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Mapping topsoil organic carbon concentrations and stocks for Tanzania
Tanzania is one of the countries that has embarked on a national programme under the United Nations collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD). Tanzania is currently developing the capacity to enter into a carbon monitoring REDD + regime. In this context spatially representative soil carbon...
United Republic of Tanzania
2019 - Elsevier
Revue spécialisée
Opportunities in Agriculture: Stemming youth migration
Africa’s growing youth workforce presents enormous potential for agricultural transformation, but to capitalise on this promising resource the sector must become a more attractive employment option for the continent’s young people. As waves of young people leave their rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa in search of better work, can the agricultural...
2019 - CTA
Article
Causal pathways of the productive impacts of cash transfers: Experimental evidence from Lesotho
This paper has the double aim to study whether unconditional cash transfers have an impact on farm production and to look into the causal mechanisms through which government transfers produce productive impacts. We use mediation analysis to identify the total effect of transfers on farm production and to isolate the...
Lesotho
2019 - Elsevier
Site web
ISSD Africa Community of Practice
Lack of access to quality seed is one of the most pressing issues hindering productivity increase in Africa. ISSD Africa (established in 2012) is an international community of practice, guiding seed sector innovation and development on the African continent to alleviate the problem of limited access to quality seed. Addressing...
2019 - ISSD Africa
Événement
Wageningen University & Research Campaign for ISSD Africa
ISSD Africa, a successful Community of Practice (CoP) on seed sector development hosted by Wageningen University & Research is looking for new investment partners before April 15. Partners are asked to invest in the CoP and/or nine well-defined action topics, ranging from seed, agrobiodiversity & climate change to gender &...
2019 - ISSD Africa
Article
Femmes et réseaux marchands en Afrique de l’Ouest
Le rapport confirme l’effet attracteur du Nigéria porté par sa démographie et son urbanisation croissante. Il propose le développement de politiques publiques innovantes fondées sur le renforcement du capital social féminin et des options politiques pour une meilleure intégration des diverses initiatives entreprises par les États, les organisations internationales et...
Nigeria
2019 - Éditions OCDE
Étude de cas
Accès des femmes à la terre au Sénégal
Quelques leçons tirées de l’étude de base
Au Sénégal, de nombreuses initiatives ont permis l’amélioration des droits fonciers des femmes. Toutefois, ces interventions présentent des effets pervers. S’appuyant sur l’analyse de trois études de cas, cette note présente quelques uns de ces effets et souligne la nécessité d’aborder la question de l’accès au foncier des femmes en...
Senegal
2019 - Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR)
Document de travail
Production alimentaire, expansion agricole et déforestation au Mai-Ndombe, RDC
Les forêts de la RDC jouent un rôle crucial dans l’atténuation du changement climatique et dans l’alimentation et la culture des populations. Des études dans trois pays africains ont constaté une « dissonance » entre la conservation des forêts et la production alimentaire, et une « déconnexion » entre les...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2019 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Rapport
Être jeune et entreprendre dans le secteur agricole
Since its official launch in May 2016, Agribusiness web TV has been promoting various initiatives by young farmers and entrepreneurs who have become involved in the agricultural sector. This publication presents twenty-four of these youth initiatives that are engaged in production, processing (cereals, chocolate), green jobs and nutrition (organic market...
Benin - Burkina Faso - Cameroon - Côte d'Ivoire - Guinea - Senegal
2019 - Agribusiness TV
Revue spécialisée
NUUS - Field stories from Africa
In the race to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and attain the aspirations of the Agenda 2063 and the 2025 Malabo Goals of the African Union, young men and women are the key drivers in our combined efforts to reach the finish line on time.
The 2014 AU Malabo Summit...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article de blog
How agroecology can respond to a changing climate and benefit farmers
Current food systems are at a crossroads. There is a strong need for transforming food production and consumption patterns in a sustainable way. One where farmers adapt and build resilience to the increasing challenges from climate change and where nutritious food is available for all. Agroecology provides one solution towards...
2019 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Rapport
Le rôle croissant du secteur privé dans les politiques agricoles et alimentaires en Afrique
Contexte, formes et enjeux
Autrefois maintenues à distance des politiques publiques, les entreprises multinationales sont aujourd’hui couramment considérées comme des partenaires clefs pour la conception et la mise en œuvre de politiques, aussi bien par les dirigeants africains que par les donateurs.
Comment s’est opéré ce changement de paradigme ? A quel point le «...
2019 - Inter-réseaux Développement rural
Rapport
Seed fairs in post-conflict situations
As part of its food security and livelihood programs, Action Against Hunger (ACF-USA) has organized seed fairs in rural areas of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to provide farmers with seeds. The fairs have been widely spread and had a great number of direct beneficiaries and vendors, successfully...
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Uganda
2019 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA)
Rapport
The growing role of the private sector in agricultural and food policy in Africa
In the past, multinational companies were kept at a distance from public policy. Now, they are often seen by African leaders and donors as key partners when it comes to designing and implementing such policies. What brought about that paradigm shift? How much influence does the “private sector” now have...
2019 - INTER RESEAUX, ISSALA, SOS FAIM BELGIUM
Étude de cas
The Good Cocoyam Seed Initiative
Indigenous cocoyams in Burundi have the potential to increase food and nutrition security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical knowhow. The Good Seed Initiative targeted both seed and cocoyam...
Burundi
2019 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA)
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1st International Conference on Agroecology Transforming Agriculture & Food Systems in Africa
Worldwide, an estimated 3.5 billion kilograms of pesticides is applied to crops each year, and that number is steadily increasing as developing nations are steadily transitioning over to chemical-based agriculture in a misguided and misinformed effort to increase yield and lower cost. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has...
2019 - Biovision Africa Trust
Article de revue spécialisée
Knowledge and perception of small holding farmers on supplementation and feeding sweet potato vines to goats
Goats in rural communities are often raised in conditions which do not allow them to achieve their maximum performance nor express their genetic potentials. For goats to perform to their full potential, they require high nutritious feed especially in the winter season when there is food shortage or during high...
2019
Article de blog
Mobile Pastoralists: The Challenge of Livestock Markets in Karamoja Uganda
This article explores livestock markets and the use of pastoralist mobility to gradually enhance the growing cattle economy in Karamoja, Uganda; cases are provided in this article of the best practices in the livestock trade and communities, involved both inside and outside of Karamoja. The challenges and recommendations that can lead to the...
Uganda
2019 - The Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation GFAR
Audio
Senegal's smart phone farmers
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is rolling out digital innovation technologies in the form of SMS text messages and smart phone applications across the African continent, starting in Senegal and Rwanda. In this pilot episode of FAO's new podcast Stories From The Field, we head to Tambacounda, 450...
Senegal
2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Rapport
An Africa-Europe Agenda for Rural Transformation
Report by the Task Force Rural Africa
The African workforce will grow by 800 million people over the next 30 years. Generating sufficient jobs and incomes to meet their needs is one of the biggest political and economic challenges of our time. This report proposes strategies and policies, harnessing cooperation between Africa and Europe, to enable the African agri-food and rural economy...
2019 - European Commission
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