An estimated 27.3 million people are facing acute food insecurity between March and May 2022. This number is projected to increase to an unprecedented 38.3 million between...

The 2021-22 agro-pastoral season was mixed overall. Cereal production, estimated at 73 million tonnes, is down by 2.2% compared to last year. Large decreases were...

Highlights We assessed income and nutritional effects of small scale irrigation for smallholder households. Investment in small scale irrigation generates high economic returns and...

Facing COVID-19, African countries were confronted with a dilemma: enacting strict lockdowns to “flatten the curve” could potentially have large effects on food security. Given...

The impact of COVID 19 on food security in Africa has been among the most discussed subjects of the year 2020. Most of the reports were alarming. The headlines put...

Our paper seeks to identify factors that inhibit and promote women’s success in seed businesses, through three case studies of women’s and men’s entrepreneurship across varying...

This document analyses the evolution of the impact of COVID-19 in the ECOWAS zone. It helps provide an understanding of the overall socio-economic impact of the pandemic and its effects on the life of households, and identifies...

Most food in sub-Saharan Africa is produced on small farms. Using large datasets from household surveys conducted across many countries, we fnd that the majority of farms...

The 37th annual meeting of the Network brought together nearly 150 participants to discuss the provisional results of the 2021-22 agro-pastoral season, the food market situation, the macroeconomic context...

The 37th RPCA annual meeting was held virtually on 6-8 December 2021 with the general theme, “Women, conflict and food and nutrition issues.” The meeting also took...