Browsing PARI Policy Briefs by Classification (DDC) "ddc:630"
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Agricultural Innovations at the Technological Frontier in India
Baraké, Evelyn; Ganguly, Kavery; Gulati, Ashok; von Braun, Joachim (2017-07)Innovations in agriculture hold the key to unlocking sustainable, inclusive growth potential while securing employment opportunities for young people. In India, this has given rise to a new generation of entrepreneurs and ... -
Améliorer les perspectives d'emploi pour la jeunesse rurale d'afrique: Exploiter le pontentiel du secteur agricole pour la creation d’emploi à long terme
Buma Dema, Rudolf; von Braun, Joachim; Kofol, Chiara (2017-11)La prévalence d’emplois vulnérables constitue le principal défi du marché du travail dans les zones rurales. L’organisation Internationale du travail estime que parmi les jeunes travailleurs de l’Afrique subsaharienne ... -
Building digital bridges in African value chains: Use and impact of digital technologies among agricultural intermediaries
Baumüller, Heike (2023-01)High hopes have been pinned on digital agricultural (D4Ag) solutions to increase agricultural productivity and food security in Africa. Such solutions provide digitally enabled services to agricultural producers and other ... -
Comparing African Countries and Indian States: Lessons for promoting agricultural growth, employment and food security
Baumüller, Heike; Gulati, Ashok; Jose, Shyma; Kornher, Lukas; Usman, Muhammed; von Braun, Joachim (2021-11)What may be learned from Africa and India on how they transform their food and agriculture sectors to provide affordable and healthy diets for all? And what are potential insights that may inform future strategic directions ... -
Concours de l'Innovation Paysanne: Exploiter le potentiel d’innovation des petits agriculteurs
Baumüller, Heike; Wünscher, Tobias; Tambo, Justice A. (2016-07)La création des innovations agricoles revient traditionnellement aux organismes de recherche. Le potentiel de l’agriculteur à développer des solutions innovantes était largement négligé. Les concours de l’innovation paysanne ... -
Digitale Technologien in der afrikanischen Landwirtschaft: Der Weg zu erschwinglichen, nutzbaren und integrierten IKT-Lösungen
Baraké, Evelyn; Baumüller, Heike (2018-07)Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) werden weltweit immer zugänglicher und erschwinglicher. Die Erwartungen sind hoch, dass diese Technologien die kleinbäuerliche Landwirtschaft revolutionieren können, indem ... -
Doubler le rendement du maïs en afrique grâce à une meilleure gestion des cultures: Résultats d’un modèle de simulation de culture pour éclairer les politiques et la recherche
Baraké, Evelyn; Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan; Gaiser, Thomas (2018-01)Malgré l’importance du maïs en tant que culture de base pour la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique, les rendements dans la région sont très faibles par rapport au reste du monde. Pour répondre à la demande croissante, il est ... -
Doubling the Maize Yield in Africa through better Crop Management: Results from a crop simulation model to inform policy and research
Baraké, Evelyn; Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan; Gaiser, Thomas (2018-01)Despite the importance of maize as a staple crop for food security in Africa, yields in the region are very low in comparison to the rest of the world. To keep up with growing demand, increasing the productivity of Africa’s ... -
Farmer Innovation Contests: Tapping the Innovative Potential of Smallholder Farmers
Baumüller, Heike; Wünscher, Tobias; Tambo, Justice A. (2016-07)Generating agricultural innovations has traditionally been attributed to research organizations. The farmer’s own potential for the development of innovative solutions has largely been neglected. Our experience with Farmer ... -
Foreign Direct Investments In Africa’s Food And Agriculture Sector: How understanding and channeling FDI better could unlock a powerful development tool
Baraké, Evelyn; Husmann, Christine; Kubik, Zaneta (2019-02)Despite African governments’ efforts to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into their food and agriculture sector and the counter-criticism this has provoked, surprisingly little research has been conducted to better ... -
The Forgotten Agriculture-Nutrition Link: Estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia
Heni, Jakob; Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina (2020-03)Worldwide, 821 million people do not have access to enough calories, they are undernourished. In addition, close to two billion people lack micronutrients, they are malnourished and suffer from hidden hunger. Smallholder ... -
How to develop Knowledge and Skills for Mechanization in Africa: Historical examples from the United States and Germany
Daum, Thomas; Huffman, Wallace E.; Birner, Regina (2018-01)Agricultural mechanization is now high on the policy agenda of many African countries, yet few of these efforts emphasize the development of knowledge and skills. However, without the appropriate knowledge and skills, using ... -
How to engage smallholder producers in scaling the dairy and poultry sectors: Lessons from India
Konok, Khadeja Akter; Gulati, Ashok; Ritika, Juneja (2024-02)India is a land of smallholders and its dairy and poultry sectors are no exception. The average herd size of the dairy sector is less than four animals per household. Nevertheless, India is the largest milk producer in the ... -
Improving Employment Prospects for Africa’s Rural Youth: Harnessing the potential of the agriculture sector for long-term job creation
Baraké, Evelyn; von Braun, Joachim; Kofol, Chiara (2017-11)Rural youth are an important yet underutilised resource for agricultural growth and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In rural areas, the prevalence of vulnerable, low-quality jobs constitutes the main ... -
Improving Protein Nutrition of Dairy Cattle in the tropics: The case of East Africa
Bateki, Christian A.; Salazar-Cubillas, Khaterine; Wassie, Shimels S.; Sainz-Sánchez, Pedro A.; Dickhöfer, Uta (2019-06)In East Africa, dairy production is growing at an average rate of 2.7% per year. The increasing demand for milk may offer considerable income opportunities for small- to medium-scale dairy farmers, and thereby alleviate ... -
Innovation for Sustainable Agricultural Growth in Africa: Insights from Research Dossiers on 12 PARI Partner Countries
Kirui, Oliver K.; Sore, Sougrynoma Z. (2018-01)This brief summarizes the findings from the independent research conducted by the Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI) which inform SEWOH investments. It compiles analyses of the current state ... -
Innovations pour surmonter les problemes complexe de la faim: Voies alternatives vers la sécurité alimentaire
Haluska, Nicholas; von Braun, Joachim (2018-07)La transformation des zones rurales et l‘augmentation de la productivité des petites exploitations sont indispensables pour atteindre l‘objectif de vaincre la faim et la malnutrition. Parmi les 815 millions de personnes ... -
Innovations to overcome the increasingly complex problems of hunger: Alternative Pathways towards Food Security
Haluska, Nicholas; von Braun, Joachim (2018-07)Transforming rural areas and increasing the productivity of smallholder farms are indispensable to meet the goal of overcoming hunger and malnutrition. After years of improvements, hunger levels rose again in 2016. Of the ... -
Leveling the playing field for women in African agriculture: Interventions to address gender-based inequalities
Baraké, Evelyn; Njiraini, Georgina; Ngigi, Marther (2020-03)Women provide about 40% of agricultural labour in Africa (albeit with variations across countries), excluding time allocated to livestock, food processing and marketing. Most of that time is spent on crop production. Despite ... -
Like Uber for Tractors?: How to strengthen the rural sharing economy in India and Africa
Daum, Thomas; Baumüller, Heike (2020-07)With even basic models costing 10.000 Euro, tractors are out of reach for most smallholder farmers. However, farmers do not need to own tractors in order to benefit from them. Following the idea of the sharing economy, ...