2020 PARI news & events

Nov 182020

PARI @ Cultivate Africa: How to boost African food production to increase resilience in times of pandemics

Together with ZEF and FARA, PARI is organizing a side-event at the online conference Cultivate Africa on 18.11. at 10 am CET (9 am GMT).

This session will discuss how investments in innovations and related policies should be prioritized to enable Africa to increase food supplies from the use of its own resources and thereby improve the resilience of the African food system against pandemics and other shocks. In addition to boosting productivity at the production level, the session will also evaluate options for increasing food supplies by reducing post-harvest losses, improving processing capacities and facilitating inclusive markets across Africa.

Oct 122020

With the right investments and policies, Africa can mobilize its large food production potentials

PRESS RELEASE – Bonn/Kigali – 12 October 2020: Africa has the potential to secure its supply of food for affordable and healthy diets from the sustainable use of its own resources, but significant investments and policies are needed to transform this potential into reality, a study by the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and AKADEMIYA2063 concludes. Africa still imports US$ 60 billion worth of food every year. This primarily urban market offers an opportunity for Africa’s agricultural producers and food industries. Beyond the direct benefits for food and nutrition security, a stronger food and agriculture sector will create jobs and raise incomes in rural areas, increase government revenues, ensure accelerated economic growth and development, and build resilience against the impacts of climate change and COVID-19 in Africa.

Sep 092020

PARI Research Fellow Dr. Thomas Daum is awarded the Josef G. Knoll European Science Award 2020

We are happy to announce that our Reasearch Fellow Dr. Thomas Daum was awarded the Josef G. Knoll European Science Award 2020 for his work on “The potential of smartphone apps to collect self-recorded data in agricultural households. A study on time-use in Zambia”.

Aug 282020

How is Covid-19 impacting the African food and beverage manufacturing industry?

The Covid-19 pandemic and in particular the measures that have been taken by governments to contain the spread of the virus is affecting all segments of society and business around to world. To understand the impacts in on the African food and beverage manufacturing industry, ZEF/PARI in collaboration with the SADC Research Center, conducted a rapid phone survey of close to 600 companies in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa in May 2020.Read more How is Covid-19 impacting the African food and beverage manufacturing industry?

Jun 222020

Investing Sustainably in African Livestock Development

On Wednesday, 17th June 2020, Dr. Carlos Seré, senior fellow at ZEF PARI, presented his research on the future of the livestock sector and consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa, titled “Investing Sustainably in African Livestock Development: Opportunities and Tradeoffs.”