Book: Confronting Drought in Africa’s Drylands: Opportunities for Enhancing...
Drylands make up about 43 percent of the region’s land surface, account for about 75 percent of the area used for agriculture, and are home to about 50 percent of the population, including many poor....
View ArticleWhat do we mean by ‘women’s crops’?
“Women’s crops” is a familiar feature in writing about smallholder agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara. Although not always easy to define, they generally refer to crops grown by women for home...
View ArticlePiecing together the puzzle of underinvestment in agriculture
Tolulope Olofinbiyi and Tewodaj Mogues (IFPRI) are sharing insights from a qualitative study of subnational government spending in Nigeria. Many countries in Africa have a large agricultural...
View ArticleForesight Africa viewpoint: Science and the farm
This viewpoint by PIM Director Karen Brooks was originally written as part of the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative’s Foresight Africa 2017 report. Read the full chapter on increasing employment...
View ArticleThe fourth Annual Bank Conference on Africa: Call for papers
The fourth Annual Bank Conference on Africa (ABCA) will be held at Berkeley, California, on June 5-6, 2017. Titled The Challenges and Opportunities of Transforming African Agriculture, the conference...
View ArticleCall for Concept Proposals: Structural Transformation of African Agriculture...
In collaboration with Cornell University and other partners, PIM will provide competitive grants for travel and training for bright, early career African researchers. The deadline to submit a concept...
View ArticleExploring farmers’ willingness to pay for drought tolerance in maize in Zimbabwe
Adoption of new technologies depends significantly on whether potential users are willing to pay a premium for the associated benefits. The new study explores farmers’ willingness to pay for drought...
View ArticleEvaluating impact of participatory agricultural interventions: do we see what...
“Agricultural (research) programs without rigorous impact evaluation tend to focus on rapid testing (and rollout) of technologies with high-probability adopters to provide swift feedback to donor...
View ArticleStrategic Investment Planning to Improve Growth and Reduce Poverty in Africa
In 2004, BMZ was one of the first organizations to partner with IFPRI in supporting the NEPAD Secretariat and the implementation of CAADP. BMZ’s partnership allowed IFPRI, between 2004 and 2007, to...
View ArticleStrategies for Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Africa
The impact of climate change will be most severe in tropical countries, like many countries in Africa south of the Sahara—particularly in those that have scarce resources to channel into adaptation...
View ArticleA Nutrition Revolution for Africa: How Can African Agriculture Play a Greater...
Africa faces a triple burden of malnutrition: highly prevalent chronic malnutrition characterised by stunting; widespread micronutrient deficiencies; and rapidly increasing prevalence of overweight and...
View ArticleTurkey-Africa partnership for food security and nutrition
Partnerships are critical for accelerating progress toward ending hunger and malnutrition. To this end, leaders from Turkey and Africa met in Antalya, Turkey on 27-28th at the 1st Agriculture Ministers...
View ArticleEn route vers la Conférence 2015 du ReSAKSS
La Conférence Annuelle 2015 du Système d’Analyse Stratégique et de Gestion des Connaissances (ReSAKSS) se tiendra au siège de la Commission Economique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (UNECA) à...
View ArticleAnnouncing 2015 ReSAKSS Conference
The 2015 Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) Annual Conference will take place at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) headquarters in Addis Ababa,...
View ArticleRapport : L’Afrique ne devrait plus compter qu’un seul pays à faibles revenus...
Communiqué de Presse Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter : Yifei Liu, yifei.liu@cgiar.org + 1 202.862.4662 Samrawit Solomon, A.Tigabu@cgiar.org; +251.913.219.288 Daniel Burnett,...
View ArticleNew ASTI data reveals slower growth in agricultural research spending than in...
Updated datasets and analysis for Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) are now live on the ASTI website, including the new ASTI Synthesis Report, “A Comprehensive Overview of Investments and Human Resource...
View ArticleWebinar: The rise of medium-scale farms in Africa
This webinar by Prof. Thomas Jayne (MSU) on May 23, 2017 highlighted the causes and consequences of changing farm size distributions in sub-Saharan Africa. Watch the webinar recording and join the...
View ArticleYes! We Are Winning in the Fight to Reduce Aflatoxin Contamination in Key...
...but the fight is far from over, panel discussion concludes. This was the general conclusion of a three-hour symposium organized by IITA and several other stakeholders to discuss the ongoing efforts...
View ArticleAfrica Must Take the Lead in Addressing Global Health Challenges
The new Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is a former minister of health in Ethiopia. Africa – at last – is now at the centre of global health policy....
View ArticleWhy agricultural research investment lags in Africa south of the Sahara
ASTI’s latest data collection and analysis from Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) exposes a persistent problem and a drag on sustainable development efforts: Growth in research spending is lower than...
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