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.
PARI Research Outputs
PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
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.
Innovation Opportunities in Sweet Potato production in Kenya
This book reviews the existing knowledge on scaling technologies and innovation in Kenyan Sweet Potato production
Vocational Education and Training for Farmers and Other Actors in the Agri-Food Value Chain in Africa
The study analyzes the current state of Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) in Africa and presents its challenges and opportunities.
Coping strategies with Climate Variability effects: The case of the village of Zignasso in Mali
This study analyzes the different adaptation strategies proposed by farmers and examines them to seek effectiveness, and feasibility before making recommendations for better livelihoods.
Status of Smallholders Agricultural Mechanization in Sub-Saharan Africa
This review study examines the mechanization of the smallholder’s systems in Africa. It builds on the history of its mechanization and identifies the constraints that require action to ensure the growth of the sector.
Socio-Economic Analysis of Promising Innovations in Benin
This study aims to fill missing socio-economic data and to carry out socio-economic analysis of hopeful technological innovations developed between 1996 and 2016, in particular for FARA priority sectors, namely rice, soybean, small ruminants and poultry.
Value Chain Assessment of Sidi Bouzid Sheep Production and Marketing in Tunisia : Challenges and Opportunities of Linking Breeders to the Markets
This study characterizes the dominant sheep production system within Sidi Bouzid, identifies the main stakeholders, marketing channels for inputs and outputs, challenges and opportunities to production, and provides policy recommendations.
Impact of Climate Change on Rice Farmer Income in Togo
This study measures the effect of climatic changes on the income of rice growers in Togo.
Impact of Agricultural Innovation Platforms on Smallholder livelihoods in Eastern and Western Kenya
This study aimed at understanding the outcome and impact of the use of innovation platforms, as well as identify and explore possibilities of replicating successful innovation platforms in other regions to enhance the livelihoods of the target communities.
Analysis of the Dynamics and Obstacles to the Adoption of Technological Innovations: the Case of Rice Farming in Togo
The study thus looked at the case of Togolese rice farmers in order to enlighten the decision-makers and to better guide them in the decision-making for the actions to come and to formulate proposals of solutions.
Documentation of Selected Outstanding Innovations in Nigeria
This study focused on two of the Green Innovation Centre commodities, namely rice and cassava in the identification and description of the main innovations associated with them.