COVID-19: Impacts on food trade – Is global food security at risk?
This blog post by ZEF researchers Lukas Kornher and Tekalign Sakketa discusses the impact of Covid-19 on global food markets and food security.
PARI News
Latest news about the activities of the PARI partners
PARI team travels to India to study digital services for livestock producers
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.
PARI Researcher Thomas Daum: “The ideal African farm is a diverse one”
The prevailing modernist view of African agriculture, 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.
PARI launches cooperation with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
PARI researchers visited the offices of AERC to discuss practical steps to implement 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.
New article in Rural 21: “We need more than apps”
This article takes a crictical look at potentials and limitations of digital agriculture in Africa.
Prize Awarded to App Time Tracker – by “Germany – Land of Ideas”
PARI researcher Thomas Daum together with Hannes Buchwald received a prestigious prize for their App Time Tracker.
New article in Rural 21 on the role of digital tools to study smallholder farming systems
This article presents research findings on the use of a Timetracker app to collect data in Africa.
New article in “The Conversation”: What needs to be done to give Africa’s smallholder farmers access to machinery
In a new article published in The Conversation, PARI researchers Prof. Regina Birner and Thomas Daum from the University of Hohenheim highlight opportunities for fast-tracking smallholder mechanisation in Africa.
Researchers from Benin and Germany Collaborate on Blood Analysis Technology
During a visit to the Technical University of Munich (TUM) laboratory, researchers from the National Institute of Agricultural Research of Benin were introduced to a blood analysis method established by the nutritional Physiology at TUM.
G20 discussions on private investment in Africa must include focus on agriculture, say food security experts
The Malabo Montpellier (MaMo) Panel – a leading voice in African food security and agriculture policy – calls on the G20 to prioritise investment in the agriculture sector as part of this, since it is the continent’s biggest employer.
High-level conference calls on G20 countries to step up fight against hunger and malnutrition
The ONE WORLD – No Hunger. Future of the Rural World G20 conference, which took place April 27-28 in Berlin,…
2030 -Welt ohne Hunger: Leveraging investment impacts
The article in the online magazine "2030 -Welt ohne Hunger" discusses prioritities for investments in African food and agriculture.