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The status of agricultural water use, access, and productivity in the Limpopo Basin — opportunities for poverty alleviation
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2010The Limpopo River Basin is home to 14,000,000 people, at least half of whom live in rural areas. Over ten million South Africans live in the basin - nearly 25% of the national population. The remaining population live in Botswana - one million people, nearly 60% of the national population - Mozambique and Zimbabwe.DocumentEngaging youth in Climate-Smart Agriculture
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2012Climate-smart agriculture is based upon existing effective climate-smart practices that could be scaled out for implementation in developing and developed countries, in various agricultural systems.DocumentEngaging youth in agricultural policy processes
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2012Saharan Africa has the world’s youngest population and is home to over 200 million young people. Two out of three inhabitants are under 25 years of age.DocumentUnder What Circumstances and Conditions Does Adoption of Technology Result in Increased Agricultural Productivity? A Systematic Review
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013New technology that enables sustainable and profitable production of food and fibre is critical for both food security and economic development. Whether framed in terms of modernisation, productivity enhancement, poverty reduction, social protection, environmental protection or adaptation to climate change, technical change is at the heart of most agricultural policy, programmes and projects.DocumentCereal market dynamics: the Malian experience from the 1990s to present.
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012This paper assesses the role that cereal markets could play in contributing to poverty reduction in both urban areas through reductions in food prices and rural areas through increases in farm incomes, focusing particularly on the Malian experience.DocumentFarmers’ production and marketing response to rice price increases and fertilizer subsidies in the Office Du Niger
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012This paper aims to inform the debate about farmers’ response to the Rice Initiative (RI) in Mali and rising rice prices, comparing crop production and marketing before and after the price spikes and the introduction of the RI in 2009.DocumentFrom research to result: transforming peasant agriculture? Mid-term review of EPINAV Programme, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania. Final report.
The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2014Norway’s Embassy in Dar es Salaam contracted a mid-term review (MTR) of the Programme "Enhancing Pro-Poor Innovations in Natural Resources and Agricultural Value Chains" (EPINAV), implemented by Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in collaboration with Norway’s University of Life Sciences (NMBU).DocumentDynamics of Maize Seed Production Systems in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013Full title: Dynamics of Maize Seed Production Systems in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana: Agricultural Modernisation, Farmer Adaptive Experimentation and Domestic Food Markets Future Agricultures Working Paper 61By Kojo Sebastian Amanor, June 2013DocumentPrivate Equity Investments and Agricultural Development in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013Future Agricultures Working Paper 62Laura Silici and Anna LockeJune 2013DocumentPractice Brief: Promote food security in West and Central Africa
SNV, 2013This practice brief showcases SNV’s activities in West and Central Africa aimed at supporting rural households to achieve food security. It is based on a broad range of case studies that highlight a number of similarities in the quest for solutions, for example:Pages