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
Agricultural Mechanization in Kenya: rice and banana value chains
This study assesses the status, challenges, and prospects of agricultural mechanization on rice and bananas in Kenya.
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.
Solar Milk Cooling with Insulated Milk Cans
The University of Hohenheim developed a milk cooling solution that can help small- and medium-sized dairy farms to improve the storage, transportation, and hygiene of their produced milk.