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Economic analysis of the role of farmer organizations in enhancing smallholder potato farmers’ income in Middle Guinea
Farmers’ organizations are inclusive of the poor and are charged with the purpose of becoming a market outlet for smallholder farmers in Guinea. Improving farmers’ income earning capability and agricultural productivity has been an important strategy of Guinea’s agriculture development policy. However, despite their growing importance, empirical studies on how...
Guinea
2015
Article
Agroecology: a success in Africa
November 2015: On the 5th and 6th of this month, a unique Africa-wide seminar on agroecology took place in Dakar, Senegal. We are proud to present 7 inspiring agroecological initiatives driven by farmers from across Africa.
2015 - AgriCultures Network
Case study
Mulch and seed banks: conservation farming in Zimbabwe
Launched in 2006, a conservation farming project has transformed hundreds of farmers’ lives in Zimbabwe’s Nkayi District. Once food-aid beneficiaries, these farmers now produce enough maize to cover family needs, with some producing an excess for sale. Farmers produce their own maize seed each year, which are made available to...
Zimbabwe
2015 - Alliance for Foos Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Video
Sweet success story from family owned strawberry farm
A couple who are first generation farmers knew that strawberries would be a difficult crop, but were undeterred when told it was impossible to grow them in Ballito which is just north of Durban. The couple has proved experts wrong by successfully growing the crop on their 17 hectare farm...
2015 - CGTN Africa
Case study
Improving traditional systems of soil fertility to increase quality agricultural production in the Savannah region of Togo (Oti and Tandjoar districts)
The project is a response to land degradation in the Savannah region and its impact on agricultural production. The area suffers from overexploitation of natural resources, particularly forest products, linked to human activities. The result of these activities is the destruction of vegetation, leaving the soil bare and highly eroded....
Togo
2015 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
Policy brief/paper
Gender and rural development brief
East and Southern Africa
The countries of East and Southern Africa have made major commitments to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, and they are starting to pay off. A number of countries have achieved substantial progress towards gender parity in primary school enrolment. Nearly all countries have adopted quota systems requiring women’s participation...
Angola - Botswana - Burundi - Comoros - Eritrea - Ethiopia - Kenya - Lesotho - Madagascar - Malawi - Mauritius - Mozambique - Namibia - Rwanda - Seychelles - South Africa - South Sudan - Eswatini - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2015 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Policy brief/paper
Agricultural growth in West Africa (AGWA)
Market and Policy Drivers
West African Agriculture is at a turning point. The combination of strong demand growth, sustained economic growth, higher global agricultural prices, and an improved policy environment has generated the most conducive conditions for Agricultural growth in over 30 years. West African countries and their Development Partners now clearly recognize the...
Benin - Burkina Faso - Cabo Verde - Gambia - Ghana - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Liberia - Mali - Niger - Nigeria - Senegal - Sierra Leone - Togo
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Protection sociale et sécurité alimentaire au Burkina Faso
Les cantines scolaires
Dans le Sahel, les politiques de protection sociale en lien avec la sécurité alimentaire ont un rôle fondamental quant au bien-être de la population. Étudier ces politiques ainsi que leurs mesures profite aux organisations qui œuvrent pour la sécurité alimentaire de la région et peut contribuer à la conception de...
Burkina Faso
2015 - Oxfam International
Blog article
L’agro-écologie, une solution pour éradiquer l’insécurité alimentaire, selon la FAO
La lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire prend une nouvelle orientation écologique, plus naturelle et moins coûteuse, si l’on en croit l’Organisation des nations unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO). Cet organisme, prône l’agro-écologie qu’elle considère comme une solution pour lutter contre la faim et la mal nutrition.
Senegal
2015 - Financial Afrik
Blog article
Restitution des résultats d'enquête dans le cadre du projet "Identification d´options politiques et stratégiques pour une meilleure adoption des technologies par les exploitations familiales"
Article qui décrit un atelier qui s'est déroulé du 30 mars au 02 avril 2015 à Chadakori (Région de Maradi), au Niger. Cette rencontre organisée conjointement par l´Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) et la Fédération SA’A qui a regroupé les producteurs, les médias, les autorités administratives...
