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Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of a light-touch aspirations intervention in rural Ethiopia
A growing literature in economics has analyzed the effects of psychological interventions designed to boost individual aspirations as a strategy to increase investments with long-term returns and thus reduce poverty.
Agricultural research and development (R&D) is one component of public investments in the agricultural sector toward food system transformation.
Policy drivers of Africa’s agriculture transformation: A CAADP biennial review account
This paper assesses the nature of agricultural transformation taking place in different parts of Africa and analyzes policy drivers of the transformation using data from the CAADP Biennial Review (BR) on 46 indicators from 2014 to 2018.
The 2018 Ethiopia Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
The 2018 Tanzania Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
The 2019 Kenya Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
Agricultural research and development (R&D) investment is positively associated with high returns, but these returns take time—often decades—to develop.
A pesquisa agrícola e o investimento no desenvolvimento experimental (I&D) estão positivamente associados a altos retornos, porém, estes retornos levam tempo, muitas vezes décadas, para se desenvolver.
Les investissements dans la recherche et le développement expérimental (R&D) agricoles sont positivement associés à des rendements élevés, mais ces rendements prennent du temps - souvent des décennies - pour se développer.
Prioritization of types of investments: Operational tools for MCC agricultural investments
This report answers the question: “What guidelines can be used to identify the types of agricultural investments that have the highest economic return, where “agriculture” is broadly defined to include primary production, handling, storage, transp
Agricultural research and experimental development (R&D) investment is positively associated with high returns, but these returns take time—often decades—to develop.
La inversión en investigación y desarrollo experimental (I+D) en el sector agrario se asocia positivamente con un alto rendimiento, pero éste tarda en desarrollarse, a menudo décadas.
This chapter summarizes the findings from analyses conducted by AKADEMIYA2063 on local staple food market dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
In early 2020, African governments adopted a wide range of containment and confinement measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the continent.
Through the Notification of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the project “Advisory Services – Program Management for Development and Implementation within the Agricultural Sector” (DCO-PR-18-0293) issued a to the International Food Policy Research I
The livelihoods of millions of banana-farming households have been affected by Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) in Uganda for nearly two decades.