The participation of smallholder farmers in high-value and profitable value chains as well as contract
farming remains low in Africa. This paper aims to identify observable and unobservable constraints that
explain joint participation in profitable v... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Immediate impacts of COVID-19 on the aquaculture value chain in Ghana
Ghana’s aquaculture sector is among the recent success stories of fast-growing agricultural value chains in Africa south of the Sahara. The sector has also shown its vulnerability, with the infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus spreading through tilapia farms in Lake Volta in late 2018. The global COVID-19 human pandemic reached Ghana in early 2020, […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Project Note: Understanding the factors that influence cereal-legume adoption amongst smallholder farmers in Malawi
Understanding the factors that influence cereal-legume adoption amongst smallholder farmers in Malawi MaSSP Project Note, March 2021 Authors: Tabitha Nindi Abstract Although sustainable intensification (SI) practices such as intercropping of cereals wi... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
NEW PUBLICATION: Measurement Error Mechanisms Matter: Agricultural Intensification with Farmer Misperceptions and Misreporting
By Kibrom A. Abay, Leah E. M. Bevis, and Christopher B. Barrett The mechanism(s) that generate measurement error matter for inference. Survey measurement error is typically thought to represent simple misreporting correctable through improved measureme... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Working Paper 34: Beyond the Passbook Relationship
This working paper, authored by Dennis O. Ochieng, examines preferences for contracts among cotton and tea farmers and companies in southern Malawi. The study analyzes the similarities and differences in preferences of farmers and buyers and provides v... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
