A presentation by Sabine Homann Kee-Tui, Julio Onofre Rainde, Andre van Rooyen, Michael Hauser, Shepard Siziba, Daniel Rodriguez, Feliciano Mazuze RUFORUM 4th Biennial Conference 19-24 July 2014
Changing farm structure and rural transformation in AfricaIFPRI-PIM
This presentation by Prof. Thomas Jayne from Michigan State University (MSU) recorded during the PIM Webinar/IFPRI seminar on Oct. 24, 2019, explores if and how the medium-scale farms are driving rural transformation in Africa.
Climate change and agriculture in Central America and the Andean regionIFPRI-PIM
PIM Webinar, January 29, 2020.
Climate change poses a threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its impacts on agricultural production. To help developing countries identify where adaptation measures are most needed, IFPRI, with support from the CGIAR Research Programs on Policy, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), conducted a multiyear study to assess the potential impact of climate change on the agriculture sector through 2050, taking into account the likely landscape of political and economic challenges that policy makers will face. The study integrated results from climate and economic models, and included detailed biophysical and bioeconomic analyses of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica in Central America and Colombia and Peru in the Andean region of South America.
Presenters and panelists:
Timothy Thomas, Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Deissy Martínez Barón, Regional Program Coordinator for Latin America, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS)
Ana R. Rios, Natural Resources and Climate Change Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
More at http://bit.ly/ClimateChangeAgWebinar
- The document outlines a new methodology to measure food losses across the entire agricultural production process, from pre-harvest through post-harvest handling and storage.
- Pilot studies in several countries found that food losses ranged significantly depending on the crop and country, with most losses occurring at the farm level due to weather events, pests, and lack of technology adoption.
- Current projects are testing interventions like improved seed and fertilizer provision, market-based contracts, and decision support tools to incentivize quality and reduce losses in beans in Guatemala and Honduras.
Demand-Driven innovation in agriculture: Creating economic opportunity for sm...ICRISAT
This document summarizes David Bergvinson's presentation on demand-driven innovation in agriculture. It discusses how demand-driven innovation integrates farmer needs into product development. It highlights challenges like climate change and changing demographics that threaten food security. It provides examples of projects in India that achieved adoption at scale through participatory approaches and partnerships. The presentation argues that public-private-producer partnerships, mobile technologies, and open data can help accelerate demand-driven innovation to meet future global food demand in a sustainable way.
Brazil has made agriculture a significant part of its international engagement in Africa. It has established the agricultural research institution Embrapa in countries like Ghana to promote technologies and innovations. However, Brazil's agricultural projects in Africa like ProSavana in Mozambique have been controversial, with criticisms that they primarily support large-scale agribusiness over small family farms. Brazil has also tried to balance business and solidarity objectives in its agricultural cooperation with Africa.
Presentation by Kojo Amanor (University of Ghana) at the China & Brazil in African Agriculture event in London, June 2015.
See http://www.future-agricultures.org/research/cbaa/8037-china-and-brazil-in-african-agriculture-co-operation-or-culture-clash
Changing farm structure and rural transformation in AfricaIFPRI-PIM
This presentation by Prof. Thomas Jayne from Michigan State University (MSU) recorded during the PIM Webinar/IFPRI seminar on Oct. 24, 2019, explores if and how the medium-scale farms are driving rural transformation in Africa.
Climate change and agriculture in Central America and the Andean regionIFPRI-PIM
PIM Webinar, January 29, 2020.
Climate change poses a threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its impacts on agricultural production. To help developing countries identify where adaptation measures are most needed, IFPRI, with support from the CGIAR Research Programs on Policy, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), conducted a multiyear study to assess the potential impact of climate change on the agriculture sector through 2050, taking into account the likely landscape of political and economic challenges that policy makers will face. The study integrated results from climate and economic models, and included detailed biophysical and bioeconomic analyses of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica in Central America and Colombia and Peru in the Andean region of South America.
Presenters and panelists:
Timothy Thomas, Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Deissy Martínez Barón, Regional Program Coordinator for Latin America, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS)
Ana R. Rios, Natural Resources and Climate Change Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
More at http://bit.ly/ClimateChangeAgWebinar
- The document outlines a new methodology to measure food losses across the entire agricultural production process, from pre-harvest through post-harvest handling and storage.
- Pilot studies in several countries found that food losses ranged significantly depending on the crop and country, with most losses occurring at the farm level due to weather events, pests, and lack of technology adoption.
- Current projects are testing interventions like improved seed and fertilizer provision, market-based contracts, and decision support tools to incentivize quality and reduce losses in beans in Guatemala and Honduras.
Demand-Driven innovation in agriculture: Creating economic opportunity for sm...ICRISAT
This document summarizes David Bergvinson's presentation on demand-driven innovation in agriculture. It discusses how demand-driven innovation integrates farmer needs into product development. It highlights challenges like climate change and changing demographics that threaten food security. It provides examples of projects in India that achieved adoption at scale through participatory approaches and partnerships. The presentation argues that public-private-producer partnerships, mobile technologies, and open data can help accelerate demand-driven innovation to meet future global food demand in a sustainable way.
