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Tapping Potentials of Innovation for African Food Security and Sustainable Agricultural Growth: an Africa-wide Perspective
Husmann, Christine; von Braun, Joachim; Badiane, Ousmane; Akinbamijo, Yemi; Fatunbi, Oluwole A.; Virchow, Detlef (2015-09)While in the past, increased use of inputs and expansion of agricultural land accounted for a good part of agricultural growth in Africa, improvements in productivity will need to be a major driver of growth in the future. ... -
Targeting Small-Scale Irrigation Investments using Agent-Based Modeling: Case Studies in Mali and Niger
Olayide, Olawale E.; Sangare, Saadatou A.; Koo, Jawoo; Xie, Hua (2020-10)Small-scale irrigation has been identified as a potential adaptation strategy for climate change and boosting food security and livelihoods in dry regions. This study presents the analysis of the potential adoption of ... -
Technologies and infrastructure to reduce the work burden of women: Insights from time-use studies in Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda
Saleemi, Sundus; Getahun, Tigabu D.; Mekonnen, Jemberu L.; Asante, Felix A.; Awo, Martha A.; Bonzo, Benjamin B.; Sam, Ralph; Isoto, Rosemary E.; Nakamatte, Irene; Bashaasha, Bernard (2024-06)Gender and social norms in African countries result in a greater share of overall work on women than men. Notably, women and girls across the globe undertake a greater share of unpaid domestic and care work than men. This ... -
Territory, border, infrastructure: Imagining and crafting national borderlands in twentieth century China
Kinzley, Judd; Joniak-Lüthi, Agnieszka (2016-12) -
Testing the mHM-MPR Reliability for Parameter Transferability across Locations in North–Central Nigeria
Ogbu, Kingsley Nnaemeka; Rakovec, Oldrich; Shrestha, Pallav Kumar; Samaniego, Luis; Tischbein, Bernhard; Meresa, Hadush (2022-09-02)Hydrologic modeling in Nigeria is plagued by non-existent or paucity of hydro-metrological/morphological records, which has detrimental impacts on sustainable water resource management and agricultural production. Nowadays, ... -
The Anxiety of Development: Megaprojects and the Politics of Place in Gwadar, Pakistan
Jamali, Hafeez A. (2013-01)This working paper explores the social geography of anticipation, desire, exclusion, and control that has emerged as a result of Baloch fishermen’s entanglement with the Pakistani government’s plans to develop a large ... -
The Bioeconomy and Food Systems Transformation: Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit February 17, 2021
Trigo, Eduardo; Chavarria, Hugo; Pray, Carl; Smyth, Stuart J.; Torroba, Agustin; Wesseler, Justus; Zilberman, David; Martinez, Juan F. (2021-04-17)The most widely recognized definition of bioeconomy was proposed in the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2018 framework: “bioeconomy is the production, utilization and conservation of biological resources, including related ... -
The localisation of the transnational Tablighi Jama’at in Kyrgyzstan: structures, concepts, practices and metaphors
Toktogulova, Mukaram (2014-03)The transnational Tablighi Jama’at (TJ), which emerged and expanded outward from India and Pakistan in the early and mid-twentieth century, started to extend its missionary activities into Central Asia in the course of the ... -
The Ontological Sources of Political Stability and Economy: Mahalla Mediation in the Rural Communities of Southern Tajikistan
Boboyorov, Hafiz (2013-09)For the sake of a modest contribution to Crossroads Studies, this article argues that state and society in Tajikistan is embedded into personal (kinship, patron-client, etc.) networks of people. These networks structure ... -
The Significance of Geopolitical Issues for Internal Development and Intervention in Mountainous Areas of Crossroads Asia
Kreutzmann, Hermann (2013-01)This working paper illustrates the process of territorial transformation in time and space. From the period of Silk Road networks to imperial designs for spatial control in Crossroads Asia, external interests for local and ... -
The Transition Steps Needed to Transform Our Food Systems: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 26, 2021
Webb, Patrick; Flynn, Derek J.; Kelly, Niamh M.; Thomas, Sandy M. (2021-04-26)Today’s food systems are asked to nourish the world’s growing population in ways that do no harm to either human or planetary health. However, the growing problems facing food systems now amount to a two-fold crisis. ... -
There is No Single Challenge, Nor Single Solution, for Food Systems Transformations: Making plurality visible: A Food System Summit Brief prepared by Science Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit
Rivera-Ferre, Marta G.; Mottet, Anne; Pereira, Laura; Penker, Marianne; Candel, Jeroen; Davies, Anne; Jackson, Peter; Heinonen, Marina; McAllister, Tim; Termeer, Katrien; Hristov, Alexander Nikolov (2021-08)There is a growing call (and agreement) to transform food systems towards sustainable, just and healthy systems, understanding that transformation is about fundamental, system- wide changes, beyond piecemeal interventions ... -
Time Use among Rural Households in Ethiopia: Implications for Household Welfare and Productivity
Getahun, Tigabu Degu; Mekonnen, Jemberu Lulie (2024-06)This study investigates the dynamics of time allocation within Ethiopian rural households. Analysis of daily time allocation shows a contrast in total work hours between men and women, with women shouldering a significantly ... -
Towards a Digital One-Stop-Shop for African Producers?: Strategic Decisions of Digital Agricultural Platform Providers
von Bismarck-Osten, Matthias (2021-06)The rapid spread of the mobile phone across Africa has stimulated a large number of digital services targeted at small-scale producers. More ecently, such services are increasingly being bundled and offered via integrated ... -
Trade and Sustainable Food Systems: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit June 8, 2021
Zimmermann, Andrea; Rapsomanikis, George (2021-06-08)Trade is an integral part of our food systems. It connects people at all stages of agricultural and food value chains, linking farmers with consumers across the world. It also links nations to each other and thus scales ... -
Transforming Chinese Food Systems for both Human and Planetary Health: Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 18, 2021
Fan, Shenggen; Huang, Jikun; Zhang, Fusuo; Zhao, Wenhua; Song, Hongyuan; Nie, Fengying; Sheng, Yu; Wang, Jinxia; Bi, Jieying; Cong, Wenfeng (2021-04-18)Over the past four decades, China's food security and nutritional status have improved significantly witnessed by elimination of hunger and poverty, increased diversity of diets, and reduction in child stunting. However, ... -
The Transition Steps Needed to Transform Our Food Systems: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 26, 2021
Webb, Patrick; Flynn, Derek J.; Kelly, Niamh M.; Thomas, Sandy M. (2021-04-26)Today’s food systems are asked to nourish the world’s growing population in ways that do no harm to either human or planetary health. However, the growing problems facing food systems now amount to a two-fold crisis. ... -
Translocal Lives: Patterns of Migration in Afghanistan
Schetter, Conrad (2012-01-03)We generally associate civil wars with flows of refugees. We tend to give much less consideration to the way in which patterns of migration that arise as a result of violent conflicts, especially long-lasting ones, take ... -
Trends and Prospects of Change in Wheat Self-Sufficiency in Egypt
Abdalla, Ahmed; Stellmacher, Till; Becker, Mathias (2022-12-20)Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world; however, it produces only half of the 20 million tons of wheat that it consumes annually. The population of Egypt is currently growing by 1.94% per year, and projections ... -
Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria
Daum, Thomas; Roberto, Villalba; Anidi, Oluwakayode; Masakhwe Mayienga, Sharon; Gupta, Saurabh; Birner, Regina (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 ...