In Malawi, maize is life – the cereal is the main staple with more than 70 percent of all agricultural plots in the country used for maize farming. This strong dependence on maize has led to a poorly diversified agricultural system with limited dietary diversity. The government of Malawi implements a Farm Input Subsidy Program >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Seminar: ‘Transforming agri-food systems in Ethiopia: evidence from the dairy value chain’
Bart Minten of IFPRI-ESSP presented the work on "Transforming agri-food systems in Ethiopia: evidence from the dairy value chain" at ILRI on December 14, 2018. According to the study, rapid changes in the livestock sector is observed with transformation of agri-food systems in developing countries. However, good data to understand this transformation are often lacking. >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Too good to be true? A model for reaching poor farmers and reducing subsidy costs in Ghana
It is no secret that fertilizer subsidies are back in vogue across SSA as the preferred tool for governments trying to boost incomes of poor smallholder farmers by increasing farm production and agricultural productivity. The financial burden of fertilizer subsidies is also widely recognized, exacerbated by the expense of improving the accuracy of targeting, as […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Does weather risk explain low uptake of agricultural credit?: Evidence from Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 128, by Kibrom A. Abay, Bethelhem Koru, Jordan Chamberlin, and Guush Berhane. Abstract: Credit markets are key instruments by which liquidity constrained smallholder farmers may finance productivity investments. However, the documented low demand and uptake of agricultural credit by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa poses challenges for energizing rural transformation in the region. >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project Commences Training course on Survey Design and Implementation
On 5-6 December 2018, the first ever “Survey Design and Implementation” training was conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Abuja Office on behalf of the Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project, for various st... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
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