The Neglected Governance Challenges of Agricultural Mechanization in Africa
This paper presents a case study on the governance challenges of agricultural mechanisation in Ghana.
PARI Research Outputs
PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
Beyond adoption: welfare effects of farmer innovation behavior in Ghana
This paper assesses the impact of farmer innovation household income and consumption expenditure for innovators.
Enhancing resilience to climate shocks through farmer innovation: evidence from northern Ghana
Using data from rural Ghana, this paper aims to add new empirical insights into the impact of farmer innovation by focusing on resilience to climate shocks.
PARI Policy Brief No. 5: Smallholder agricultural mechanization in Africa
This policy brief analyses which governance challenges must be addressed to make mechanization economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.
Change in crop management strategies could double the maize yield in Africa
The crop model SIMPLACE was used in this study and it was tested against FAO statistics to evaluate the model performance under the current management conditions with traditional cultivars and average nitrogen application rates.
The uncertainty of crop yield projections is reduced by improved temperature response functions
The inter-comparison of 29 wheat models showed that uncertainty in simulated wheat yield from different models increases with rising temperature, which provides the background and forms the basis for our current study.
Weather impacts on crop yields – searching for simple answers to a complex problem
The article discusses the importance of information on the extent to which crop yields are affected by specific extreme weather events to guide extension services and policy making or support crop breeding efforts.
Innovations spearheading the next transformations in India’s agriculture
The present study involves an extensive stocktaking exercise of the types of innovations that have emerged globally and in India in particular, and their increasing impact on the agricultural sector
PARI Policy Brief No. 4: Agricultural Innovations at the Technological Frontier in India
Agriculture in India – a breeding ground for innovation
PARI Annual Report 2016
PARI Interim Report 2016
Smartphone App: Food-Recommender
The Food-Recommender is an android-based application which offers food recommendations based on an analysis of anthropometrics and food intake.
How does inter-annual variability of attainable yield affect the magnitude of yield gaps for wheat and maize?
The study evaluated the importance of inter-annual attainable yield variability for the magnitude of the yield gap by utilizing data for wheat and maize at ten sites representing some major food production systems and a large range of climate and soil conditions across the world.