2019 PARI news & events

Oct 282019

PARI team travels to India to study digital services for livestock producers

A team of PARI researchers from the Hans Ruthenberg-Institute of Agricultural Science in the Tropics from the University of Hohenheim traveled to India to learn about the current stage of digital applications for livestock farming in India. While there is a consensus that digital agriculture has the potential to transform agriculture, little is known on what is happening on the ground in developing countries. In particular, little is known about digital agriculture in livestock farming.Read more PARI team travels to India to study digital services for livestock producers

Sep 032019

PARI presents research at African Green Revolution Forum 2019

“Grow Digital: Leveraging digital transformation to drive sustainable food systems in Africa” was the theme of AGRF 2019 which took place in Accra, Ghana, from 3-6 September 2019. PARI researchers used this opportunity to present their research on digitalization to key African policy stakeholders.Read more PARI presents research at African Green Revolution Forum 2019

Jul 022019

Researcher Thomas Daum: “The ideal African farm is a diverse one”

To feed Africa, the continent needs to develop its agriculture. Governments strive for larger-scale farming, with mechanisation and digitalisation, to produce crops in a more efficient way. But this modernist view, focusing on tech, may not be enough to entice young Africans to pick up farming. Africa’s youngsters have a very different idea of what their ideal farm would look like, says researcher Thomas Daum.Read more Researcher Thomas Daum: “The ideal African farm is a diverse one”

Jun 032019

FARA and ZEF Collaborate to Define Needed Investment for Creation Jobs in Agriculture

PARI Partners launches a new research cluster geared at the generation of employment opportunities in segments of the agriculture value chain beyond production (i.e. post-production and post-harvest).Read more FARA and ZEF Collaborate to Define Needed Investment for Creation Jobs in Agriculture

May 082019

Partnership with African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) in Nairobi, Kenya

On the 8^th of May 2019, a coordination meeting was organized at the AERC offices in Nairobi, to discuss the next step for the newly signed partnership between AERC and PARI. With this partnership, PARI aims to contribute to AERC’s effort at enhancing the capacity building for economic policy research and graduate training in sub-Saharan Africa.Read more Partnership with African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) in Nairobi, Kenya