Agricultural transformation and development are critical to the livelihoods of more than a billion small-scale farmers and other rural people in developing countries. Extension and advisory services play an important...
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In 2019, 135 million people faced acute food insecurity that required urgent action (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) in 55 countries and territories analysed across...
As the world continues to experience a population boom amidst growing food insecurity concerns, the need for well-trained and competent youth in agriculture-related industries is on the rise in Sub-Saharan African countries...
Coffee-banana intercropping provides benefits to farmers, from increasing their food production and income, to reducing their workload, to improving household gender dynamics. It also has...
In 2020, the global coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic posed new challenges to the initiatives and institutions supporting the farming communities and ecosystems that underpin Africa’s food systems. This year’s...
After decades of failing development aid, the World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda has committed itself to identifying innovative approaches to better address food, nutrition...
This bulletin analyzes the short-run effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and government measures to control it on the prices of cooking banana (‘matooke’) across local markets in Uganda.
The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) is a flagship programme within the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD’s) portfolio of activities aimed at channelling climate and environmental finance...
Despite the dissemination of climate information from national meteorological systems, arable farmers still have challenges of dealing with climate-related risks. This study investigated the effect of using indigenous...
Information and communication technologies to provide agricultural advice to smallholder farmers: Experimental evidence from Uganda
Agricultural advisory services generally rely on interpersonal knowledge transfers by agricultural extension agents who visit farmers to provide information. This approach is not always effective...