A new IFPRI-led study assessed the scaling up of agricultural technologies—that is, the approaches and methods that agricultural research and development organizations use to increase the share of households which are regularly using such technologies to improve their agricultural performance. Over the years, several technologies have been developed to help improve agriculture, particularly in developing >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Looking to 2030: Policy simulations using a multi-market model for Malawi
In the early 1990s, IFPRI developed the International Model for Policy Analysis for Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) to help sustainably address long term policy challenges in reducing hunger and poverty and in protecting natural resources. The IMPACT model has been continually expanded and improved to better inform the tough choices decision makers and researchers >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Changing gender roles in agriculture
Gender roles have important implications for agriculture and food security and have been a key consideration in the discourse on agricultural development over the last few decades. However, some commonly repeated facts about gender relations do not seem to hold true today in Ghana and elsewhere in the developing world. IFPRI-Ghana researchers interrogated 20 years […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Structural Change and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Economy-wide analysis of the evolving role of agriculture
ESSP Working Paper 123, by Paul Dorosh, James Thurlow, Frehiwot Worku Kebede, Tadele Ferede, and Alemayehu S. Taffesse. Abstract: The effectiveness of agricultural growth in reducing poverty at the national level depends on several factors, including the productivity of the investments themselves and the structure of the economy – the level of urbanization, the share >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
KNUST Hosts Second Annual GAAE Conference
The Ghana Association of Agricultural Economists (GAAE) held its second annual national conference from 9-10 August 2018 on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus in Kumasi. Hosted by the Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension at KNUST, the conference brought together over sixty agricultural economists and agribusiness experts representing academia, […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
