Agricultural technologies shown to be highly effective in research trials often have a lower impact when utilized by smallholder farmers. Both heterogeneous returns and suboptimal application are believed to play a role in this efficacy gap. Source: IFPRI Africa Regional Office (AFR)
Journal Article: An approach for assessing whether agricultural projects help smallholders transition to better livelihood strategies: A Malawian case study
Abstract: Agricultural projects typically aim to promote the uptake of project components amongst targeted small farm populations to improve their farm productivity and welfare. While this approach can be an important first step towards improving small... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
NEW PUBLICATION: Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming: Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt
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
NEW PUBLICATION: Plot Size and Sustainable Input Intensification in Smallholder Irrigated Agriculture: Evidence from Egypt
Increasing population pressure and population density in many African countries are inducing land scarcity and land constraints. Tightening land constraints are expected to trigger various responses, including agricultural intensification, as postulate... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
ورشة عمل: قدرة الأدوات الرقمية على دعم المزارعين في مصر | مدونة
تقديم: كيبروم اباى، فاطمة عبد العزيز، على عبد الهادى كجزء من سلسلة الفعاليات تحت مظلة المشروع الممول من الوكالة الأمريكية للتنمية الدولية بعنوان "تقييم التأثير وبناء القدرات"، نظم المعهد الدولي لبحوث سياسات الغذاء ورشة العمل التقنية الافتراضية" قدرة ال... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
