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Promoting a bundle of biofortified seeds and agricultural inputs in northeastern Nigeria
Bundling cash loans with agricultural input loans for farmers in Nigeria: A pilot study
Credit allows borrowers to access funds required to make an investment before returns materialize.
Rural Nigeria, with its diverse cultural and socio economic landscapes, presents unique challenges when it comes to digital inclusion.
While agricultural value chains are rapidly evolving (Reardon, 2015; Reardon et al., 2021; Barrett et al., 2022), research attention has increasingly taken notice of the important role played by actors in the ag ricultural midstream.
This factsheet describes a planned project in Nigeria, working with existing partners, that will provide useful policy recommendations for empowering women in the public sphere.
Répartition spatiale de multiples formes de malnutrition en Afrique de l’Ouest : Études de cas de quatre pays
Les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire (PRFI), notamment en Afrique subsaharienne, font face à une « nouvelle réalité nutritionnelle » (Popkin, Corvalan, and Grummer-Strawn 2020) appelée le double fardeau de la malnutrition, où les enfants de m
Cette note fournit des orientations pour l’amélioration des politiques pertinentes en matière de nutrition en Afrique de l’Ouest.
Transform Nutrition West Africa a identifié les principales priorités pour des actions futures dans la région de l’Afrique de l’Ouest.
This study estimates the effects of the shares of subnational public expenditure (PE) for agriculture, health, education, and social-welfare, as well as PE-size, on household-level outcomes, using nationally representative panel household data and
Ce profil présente une évaluation du potentiel d’un pays à rendre compte de la couverture nationale1 pour un ensemble de 16 interventions sur la nutrition. Il recommande des actions essentielles pour renforcer la mesure de la couverture.
This profile provides an assessment of a country’s potential to report on national-level coverage1 for a set of 16 nutrition interventions and recommends key actions to strengthen coverage measurement.
Transform Nutrition West Africa has identified key priorities for future action in the West Africa region.
Spatial patterns of multiple malnutrition types in West Africa: Four country case studies
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including in Africa south of the Sahara, face a “new nutrition reality” (Popkin, Corvalan, and Grummer-Strawn 2020) referred to as the double burden of malnutrition, where children under five years of age
This note provides guidance for improving nutrition-relevant policy in West Africa, drawn from a comprehensive policy review of nutrition-relevant policies in 16 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gui
As Nigeria continues to face the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, CGIAR and partners have expanded access to quality seeds and improved crop varieties, strengthened capacity of women and youth, and informed national responses and policies with ev
In anticipation of the development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine—the distribution of which will be a complex and sensitive issue—governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populati
Young people engaging in agricultural entrepreneurship in developing countries face several challenges. Above all, they lack adequate access to important resources and opportunities.
The agricultural sector in Nigeria is characterized by low productivity that is driven in part by low use of modern agricultural technologies.