PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
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
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.
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.
This policy brief analyses which governance challenges must be addressed to make mechanization economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.
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 presenting various African innovators
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.
This policy brief discusses how to match innovations with human and ecological potential within and outside the agriculture sector
The eAtlas offer access to high quality and highly disaggregated data on agricultural, socio-economic, and bio-physical indicators in Africa.
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.
The studies provide an overview of the status of agricultural innovations, innovation platforms and innovation investment in 12 African countries.
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.