Highlights: We assess the effects of adopting agroforestry on household food security. We use endogenous switching regression model and coarsened exact matching. There is a substantial...
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Africa produces around 60% of the rice the continent consumes, relying heavily on rice imports to fulfill the rest of the domestic demand. Over the past 10 years, the rice-agricultural...
This paper summarizes general demand- and supply-side issues for agricultural mechanization based on recent studies that focus on experiences and evidence from both Africa and Asia. The paper pro vides...
This book "Young Changemakers: Agroecology Entrepreneurs for Rural Access" by Access Agriculture, a non-profit organisation supporting agroecology and organic farming supported by the European Commission and the FAO, details...
Highlights: Global evidence suggests that land institutions and policies will be critical to help African countries respond to the challenges of climate change, urban expansion, structural...
Many countries are promoting aquaculture as one of the prime drivers of the rural economy and the employment of women and youth. However, the industry is criticized for inadequately representing the needs of workers...
Zimbabwe is responsible for just 0.07 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and yet it is among the world’s most vulnerable countries. The combination of a high vulnerability...
Rwanda has achieved perfect scores in CAADP Biennial Reviews and outperformed the African and global average on OECD's 2023 Social Institutions & Gender Index. Women...
As farmers, businesswomen, mothers, innovators, workers, and educators, women are critical actors in Africa’s agrifood systems, making up almost two-thirds of the continent’s agrifood systems workforce...
Highlights: This study focuses on the potential of off-farm production and marketing of organic and biofertilisers (OFBF) to contribute to soil health in Africa , and particularly in SSA: Egypt (Northern Africa)...