Brazil has made agriculture a significant part of its international engagement in Africa. It has established the agricultural research institution Embrapa in countries like Ghana to promote technologies and innovations. However, Brazil's agricultural projects in Africa like ProSavana in Mozambique have been controversial, with criticisms that they primarily support large-scale agribusiness over small family farms. Brazil has also tried to balance business and solidarity objectives in its agricultural cooperation with Africa.
Presentation by Kojo Amanor (University of Ghana) at the China & Brazil in African Agriculture event in London, June 2015.
See http://www.future-agricultures.org/research/cbaa/8037-china-and-brazil-in-african-agriculture-co-operation-or-culture-clash
The document summarizes key learnings from gender-responsive climate change adaptation projects supported by the Canada-UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Facility (CCAF) in six countries. It finds that addressing food security, water access, unpaid care work, control over resources, participation in decision-making, and the needs of vulnerable groups are important for effective adaptation. Projects in the countries increased food production and incomes by supporting women farmers, collective vegetable plots, and income diversification. They also strengthened water access while promoting women's leadership in water management groups. Initiatives that reduced women's unpaid care work burdens, such as providing fuel or processing technologies, allowed reallocation of time to more productive roles. Overall, the research demonstrates that empower
Launch of Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa BookUNU-WIDER
On 22 April 2016 UNU-WIDER visits the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to launch the new open access book Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Resulting from UNU-WIDER’s project on ’Reconciling Africa’s growth, poverty and inequality trends: growth and poverty’— the book provides a comprehensive re-examination of Africa’s growth, poverty and inequality trends. While the economic growth renaissance in sub-Saharan Africa is widely recognized, much less is known about progress in living conditions. This book comprehensively evaluates trends in living conditions in 16 major sub-Saharan African countries, corresponding to nearly 75% of the total population.
Livestock keeping remains the most important livelihood for 40 million people in the Horn of Africa and Sahel regions, contributing 5-15% of total GDP and up to 60% of agricultural GDP. However, policymaking around the livestock sector lacks reliable data on its economic contributions. Official figures often underestimate the sector due to the complexity of quantifying direct and indirect livestock production and functions. The document discusses several cases studies highlighting the roles of livestock in reducing poverty and increasing resilience in countries like Senegal and Egypt. It argues more research is needed to better measure and account for livestock's environmental and economic values across various markets and supply chains to support improved policies and partnerships around livestock development.
A Farming Systems Approach to Support Planning and Investment in AgricultureFMNR Hub
This document discusses the importance of taking a farming systems approach to support agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. It notes that a one-size-fits-all approach has not been effective due to the diversity of farming systems and households. Taking a farming systems approach allows for understanding the complexity of farm decision making and better targeting of interventions. The document proposes classifying farming systems based on agro-ecology, market access, and commodities to simplify complexity for investment planning while still recognizing internal heterogeneity. This approach could help prioritize poverty reduction pathways, technologies, and policies for each system.
The document discusses agriculture innovation and social inclusion in Brazil. It summarizes how Brazil's Bolsa Familia program provides cash transfers to families living in poverty, helping to double the number of families covered from 2004 to 2009. It also discusses improvements in child mortality, health, and declines in fertility from health and social policies. The document outlines growth in harvested area, production, and meat industries from the 1990s to 2000s. It then discusses various agriculture innovations in Brazil around crop varieties, post-harvest processing, no-tillage farming, and their economic and social impacts.
What determines public budgets for agricultural growth in the developing world?IFPRI-PIM
Webinar by Tewodaj Mogues, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on Sept 26, 2017. See abstract here: https://pim.cgiar.org/2017/09/18/webinar-what-determines-public-budgets-for-agricultural-growth-in-the-developing-world/ Fourth webinar in PIM's 2017 series (https://pim.cgiar.org/2017/05/11/pim-monthly-webinars-may-october-2017/)
Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture Transform...futureagricultures
Eugene Rurangwa, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Presentation to the 11th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
Side event on Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Transformation
Convened by the AU/AfDB/UNECA Land Policy Initiative
Johannesburg
24 March 2015
Nigeria Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program-1:Sorghum Outreach...ICRISAT
Agriculture is the main economic activity in Nigeria but productivity has declined in recent decades, making Nigeria a major food importer. The government initiated the Agricultural Transformation Agenda in 2012 to address issues of poverty, food insecurity, and unemployment through agriculture-led economic growth. The document outlines a sorghum outreach program that conducted demonstrations of new technologies and varieties, trained farmers and youth in seed production, processing, and marketing to promote sorghum value chains and entrepreneurship. Evaluations found the program successfully collaborated with stakeholders to test and disseminate technologies while creating economic opportunities.
