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Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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Achieving transformational sustainable land Intensification: Integrated general equilibrium and portfolio analysis for Senegal

2025Pradesha, Angga; Siddig, Khalid; Pauw, Karl; Thurlow, James
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Achieving transformational sustainable land Intensification: Integrated general equilibrium and portfolio analysis for Senegal

Feeding a growing global population while conserving natural resources remains a central challenge of Sustainable Intensification (SI). Despite decades of SI efforts, cropland expansion in many developing countries continues to accelerate, contributing to deforestation and biodiversity loss. Even with observed increases in crop yields, studies suggest that farmers continue to expand cropland, underscoring the need to consider market dynamics and the economywide effects of productivity gains. This study offers a new perspective on achieving transformational sustainable land intensification by treating farming activities as investment decisions shaped by risk and return under production and markets uncertainties. Unlike the traditional SI strategies that focus on efficiency gains through improved inputs or agronomic practices, we apply an optimal portfolio analysis to cropland allocation, aiming to enhance farming efficiency by considering market interconnections across sectors. Using Senegal as a case study, we demonstrate that adopting an optimal diversification strategy on new cropland investment could reduce land expansion needs by up to 68 % by 2030. This strategy not only helps mitigate emissions and reduce water footprint but also enhances crop biodiversity. Socioeconomic and environmental benefits are found to be greater when the country promotes high-value crops in its portfolio, such as fruits and vegetables, compared to grain crops. Our findings also contribute to ongoing debates around land-sparing versus land-sharing strategies and offer new insights into the drivers of cropland expansion in light of current global land use patterns.

Year published

2025

Authors

Pradesha, Angga; Siddig, Khalid; Pauw, Karl; Thurlow, James

Citation

Pradesha, Angga; Siddig, Khalid; Pauw, Karl; and Thurlow, James. 2025. Achieving transformational sustainable land Intensification: Integrated general equilibrium and portfolio analysis for Senegal. Journal of Cleaner Production 519(10 August 2025): 145929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145929

Country/Region

Senegal

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Western Africa; Sustainable Intensification; Farmland; Land Allocation; Computable General Equilibrium Models; Modelling; Sustainability

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145929 Source record

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Foresight

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Principles of engagement and vision to action for transdisciplinary research and co-design in agroecology

2025Fuchs, Lisa Elena; Voss, Rachel C.; Freed, Sarah; Rietveld, Anne; Falk, Thomas; Triomphe, Bernard; Bergamini, Nadia; Dickens, Chris; Quintero, Marcela
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Principles of engagement and vision to action for transdisciplinary research and co-design in agroecology

Living labs or living landscapes are gaining momentum as sub-national territories within which sustainable food system transformation is sought through multi-stakeholder engagement processes. In the CGIAR Agroecology Initiative, 11 ALLs were established in 8 countries. Here, ALLs are defined as multi-stakeholder spaces in which agroecological innovations can be identified, co-designed, tested, and adopted. These landscapes emerge as coherent territories that have fuzzy boundaries defined by the functionality and meaning bestowed onto them by their diverse users, who care about and are willing to take transformative action in pursuit of just food system transitions, rather than by geographical or administrative limits. ALLs respond to the common challenges that external partners face in accompanying and supporting local stakeholders on agroecological transition pathways without imposing their own views and agendas. ALLs offer an opportunity to act as transformation vehicles that foster transdisciplinary research, including the co-creation of knowledge and co-design of innovations. Principle-based engagement methods can help to support and enable locally driven transformation processes.

Year published

2025

Authors

Fuchs, Lisa Elena; Voss, Rachel C.; Freed, Sarah; Rietveld, Anne; Falk, Thomas; Triomphe, Bernard; Bergamini, Nadia; Dickens, Chris; Quintero, Marcela

Citation

Fuchs, L.E.; Voss, R.C.; Freed, S.; Rietveld, A.; Falk, T.; Triomphe, B.; Bergamini, N.; Dickens, C.; Quintero, M. (2025) Principles of engagement and vision to action for transdisciplinary research and co-design in agroecology. 1 p.

