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IFPRI Blog: How Mobile Technologies are Reducing Gender Inequities in Tanzania’s Agrifood System

Precision agriculture technology and digital services are rapidly changing food systems around the world. Mobile phones allow once-isolated communities to connect to new information networks and markets. Such technologies can have large benefits in cou... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Addressing the food crisis in Yemen: The private sector’s key role amid local conflict and global market disruptions from the Russia-Ukraine war

The Yemen conflict, underway since early 2015, has led to an ongoing, unprecedented humanitarian emergency. Food needs far exceed current consumption levels, with 3.5 million pregnant or breastfeeding women and children under 5 suffering from acute mal... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

Virtual Event: Bundling Crop Insurance and Certified Seeds: A five-year Perspective from Kenya

Abstract: Both crop insurance and stress tolerant seeds have the potential to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers in the face of weather shocks. At the same time uptake remains a challenge. We present the results of two projects that bundle ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

IFPRI Policy Brief: The Impact of Market System Development Approaches: The Case of InovAgro in Mozambique

Market system development (MSD) approaches aim to address market failures and frictions that frequently impede adoption of modern yield-enhancing agricultural practices in sub-Saharah Africa. This brief examines the impact of an MSD intervention (InovA... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Virtual Event: The Effect of Extension and Marketing Interventions on Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from the ISFM Malawi Project

Abstract: This impact evaluation report assesses the impact of a programme that aims to encourage farmers, by promoting the use of demonstration plots, farmer-based organisations and farmer field days, to adopt integrated soil fertility and management ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program