Assessment of the Tunisian Olive Oil Value Chain in the International Markets: Constraints and Opportunities
This paper looks at the major constraints in the Tunisian olive oil sector.
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PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
Adoption of Technologies and Crop Productivity in Ethiopia: The Role of Agricultural Information
This study attempts to identify the type and channels of acquiring, agricultural information; and whether this information helps them in their decisions to adopt new technologies, and how using such inputs is translated into better and higher yield.
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Women in African Agriculture: Integrating Women into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector
This paper looks at women in the African agricultural sector, major challenges and how to make gender-inclusive innovations .
Improving milk value chains through solar milk cooling
This study looks at solar milk cooling systems as well as the socio-economic impacts of these systems.
Smallholders’ Access to Agricultural Equipment and Agro-Inputs in Mali
This study analyzes the type of equipment and inputs farmers need for different operations, the timeframe for executing the operations, and the costs of operations with and without equipment and their accessibility.
Times Have Changed – Using a Pictorial Smartphone App to Collect Time–Use Data in Rural Zambia
This study discusses the development of a picture-based smartphone app called Time-Tracker that allows data recording in real time to avoid recall biases.
Agricultural Extension Service and Technology Adoption for Food and Nutrition Security: Evidence from Ethiopia
This paper looks at the adoption decisions and the complementarities among labor-intensive technologies and comprehensive use of modern inputs.
Production diversification, dietary diversity & consumption seasonality: panel data evidence from Nigeria
This paper aims to analyze the interplay between production diversity and dietary diversity across different seasons in rural Nigeria.
Smartphone Apps as a new method to collect data on smallholder farming systems in the digital age: A case study from Zambia
Across the developing world, the spread of mobile- and smartphones has led to a surge in mobile services for rural populations. While the potentials of mobile services to provide development…
Using a Whole-farm modelling approach to assess changes in farming systems with the use of mechanization tools and the adoption of high yielding maize varieties under uncertainty in Northern Benin
This study examines the effects of high-yielding maize varieties and the use of machineries on the production, income, crop mixtures, and demand for production resources in two farms and farm household typologies in the northern cotton growing belt of Benin Republic.
PARI Policy Brief No. 11: Realizing the Potential of Digital Technologies for Agricultural Development in Africa
This policy brief discusses opportunities and challenges for scaling digital technologies in African agriculture.