Climate Change and Food Security in West Africa
This publication contains a compendium of papers presented at the conference on climate change and food security in West Africa.
PARI Research Outputs
PARI research focuses on identifying and scaling promising agricultural innovations for agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India.
Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria
Using Hello Tractor (Nigeria) and EM3 Agri-Services (India) as examples, this paper assesses the viability of ICT applications that aim to help smallholder farmers access tractors.
Impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s Food and Beverage Manufacturing Companies
This study assesses the impact of Covid-19 containment measures on sales and emploment in the African agroprocessing sector.
PARI Policy Brief No. 29: Towards a Digital One-Stop-Shop for African Producers?
This policy brief offers insights on how digital agricultural platform companies in Africa are coping with strategic challenges related to their business models.
PARI Policy Brief No. 28: Resilience of Africa’s Food and Beverage Manufacturing Sector – Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic
This policy brief discusses how Covid-19 containment measures have affected the performance of the food and beverage manufacturing industry in Africa.
PARI Policy Brief No. 27: Covid-19 causes unprecedented Migrant Crisis in India
This policy brief assesses the impact of Covid-19 containment measures on the income and welfare of Indian migrant workers.
COVID-19: Emergence, spread and its impact on the Indian economy and migrant workers
This study examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the related nationwide lockdown on the Indian economy, particularly on food systems. It also takes up an important issue of millions of migrant workers in India who seem to have suffered the most during this period.
Sources of value creation in aggregator platforms for digital services in agriculture – insights from likely users in Kenya
This article examines the underlying structure and prioritizations of value creation sources in aggregator platforms for digital services in agriculture from the perspective of likely users in Kenya.
Determinants of uptake and strategies to improve agricultural insurance in Africa: a review
This review synthesises broad recent literature on why insurance take-up has remained low and what strategies might be employed to spur its take-up among farmers and pastoralists in Sub-Saharan Africa.
PARI Annual Report 2020
The PARI annual report 2020 presents the highlights of PARI research conducted in 2020.
Decentralized Seed Services in Africa: An Assessment of Tanzania and Uganda
This paper reviews the performance of decentralized seed systems in Uganda and Tanzania.
Role of Farmers’ Organizations in Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Overview of Continental, Regional, and Selected National Level Organizations
This study provides an overview of the state of continental and regional FOs in Africa. Using three-country (Senegal, Uganda and Zambia) case studies, it discusses the structure, functioning, objectives, and financing of the FOs in these selected countries.