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Smallholder farmers may suffer losses from ex-treme weather events, pests and disease. This is expected to worsen in the face of climate change.
Digital technologies for financial inclusion of smallholder farmers: Needs assessment in three states of India
Financial instruments such as savings, loans, and insurance are critical tools in managing risk for smallholder farmers across the developing world.
The Financial and Health Diaries capture high-detail high-frequency data on how low-income households in developing countries manage money and make spending choices around healthcare.
In smallholder households that engage in commercial agriculture, women are often involved in the phys-ical labor related to the cash crop, but do not engage in the market-facing activities.
Designing interventions in local value chains for improved health and nutrition: Insights from Malawi
Despite the strong interest on the role of agri-food value chains in advancing health and nutrition goals, guidance on how to actually design and assess related development programming has only recently emerged.
Demographic pressures and climate change in Africa are rendering subsistence farming an unviable livelihood strategy for smallholder farmers.
Food crises and distress migration will continue to plague the African continent in the decades ahead unless massive investments are made to make the region’s agriculture and food systems more resilient.
This study analyzed the financing gaps relative to production frontier of rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria.
In July 2016, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and partners launched a three-year evidence-based policy support project to analyze demand for and supply of agricultural extension services in Malawi and help design activitie
IFPRI authors Ousmane Badiane and Katrin Glatzel, & colleagues present key challenges for Africa's smallholder farmers and the concepts & practices of Sustainable Intensification in a Cornell University Press book.
The imbalanced application of different types of chemical fertilisers in agriculture is a widespread problem in India.
Examines the determinants and impacts of smallholder-producer participation in avocado export markets on labor inputs, farm yields, sales prices, and incomes.
Worldwide Extension Study
The “Worldwide Extension Study” effort was undertaken by the International Food Policy Research Institute, funded by the United States Agency for International Development and in collaboration with the University of Illinois, FAO, the Global Forum