CONTEXT: India's agricultural systems are increasingly affected by climate change's adverse effects.
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Relatives, neighbors, or friends: Information exchanges among irrigators on new on-farm water management tools
CONTEXT: On-farm water application in Ethiopia, as in much of Sub-Saharan Africa, is dominated by furrow irrigation, which resulted in inefficient water uses and related economic and environmental problems.
Fertilizer Quality Assessment: Perception versus testing in selected Ghanaian districts
Fertilizer use in Sub-Saharan Africa remains below recommended rates, contributing to low yields, and increasing poverty. Poor quality fertilizer – whether perceived or real – is often cited as a reason for low adoption rates.
Farm input subsidies and commodity market trends in Ghana: An analysis of market prices during 2012–2020
Ghana has a long history of intervening in food markets to balance consumers’ expectations of low and stable food prices, farmers’ demands for high farmgate prices, and traders’ demand for predictability in seasonal price patterns.
This study provides an assessment of changes in household income, livelihood sources, food consumption, and diet quality during the first months of the COVID-19 crisis in a sample of households drawn from both urban and rural areas in Ghana.
Soil health and grain yield impacts of climate resilient agriculture projects: Evidence from southern Malawi
Climate-resilient agriculture projects can enhance sustainable ag by improving soil health, increasing grain yields, & building ag systems' resilience to climate change & extreme weather shocks.
Agricultural input markets in Ghana: A descriptive assessment of input dealers in eight districts
This paper provides a description of the agricultural input market in Ghana in 2019 across six districts with high maize production and two municipal districts noted for agricultural marketing activities.
Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data
Ghana’s rising population, coupled with erratic weather patterns and soil nutrient deficiencies, pose a significant challenge to food crop production.
Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) is Ghana’s flagship program for agricultural transformation and employment creation.
This paper provides an in-depth account of the chili value chain in the Brong Ahafo area of Ghana, looking at the agronomic practices of producers, marketing choices by chili type, and practices of traders along different commercial corridors.
Ghana’s aquaculture sector is among the recent success stories of fast-growing agricultural value chains in Africa south of the Sahara.
A review of the Ghana Planting for Food and Jobs program: 2017-2020: Implementation, impact, and further analysis
This report examines the evolution of farm input subsidy programs in Ghana, with a focus on the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, which was introduced in 2017 and replaced the Fertilizer Subsidy Program (FSP) that was launched in 2008.
Conservation agriculture improves adaptive capacity of cropping systems to climate stress in Malawi
Improving adaptive capacity of crop systems through minimum mechanical soil disturbance, permanent soil organic cover, and crop species diversification.
Initial impacts & resilience of China's food systems during the pandemic and the government's responses & long-term efforts to promote resilience.
Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar's chicken and egg sector, with implications for the sustainable development goals
Chicken & eggs make important contributions to food & nutrition security of low-income households in Myanmar. What are the impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar's poultry sector?
COVID-19 induced significant economic and social disruptions in India. Rural households, including smallholders, were affected by loss in migrant income, livelihood and farm and non-farm incomes.