Feed accounts for 60–80% of tilapia production costs, and high feed cost and limited feed access are major issues faced by fish farmers. A potential solution is for farmers to produce their own feeds using cheaper and locally available ingredients. This paper evaluates the feed formulation training implemented in Ghana as part of the Fisheries […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Assessing the risk of COVID-19 in Feed the Future countries
By Jawoo Koo, Carlo Azzarri, Aniruddha Ghosh, Wahid Quabili In anticipation of the development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine—the distribution of which will be a complex and sensitive issue—governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populations. Problematically, however, tracking data for most low- and […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
New IFPRI book: An Evolving Paradigm of Agricultural Mechanization Development: How Much Can Africa Learn from Asia?
A new IFPRI book analyzes the mechanization evolution of thirteen Asian and African countries, drawing potential lessons for sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural mechanization development going forward. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
IFPRI book: What Africa can learn from Asia about agricultural mechanization
This issue post is cross-posted from the main IFPRI website and was originally written by Francesca Edralin. Agricultural mechanization has many benefits for developing countries: It raises productivity and lowers costs, makes supply chains more effici... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Value Chain Development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions
Value chains are series of activities or processes that aim at creating and adding value to any product at every step during the production process. How, where, and when might it be appropriate to intervene in value chains, particularly to benefit smallholders? In their paper on value chain development, Shashi Kolavalli and co-authors examined interventions […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