Finn Tarp: A High Five to the AfDB: WIDER commentsUNU-WIDER
Finn Tarp's comments at the seminar discussion 'Unlocking Africa's development potential - how to translate economic growth into development goals’ in Helsinki on 9 June 2016.
Overview of Lund University's Afrint project. Summary of findings from the project's 2018 publication, 'Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa'. Publication edited by Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Fred Dzanku and Aida Isinika.
Domestic support disciplines for the 21st century: A blueprint for the WTO Tw...IFPRI-PIM
The document discusses various scenarios for reforming domestic agricultural support policies through changes to limits on Overall Trade Distorting Support (OTDS) and product-specific caps. It analyzes the impacts of different scenarios on world prices, trade volumes, production, and exports of certain commodities. Key variables include the base years and methodology for calculating value of production, thresholds for developing vs developed countries, timelines for phased reductions, and treatments for special products and cotton. Modeling results are presented to compare outcomes across scenarios. Recommendations emphasize the need for simplified rules, special treatment for developing countries, and properly defined caps to avoid loopholes.
COVID-19 and agricultural value chains: Impacts and adaptationsIFPRI-PIM
PIM Webinar recorded on November 29, 2021.
Presenters: Ben Belton - Global Lead, Social and Economic Inclusion, WorldFish
Diego Naziri – value chain and postharvest specialist, International Potato Center (CIP); Leader of “Nutritious Food and Value Added through Post-harvest Innovation” research flagship in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
Gashaw Tadesse Abate - Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Abut Hayat Md. Saiful Islam – Professor at Department of Agricultural Economics at Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Marcel Gatto – Agricultural Economist at the International Potato Center (CIP).
Humnath Bhandari - Senior Agricultural Economist and Country Representative, IRRI Bangladesh.
G.M. Monirul Alam - Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
Full recording of the webinar available at https://bit.ly/3DN18in
Young People, Farming and Food Conference Ghana - Francesca Dalla Valle (FAO)Nawsheen Hosenally
This document summarizes opportunities and constraints for young agro entrepreneurs in Africa. Key points include: Africa's growing population and labor force provide opportunities for youth employment in agriculture; however, youth face high unemployment rates, low incomes, and barriers to education, land access, finance, and information. Addressing these multidimensional needs through improved education, vocational training, land rights, financing, ICT access, climate-smart practices, and youth participation in organizations can help facilitate youth entrance into the agriculture sector and contribute to broader development goals.
Presentation at the Low Emissions Livestock: Supporting Policy Making and Implementation through Science in East Africa regional awareness raising workshop held at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 2 and 4 July 2018.
The Brussels Development Briefing n.60 on “The future of food and agricultural transformation” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat and CONCORD was held on Wednesday 26 February 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing presented trends and discussed the sustainable and healthy food systems, the future of work in agriculture and the need for new skills in very complex food chains, the effects of disruptive innovations, fair and inclusive value chains and trade.
The audience was made up of ACP-EU policy-makers and representatives of the EU Member States, civil society groups, research networks and development practitioners, the private sector and international organisations based in Brussels as well as representatives from ACP regional organisations.
Agricultural mechanization in Africa: Lessons learned from South-South knowle...IFPRI-PIM
PIM webinar conducted on October 4, 2018 by Dr. Hiroyuki Takeshima, International Food Policy Research Institute. More about PIM Webinars and archive her: https://pim.cgiar.org/resource/webinars/
The document provides an overview of recent economic progress and challenges in Africa. While several countries experienced strong growth in the late 1990s, averaging 4% annual GDP growth, overall growth for the decade was only 2.1% due to fragility and external shocks. Poverty remains widespread, with over half of Sub-Saharan Africans living on less than $1 per day. Future growth requires structural transformation beyond reliance on commodities as well as integration into regional and global markets to achieve the 7% growth needed to halve poverty by 2015.
What have we learnt about large-scale land-based investments, and gender-equi...futureagricultures
Ruth Hall
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
Presentation to the 11th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
Side event on Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Transformation
Convened by the AU/AfDB/UNECA Land Policy Initiative
Johannesburg
24 March 2015
This document discusses infrastructure challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. It notes that infrastructure coverage is generally low compared to other regions, with only 15-35% of the population having access to electricity, safe water, or improved sanitation. Transportation costs are also high. Closing the infrastructure gap would require an additional $31 billion per year in spending as well as improvements in efficiency. Rural electrification in particular can positively impact household welfare by increasing hours worked, returns to labor, and access to services while reducing indoor pollution and coping costs.
This document discusses the potential for increasing wheat production in sub-Saharan Africa to reduce dependence on imports and meet growing demand. It finds that many countries have suitable agro-ecologies for competitive wheat production. However, constraints include perceptions that wheat is not suitable for Africa, lack of farmer awareness, subsidized imports, lack of mechanization and research capacity. The document calls for a paradigm shift in policies to recognize opportunities, pilot projects to identify suitable varieties, and addressing knowledge gaps such as detailed profitability studies and constraints to smallholder wheat production.
