Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

In 2018, the state of Himachal Pradesh in north India launched an initiative to convert all its farmers to natural farming (NF), an agroecological approach. The aim was to address...

Highlights: Women farmers have limited land ownership, access to credit, access to information and formal extension, and time, constraining adoption of climate smart practices. Building...

The publication (252 pages) is structured in 12 modules providing a foundation for extension reform affecting the entire set-up and mode of operation of agricultural extension. All modules intend...

Key findings: In an average year, poor households lose 5 percent of their total income due to heat stress relative to better-off households, and 4.4 percent...

Agro-advisory services are crucial in developing crop management systems and schemes for agronomy and insurance purposes. The Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) initiative’s Ghana GAIP Use Case...

Women farmers produce 30 percent less per hectare than their male counterparts. Among various factors, there are three key drivers of gender gaps...

Highlights: Programs aiming to drive change within smallholder agri-food systems commonly involve training initiatives with a limited number of selected "model farmers" who then...

Despite the recognized importance of women’s participation in agricultural extension services, research continues to show inequalities in women’s participation. Emerging capacities for conducting large-scale extension training...

Low levels of agricultural productivity and investment hinder economic growth in developing countries. This paper presents results from a field experiment in Côte d’Ivoire, which randomized wives’...

Agrilinks is an online hub where agriculture, food security and development professionals connect, share and learn. Agrilinks is part of the U.S. Government's Feed the Future initiative. It...