PARI Research Outputs: Recent submissions
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Carbon farming in Africa: Opportunities and challenges for engaging smallholder farmers
Schilling, Friederike; Baumüller, Heike; Ecuru, Julius; von Braun, Joachim (2023-03)The IPCC stresses the importance of achieving net-zero CO2 emissions worldwide by 2050 and natural climate solutions, particularly carbon farming, can play a significant role in this goal. However, current markets do not ... -
Can the agroprocessing sector create jobs in Africa?: Evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia
Kubik, Zaneta; Getahun, Tigabu D.; Omari, Rose; Oueslati Zlaoui, Meriem (2022-07)This paper analyzes the potential of the agroprocessing sector to create jobs in Africa, based on the evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia. The analysis uses both primary qualitative data and secondary quantitative ... -
Documenting the digital transformation of African agriculture: Use and impact of digital technologies among agricultural intermediaries
Baumüller, Heike; Ikpi, Ubi; Jumpah, Emmanuel Tetteh; Kamau, Geoffrey M.; Kergna, Alpha O.; Mose, Lawrence; Nientao, Abdoulaye; Omari, Rose; Phillip, Dayo; Salasya, Beatrice D. (2022-06)Agricultural intermediaries perform important functions in the African food and agriculture sector. Digital solutions targeted at these intermediaries could improve their service delivery while helping digital agricultural ... -
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. ... -
Annual Report 2015: Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation - PARI
von Braun, Joachim (2016-04)PARI Annual Report 2015 The Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI) brings together partners from Africa, India and Germany to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth and food and nutrition ... -
Strategies for Scaling Agricultural Technologies in Africa
Ajayi, M. Tunde; Oluwole, Fatunbi; Akinbamijo, Yemi (2018)Africa agriculture requires a systematic way of bringing technologies with very high potentials to scale. This book aims to bridge this gap in knowledge, by reviewing the existing knowledge on scaling technologies and ... -
Beyond adoption: welfare effects of farmer innovation behavior in Ghana
Tambo, Justice A.; Wünscher, Tobias (2016-05)With numerous challenges hindering smallholders’ adoption of externally developed technologies, it is often argued that farmer innovation can play an essential role in rural livelihoods. Yet a rigorous assessment of the ... -
Change in crop management strategies could double the maize yield in Africa
Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan; Gaiser, Thomas (2017-07)Change in cropping practices is required to address the food security issues in Africa. Yet, testing of the performance of such changes, in particular at large scales, often needs significant investments. Crop models are ... -
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 ... -
The Agricultural mechanization in Africa: micro-level analysis of state drivers and effects
Kirui, Oliver Kiptoo (2019-04)This paper examines the state, drivers and, consequently, the impacts of agricultural mechanization in eleven countries in Africa. Using representative multistage stratified household survey data and robust analytical ... -
The complementarity of education and productive inputs among smallholder farmers in Africa
Kirui, Oliver Kiptoo (2019-04)This study seeks to assess the complementarity of education and use of use of agricultural inputs–improved seeds, fertilizers, access to credit facilities (loans)), and the incremental effects of education on intermediate ... -
Ex-ante technology assessment for inclusive poverty reduction and sustainable productivity growth in agriculture (TIGA): A manual
Mohammad Abdul, Malek; Gatzweiler, Franz (2016)The manual presented here is based on the experience and draw out the collected lessons learnt with regard to the design and implementation of the Ex-ante technology assessment and farm household segmentation for inclusive ... -
Of bulls and bulbs: aspirations, opinions and perceptions of rural adolescents and youth in Zambia
Daum, Thomas (2018-07)In Africa, policymakers and development practitioners focus heavily on making farming more attractive for the youth. To reach this goal, different actions are proposed, often emphasising the need for modern technology. ... -
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 ... -
The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link: Estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia with time-use data
Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina (2019-08)In the quest to reduce global under- and malnutrition, which is particularly high among smallholder farmers, agriculture-nutrition linkages have received a lot of attention in recent years. Researchers have analysed the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Agricultural Credit System in India: Evolution, Effectiveness and Innovations
Gulati, Ashok; Juneja, Ritika (2019-09)Indian agriculture is dominated by smallholders. With an average holding size of just 1.08 ha (in 2015-16), and 86 percent of holdings being of less than 2 ha size, Indian agriculture produces sufficient food, feed, and ... -
Skill Development in Indian Agriculture and Food Processing Sectors: A Scoping Exercise
Ganguly, Kavery; Gulati, Ashok; von Braun, Joachim (2019-09)The a griculture and food sector in India employ a significant proportion (about 44 percent) of the workforce, the majority of whom are not very educated and lack formal or informal skill training. Hence, they are unable ... -
The challenges of rural youth employment in Africa: a literature review
Kubik, Zaneta (2022-05)This paper provides a literature review on youth employment challenges in rural Africa. The rapidly changing demographic structure across the continent is expected to have important economic and social consequences, ...