The impact of improved chickpea adoption on poverty reduction in ethiopiaICRISAT
Ethiopia is the7th largest producer of Chickpea in the world - 90% of Sub-Saharan Africa‘s production. Two types of chickpea: Desi: brown smaller seeds, traditionally cultivated. Kabuli: cream coloured larger seeds, recently introduced. Various improved Kabuli and Desi varieties released. Low improved variety adoption: <1% in 2001 & 18% in 2003. Various initiatives started to accelerate adoption
9 October 2015
Tropical legumes iii :Improving livelihoods for smallholder farmers:Enhanced ...ICRISAT
TL III, being implemented across seven African countries and one country in Asia, is the third phase of a 10-year vision for enhancing productivity of legumes in the drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia through increasing availability and adoption of improved varieties and associated production packages.
The document summarizes key learnings from gender-responsive climate change adaptation projects supported by the Canada-UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Facility (CCAF) in six countries. It finds that addressing food security, water access, unpaid care work, control over resources, participation in decision-making, and the needs of vulnerable groups are important for effective adaptation. Projects in the countries increased food production and incomes by supporting women farmers, collective vegetable plots, and income diversification. They also strengthened water access while promoting women's leadership in water management groups. Initiatives that reduced women's unpaid care work burdens, such as providing fuel or processing technologies, allowed reallocation of time to more productive roles. Overall, the research demonstrates that empower
Launch of Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa BookUNU-WIDER
On 22 April 2016 UNU-WIDER visits the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to launch the new open access book Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Resulting from UNU-WIDER’s project on ’Reconciling Africa’s growth, poverty and inequality trends: growth and poverty’— the book provides a comprehensive re-examination of Africa’s growth, poverty and inequality trends. While the economic growth renaissance in sub-Saharan Africa is widely recognized, much less is known about progress in living conditions. This book comprehensively evaluates trends in living conditions in 16 major sub-Saharan African countries, corresponding to nearly 75% of the total population.
Livestock keeping remains the most important livelihood for 40 million people in the Horn of Africa and Sahel regions, contributing 5-15% of total GDP and up to 60% of agricultural GDP. However, policymaking around the livestock sector lacks reliable data on its economic contributions. Official figures often underestimate the sector due to the complexity of quantifying direct and indirect livestock production and functions. The document discusses several cases studies highlighting the roles of livestock in reducing poverty and increasing resilience in countries like Senegal and Egypt. It argues more research is needed to better measure and account for livestock's environmental and economic values across various markets and supply chains to support improved policies and partnerships around livestock development.
A Farming Systems Approach to Support Planning and Investment in AgricultureFMNR Hub
This document discusses the importance of taking a farming systems approach to support agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. It notes that a one-size-fits-all approach has not been effective due to the diversity of farming systems and households. Taking a farming systems approach allows for understanding the complexity of farm decision making and better targeting of interventions. The document proposes classifying farming systems based on agro-ecology, market access, and commodities to simplify complexity for investment planning while still recognizing internal heterogeneity. This approach could help prioritize poverty reduction pathways, technologies, and policies for each system.
The document discusses agriculture innovation and social inclusion in Brazil. It summarizes how Brazil's Bolsa Familia program provides cash transfers to families living in poverty, helping to double the number of families covered from 2004 to 2009. It also discusses improvements in child mortality, health, and declines in fertility from health and social policies. The document outlines growth in harvested area, production, and meat industries from the 1990s to 2000s. It then discusses various agriculture innovations in Brazil around crop varieties, post-harvest processing, no-tillage farming, and their economic and social impacts.
What determines public budgets for agricultural growth in the developing world?IFPRI-PIM
Webinar by Tewodaj Mogues, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on Sept 26, 2017. See abstract here: https://pim.cgiar.org/2017/09/18/webinar-what-determines-public-budgets-for-agricultural-growth-in-the-developing-world/ Fourth webinar in PIM's 2017 series (https://pim.cgiar.org/2017/05/11/pim-monthly-webinars-may-october-2017/)
Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture Transform...futureagricultures
Eugene Rurangwa, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Presentation to the 11th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
Side event on Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Transformation
Convened by the AU/AfDB/UNECA Land Policy Initiative
Johannesburg
24 March 2015
Nigeria Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program-1:Sorghum Outreach...ICRISAT
Agriculture is the main economic activity in Nigeria but productivity has declined in recent decades, making Nigeria a major food importer. The government initiated the Agricultural Transformation Agenda in 2012 to address issues of poverty, food insecurity, and unemployment through agriculture-led economic growth. The document outlines a sorghum outreach program that conducted demonstrations of new technologies and varieties, trained farmers and youth in seed production, processing, and marketing to promote sorghum value chains and entrepreneurship. Evaluations found the program successfully collaborated with stakeholders to test and disseminate technologies while creating economic opportunities.
