In most African countries, food systems are a key pillar of livelihoods and national GDP: nearly half of the continent`s workforce is employed in agriculture, and the sector contributes to an average of 20 percent of GDP.
Togo has achieved a perfect score of 10 in the 2021 Biennial Review of CAADP for women's participation in agriculture. The country has implemented legal frameworks, policies, and interventions to empower women and improve opportunities in agri-food s...
The 2017/18 Ghana Agriculture Census Report shows that women smallholder farmers contribute nearly 50% of the agricultural labor force in Ghana. Women are more engaged in crop farming than male farmers, and women play a crucial role in Ghana's agrifo...
Rwanda has achieved perfect scores in CAADP Biennial Reviews and outperformed the African and global average on OECD's 2023 Social Institutions & Gender Index. Women make up 57% of the agricultural workforce, and the government aims to increase women...
delves into an Africa-wide analysis of the status of women in Africa's agrifood systems to propose further actions to position women at the center of food system change. Women are pivotal to transforming Africa's agrifood systems and achieving job, g...
This price bulletin was developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi with the goal of providing clear and accurate information on the weekly variation of retail prices for selected agricultural commodities that are important for food security and nutriti...
This excerpt discusses the Land tenure security and preferences to dispute resolution pathways among landholders in Nigeria.
Background: Panel data indicates that non-pregnant women's dietary diversity fluctuates across climatic seasons in low- and middle income countries. The natural day-to-day variability in food group consumption during gestation is unknown.
This paper discusses the role of interactive radio programming in advancing women’s and youth’s empowerment and dietary diversity with mixed method evidence from Malawi.
The agricultural sector in developing countries like Nigeria is characterized by low productivity, driven partly by low use of modern agricultural technologies. Poor access to credit is seen as a key barrier to adoption of these technologies. Policy...
The midstream of agricultural value chains are rapidly changing in response to shifting domestic and international demand. While the performance of this segment may have important implications for the entire sector, evidence on midstream actors and t...
The management of forest commons requires coordination within a community and between communities. This coordination is usually challenging given the incentives for free riding. The literature suggests that communities with heterogeneous members, par...