Desafíos y oportunidades en el mercado de semillas de forrajes mejorados en países seleccionados del Este y el Oeste de ...
Presentations for Implications of El Niño 2023/24 for Africa South of the Sahara
Climate scientists are anticipating an El Niño event in the upcoming boreal winter season (November 2023–February 2024), ending the recent three-year La Niña. In collaboration with USAID FEWS NET and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, IFPRI is hosting a presentation on the potential impact of the upcoming El Niño on the global agrifood system, wit...
Reducing Vulnerability of Somali Communities by Raising the Capacity of Indigenous Systems and Enhancing Market Access a...
This activity focused on market participation and producer's knowledge of the indigenous livestock grading and pricing system applied to small ruminant marketing in Somaliland. Data were collected from a random sample of 143 men and women producers in three livelihood zones: Hawd pastoral, West Golis pastoral and Togdheer agro-pastoral zones. Descr...
Spatial market integration during a pandemic: Evidence from food markets in Nigeria
This paper uses comprehensive and long time series monthly food price data and a panel dyadic regression framework to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated policy responses on spatial market integration across a diverse set of food items in Nigeria. The empirical results reveal several important insights. First, we show that a...
Estrategias de comercialización local de arroz biofortificado enfocadas en las comunidades de Leticia y Zapatero
Reinforcing knowledge, market-based incentives, and bean quality in Honduras: estimating impacts of a bundled innovation...
Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are an important source of food and protein in Honduras and the region. Smallholders produce most of the beans, and they face many biotic and abiotic challenges. Roughly 10-15% of bean producers in Honduras belong to a farmer association. These associations provide goods and services (technical assistance, input...
From fleece to screens: Revolutionizing sheep and goat marketing in the digital age
Recognizing the transformative potential of digital marketing, a partnership was formed between the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity or SAPLING, the Accelerating the Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project and YAZERBER, a private sector entity dedicated to the production, branding, marketing, and distribution...
Co-diseñando innovaciones en las cadenas de valor de frijol y maíz en Honduras, para su crecimiento inclusivo y sostenib...
La Iniciativa "Transformando los mercados alimentarios y las cadenas de valor para la inclusión y la sostenibilidad" tiene como objetivo proporcionar evidencia sobre el tipo de innovaciones, estructuras de incentivos y políticas que son más efectivas para crear una distribución más equitativa de los ingresos y las oportunidades de empleo en los mer...
Innovations for inclusive and sustainable growth of domestic food value chains: Fruits and vegetables value chains in Ni...
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Fruits & vegetable value chains (F&V VC) in Nigeria hold significant potential to continue toward sustainable, inclusive food system transformation. Domestic food system growth, including that of F&V, remains crucial in achieving a healthy food environment and serving as a source of various micronutrients. There is a need for bundles of innovations...
Spatial market integration of food markets during a shock: Evidence from food markets in Nigeria
This paper uses comprehensive and long time series monthly food price data and a panel dyadic regression framework to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated policy responses on spatial market integration across a diverse set of food items in Nigeria. The empirical results reveal several important insights. First, we show that a...
