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‘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 ... -
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. ... -
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, ... -
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 ...