Finn Tarp: A High Five to the AfDB: WIDER commentsUNU-WIDER
Finn Tarp's comments at the seminar discussion 'Unlocking Africa's development potential - how to translate economic growth into development goals’ in Helsinki on 9 June 2016.
Overview of Lund University's Afrint project. Summary of findings from the project's 2018 publication, 'Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa'. Publication edited by Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Fred Dzanku and Aida Isinika.
Domestic support disciplines for the 21st century: A blueprint for the WTO Tw...IFPRI-PIM
The document discusses various scenarios for reforming domestic agricultural support policies through changes to limits on Overall Trade Distorting Support (OTDS) and product-specific caps. It analyzes the impacts of different scenarios on world prices, trade volumes, production, and exports of certain commodities. Key variables include the base years and methodology for calculating value of production, thresholds for developing vs developed countries, timelines for phased reductions, and treatments for special products and cotton. Modeling results are presented to compare outcomes across scenarios. Recommendations emphasize the need for simplified rules, special treatment for developing countries, and properly defined caps to avoid loopholes.
COVID-19 and agricultural value chains: Impacts and adaptationsIFPRI-PIM
PIM Webinar recorded on November 29, 2021.
Presenters: Ben Belton - Global Lead, Social and Economic Inclusion, WorldFish
Diego Naziri – value chain and postharvest specialist, International Potato Center (CIP); Leader of “Nutritious Food and Value Added through Post-harvest Innovation” research flagship in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
Gashaw Tadesse Abate - Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Abut Hayat Md. Saiful Islam – Professor at Department of Agricultural Economics at Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Marcel Gatto – Agricultural Economist at the International Potato Center (CIP).
Humnath Bhandari - Senior Agricultural Economist and Country Representative, IRRI Bangladesh.
G.M. Monirul Alam - Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
Full recording of the webinar available at https://bit.ly/3DN18in
Young People, Farming and Food Conference Ghana - Francesca Dalla Valle (FAO)Nawsheen Hosenally
This document summarizes opportunities and constraints for young agro entrepreneurs in Africa. Key points include: Africa's growing population and labor force provide opportunities for youth employment in agriculture; however, youth face high unemployment rates, low incomes, and barriers to education, land access, finance, and information. Addressing these multidimensional needs through improved education, vocational training, land rights, financing, ICT access, climate-smart practices, and youth participation in organizations can help facilitate youth entrance into the agriculture sector and contribute to broader development goals.
Presentation at the Low Emissions Livestock: Supporting Policy Making and Implementation through Science in East Africa regional awareness raising workshop held at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 2 and 4 July 2018.
The Brussels Development Briefing n.60 on “The future of food and agricultural transformation” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat and CONCORD was held on Wednesday 26 February 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing presented trends and discussed the sustainable and healthy food systems, the future of work in agriculture and the need for new skills in very complex food chains, the effects of disruptive innovations, fair and inclusive value chains and trade.
The audience was made up of ACP-EU policy-makers and representatives of the EU Member States, civil society groups, research networks and development practitioners, the private sector and international organisations based in Brussels as well as representatives from ACP regional organisations.
Agricultural mechanization in Africa: Lessons learned from South-South knowle...IFPRI-PIM
PIM webinar conducted on October 4, 2018 by Dr. Hiroyuki Takeshima, International Food Policy Research Institute. More about PIM Webinars and archive her: https://pim.cgiar.org/resource/webinars/
The document provides an overview of recent economic progress and challenges in Africa. While several countries experienced strong growth in the late 1990s, averaging 4% annual GDP growth, overall growth for the decade was only 2.1% due to fragility and external shocks. Poverty remains widespread, with over half of Sub-Saharan Africans living on less than $1 per day. Future growth requires structural transformation beyond reliance on commodities as well as integration into regional and global markets to achieve the 7% growth needed to halve poverty by 2015.
What have we learnt about large-scale land-based investments, and gender-equi...futureagricultures
Ruth Hall
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
Presentation to the 11th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
Side event on Improving Land Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Transformation
Convened by the AU/AfDB/UNECA Land Policy Initiative
Johannesburg
24 March 2015
This document discusses infrastructure challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. It notes that infrastructure coverage is generally low compared to other regions, with only 15-35% of the population having access to electricity, safe water, or improved sanitation. Transportation costs are also high. Closing the infrastructure gap would require an additional $31 billion per year in spending as well as improvements in efficiency. Rural electrification in particular can positively impact household welfare by increasing hours worked, returns to labor, and access to services while reducing indoor pollution and coping costs.
