Agricultural input subsidies are a prominent feature in the 2018-2024 Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation (PSTA 4), which is designed and implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI).

Agriculture, in Mozambique, is characterized by production systems that are based predominantly on rainfed conditions and on low use of yield enhancing agricultural inputs.

The theory on group lending suggests that joint liability induces borrowers to form homogeneous groups based on their risk types, which alleviates adverse selection and contributes to the success of microcredit schemes.

In sub-Saharan Africa, female-managed plots often show a significant gap in productivity compared to men's plots. To examine these differences, a variable to determine who in the household controls agricultural plots is needed.

In rural West Africa, the rate of out-of-school children is high and delayed entry to primary school is common, particularly for girls.

Agricultural development projects increasingly include women’s empowerment and gender equality among their objectives, but efforts to evaluate their impact have been stymied by the lack of comparable measures.

Market system development (MSD) approaches aim to address market failures and frictions that frequently impede adoption of modern yield-enhancing agricultural practices in sub-Saharah Africa.

Recent analyses suggest that global fruit and vegetable (F&V) production will need to increase by 50–150% by 2050 to achieve sustainable and healthy diets for all 10 billion people expected to inhabit the world (Stratton et al. 2021).

This paper provides estimates of the global investment gap in agricultural research and development (R&D) and innovation.

This policy note summarizes results of a study on the impact of COVID-19 on maize value chains in Uganda, which are characterized by a high degree of informality.

Egypt introduced the Takaful and Karama Program (TKP), a pair of targeted cash transfer schemes in 2015.

Traditional forms of livestock-rearing and fishing have been central components in rural livelihoods in Myanmar for centuries and remain important today.

This is the baseline dataset for the Farm and Family Balance Study. Sample consists of married sugarcane farmers associated with a large sugar company near Jinja, Uganda. All eligible farmers who agreed to participate are included.

This dataset is a follow-up for households who were visited during Feed the Future I (FtF) Ethiopia end-line Survey 2018 and who participated in land rental market in Tigray and Amhara regions.

This dataset presents government expenditures by economic classification of expenses rather than by functional classification as it was the case in previous versions.

This dataset explores (1) labor supply and (2) perceptions and impacts of COVID-19 via 4 quarterly phone surveys in rural Malawi.

The Nexus Project is a collaboration between IFPRI and its partners, including national statistical agencies and research institutions.

Policy makers, analysts, and civil society face increasing challenges to reducing hunger and sustainably improving food security. Modeling alternative future scenarios and assessing their outcomes can help inform policy choices.

The Nexus Project is a collaboration between IFPRI and its partners, including national statistical agencies and research institutions.