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Agricultural technology remains under-adopted among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigate how the (perceived) quality of an agricultural input affects its adoption by means...

This study investigates sugarcane grower productivity and profitability in Uganda and whether and how they are influenced by institutional arrangements between sugarcane growers and millers. Analysis is based...

In this paper, we establish the link between crop productivity, crop market participation and agricultural technology use among smallholder farmers. We take advantage of the latest...

Transformation of the agri-food system (AFS) is a leading pathway to achieve the USG Global Food Security Strategy Objective 1 of “Inclusive agriculture-led growth”. The AFS encompasses the primary...

The current seed product market segmentation by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) for maize in East Africa includes four segments, which differ by agro-ecological...

Three rice seed product market segments currently exist for Uganda: DELS-U1 in the upland ecology and TMeLS-R and TMeLF-R2 in the rainfed lowland ecology. In 2021, the Ugandan government...

This brief presents a compilation of key findings from an analysis of the impact of the Ukraine war on African countries. It covers the effects of global market disruptions on country terms of trade...

Findings This brief assessed the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine crisis on commodity prices in local markets in Uganda and compared them to changes in global prices. The analysis found that there has...

Despite women's large contributions to agricultural production in developing countries, they are often excluded from market-facing activities. There is little evidence on how to increase their...

KEY MESSAGES International wheat prices increased in May in response to India’s announcement of a wheat export ban, amid global supply concerns fuelled by reduced...