To Achieve Total Irrigation, Nitish Kumar Must Subsidise Water Pumps, Not Electricity Bihar is set to elect a new government
The post To Achieve Total Irrigation, Nitish Kumar Must Subsidise Water Pumps, Not Electricity appeared first on IFPRI South As... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Towards Improving Seed Varieties, Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization
Over the period spanning 11-25 June 2019, Dr Hiroyuki Takeshima, Senior Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), delivered four research seminars to an overall audience of 253 representatives from government and ac... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
FTF Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project delivers policy research seminar to Agric Ministry on irrigation, seed varieties and mechanization issues
On 1 February 2019, Dr, Hiroyuki Takeshima, Senior Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), delivered a policy research seminar to 25 high-ranking staff of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Develo... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
Why irrigation is key to feeding Africa south of the Sahara’s growing population
This post is cross posted from the IFPRI website and was originally written by Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of IFPRI's Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD). The post first appeared in African Leadership Magazine. Can Africa south of the Sahara feed itself? This question has been asked for decades, but no satisfying answer has yet been >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Do men and women benefit equally from technology adoption? New paper explores
Researchers have sought to understand what keeps women’s observed rates of agricultural technology adoption low. But what happens after a new technology is adopted by a household? Do women’s lives really become better? Are they more empowered? A new paper explores these questions using the example of adopting small-scale irrigation technologies in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania.