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Burkina Faso; India; Kenya; Peru; Senegal; Tunisia; Zimbabwe

Keywords

Laos; Africa; Asia; Americas; Eastern Africa; Western Africa; Northern Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; South-eastern Asia; Southern Asia; South America; Latin America and the Caribbean; Agriculture; Transformation; Food Systems; Agroecology; Behavioural Sciences-behavioral Science; Participatory Approaches; Farming Systems-farming; Inclusion; Participatory Action Research; Value Chain Governance; Action Plans; Action Research; Governance Systems; Vision

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Agroecology

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Poster

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Imperfect competition and asymmetric welfare effects of global price and productivity shocks: a CGE model analysis for Senegal

2025Zidouemba, Patrice Relouende; Traoré, Fousseini; Odjo, Sunday Pierre
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Imperfect competition and asymmetric welfare effects of global price and productivity shocks: a CGE model analysis for Senegal

This article investigates the asymmetric effects of global price and productivity shocks on welfare in the context of imperfect competition. The primary objective is to understand how market concentration affects the transmission of economic shocks and their impacts on various households. A CGE model, calibrated on a 2014 social accounting matrix for Senegal, is used. The model features a trading sector operating under a Cournot oligopoly with increasing returns to scale. Two scenarios are simulated: a 15% increase in global import prices and a 10% increase in agricultural productivity, each considering different levels of market concentration. The findings reveal that higher global import prices reduce household well-being, a situation exacerbated by low market competition. In contrast, agricultural productivity gains enhance well-being, with these benefits amplified by greater competition. However, the wealthiest households in Dakar benefit from low competition due to their positions in oligopolistic companies. To maximize household well-being, economic policies should focus on strengthening market competition, particularly in the trading sector. Actions such as reducing entry barriers for new businesses and regulating anti-competitive practices can help mitigate the adverse effects of global price increases and amplify the benefits of agricultural productivity gains.

Year published

2025

Authors

Zidouemba, Patrice Relouende; Traoré, Fousseini; Odjo, Sunday Pierre

Citation

Zidouemba, Patrice Relouende; Traore, Fousseini; and Odjo, Sunday Pierre. 2025. Imperfect competition and asymmetric welfare effects of global price and productivity shocks: a CGE model analysis for Senegal. Cogent Economics and Finance 13(1): 2475160. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2025.2475160

Country/Region

Senegal

Keywords

Africa; Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Prices; Shock; Markets; Agricultural Productivity; Households; Computable General Equilibrium Models

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2025.2475160 Source record

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Journal Article

Datasets

Dataset

Impact Evaluation of C’est La Vie! in Rural Senegal: Baseline Survey

2022International Food Policy Research Institute
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Impact Evaluation of C’est La Vie! in Rural Senegal: Baseline Survey

C’est la Vie! is an education edutainment TV series developed and produced by the Réseau Africain pour l’Education à la Santé (RAES), a Senegalese non-governmental organization with support from UN partners. C’est la vie! is specifically designed to address issues related to adolescents’ and women’s rights – including gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and maternal and child health. The plot revolves around everyday life in a maternal health clinic in Senegal and characters are based on extensive formative research. In 2019, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) with partners including the University of North Carolina, MobiCiné and ASSMOR Consulting initiated an evaluation of season 1 of C’est la Vie! in rural Senegal. The evaluation was a cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) focusing on outcomes related to knowledge, attitudes and behaviors around gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and maternal and child health in Kaolack and Kolda regions. This dataset is from the baseline survey conducted between November and December 2019 via in person interviews. In total, the survey includes 4,069 target females between the ages of 14 and 34 years old, 1,169 of their male partners, 4,061 households and 120 villages they reside in. The baseline data is part of a multi-round RCT following target women over time to assess the impact of C’est la vie! in rural Senegal.

Year published

2022

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute. 2022. Impact Evaluation of C’est La Vie! in Rural Senegal: Baseline Survey. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/L9BDWJ. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Senegal

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Western Africa; Maternal and Child Health; Education; Gender-based Violence; Reproductive Health; Impact Assessment

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/l9bdwj Source record

Project

Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Dataset

Dataset

COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Senegal, Round 1

2021International Food Policy Research Institute
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COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Senegal, Round 1

This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Senegal. As most governments have urged the population to stay at home to slow down the transmission of the disease, the impact of COVID-19 can affect women and men in different ways: as an income shock (directly or indirectly); as a health and caring shock; as a shock of mobility (affecting access to water, food, firewood, schooling); and as a risk of increased domestic conflict and violence. To capture these various effects on household welfare, this phone survey was conducted with (around) 500 individuals randomly drawn from an existing list of phone numbers collected from previous household surveys. The same individuals were also interviewed during other rounds to generate a longitudinal panel allowing to analyze the impact of COVID-19 through time.

