by Maxwell Young Cash transfers have been shown to reduce poverty, increase food security and build households assets, cultivate human capital, and provide recipients with dignity and autonomy. Research from Bangladesh and other low- and middle-income settings also shows that cash transfers can reduce intimate partner violence. Click to view interactive Despite […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
ASTI and RUFORUM Launch new data portals for agricultural higher education in Africa
The International Food Policy Research Institute’s Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI/IFPRI) and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) have partnered to launch two new online data portals on agricultural higher education capacities in Africa south of the Sahara. The portals offer free, user-friendly data on teaching staff and student populations […] Source: Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
Inaugural conference highlights crisis in agricultural research in Kenya
The latest ASTI data from Kenya, showing dwindling agricultural investment levels and a dearth of national level agricultural researchers, took center stage at a recent high-level conference on agricultural research in Nairobi. The conference, organized by Kenya’s State Department of Agriculture Research in collaboration with 12 international and national research and donor partners, focused on […] Source: Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
Inaugural conference highlights crisis in agricultural research in Kenya
The latest ASTI data from Kenya, showing dwindling agricultural investment levels and a dearth of national level agricultural researchers, took center stage at a recent high-level conference on agricultural research in Nairobi. The conference, organized by Kenya’s State Department of Agriculture Research in collaboration with 12 international and national research and donor partners, focused on […] Source: Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
Agriculture Powering African Transformation
By Qondi Moyo Strong sustained economic growth is a key challenge for the African continent. As discussed in a recent IFPRI volume, economic convergence among poor and rich countries has not happened as quickly as was theorized. The African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) convened the 2018 African Transformation Forum (ATF) on 20-21 June 2018 in […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
