PARI brings together partners from Africa, India and Germany to conduct research on sustainable agricultural development, food systems transformation, and food and nutrition security in Africa and India. PARI is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
We analyse the potential and impact of innovations in food systems and rural areas.
We identify framework conditions for the generation and dissemination of innovations.
We inform policy reforms and investment decisions for food security and income generation.
This study investigates how intermediaries in the African agriculture sectors are making use of and are impacted by digital technologies in their professional activities.
This paper provides a literature review on youth employment challenges in rural Africa with the objective of addressing the question of how to productively engage rural youth.
This study developed a remote sensing based composite drought index (CDI), suitable for seasonal drought monitoring at 1 km2 resolution over the West African Sahel (WAS).
Etienne Hinrichsen, John Walakira and Heike Baumüller presented a PARI study that assesses African countries’ performance in the development of their aquaculture sectors.
The event consisted of four workshops, discussing the use and impact of digital technologies among agricultural intermediaries, local agricultural machinery manufacturing, enhancing youth engagement in agribusinesses as well as the African poultry sector.
This event discussed opportunities for fostering India-Africa learning and collaboration to promote food and nutrition security in the two global regions.
