The rapid adoption of mobile phones in agricultural and production systems provides an avenue to unlock the potential of digital innovations to transform smallholder agriculture in low- and middle-income countries. Previous research highlights how the ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
NEW PUBLICATION | Digital literacy training to promote diffusion of digital agricultural tools to smallholder farmers
Digital innovations hold significant potential to address multiple forms of market failures. However, their adoption remains low and heterogenous across Africa. Smallholder farmers face significant barriers in accessing essential information, limiting ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Tiseed Project Dessimination Workshop
Ghana is West-Africa’s top producer of tilapia. Growth in Ghana’s aquaculture sector is being driven mainly by large-scale cage tilapia farming in Lake Volta. Tilapia contributes over 77% of cultured fish production, the second being African catfish at 22%. Unfortunately, participation of, women, and youth in this rapidly growing value chain is very limited. About […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Journal Article: The Effect of ICT Use on the Profitability of Young Agripreneurs in Malawi
We are pleased to announce than the article "The Effect of ICT Use on the Profitability of Young Agripreneurs in Malawi", authored by Aubrey Jolex and Adane Tufa had been published in sustainability journal. Follow this link to read and download the fu... 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
