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In Africa, agriculture is vital for employment and food security. Despite women contributing 40 percent of agricultural labor, they face barriers leading to significant gender gaps...

Women’s equal participation and leadership in political and public life can boost a country’s long-run economic growth, foster social inclusion, and help countries reach the 2030...

There are a wide range of biotechnologies available and many of them have been, and are currently being, used in many situations and sectors worldwide to solve the myriad...

This note summarizes lessons and practices deployed in embedding climate resilience into the design of projects that received catalytic funds from The Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES). It...

To strengthen the agricultural extension curriculum, the present study was undertaken in sub-Saharan Africa covering Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Kenya during 2021-2023. The population...

Highlight: West African Heads of State and ministers affirmed their commitment to accelerate investments and reforms to make fertilizers more accessible and affordable during the high-level roundtable...

Highlights: The 4 priority areas of the draft ten-year Action Plan for Fertilizers and Soil Health in Africa are: 1. Strengthening sectoral policies and the policy and regulatory...

The aim of this synthesis paper was to describe some of the commonly occurring trade-offs between social and environmental impacts in the VCA4D case studies, and to identify promising situations (“win-win...

Poverty reduction through rural development can be supported by the engagement of smallholders in commercial value chains that are based on rewarding market prices for the creation of inclusive...

Whereas many smallholder farmers rely on rather diversified production systems, commercial market-oriented agri-food production is increasingly concentrated amongst midsize and larger farmers. We...