Year published

2021

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2021. COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Senegal, Round 1. Washington, DC: IFPRI [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OQJUOG. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Senegal

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Western Africa; Shock; Health; Rural Areas; Covid-19; Men; Women

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/oqjuog Source record

Project

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Dataset

Dataset

COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Senegal, Round 2

2021International Food Policy Research Institute
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COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Senegal, Round 2

This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Senegal. As most governments have urged the population to stay at home to slow down the transmission of the disease, the impact of COVID-19 can affect women and men in different ways: as an income shock (directly or indirectly); as a health and caring shock; as a shock of mobility (affecting access to water, food, firewood, schooling); and as a risk of increased domestic conflict and violence. To capture these various effects on household welfare, this phone survey was conducted with (around) 500 individuals randomly drawn from an existing list of phone numbers collected from previous household surveys. The same individuals were also interviewed during other rounds to generate a longitudinal panel allowing to analyze the impact of COVID-19 through time.

Year published

2021

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2021. COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Senegal, Round 2. Washington, DC: IFPRI [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/THMQOT. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Senegal

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Western Africa; Shock; Health; Covid-19; Rural Areas; Men; Women

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/thmqot Source record

Project

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Dataset

Blogs

Transform Nutrition West Africa builds knowledge for decision-makers
IFPRI Blog
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March 07, 2025

Transform Nutrition West Africa builds knowledge for decision-makers

By Tamsin Zandstra, Roos Verstraeten, Ampa Dogui Diatta, Loty Diop, and Mariama Touré

Informing policies in four countries.

How countries have coped with recent agricultural trade disruptions
IFPRI Blog
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February 26, 2025

How countries have coped with recent agricultural trade disruptions

By Abdullah Mamun and Joseph Glauber

Lessons from IFPRI research.

After a year, India’s rice export restrictions continue to fuel high prices
IFPRI Blog
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July 29, 2024

After a year, India’s rice export restrictions continue to fuel high prices

By Joseph Glauber and Abdullah Mamun

A key staple for low-income consumers in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions.

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Events

Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 Summit
IFPRI at External Event

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August 31 to September 5, 2025

Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 Summit

The Africa Food Systems Forum will host its annual summit in Dakar, Senegal, from August 31 to September 5, 2025. Africa’s Food Systems Forum, formerly AGRF, is the world’s premier forum for African agriculture and food systems, bringing together stakeholders to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African food systems forward. Africa […]

Tropentag 2023
IFPRI at External Event

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September 20 to 22, 2023

Tropentag 2023

Event: September 20, 2023 – 8:30 AM to September 22, 2023 – 6:10 PM CEST. IFPRI is participating and will be featured in this years’ annual interdisciplinary conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management and rural development (TROPENTAG).

2023 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting
IFPRI at External Event

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July 23 to 25, 2023

2023 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting

Event: July 23, 2023 – 8:30 AM to July 25, 2023 – 4:15 PM EDT. IFPRI is participating in the 2023 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting.

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News

June 23, 2025 | Press Release

New study proposes smarter cropland allocation to support sustainable agricultural intensification in Senegal

The study explores how farmers’ land-use decisions can be guided by the relative risks and returns of different crops—similar to how financial investments are managed.

March 15, 2023 | In the News

Senegal: Experts work on the functioning of the elements of the food system (Senegal Press Agency) 

Senegal Press Agency, in a summary of the two-day event launch of the “Food system” project at the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA), writes that the workshop has contributed to a better understanding of the functioning of the Senegalese food system along various dimensions stretching from production to consumption.  This workshop was organized in […]

June 04, 2022 | In the News

Senegal’s Macky Sall appeals to West to ease sanctions on Russia (France 24 English) 

France 24 English published a video segment on statements made by the President of Senegal.  President Macky Sall has appealed to the West to ease sanctions on Russia to facilitate the export of grain to Africa. Millions on the continent face hunger amid a global food crisis sparked by the Ukraine war. Russia is the […]

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Projects

Strengthening National Capacities and Policies for Food Systems Analysis and Transformation in Kenya, Ghana, and Senegal

Strengthening National Capacities and Policies for Food Systems Analysis and Transformation in Kenya, Ghana, and Senegal

Food systems encompass the entire range of actors and their interlinked value-adding activities involved in the production, aggregation, processing, distribution, consumption, and disposal of food……

Spatial Typologies for Targeted Food and Nutrition Security Interventions

Spatial Typologies for Targeted Food and Nutrition Security Interventions

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Strengthening Food Systems to Promote Increased Value Chain Employment Opportunities for Youth

Strengthening Food Systems to Promote Increased Value Chain Employment Opportunities for Youth

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