Agriculture holds the key to broad-based economic growth, poverty reduction and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This is due to the importance of the sector for SSA economies, the extent of rural poverty and the dependence of 50 million sma...
A value chain is a connected string of companies, groups and other players working together to satisfy market demands for a particular product or group of products. In recent times, Financial Institutions are more interested in financing various acto...
Nigeria is a big producer of many agricultural commodities. To achieve self-sufficiency and deepen diversification, there is an increasing need to increase production and value addition across key agriculture food products
In collaboration with partners in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda and within the larger framework of the Integrated Seed Sector Development in Africa (ISSD Africa) programme, WCDI part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) conducted rapid ass...
At this time of unprecedented crisis, social entrepreneurs are working on the frontlines of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its severe economic and social consequences. In the shared belief that this crisis is also an opportunity to chan...
2019 has been a tumultuous year for agricultural commodities as prices gyrated due to a combination of political, environmental, demand and supply related factors. The price volatility has been broad-based, cutting across all agricultural commodit...
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) is the outcome of an extensive diagnostic study of Ethiopia’s agriculture sector led by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and facilitated by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 20...
The Seed Money Project “Insects for Africa” was initiated to determine the need for alternative animal feed ingredients and the options of insects as a potential source in Eastern Africa. The aim of the project is to solve a local system problem. A...
This report puts a spotlight on diet quality as a critical link between food security and nutrition. Meeting SDG 2 targets will only be possible if people have enough food to eat and if what they are eating is nutritious and affordable. The report al...
In this report, the gains of D4Ag is explored with respect to how it has grown towards reaching it's potential. Our ambition, therefore, is for this report to serve as a barometer for the current state of D4Ag in Africa.
The following summary table presents institutional, policy, and programmatic innovations and implementation modalities of the country case studies.
The experience of the seven African countries analyzed in this report can help other African governments develop country-specific strategies to increase resilience and improve livelihoods in Africa’s rural communities and beyond. The Malabo Montpelli...