Africa

Digital tools and agricultural market transformation in Africa: Why are they not at scale yet, and what will it take to get there?

DISCUSSION PAPER BY KIBROM A. ABAY, GASHAW TADESSE ABATE, JORDAN CHAMBERLIN, YUMNA KASSIM, AND DAVID J.SPIELMAN Despite enthusiasm on the potential of digital innovations to transform agricultural markets in Africa, progress made thus far has be... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

New Publication: Evaluating cereal market (dis)integration in Sudan

WORKING PAPER BY KIBROM A. ABAY, LINA ALAAELDIN ABDELFATTAH, CLEMENS BREISINGER AND KHALID SIDDIG This paper evaluates spatial market and price transmission in cereal markets in Sudan, focusing on wheat and sorghum, two major cereal crops. We use compr... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

Making the most of intra-African trade

Insights from the 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor BY JULIA KURTZ Julie Kurtz is a Research Analyst with IFPRI's Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division. With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting livelihoods, and the new African Continental Free Tra... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

NEW PUBLICATION: 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor

The 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) analyzes continental and regional trends in African agricultural trade flows and policies. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

IFPRI explores impact of COVID-19 on school feeding services and food insecurity

COVID-19 has disrupted programs that assist vulnerable populations worldwide. In addition to education, schools provide daily meals and other services that many families depend on; when schools closed during the pandemic, those services ceased. Kibrom ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office