in Africa?: Lessons for knowledge and skills development from Zambia
Thoelen, Jan; Daum, Thomas (2019-02)Successful agricultural mechanization requires building knowledge and skills of machinery owners, operators and technicians on how to manage, run, maintain and repair machinery. Building such knowledge and skills still ... -
How to reduce the impact of mothers’ time demands on children’s diets: Insights from women traders in Ghana
Saleemi, Sundus; Bubune Letsa, Crystal; Owusu-Authur, Johnny; Mohammed, Abubakri; Baah-Tuahene, Sylvia; Yeboah, Marilyn; Omari, Rose (2024-03)Globally, women undertake a larger share of domestic and care work than men. This work is crucial for the provision of goods (e.g. cooked meals) and services (e.g. care) to members of the household including children. In ... -
Identifying Options for the Development of Sustainable Seed Systems: Insights from Kenya and Mali
Christinck, Anja; Rattunde, Fred; Kergna, Alpha; Mulinge, Wellington; Weltzien, Eva (2018-02)This paper results from a study that was commissioned to contribute to the Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI). The overall purpose was to propose an agenda for supporting sustainable ... -
Impacts of agricultural mechanization: Evidence from four African countries
Daum, Thomas; Adegbola, Ygué P.; Kamau, Geoffrey M.; Kergna, Alpha O.; Daudu, Christogonus; Zossou, Roch C.; Crinot, Géraud F.; Houssou, Paul; Mose, Lawrence; Ndirpaya, Yarama; Wahab, A. A.; Kirui, Oliver K.; Fatunbi, Oluwole A. (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 ... -
Impacts of mothers’ time on children’s diets
Saleemi, Sundus; Bubune Letsa, Crystal; Owusu-Authur, Johnny; Mohammed, Abubakri; Baah-Tuahene, Sylvia; Yeboah, Marilyn; Omari, Rose (2024-01)This paper provides insights into how variances in time spent by mothers in home production (i.e., domestic and care work) impact children’s diets. We test the hypothesis that a decrease in the time spent by mothers in ... -
Improving Employment Prospects for Africa’s Rural Youth: Harnessing the potential of the agriculture sector for long-term job creation
Baraké, Evelyn; von Braun, Joachim; Kofol, Chiara (2017-11)Rural youth are an important yet underutilised resource for agricultural growth and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In rural areas, the prevalence of vulnerable, low-quality jobs constitutes the main ... -
Improving energy access in rural areas: How to incentivize the transition to modern energy solutions in rural India
Gaur, Varun; Haluska, Nicholas (2019-06)Access to energy remains a critical issue around the globe. At least 1.3 billion people worldwide do not have adequate access to electricity. Due to the unreliability of the electricity supply, power outages are frequent ... -
Improving milk value chains through solar milk cooling
Salvatierra Rojas, Ana; Torres Toledo, Victor; Mrabet, Farah; Müller, Joachim (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 ... -
Improving Protein Nutrition of Dairy Cattle in the tropics: The case of East Africa
Bateki, Christian A.; Salazar-Cubillas, Khaterine; Wassie, Shimels S.; Sainz-Sánchez, Pedro A.; Dickhöfer, Uta (2019-06)In East Africa, dairy production is growing at an average rate of 2.7% per year. The increasing demand for milk may offer considerable income opportunities for small- to medium-scale dairy farmers, and thereby alleviate ... -
In the age of pandemics, connecting food systems and health: a Global One Health approach: Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit February 15, 2021
Bron, Gebbiena M.; Siebenga, J. Joukje; Fresco, Louise O. (2021-02-15)Local, regional and global food security are affected by the occurrence of epidemics of zoonotic infectious diseases, caused by pathogens that spillover from animals to humans. Currently, this is clearly illustrated by the ... -
India-Africa Partnership in Trade and Investment: With focus on the Agriculture and Food Sector
Gulati, Ashok; Das, Sandip (2020-08)India imports more from Africa than Africa does from India. A large share of Indian imports from Africa are oil and minerals. However, the India – Africa relations in food and agriculture are already important but have ... -
Indian farm wages: Trends, growth drivers and linkages with food prices
Saini, Shweta; Gulati, Ashok; von Braun, Joachim; Kornher, Lukas (2020-11)This study looks at trends in Indian farm wages, analyses their linkage with food prices, and identifies factors which drove their growth in real terms. We employ quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques for this ...