This document discusses the potential for increasing wheat production in sub-Saharan Africa to reduce dependence on imports and meet growing demand. It finds that many countries have suitable agro-ecologies for competitive wheat production. However, constraints include perceptions that wheat is not suitable for Africa, lack of farmer awareness, subsidized imports, lack of mechanization and research capacity. The document calls for a paradigm shift in policies to recognize opportunities, pilot projects to identify suitable varieties, and addressing knowledge gaps such as detailed profitability studies and constraints to smallholder wheat production.
The impact of improved chickpea adoption on poverty reduction in ethiopiaICRISAT
Ethiopia is the7th largest producer of Chickpea in the world - 90% of Sub-Saharan Africa‘s production. Two types of chickpea: Desi: brown smaller seeds, traditionally cultivated. Kabuli: cream coloured larger seeds, recently introduced. Various improved Kabuli and Desi varieties released. Low improved variety adoption: <1% in 2001 & 18% in 2003. Various initiatives started to accelerate adoption
9 October 2015
Tropical legumes iii :Improving livelihoods for smallholder farmers:Enhanced ...ICRISAT
TL III, being implemented across seven African countries and one country in Asia, is the third phase of a 10-year vision for enhancing productivity of legumes in the drought-prone areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia through increasing availability and adoption of improved varieties and associated production packages.
Precision agriculture for SAT; Near future or unrealistic effort?ICRISAT
1) The document discusses precision agriculture approaches for semi-arid tropics (SAT) regions affected by terminal drought.
2) It emphasizes the need to identify the "causal phenotype" - the key traits genetically linked to yield improvement under drought conditions.
3) The authors present research on traits like water use and stay-green that influence yield under terminal drought, and discuss using high-throughput phenotyping, genetics, and crop modeling to guide breeding and management recommendations for different regions.
The Bulletin of Tropical Legumes is a quarterly publication of the Tropical Legumes III (TL-III) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and jointly implemented by the the International Crops Research Institute in the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in close collaboration with partners in the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of the target countries in sub- Saharan Africa and South Asia. TL-III aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in drought- prone areas of the two regions through enhancing grain legumes productivity and production.
During the Africa Regional Planning Meetings held at Harare on 26, 27 April 2016 reviewed the overall programs and action plan and discussed on these objectives :Improved understanding of consumer demand for sorghum and millets in four ESA countries (Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda). Consumption disaggregated by rural/urban, income, and proximity to centres of productionTrends in cereal prices, price and income elasticities of consumption Set research priorities for CGIAR research program for Dryland Cereals
Geo-spatial analysis for effective technology targetingICRISAT
Mapping and monitoring of biophysical and socio economic characteristics of dryland cereals and grain legumes producing areas is key for developing effective targeting strategies, dissemination of new technologies and sustainable crop management and diversification options. This can help in the allocation of limited resources to achieve potential benefits and provide actionable information for decision makers.
Supporting the mission of ICRISAT using Geospatial tools ICRISAT
This document summarizes the work of the RS-GIS laboratory at ICRISAT, Patancheru in supporting ICRISAT's mission through geospatial tools. It outlines how geospatial data can contribute to agricultural research, including crop type and intensity mapping, contributions to collaborative research programs, and spatial analysis for prioritization. It provides examples of crop mapping, length of growing period analysis, abiotic stress mapping, and land use/land cover change detection conducted by the laboratory at various spatial scales across South and Southeast Asia.
Asia Regional Program Planning Meeting- Achieving self sufficiency in pulse p...ICRISAT
On average, over the last three years Indian’s consumed approximately 22 million tonnes of pulses per annum but produced only 18 million tonnes, leaving a shortfall of 4 million tonnes.Pulse self-sufficiency means food security, greater wealth for Indian farmers and a more favourable balance of trade for the nation.Protein energy malnutrition (PEM) is a major public health problem in India. The prevalence of stunting among under fives is 48% and wasting is 19.8% and with an underweight prevalence of 42.5%, it is the highest in the world.
Differential Induction of Flavonoids in Groundnut in Response to Helicoverpa ...ICRISAT
Flavonoids are important plant secondary metabolites, which protect plants from various stresses, including herbivory. Plants differentially respond to insects with different modes of action. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprinting of phenols of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) plants with differential levels of resistance was carried out in response to Helicoverpa armigera (chewing insect) and Aphis craccivora (sucking pest) infestation. The genotypes used were ICGV 86699, ICGV 86031, ICG 2271 (NCAc 343), ICG 1697 (NCAc 17090), and JL 24. Most of the identified compounds were present in H. armigera- and A. craccivora-infested plants of ICGV 86699. Syringic acid was observed in all the genotypes across the treatments, except in the uninfested control plants of ICG 2271 and aphid-infested plants of ICG 1697. Caffeic acid and umbelliferone were observed only in the H. armigera-infested plants of ICGV 86699. Similarly, dihydroxybenzoic acid and vanillic acid were observed in H. armigera- and aphid-infested plants of ICG 2271 and JL 24, respectively. The peak areas were transformed into the amounts of compounds by using internal standard peak areas and were expressed in nanograms. Quantities of the identified compounds varied across genotypes and treatments. The common compounds observed were chlorogenic, syringic, quercetin, and ferulic acids. These results suggest that depending on the mode of feeding, flavonoids are induced differentially in groundnut plants.
