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Virtual Event: Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Four Field Experiments.

Abstract: Smallholder farming in many developing countries is characterized by low productivity and low-quality output. Low quality limits the price farmers can command and their potential income. We conduct a series of experiments among maize farmers ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

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