PUBLICATION | 2026 The role of energy in agrifood systems transformation This “key messages” document sets the foundation for action on the energy and agrifood systems nexus. It aims to set the scene and identify key technologies and opportunities for integrating sustainable...
PUBLICATION | 2025 Climate-smart policies to enhance Egypt's agrifood system performance and sustainability Highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, heat waves in Egypt are increasingly severe and frequent, raising the already high evaporation rate, accelerating crop transpiration...
PUBLICATION | 2021 Climate change and hunger. Estimating costs of adaptation in the agrifood system This report assesses the cost of adaptation to climate change across a range of future climate scenarios and investment options. It focuses on offsetting climate change impacts on hunger...
PUBLICATION | 2024 Digital literacy training to promote diffusion of digital agricultural tools to smallholder farmers Digital innovations hold significant potential to address multiple forms of market failures. However, their adoption remains low and heterogenous across Africa. Smallholder farmers...
PUBLICATION | 2024 Private investments in modern food storage: An economic feasibility analysis for private investments in modern food storage and potential public sector roles in promoting such investments Unprecedented growth in rice production in Bangladesh over the last four decades has outpaced the capacity of post-harvest operations, resulting in substantial grain losses. While production...
PUBLICATION | 2023 Angola: Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compact The Plan: Implementation of the compact will directly contribute to increased production and productivity and improved food security and nutrition in line with the government’s strategy to transform Angolan agriculture and livestock...
PUBLICATION | 2023 AgrInvest-Food Systems Project – Leveraging private finance for sustainable agrifood value chains in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya and Niger This technical note was written by the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) as part of the project “AgrInvest-Food Systems: Enabling inclusive and efficient private sector investment...
PUBLICATION | 2023 Potential impact of scaling adaptation strategies for drought stress: a case of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Tanzania Drought-tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) offer hope as an adaptation strategy for farmers facing increasing frequency of droughts in sub-Saharan Africa. Adoption of these varieties also offers...
PUBLICATION | 2023 Small-scale irrigation’s contributions to increased income, economic growth and market opportunities Farmers, entrepreneurs, and businesses are already leading the way by expanding irrigation in response to climate variability and the growing demand for vegetables and fruit through supplemental and dry-season irrigated...
PUBLICATION | 2022 Strategic roadmap on mainstreaming gender-smart investing to scale climate smart agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa This note proposes a roadmap to advise public and private investors, banks, corporates, and NGOs, on how to mainstream gender smart investing to scale climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Based...