If you know anything about African agriculture, many commonly held beliefs about the sector will easily spring to mind. Most farmers are women. Uptake of fertilizer and improved seed is low. Post harvest losses are huge. Yet according to a new project “Agriculture in Africa – Telling Facts from Myths,” the evidence upon which we base… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Africa
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT: CHALLENGE OR OPPORTUNITY?
Gordon Conway writes for the Huffington Post 2014 is the AU year of Agriculture and Food Security. As African leaders gather at the end of this month in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, for the 23rd African Union (AU) Summit, they have an opportunity to make good on their 2003 promise to allocate ten percent of their… Read more »
‘SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION’ OFFERS HOPE FOR A RESILIENT AFRICAN GREEN REVOLUTION, SAYS MONTPELLIER PANEL
Expert Panel Calls for Action Now to Meet Food Needs, Build Resilience to Climate Change Addis Ababa – 15 May 2014 – African and European experts from the Montpellier Panel are calling for ‘sustainable intensification’ to be embraced as a necessary and urgent pathway for meeting global food needs and building resilience to climate change… Read more »
AFRICAN GREEN REVOLUTION FORUM
Agriculture for Impact will be hosting a side event to discuss our report at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) at 12.30pm on the 3rd of September. Come and find us if you are at the conference and join in the conversation! The AGRFseeks to deliver the objective of the AU Year of Agriculture and Food… Read more »
BRUSSELS LAUNCH OF MONTPELLIER PANEL REPORT
Following the successful London launch of the latest Montpellier Panel Report “Small and Growing: Entrepreneurship in African Agriculture” , the Agriculture for Impact team launched it again at DG AGRI and DG DevCo at the European Commission on the 2nd of July 2014. Mr. Roberto Ridolfi, Director, DEVCO C – Sustainable Growth and Development gave a… Read more »
SMALL AND GROWING: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE (2014)
In 2012, sub-Saharan African countries spent $37.7 billion on food imports. Rising levels of unemployment, coupled with sustained poverty, continued food and nutrition insecurity, and an unsustainable use of natural resources remain immense challenges. Yet they also offer equally immense opportunities. The latest report from the Montpellier Panel– an eminent group of European and African… Read more »
GLOBAL LAUNCH: MONTPELLIER PANEL REPORT
Agriculture for Impact launched its latest Montpellier Panel report “Small and Growing: Entrepreneurship in African Agriculture” (PDF) in London in June 2014. Co-hosted by the All- Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development (APPG), the event welcomed a panel of experts to discuss how investments in rural and food sector entrepreneurship in Africa can… Read more »
BUILDING RESILIENCE FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
The Agriculture for Impact team attended the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) “Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security” conference from the 15-17 May 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Experts from academia, NGOs, the private sector and government gathered for the conference organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Speakers include Per Pinstrup-Anderson, Cornell University… Read more »
INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION IN AFRICA (2013)
This Montpellier Panel report was launched at the World Food Prize in October 2013. It is co-authored by Calestous Juma (Harvard University), Ramadjita Tabo (Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa) and Katy Wilson (Agriculture for Impact). Why innovation? Innovation is at the heart of sustainable intensification, helping African smallholder farmers produce more with less impact… Read more »
8 VIEWS FOR THE G8: BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR AFRICAN SMALLHOLDER FARMERS (2013)
In May 2013, Agriculture for Impact and the Overseas Development Institute launched two Leaping and Learning reports. The second, ‘8 Views for the G8: Buisiness Solutions for African Smallholder Farmers’ . A collection of 12 case studies, the paper brings together the experiences of eight development NGOs of building market linkages and finding business solutions to food and nutrition… Read more »
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