A Comparative Study on the Determinants of the Level of Mechanization in Kenya: The Case of Rice and Banana Value Chains
This study seeks to identify factors that influence mechanization levels for rice and bananas value chains.
PARI Research Outputs
PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
Empowering Smallholder Farmers through Farmer Organizations: Insights from Kenya and Burkina Faso
The objective of this study is to support the applied empowerment research and the interdisciplinary discourse on poverty and hunger reduction with some impulses for its further advancement.
PARI Policy Brief No. 17: Improving Protein Nutrition of Dairy Cattle in the Tropics
This policy brief highlights important challenges and possible options for improved cattle nutrition in order to sustainably intensify dairy farming in the Tropics.
PARI Policy Brief No. 15: Seed System Development: Fertile Grounds In Sub-Saharan Africa
This Policy Brief proposes an agenda for supporting sustainable development of seed systems in Africa.
The Agricultural Mechanization in Africa: Micro-level Analysis of State Drivers and Effects
This paper examines the state, drivers and, consequently, the impacts of agricultural mechanization in eleven countries in Africa.
Innovation Opportunities in Dairy Livestock in Kenya
This publication assesses the main constraints and challenges faced by the dairy industry in Kenya as well as innovations available and practiced.
Honey Bee Network in Africa: Co-creating a Grassroots Innovation Ecosystem in Africa
A look into the Honey Bee Network’s decentralized model for collecting, verifying, and disseminating grassroots innovations.
Improving milk value chains through solar milk cooling
This study looks at solar milk cooling systems as well as the socio-economic impacts of these systems.
PARI Policy Brief No. 11: Realizing the Potential of Digital Technologies for Agricultural Development in Africa
This policy brief discusses opportunities and challenges for scaling digital technologies in African agriculture.
PARI Policy Brief No. 10: Innovations to Overcome Increasingly Complex Problems of Hunger
Alternative Pathways towards Food Security.
Mechanization in African Agriculture: A Continental Overview on Patterns and Dynamics
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.
Differential Impacts of Conservation Agriculture Technology Options on Household Income in Sub-Saharan Africa
This study identifies key factors that might spur increased adoption, including education, secure land rights, and access to institutional support services in CA.