Publications
Brief
The contributions of Public Works in watershed rehabilitation and irrigation in Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance supported Productive Safety Net Program areas of Ethiopia to resilience and nutrition
Brief
Bundling cash loans with agricultural input loans for farmers in Nigeria: A pilot study
Report
Innovations for inclusive and sustainable growth of domestic food value chains: Fruits and vegetables value chains in Nigeria scoping report
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Olanipekun, Caleb IbukunBlogs
The Russia-Ukraine crisis presents threats to Nigeria’s food security, but potential opportunities for the fertilizer, energy sectors
Problems for a country that imports 99% of its wheat.
Events
WFP Impact Evaluation Forum
Event: December 4, 2023 – 09:00 AM to December 7, 2023 – 6:30 PM CET. IFPRI is participating in the first United Nations World Food Programme Impact Evaluation Forum in Rome, Italy.
The Ukraine crisis: Unraveling the impacts and policy responses in low- and middle- income countries
Virtual Event: August 31, 2022 – 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. In this seminar speakers will share presentations and discussions on how policymakers and other key actors are addressing the challenges created by the Ukraine crisis in specific countries.
World Water Week 2022
Virtual Event: August 23, 2022 – 7:00 AM to September 1, 2022 – 12:20 PM EDT. IFPRI is participating in World Water Week 2022, the leading conference on global water issues.
News
FG inaugurates six-year policy to promote innovation, investment in agric sector (The Cable)
The Cable (Nigeria) published an article announcing the six-year national agricultural technology and innovation policy (NATIP) from 2022 to 2027 to enhance agribusiness in the country. The policy also aims to increase resilience and digital agriculture, thereby, promoting agricultural investments. Bedru Balana, country program leader, IFPRI, said women and youth should be mainstreamed across the […]
Untapped potential in agriculture can help food security – USAID/Nigeria (News Agency Nigeria)
News Agency Nigeria posted an article on the launch of the National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP) 2022 – 2027. Agriculture is important to the growth and development of the economy, adding that in 2020, agriculture contributed over 25 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The new policy is a deliberate effort by […]
Irrigation earns flood-prone farmers US$4,344 a hectare (SciDev.Net)
Promoting flood-recession agriculture could reduce seasonal migration during the dry season, helping farmers increase production, income, and food security.