Gender, Nutrition and Health: Achievements and key insightsICRISAT
This document summarizes achievements and key insights from Village Dynamics Studies in South Asia related to gender, nutrition, and health. It discusses findings around the feminization of agriculture, assets held by men and women, women's empowerment scores, dietary diversity among women and children, the double burden of malnutrition, and lessons learned. It also outlines ways to integrate more nutrition modules into future phases of Village Dynamics Studies and provide answers to drive action outcomes in areas like translating income increases to nutritional improvements and making communities more resilient.
Towards development of a parasitoid cottage industry in the Sahel for biologi...ICRISAT
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Biological control of the millet head miner in Niger and SenegalICRISAT
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Towards resilient and profitable family farming systems in central Mozambique
1. Sabine Homann Kee-Tui, Julio Onofre Rainde,
Andre van Rooyen, Michael Hauser, Shepard Siziba,
Daniel Rodriguez, Feliciano Mazuze
RUFORUM 4th Biennial Conference
19-24 July 2014,
Maputo
Towards resilient and profitable
family farming systems in
Central Mozambique
2. • Predominant form of agriculture
•Produce most food
•Control most agricultural land
•Vital but often poor and vulnerable
•Opportunity to lift people out of poverty
Importance of family farms
Value chains
On farm
Off farm
3. Family farms as complex systems (Ostrom, 2009)
• Dynamic, adaptive, non-linear
• Social, economic, technical, ecological… dimensions
• External factors can cause change, and change can happen from within
Resilience as ability of a ‘socio-ecological systems’ to adapt (Folke et al 2004 )
• Reduce vulnerability to shocks and recover from shocks
• React to change and make use of opportunities
• Proactively create options and opportunities
Profitability for immediate livelihood benefits (Orr and Mausch, 2014)
• = surplus over costs
• Cash income, with markets as drivers for economic and social change
Win - win: resilience and profitability
Cup and ball model
Van Rooyen, 2013
4. Basic hypotheses
Research and development programs will be
more effective in supporting transformative
change through the use of approaches that
(i) promote resilience and profitability
within a particular farming context, and
(ii) better understand the types of family
farms, their aspirations and resource
limitations.
6. Research methods
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Desktop
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knowledge
Multivariate
statistics
Expert
knowledge
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community visioning
Visualizing current and
desirable states of
agricultural systems
Iterative process of
solutions & adjustments
Participatory
Household
survey
Targeting and
testing preferable
options
Defining barriers and options
7. (Source: CIMMYT)
Marara district
High potential for market
oriented livestock
production
Manica district
High potential for crop
livestock integration and
intensification
Farming systems in Central Mozambique
Marara district
Manica district
9. Community visions and
market opportunities
Market oriented
livestock production
Vulnerable state
Resilient and profitable state
→ Weak social capital (internal/external)
→ Lack of land ownership
→ Lack of knowledge on crop livestock technologies
IP
Barriers + solutions
10. Household types
(n=189)
Resource poor
Share of population (%) 12
Female HHH (%)
Age of HHH (yrs)
Education (yrs)
Information index
Off-farm income (%)
88
54
0.5
10
35
Herd size (TLU)
Cultivated land(ha)
Herd offtake (ct, go,%)
1.9
1.4
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CL integration
Diversified production
Cash income (U$S/yr)
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+
94
How feasible is it for farmers in Marara to step up?
11. Household types
(n=189)
Resource poor Stepping up
Share of population (%) 12 41
Female HHH (%)
Age of HHH (yrs)
Education (yrs)
Information index
Off-farm income (%)
88
54
0.5
10
35
8
35
5.4
14
66
Herd size (TLU)
Cultivated land(ha)
Herd offtake (ct, go,%)
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1.4
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2.3
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Diversified production
Cash income (U$S/yr)
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How feasible is it for farmers in Marara to step up?
12. Household types
(n=189)
Resource poor Stepping up Intensifying CL
Share of population (%) 12 41 47
Female HHH (%)
Age of HHH (yrs)
Education (yrs)
Information index
Off-farm income (%)
88
54
0.5
10
35
8
35
5.4
14
66
12
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Herd size (TLU)
Cultivated land(ha)
Herd offtake (ct, go,%)
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1.4
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1.2
2.3
10 /12
8.2
3.3
9 /16
CL integration
Diversified production
Cash income (U$S/yr)
+
+
94
+
+
338
++
++
475
How feasible is it for farmers in Marara to step up?
