Too often, smallholder farmers suffer severe financial consequences from extreme weather events, pests, and disease; and climate change will increase the frequency at which natural hazards occur.
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HarvestChoice: Supporting strategic investment choices in agricultural technology development and adoption
HarvestChoice began in 2006, when detailed and readily accessible data on agriculture, human welfare, and the environment were scarce for Africa South of the Sahara (SSA).
Technologies and strategies for aflatoxin control in Kenya: A synthesis of emerging evidence
Aflatoxin is a poisonous substance produced by a fungus, Aspergillus flavus, that occurs naturally in soils of cultivated and non-cultivated areas.
Technologies and strategies for aflatoxin control in Ghana: A synthesis of emerging evidence
Aflatoxin is a poisonous substance produced by a fungus, Aspergillus flavus, that occurs naturally in soils of cultivated and non-cultivated areas.
Smallholder farmers may suffer losses from ex-treme weather events, pests and disease. This is expected to worsen in the face of climate change.
Increased capital use in agriculture, including mechanization, is con-sidered an integral process of agricultural transformation.
The agricultural sector in developing countries including those in South Asia, like Nepal, faces dual challenges of the persistent dominance of smallholder-based farming, and at the same time, rising labor costs due partly to growing non-farm sect
Vietnam has experienced rapid growth in agricultural mechani-zation lately; particularly in the use of tractors and combine-harvesters.
The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from Nigeria
Despite economic transformations and urbanization, declining shares of the workforce employed in the agricultural sector, and gradual growth of agricultural mechanization, production costs in the agricultural sector and food prices remain high in
The application of digital tools to agricultural extension and advisory services has attracted considerable attention in recent years.
Since 2014, Digital Green and the Government of Ethiopia have been piloting a video-mediated approach to agricultural extension provision.
Where to focus post-harvest loss efforts? A review of recent evidence, with application to Ghana
In this note, we summa-rize new evidence from a recent IFPRI study that documents the relative importance of losses in value chains for staple foods in six countries, review the evidence on which crops are most affected by losses, and outline ways
Unsafe food is a major cause of disease in developing countries, accounting for an estimated 2 million deaths per year globally and comprising a burden of illness comparable to that of malaria or tuberculosis (WHO, 2015).
Since 2014, Digital Green and the Government of Ethiopia have been piloting a project to introduce a community-centric video approach to agricultural extension provision.