Small Scale Irrigation in Mali: Constraints and Opportunities
This paper looks at the constraints hindering adoption and the scale-up of irrigation in Mali
PARI Research Outputs
PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
Mechanization in African Agriculture: A Continental Overview on Patterns and Dynamics
This study looks in to pattern of agricultural mechanization along the entire value chain (production, post-harvest, processing, transport and storage) and compares it with the annual average agricultural output over the same time period.
How to create conducive institutions to enable agricultural mechanization: A comparative historical study from the United States and Germany
This paper analyses how this enabling environment was created during the mechanization history of two today’s mechanized countries, the United States and Germany, thereby distilling lessons for today’s mechanizing countries.
Differential Impacts of Conservation Agriculture Technology Options on Household Income in Sub-Saharan Africa
This study identifies key factors that might spur increased adoption, including education, secure land rights, and access to institutional support services in CA.
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PARI Interim Report 2018
Yield effects of selected agronomic innovation packages in maize cropping systems of six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper assesses the effects of new agronomic innovations on yield rates of selected crops across 12 African countries.
Building farmers’ capacity for innovation generation: Insights from rural Ghana
This study investigates the innovation-generating behavior among rural farmers in Ghana.
Innovations to Overcome the Increasingly Complex Problems of Hunger
This paper aims to assess alternative pathways toward overcoming hunger with an emphasis on innovation.
Generating Employment and Increasing Income in Agricultural Value Chains and Thereby Fostering Food Security: Case Studies of Rice and Cotton in Benin and Senegal
A case study approach is used to investigate the patterns of employment and income generation in cotton and rice value chains in Senegal and Benin.
From Agricultural to Economic Growth: Targeting Investments Across Africa
This paper examines whether investments in the agriculture and food sectors in Africa significantly increases overall economic growth and, hence, reduces food and nutrition insecurity.
Frontier Analysis and Agricultural Typologies
This paper looks at agricultural typologies of microregions for 8 of the 12 African countries in the PARI project to identify micro-regional level opportunities, bottlenecks and investment gaps.
Climate Change Effect on Wheat Phenology Depends on Cultivar Change
This study aims to quantify the contributions of changes in cultivars, sowing dates and temperature to the changes in the phenology of winter wheat.