13. Household types
(n=189)
Resource poor Stepping up Intensifying CL
Share of population (%) 12 41 47
Female HHH (%)
Age of HHH (yrs)
Education (yrs)
Information index
Off-farm income (%)
88
54
0.5
10
35
8
35
5.4
14
66
12
56
3.1
17
44
Herd size (TLU)
Cultivated land(ha)
Herd offtake (ct, go,%)
1.9
1.4
1
1.2
2.3
10 /12
8.2
3.3
9 /16
CL integration
Diversified production
Cash income (U$S/yr)
+
+
94
+
+
338
++
++
475
How feasible is it for farmers in Marara to step up?
Safety nets
Food crops
management
Goat flock
building
Livestock as a
business
Alternative land
use options
Livestock market
arrangements
Test and promote
technologies
Represent
farmers interests
14. Site 2. High agricultural potential in Manica, Manica
15. Community visions and
market opportunities
Collective
marketing of
common beans
Vulnerable state
Resilient and profitable state
→Lack of road infrastructure
IP
→Weak social capital (internal/external)
→Lack of knowledge on crop livestock technologies
Barriers + solutions
16. How feasible is it for farmers in Manica to step up?
Household types
(n=193)
Resource poor
Share population (%) 35
Age of HHH (yrs)
Education (yrs)
Information index
Off-farm income (%)
38
5
9
37
Herd size (TLU)
Cultivated land (ha)
Herd offtake (ct, go, %)
Sales of beans (%)
0.3
2.2
0, 13
17
Diversified production
CL integration
Cash income (U$S/yr)
+
+
288
17. How feasible is it for farmers in Manica to step up?
Household types
(n=193)
Resource poor Stepping up I
Share population (%) 35 30
Age of HHH (yrs)
Education (yrs)
Information index
Off-farm income (%)
38
5
9
37
44
4
13
17
Herd size (TLU)
Cultivated land (ha)
Herd offtake (ct, go, %)
Sales of beans (%)
0.3
2.2
0, 13
17
1.7
4.0
2, 4
80
Diversified production
CL integration
Cash income (U$S/yr)
+
+
288
++
++
487
18. How feasible is it for farmers in Manica to step up?
Household types
(n=193)
Resource poor Stepping up I Stepping up II
Share population (%) 35 30 25
Age of HHH (yrs)
Education (yrs)
Information index
Off-farm income (%)
38
5
9
37
44
4
13
17
54
4
27
22
Herd size (TLU)
Cultivated land (ha)
Herd offtake (ct, go, %)
Sales of beans (%)
0.3
2.2
0, 13
17
1.7
4.0
2, 4
80
3.3
4.0
2, 7
31
Diversified production
CL integration
Cash income (U$S/yr)
+
+
288
++
++
487
++
++
477
19. How feasible is it for farmers in Manica to step up?
Household types
(n=193)
Resource poor Stepping up I Stepping up II Intensif. CL
Share population (%) 35 30 25 10
Age of HHH (yrs)
Education (yrs)
Information index
Off-farm income (%)
38
5
9
37
44
4
13
17
54
4
27
22
51
6
39
8
Herd size (TLU)
Cultivated land (ha)
Herd offtake (ct, go, %)
Sales of beans (%)
0.3
2.2
0, 13
17
1.7
4.0
2, 4
80
3.3
4.0
2, 7
31
7.0
6.4
17, 1
73
Diversified production
CL integration
Cash income (U$S/yr)
+
+
288
++
++
487
++
++
477
+++
+++
1279
20. How feasible is it for farmers in Manica to step up?
Household types
(n=193)
Resource poor Stepping up I Stepping up II Intensif. CL
Share population (%) 35 30 25 10
Age of HHH (yrs)
Education (yrs)
Information index
Off-farm income (%)
38
5
9
37
44
4
13
17
54
4
27
22
51
6
39
8
Herd size (TLU)
Cultivated land (ha)
Herd offtake (ct, go, %)
Sales of beans (%)
0.3
2.2
0, 13
17
1.7
4.0
2, 4
80
3.3
4.0
2, 7
31
7.0
6.4
17, 1
73
Diversified production
CL integration
Cash income (U$S/yr)
+
+
288
++
++
487
++
++
477
+++
+++
1279
Partnerships
with private
sector
Cattle as a
business
Production +
marketing
support for
common
beans
Common
beans as a
business
Cattle herd
building
CL
integration
Learn about
common
beans
21. Stepping back
• Use practical experience and better understanding on
supporting complex systems to inform conceptual thinking.
• Combining resilience and profitability forces us to think about
long term and short term solutions - harness local opportunities.
• Working at on- and off-farm scales, e.g. through an IP, helps us
to create conditions under which on-farm solutions can work
– incl. infrastructure, (re-) organization, behavior change.
• Engaging in the process we must (re-) define interventions,
tailored to farmers particular circumstances and capacities.
22. “We farmers are now engaged in a common
vision. We have a voice to express our needs,
to partners who bring knowledge to us”.
Thank you for your attention!