In recent years, prices of agricultural land have increased quickly, actually doubling and tripling in many parts of the world. This land value reassessment has been prompted by rising crop prices and perceived land scarcity.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, most African countries sold fertilizer at subsidized prices through state-owned enterprises.
"During the past several decades, developing countries have had mixed results in reducing poverty.
As population density increases and agriculture intensifies in Africa in the future, policymakers, development practitioners, and farmers may find useful lessons in the experiences of the East African highlands.
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Back to the future
Recent trends in agricultural growth and food security in Eastern and Central Africa (ECA) have been discouraging.
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Dialogues
IFPRI and FANRPAN outlined and managed a highly participatory process involving high-level policymakers, senior representatives of a range of stakeholder agencies, and respected scientific leaders, who came together for an integrated series of rou
The development community is increasingly in agreement that providing adequate hard infrastructure (i.e., capital-intensive infrastructure such as rural telecommunications, electrification, and rural roads) is an important step in the process of a
Recent IFPRI research shows how coordinated investments in regional agricultural trade and productivity can leverage regional growth dynamics and improve Africa's competitiveness in an increasingly globalized world.
La mondialisation est une arme à double tranchant. Elle élargit l’accès à l’information, aux technologies, aux intrants et aux marchés.
While famines and other episodes of severe hunger receive significant press coverage and attract much public attention, chronic hunger and malnutrition are considerably more prevalent in Africa.
"On average, a typical developing country in Africa is assisted by about 30 aid institutions in the implementation of development strategies, yet Africa is still far from achieving food and nutrition security.
"In Africa and elsewhere, safety nets were promoted in the 1980s as a response to the (presumably short-term) adverse effects of structural adjustment.
What can be done to increase the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa? This brief advocates a two-pronged approach.
"Advocates of reforms in land rights and land markets frequently posit two important hypotheses: (1) African countries must grant land titles to farmers because titles increase land tenure security and facilitate access to input, land, and fi
"The premise of a rights-based approach to ensuring adequate food is empowering poor people and those who are food insecure.
L’augmentation de la productivité agricole et de la sécurité alimentaire ne peut se concevoir sans l’aide de technologies nouvelles et améliorées ainsi que de leur large dissémination, processus qui empruntera la voie des institutions de recherche
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Strengthening Africa’s capacity to design and implement strategies for food and nutrition security
"Among the capacity-strengthening challenges the region faces are inadequate in-country capacity, institutional weaknesses, lack of multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving, expatriates’ limited incountry experience, poor governance, and fa
"Agricultural research capacity is an important factor in building food security and economic stability in Africa.
"The interactions between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition insecurity are becoming clearer as research fills knowledge gaps.
In contrast to widely held uncertainties about Sub-Saharan Africa's ability to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), recent successes in African smallholder farming show that agriculture could play a key role in helping the region reach those