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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 ... -
Uzbekistan – A Region of World Society (?) Variants of Differentiation in Agricultural Resources Governance
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina; Van Assche, Kristof; Shtaltovna, Anastasiya (2015-04)This article studies the layered coexistence and mutual shaping of three forms of differentiation (functional, segmentary, hierarchical) in rural Uzbekistan, a region of world society that, since 1991, is undergoing ... -
Vartan bhanji-exchange practices and social (im-)mobility: Exploring the coping strategies of low-income households of different biraderis in rural Punjab
Nasir, Aftab; Mielke, Katja (2015-07)This paper assesses whether vartan bhanji exchange practices are a boon or a burden, an enabling or disabling factor, a pass or an impasse for social mobility of the poor households of biraderis living in rural areas of ... -
Verbesserung der Beschäftigungsaussichten für die ländliche Jugend Afrikas: Wie der Agrarsektor für die langfristige Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen genutzt werden kann
Baraké, Evelyn; Götz, Katharina; von Braun, Joachim; Kofol, Chiara (2017-11)Die ländliche Jugend Sub-Sahara Afrikas (SSA) ist eine wichtige, jedoch unzureichend genutzte Ressource für landwirtschaftliches Wachstum und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in der Region. In ländlichen Gebieten stellt die ... -
The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 15, 2021
Leape, Jim; Micheli, Fiorenza; Tigchelaar, Michelle; Allison, Edward H.; Basurto, Xavier; Bennett, Abigail; Bush, Simon R.; Cao, Ling; Crona, Beatrice; DeClerck, Fabrice; Fanzo, Jessica; Gephart, Jessica A.; Gelcich, Stefan; Golden, Christopher D.; Hicks, Christina C.; Kishore, Avinash; Koehn, J. Zachary; Little, David C.; Naylor, Rosamond L.; Selig, Elizabeth R.; Short, Rebecca E.; Sumaila, U. Rashid; Thilsted, Shakuntala H.; Troell, Max; Wabnitz, Colette C.C. (2021-04-15)Blue foods – fish, invertebrates, algae and aquatic plants captured or cultured in freshwater and marine ecosystems – play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the ... -
Vocational Education and Training for Farmers and Other Actors in the Agri-Food Value Chain in Africa
Kirui, Oliver K.; Kozicka, Marta (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 ... -
Von den Potenzialen zur Realität: Wie die afrikanische Lebensmittelproduktion gesteigert werden kann: Investitionen und politische Prioritäten für eine ausreichende, nährstoffreiche und nachhaltige Lebensmittelversorgung
Baumüller, Heike; von Braun, Joachim; Admassie, Assefa; Badiane, Ousman; Baraké, Evelyn; Börner, Jan; Bozic, Izidora; Chichaibelu, Bezawit B.; Collins, Julia; Daum, Thomas; Gatiso, Tsegaye; Gerber, Nicolas; Getahun, Tigabu D.; Glatzel, Katrin; Hendriks, Sheryl; Kirui, Oliver K.; Kornher, Lukas; Kubik, Zaneta; Luedeling, Eike; Mirzabaev, Alisher; Ndiaye, Papa Gora; Sakketa, Tekalign; Shah, Meera; Tadesse, Getaw; Walakira, John (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. ... -
Water for Food Systems and Nutrition: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit May, 2021
Ringler, Claudia; Agbonlahor, Mure; Baye, Kaleab; Barron, Jennie; Hafeez, Mohsin; Lundqvist, Jan; Meenakshi, J.V.; Mehta, Lyla; Mekonnen, Dawit; Rojas-Ortuste, Franz; Tankibayeva, Aliya; Uhlenbrook, Stefan (2021-05)Access to sufficient and clean freshwater is essential for all life. Water is also essential for food system functioning: as a key input into food production, but also in processing and preparation, and as a food itself. ... -
‘We would rather die from Covid-19 than from hunger ́ - Exploring lockdown stringencies in five African countries
Birner, Regina; Blaschke, Nikola; Bosch, Christine; Daum, Thomas; Graf, Sarah; Güttler, Denise; Heni, Jakob; Kariuki, Juliet; Katusiime, Roseline; Seidel, Anna; Senon, Zinsou Narcisse; Woode, George (2020-12)Facing the first wave of COVID-19, African countries were confronted with a dilemma: enacting strict lockdowns in order to “flatten the curve” could lead to a potentially severe drop in food security. Given this catch-22 ... -
What are the Effects of Agricultural Mechanization?: A case study from Zambia
Heni, Jakob; Daum, Thomas; Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Birner, Regina (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, ... -
White Revolution in India: What smallholders can do given the right ecosystem
Gulati, Ashok; Juneja, Ritika (2023-09)The key objective of this paper is to demonstrate what smallholders can do in the dairy sector given the right ecosystem. India’s story of the “white revolution” is a story that can inspire millions in smallholder economies. ... -
A Whole Earth Approach to Nature Positive Food: Biodiversity and Agriculture
DeClerck, Fabrice A. J.; Koziell, Izabella; Benton, Tim; Garibaldi, Lucas A.; Kremen, Claire; Maron, Martine; Rumbaitis Del Rio, Cristina; Sidhu, Aman; Wirths, Jonathan; Clark, Michael; Dickens, Chris; Estrada Carmona, Natalia; Fremier, Alexander K.; Jones, Sarah K.; Khoury, Colin K.; Lal, Rattan; Obersteiner, Michael; Remans, Roseline; Rusch, Adrien; Schulte, Lisa A.; Simmonds, Jeremy; Stringer, Lindsay C.; Weber, Christopher; Winowiecki, Leigh (2021-07)Agriculture is the largest single source of environmental degradation, responsible for over 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 70% of freshwater use and 80% of land conversion: it is the single largest driver ... -
Wie man Kenntnisse und Fertigkeiten für die landwirtschaftliche Mechanisierung in Afrika entwickelt: Historische Beispiele aus den Vereinigten Staaten und Deutschland
Daum, Thomas; Huffman, Wallace E.; Birner, Regina (2018-01)Landwirtschaftliche Mechanisierung steht heute ganz oben auf der politischen Agenda vieler afrikanischer Länder, aber nur wenige der Bestrebungen betonen die Förderung von Kenntnissen und Fertigkeiten (siehe PARI Policy ... -
Women in African Agriculture: Integrating Women into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector
Njiraini, Georgina; Ngigi, Marther; Baraké, Evelyn (2018-10)Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa’s agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the labour, but facing significant obstacles, including unequal access to land, traditional division of labour, ... -
Women’s participation in household decisions and gender equality in children’s education: Evidence from rural households in Pakistan
Saleemi, Sundus; Kofol, Chiara (2022-01-29)In this study we test if households where women participate in decisions regarding children’s education incur more equal expenditures on education of boys and girls. To this end, we estimate changes in households’ share ... -
Yield effects of selected agronomic innovation packages in maize cropping systems of six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan; Gaiser, Thomas (2018-05)Implementation of suitable innovation packages into cropping systems is required to address the issues of food security and improvement of the crop yield in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, quantification of the effects of ... -
Youth aspirations, perceptions of farming, and migration decisions in rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Further empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Mussa, Essa Chanie (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 ...