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Generating Employment and Increasing Income in Agricultural Value Chains and Thereby Fostering Food Security: Case Studies of Rice and Cotton in Benin and Senegal
Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly; Bèye, Assane; Guèye, Adama; Lokonon, Boris; Ndione, Yacor (2018-03)In this paper, we use a case study approach to investigate the patterns of employment and income generation in cotton and rice value chains in Senegal and Benin. The purpose of the paper is to provide a comprehensive ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Investing Sustainably in African Livestock Development: Opportunities and Trade-Offs
Seré, Carlos (2020-08)The production and consumption of animal source foods is central to the ongoing discussion of global food systems. The objectives of this report are first to describe the patterns and changing structures of the Sub-Saharan ... -
Is there Unrecognized Potential in Neglected Livestock Species?
Oguche, Maria; Kariuki, Juliet; Birner, Regina (2021-12)Population growth and changing consumption patterns have resulted in an increasing demand for animal protein, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In meeting this demand, efforts have been geared towards intensifying ... -
Land, Climate, Energy, Agriculture and Development in the Sahel: Synthesis paper of case studies under the Sudano-Sahelian Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security
Mirzabaev, Alisher; Sakketa, Tekalign G.; Sylla, Mouhamadou B.; Dimobe, Kangbéni; Sanfo, Safietou; Admassie, Assefa; Abebaw, Degnet; Coulibaly, Ousmane N.; Rabani, Adamou; Ibrahim, Boubacar; Bokaney, Abdou L.; Seyni, Abdoul A.; Idrissa, Mamoudou; Olayide, Olawale E.; Faye, Amy; Dièye, Mohamadou; Diakhaté, Pape B.; Bèye, Assane; Sall, Moussa; Diop, Mbaye; Osman, Abdelrahman K.; Ali, Adil M.; Garba, Issa; Baumüller, Heike; Ouedraogo, Souleymane; von Braun, Joachim (2021-01)This paper synthesizes a set of national case studies conducted in the Sahelian countries during 2019-2020 as a collaboration between national universities and research institutes, and the Center for Development Research ... -
Made in Africa – How to make local agricultural machinery manufacturing thrive
Daum, Thomas; Adegbola, Ygué Patrice; Kamau, Geoffrey; Kergna, Alpha Oumar; Daudu, Christogonus; Adebowale, Wahab Akeem; Adegbola, Carine; Bett, Charles; Mulinge, Wellington; Zossou, Roch Cedrique; Kirui, Oliver; Fatunbi, Oluwole (2022-11)Manufacturing can play a key role in sustained economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction in Africa. Agricultural machinery manufacturing can contribute to driving overall manufacturing, given the large number ... -
Mali – Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security
Coulibaly, Ousmane N. (2021-01)Mali is a Sub-Saharan African country with 19.1 million people. Almost half of this population lives in poverty, due to the dysfunction of activity sectors (agriculture, energy, education, employment, services, etc.). ... -
Mechanization and automation in Africa’s agroprocessing sector: Implications for jobs and skill needs
Baumüller, Heike; Kubik, Zaneta; Getahun, Tigabu D. (2023-05)A growing demand for higher-value agrifood products in Africa, driven in particular by the rapidly emerging urban middle class, will offer opportunities for the local food and beverage processing industry to generate ... -
Mechanization in African Agriculture: A Continental Overview on Patterns and Dynamics
Kirui, Oliver K.; von Braun, Joachim (2018-06)This study provides an overview on the patterns and dynamics of mechanization in African agriculture over the 10 year period (2005-2014). Farm level and value chain related mechanization are considered. This study looks ... -
Mechanization, digitalization, rural youth: Stakeholder perceptions on mega-topics for African agricultural transformation
Daum, Thomas; Adegbola, Ygué Patrice; Adegbola, Carine; Christogonus, Daudu; Issa, Fadlullah; Kamau, Geoffrey; Kergna, Alpha O.; Mose, Lawrence; Ndirpaya, Yarama; Fatunbi, Oluwole A.; Zossou, Roch C.; Kirui, Oliver; Birner, Regina (2021-12)Agricultural mechanization, digital agriculture, and rural youth engagement are three megatrends occupying policymakers focused on agricultural transformation across Africa. Each of these topics is associated with debates ... -
Modelling the Economy-Wide Impact of Technological Innovation and Mapping Agricultural Potential: The case of Burkina Faso
Sadibou Fall, Cheickh; Fofana, Ismaël; Traoré, Fousseini (2019-11)In this study, we develop an economy wide model for Burkina Faso to assess the most promising opportunities for technological innovations to enhance maize production and productivity and their economywide effects. We ... -
Modelling the Economy-Wide Impact of Technological Innovation and Mapping Agricultural Potential: The case of Malawi
Mathenge, Naomi; Traoré, Fousseini; Fofana, Ismael (2019-12)This discussion paper analyzes the economy-wide impact of a series of agricultural innovations in Malawi. Using an agricultural focused computable general equilibrium model disaggregated to reflect Malawi agro-ecological ... -
Niger – Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security
Adamou, Rabani; Ibrahim, Boubacar; Bonkaney, Abdou L.; Seyni, Abdoul Aziz; Idrissa, Mamoudou; Bellos, Nassourou (2021-01)The Sahel is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in the world. Located in the central part, Niger is facing many complex and interconnected challenges which strongly hinder the achievement of the key ...