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 to understand the impacts in on the African food and beverage manufacturing industry.
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 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.
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 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.
This article takes a crictical look at potentials and limitations of digital agriculture in Africa.
PARI researcher Thomas Daum together with Hannes Buchwald received a prestigious prize for their App Time Tracker.
This article presents research findings on the use of a Timetracker app to collect data in Africa.
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.
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.
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.
The ONE WORLD – No Hunger. Future of the Rural World G20 conference, which took place April 27-28 in Berlin,…