Smartphone App: TimeTracker
Developed by the University of Hohenheim, TimeTracker is a simple, picture-base smartphone app which allows respondents in household surveys to record daily activities themselves.
PARI Research Outputs
PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
Climate and management interaction cause diverse crop phenology trends
The article evaluates the effects of climate and management on crop phenology by using observations for winter rapeseed and winter rye obtained in Germany for the period 1960–2013.
Harvesting Solar Power in India
This paper delves into the feasibility of simultaneously making progress towards India's targets of significantly scaling solar power capacities and doubling farmers' incomes.
Country Innovation Studies
The studies provide an overview of the status of agricultural innovations, innovation platforms and innovation investment in 12 African countries.
Policy brief series: Agricultural innovations in Benin
Series of policy briefs prepared by the Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB).
On the use of agricultural system models for exploring technological innovations across scales in Africa: A critical review
The report presents the results of three systematic reviews: one on the use of biophysical modelling, the second and third on the use of bio-economic modelling at farm scale and agro-economic modelling at higher aggregation levels.
PARI Policy Brief No. 2: Farmer Innovation Contests – Tapping the Innovative Potential of Smallholder Farmers
This policy brief presents insights on the implementation of farmer innovations contests in Ghana.
Progress report on Agricultural Typologies Work
This report presents rural typologies of micro-regions for 12 African countries with Green Innovation Centres to identify micro-regional level opportunities, bottlenecks and investment gaps for agricultural development
PARI Annual Report 2015
The PARI annual report 2015 presents the highlights of PARI research conducted in 2015.
Crop model improvement reduces the uncertainty of the response to temperature of multi-model ensembles
In this study, 15 wheat growth models were improved and simulation results were then evaluated with independent field experiments.
PARI Policy Brief No. 1: Strategic Directions for Development Collaboration for Food Security and Agricultural Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
The policy brief reviews the evolving context of agriculture and food security in Africa, synthesises related policies, strategies and collaborations of African countries, and identifies innovation initiatives to tap potentials in Africa.
Tapping Potentials of Innovation for Food Security and Sustainable Agricultural Growth – an Africa-wide Perspective
This study reviews the evolving context of agriculture and food security in Africa, synthesises related policies, strategies and collaborations of African countries, and identifies innovation initiatives to tap potentials in Africa.