Rapid Assessments are conducted at the country level through survey and focus group discussions (FGDs). In its approach the Rapid Assessments are inspired by the sector model developed by AidEnvironment1, as adapted by the Wageningen Centre for Devel...
Seed Alerts identify current challenges and urgent action in the Ethiopian seed sector, based on surveys and focus group discussions with various stakeholders
Seed Alerts identify current challenges and urgent action in the Nigerian seed sector, based on surveys and focus group discussions with various stakeholders
To avoid a food crisis following the health crisis we currently face, urgent action is needed in the seed sector. This introductory brief outlines a collaborative effort to conduct rapid assessments by country of both the impact of COVID-19 and our r...
Leveraging Innovation and Technology to Avert a Looming Food Crisis in Africa
FATE Foundation in partnership with BudgIt Nigeria designed and disseminated a survey to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) businesses in Nigeria with the goal of engaging rel...
Nigeria’s economy was still recovering from the 2016 recession when the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in early 2020. The collapse of global oil prices in 2014–16, combined with lower domestic oil production put the brakes on economic activity. Although N...
This research highlights steps that are crucial to keeping operations running now and into the future.
This report gives a detailed analysis of the effects of the COVID 19 policies of the government on the Agricultural Supply Chains
This study provides information on the current state of franchising in Nigeria, with such details as the popularity of the model and how the local/ international franchise brands operating in the country have progressed. It also points out the limiti...
Oil palm is a typical crop of the rainy tropical lowlands that requires a deep soil, a relatively stable high temperature and continuous moisture throughout the year. Processing oil palm fruits for edible oil has been practiced in Africa for thousand...
Agriculture, though largely under-developed, is the most important sector to the Nigerian economy after oil of which animal production is a very crucial part. Crop and animal Agriculture should be combined together for best results in the economy. An...