PARI Policy Brief No. 8: Doubling the Maize Yield in Africa Through Better Crop Management
Results from a crop simulation model to inform policy and research
PARI Research Outputs
PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
Recognizing and rewarding farmers’ creativity through contests: experiences and insights from four African countries
This paper presents the experiences and outcomes of applying contests to elicit farmer-generated innovations and to reward outstanding farmer innovators in selected districts in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia
PARI Policy Brief No. 6: Improving Employment Prospects for Africa’s Rural Youth
Given that the agriculture sector remains the most important economic sector in the region, policies that support its development and increase the human capacities of rural youth can significantly improve employment opportunities and quality.
Innovation for Sustainable Agricultural Growth – 12 Country Dossiers
The dossiers provide background information on the innovation environment, most relevant value chains and related innovations, and collaboration opportunities for 12 African countries with Green Innovation Centres.
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.
PARI Poster: Recognizing Farmer Innovators in Africa
PARI Poster presenting various African innovators
Innovation Platform Agribusiness Portal (IPAbP)
The IPAbP aims at aggregating information about all agricultural innovation platforms in Africa to foster linkages with other agricultural innovation organizations, donors and development partners.
PARI Policy Brief No. 3: Sustainable Intensification Strategies for the Rural Poor
This policy brief discusses how to match innovations with human and ecological potential within and outside the agriculture sector
The ReSAKSS Country eAtlases
The eAtlas offer access to high quality and highly disaggregated data on agricultural, socio-economic, and bio-physical indicators in Africa.
Country Innovation Studies
The studies provide an overview of the status of agricultural innovations, innovation platforms and innovation investment in 12 African countries.
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.