PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
The study aims to identify four representative initiatives implemented between 2008 and 2018, and assess how they have contributed to youth employment in Malawi.
Using data from 300 farmer-innovators in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia, this study seeks to contribute to a better understanding of farmers' knowledge of and preferences for IPRs and open-access innovation.
Using an agricultural focused computable general equilibrium model, these discussion papers analyze the economy-wide impact of a series of agricultural innovations in Malawi and Burkina Faso.
This Policy Brief proposes an agenda for supporting sustainable development of seed systems in Africa.
This study seeks to assess the complementarity of education and use of agricultural inputs–improved seeds, fertilizers, access to credit facilities (loans), and the incremental effects of education on intermediate to longer-term economic outcomes (consumption, expenditure and poverty) among smallholder farmers in four countries in SSA Africa (Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania).
This policy brief discusses opportunities and challenges for scaling digital technologies in African agriculture.
Alternative Pathways towards Food Security.
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.
This study identifies key factors that might spur increased adoption, including education, secure land rights, and access to institutional support services in CA.
This paper assesses the effects of new agronomic innovations on yield rates of selected crops across 12 African countries.
The study analyzes the current state of Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) in Africa and presents its challenges and opportunities.
This brief compiles analyses of the current state of the agri-food sector, related policies and existing agricultural innovations in twelve African countries.