Ephraim Nkonya

Climate change mitigation can have many benefits for smallholder farmers.

Soil fertility management not only prevents land degradation, it boosts profits—so why are many African farmers reluctant to adopt it?

The Pacific climate oscillation is contributing to intensifying rainfall events and droughts in southern Africa.

IFPRI Ethiopia and IFPRI Malawi are co-organizing a webinar on the recently launched IFPRI book, “Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries“. The book, edited by Kristin Davis, Suresh Babu, and Catherine Ragasa, provides a global overview of agricultural extension and advisory services and assesses and compares extension systems at the national and regional […]

The International Food Policy Research Institute, in partnership with the African Union Commission, is convening the 2017 ReSAKSS Annual Conference to promote review and dialogue on the CAADP implementation agenda among policymakers, development partners, researchers, advocacy groups, farmers’ organizations, the private sector, and other key stakeholders from within and outside Africa.

With: Joachim von Braun, Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, and Professor for Economic and Technological Change | Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, and Adjunct Professor of University of Iceland | Alisher Mirzabaev, senior researcher at the […]

EHN (Environmental Health News) (Germany) published an article on a study that shows how countries already struggling with low crop yields will be hurt most by a warming climate. Nonresident Senior Fellow Ephraim Nkonya was interviewed for comment, but was not involved in the study.  He said, “The unequal burden poorer countries will face is no surprise.” Climate change, by […]

Daily News (Tanzania) profiled Senior Research Fellow Ephraim Nkonya. The profile highlights Tanzanian-born Nkonya’s years of work and research in agricultural development. The article also discusses his life and education from childhood to university, leading to his career.

New Vision (Uganda) magazine published an article (see attached file) on agroforestry, quoting Senior Research Fellow Ephraim Nkonya on how agroforestry fixes the depletion of nitrogen, hence improving soil fertility and productivity. He explains that continuous cultivation, which has been driven by the increasing population, has exhausted natural fertility and external inputs are required to ensure […]