Worldwide, cell phones are used by 5.4 billion people. They are becoming increasingly prevalent in the rural areas of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), providing smallholder farmers with access to agricultural markets.
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Information and communications technology (ICT) in low- and middle-income countries has changed significantly over the past seven decades, starting with radio and newspapers and transforming almost daily with the rise of smartphones and mobile Int
Control over future payouts and willingness to pay for insurance: Experimental evidence from Kenyan farmers
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 production.
This analysis is composed of two parts. The evolving structure of Kenya’s agrifood system (AFS) and its contribution to national development is assessed using a series of Social Accounting Matrixes (SAMs) for Kenya for the period 2009–2019.
Measuring women’s empowerment and gender equality through the lens of induced innovation
Part of the Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies book series (EESIPS)
Gendered barriers and opportunities in Kenya's informal dairy sector: Enhancing gender-equity in urban markets
Informal milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi plays a key role in supporting both livelihoods and nutrition, particularly among poor households. Gender dynamics affect who is involved in and benefits from milk trading.
Gender in agriculture and food systems
Rising land commodification in sub-Saharan Africa: Reconciling the diverse narratives
Scholarship on African land markets has proliferated in recent years. We contend that this scholarship consists of distinct literatures that examine non-overlapping parts of the system and diverge in their conclusions.
Cette étude comprend les résultats de la collaboration entre l’Institut International de Recherche sur les Politiques Alimentaires (IFPRI) et l’Agence d’exécution de l’Union Africaine du Nouveau Partenariat pour le Développement de l'Afrique (AUDA
Many development agencies are designing and implementing value chain interventions that aim to reach, benefit, and empower rural women.
Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
Women's participation and empowerment in value chains are goals of many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs).
Продовольственные системы всего мира подошли к переломно- му моменту — масштабы и темпы изменений, происходящих в глобальных, региональных, национальных и местных продоволь- ственных системах, имеют беспрецедентный размах.
目前,我们的食物系统正处于关键时期⸺无论 是在规模还是在速度上,全球、地区、国家和地方食 物系统正在发生着空前的变化。食物系统正以迅猛的速度发展,以满足日益增长且不 断变化的需求,但仍然无法满足每个人的需求。当这份报告付印时,新冠肺炎的爆发 构成了新的全球性威胁。在全世界与这个流行病战斗之际,经济和生计受到破坏之时, 贫穷和弱势群体可能遭受的损失最大。应对这个冲击的影响,包括从供应链和贸易中 断,到严重的失业问题以及贫困水平上升,迫切需要在短期内为最弱势群体提供有效 和有针对性的社会保障。
Nos systèmes alimentaires vivent un moment critique : l’ampleur et le rythme des changements qu’ils subissent au niveau mondial, régional, national et local sont sans précédent.
Building more inclusive food systems can bring a wide range of economic and development benefits to all people, especially the poor and disadvantaged.
Food systems are at a critical juncture—they are evolving quickly to meet growing and changing demand but are not serving everyone’s needs.
Agriculture-nutrition linkages, cooking-time, intrahousehold equality among women and children: Evidence from Tajikistan
Household-level agriculture-nutrition linkage (ANL) tends to be strong in a rural subsistence setting with limited access to the food market.