Niger
2015 - Agrifam-Niger
Blog article
Poverty reduction for smallholder farmers, Brazilian-style: Can it work in Africa?
Pilot project in Malawi
Brazil has achieved impressive results in reducing poverty with “Fomento,” a set of large-scale, government-run social programs targeting smallholder farmers. Rural poverty in Brazil dropped dramatically from 51.4 percent in 2002 to 29.1 percent in 2011; during the same period, family farmers’ incomes also grew by 50 percent. When an...
Brazil - Malawi
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Blog article
FAO and China announce second phase of programme to boost agribusiness in Uganda
South-South sharing of knowledge and best-practices in food production and agribusiness to expand
FAO, China and Uganda signed a two year agreement worth almost $2.5 million to support small-scale farmers in Uganda in boosting their production, including through sustainable technologies. The agreement marks the second phase of a partnership initially established in 2012 to make training and technical advice available to the Ugandan...
China - Uganda
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Conference paper
Declaration of the International Forum for Agroecology
We are delegates representing diverse organizations and international movements of small-scale food producers and consumers, including peasants, indigenous peoples and communities (including hunters and gatherers), family farmers, rural workers, herders and pastoralists, fisherfolk and urban people. Together, the diverse constituencies our organizations represent produce some 70% of the food consumed by humanity. They...
Mali
2015
Fact sheet
Diversifying local agriculture: Agricultural diversity on smallholder farms and in local markets in Western Kenya
Beyond staple foods, agriculture needs a stronger focus on nutrient-dense foods (vegetables, fruits, legumes and animal source foods), suggesting the diversification of smallholder production, such as integrated farming systems.
To understand the availability of agricultural biodiversity, working with partners that included the community members themselves, a farm inventory of cultivated and...
Kenya
2015 - Bioversity International
Practices
Compostage de la jacinthe d’eau en aérobiose
Ce présent guide porte sur la recette de compostage de la jacinthe d’eau en anaérobiose
Burkina Faso
2015 - Mil'Ecole
Journal article
Technical, allocative, and economic efficiency among smallholder maize farmers in Southwestern Ethiopia
Parametric approach
Maize is one of the major five staple cereal crops in Ethiopia. High productivity and efficacy in its production is critical to improve food security, reduce the level of poverty and achieve or maintain agricultural growth. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 385 household heads and interviewed using...
Ethiopia
2015 - Haramaya University
Conference/Meeting
Atelier:"Identification d´options politiques et stratégiques pour une meilleure adoption des technologies par les exploitations familiales" (AGRIFAM)
Le projet AGRIFAM-Niger concerne principalement la culture de niébé compte tenu de son importance socio-économique au Niger en général et dans la Région de Maradi en particulier. L’atelier a pour objectif de restituer aux différentes plateformes les résultats des enquêtes ménages menées sur les sites et de réaliser une session...
Niger
2015 - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) la Fédération SA’A
Working paper
Smallholders’ Land Ownership and Access in Sub-Saharan Africa
A new landscape?
While scholars agree on the importance of land rental markets for structural transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent and nature of their operation, including potential obstacles to their improved functioning, remains limited. This study uses household-level data from six countries to start filling this gap and derive substantive...
Ethiopia - Malawi - Niger - Nigeria - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania
2015 - World Bank Group
Working paper
Investigating the gender gap in agricultural productivity
Evidence from Uganda
Women comprise 50 percent of the agricultural labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa, but manage plots that are reportedly on average 20 to 30 percent less productive. As a source of income inequality and aggregate productivity loss, the country-specific magnitude and drivers of this gender gap are of great interest. Using...
Uganda
2015 - World Bank
Video
Sao Tomé: A Brighter Future
Most of the island of Sao Tomé is without any electricity. People battle to build and grow their businesses when they are literally kept in the dark. Now solar energy is promising them a brighter future.
Sao Tome and Principe
2015 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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