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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), led by IFPRI, leads action-oriented research for a food-secure present and future. PIM’s research provides support for policies that help poor farmers, both men and women, improve their lives; produce nutritious and affordable foods; and protect the soil, water, and biodiversity in rural landscapes. Sound policies, robust institutions, and well-functioning markets complement new discoveries of agricultural science to create dynamic and resilient food systems.

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Projects

RIAPA Data and Modeling System

RIAPA Data and Modeling System

Overview The Rural Investment and Policy Analysis (RIAPA) data and modeling system is IFPRI’s primary tool for forward-looking, economywide country-level analysis, serving as a simulation……

Impact of COVID-19 on Food Value Chains

Impact of COVID-19 on Food Value Chains

This project studied the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on eight food value chains in three countries: okra, tomatoes, and dairy in Burkina Faso; maize……

Operational Research for WFP’s Food assistance for Assets (FFA) Program in Sri Lanka

Operational Research for WFP’s Food assistance for Assets (FFA) Program in Sri Lanka

Background: The World Food Programme (WFP) and IFPRI have been collaborating for several years to increase the impacts of WFP’s programs on diet, nutrition and……

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Opportunities for innovation and intervention in Uganda’s dairy value chain: A scoping report

2024Ariong, Richard M.; Campenhout, Bjorn van
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Opportunities for innovation and intervention in Uganda’s dairy value chain: A scoping report

This report is generated as part of a scoping study to identify possible areas that should be prioritized for intervention to improve performance and sustainability of the dairy industry in Uganda. The evaluation relies on primary and secondary data collected by IFPRI and DDA in 2021. Ten primary datasets are used for the results informing the several interventions and secondary data relies on literature review and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) dataset. The results underline five issues namely low productivity, low milk quality, and constrained markets. Low productivity is associated with production systems that undermine pasture improvement, disease control and animal health, yet these are primary drivers of milk output notwithstanding breed and effects of climate shocks. Secondly, milk production practices are directly linked to milk quality and low milk quality has negative chain effect on productivity/performance of all actors in the dairy value chain with consequence of low competitiveness of Uganda’s dairy products. The evidence suggests that there is need to explore new approaches to improve productivity and innovations in design of interventions in a holistic value chain approach to improve market performance. To improve production, innovations in livestock management and animal health coupled with milk volume (MV) based rewards are proposed. To improve milk quality, the establishment of qualitybased incentives are proposed.

Year published

2024

Authors

Ariong, Richard M.; Campenhout, Bjorn van

Citation

Ariong, Richard; and Van Campenhout, Bjorn. 2024. Opportunities for innovation and intervention in Uganda’s dairy value chain: A scoping report. Rethinking Food Markets Initiative Note 12. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138792

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Uganda

Keywords

Eastern Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Innovation; Value Chains; Dairy Value Chains; Dairy Industry; Gender

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Rethinking Food Markets

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Working Paper

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Contextualizing women’s and men’s trait preferences and choice options in the uptake of breeding products: a framework

2023Cavicchioli, M.; Cole, Steven M.; Teeken, B.; Ashby, Jacqueline A.; Polar, V.; Kramer, B.; Yami, M.; Abdoulaye, T.
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Contextualizing women’s and men’s trait preferences and choice options in the uptake of breeding products: a framework

Women and men value chain actors in low-income countries assess and choose varieties, animal breeds, or strains according to a multitude of factors, such as local agroecological conditions, production and consumption habits, and seed availability and accessibility. Continuous changes in the ecological, economic, and political contexts shape women’s and men’s day-to-day social interactions as well as their livelihood options and can create new needs for specific breeding products. However, the uptake of new breeding products is also contingent on women’s and men’s range of choice options. The existence and extent of these choice options depend on one’s social and economic position and capacity to negotiate access and control over strategic resources.

Year published

2023

Authors

Cavicchioli, M.; Cole, Steven M.; Teeken, B.; Ashby, Jacqueline A.; Polar, V.; Kramer, B.; Yami, M.; Abdoulaye, T.

Citation

Cavicchioli, M., Cole, S.M., Teeken, B., Ashby, J.A., Polar, V., Kramer, B., … & Abdoulaye, T. (2023). Contextualizing women’s and men’s trait preferences and choice options in the uptake of breeding products: a framework. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA, (18 p.).

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Gender; Value Chain; Breeding; Livelihoods

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Aquatic Foods

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Transformation of Rwanda’s agrifood system structure and drivers

2023Diao, Xinshen; Ellis, Mia; Rosenbach, Gracie; Mugabo, Serge; Pauw, Karl; Spielman, David J.; Thurlow, James
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Transformation of Rwanda’s agrifood system structure and drivers

Rwanda has made remarkable economic progress during the past two decades, and its annual GDP growth rate reached more than 7 percent during the 2009 to 2019 period (NISR 2021). The rapid economic growth has been pro-poor, and the poverty rate fell from 58.9 percent in 2000/01 to 38.2 percent in 2016/17 (NISR 2018). The country has also emerged as a leader among sub-Saharan African countries in promoting innovation, gender equality, and an enabling business environment for development. The government remains strongly committed to a set of ambitious development goals, as set forth in the 2017–2024 National Strategy for Transformation (NST 1) and the corresponding sector-level strategic plans. While the global COVID-19 pandemic had a severe adverse effect on the economy, causing negative GDP growth in 2020, the country rebounded quickly and registered more than 10 percent growth in 2021 (NISR 2022). The country was only minimally affected by global commodity market disruptions resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war that started in 2022 and the global recession in 2023 (Arndt et al. 2023; Diao and Thurlow 2023). Looking forward, Rwanda’s GDP growth is projected to reach 6.7 percent in 2023 and 7.0 percent in 2024 (World Bank 2023), suggesting the economy is returning to its pre-pandemic high-growth trajectory.

Year published

2023

Authors

Diao, Xinshen; Ellis, Mia; Rosenbach, Gracie; Mugabo, Serge; Pauw, Karl; Spielman, David J.; Thurlow, James

Citation

Diao, Xinshen; Ellis, Mia; Rosenbach, Gracie; Mugabo, Serge; Pauw, Karl; Spielman, David J.; and Thurlow, James. 2023. Transformation of Rwanda’s agrifood system structure and drivers. Agrifood System Diagnostics Country Series 15. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136792

Country/Region

Rwanda

Keywords

Middle Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Eastern Africa; Agrifood Systems; Value Chains; Markets; Agriculture; Labour Productivity; Off-farm Employment; Poverty; Diet Quality; Jobs; Development; Gross National Product; Soybeans; Groundnuts; Cereal Crops

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Foresight

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Brief

Events

Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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November 23, 2021, 9:00 – 10:15 am

Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future

Discussion of the history and wealth of gender knowledge that has been generated to date by CGIAR agricultural & environmental research. 

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Myths about the feminization of agriculture: Implications for global food security
IFPRI Program/Country Event

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September 14, 2021, 10:00 – 11:00 am

Myths about the feminization of agriculture: Implications for global food security

SEP 14, 2021 – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. This webinar will present and discuss finding of a new paper on myths about the feminization of agriculture. 

Measuring employment and consumption in household surveys: Reflections from three survey experiments
IFPRI Program/Country Event

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July 13, 2021, 10:00 – 11:00 am

Measuring employment and consumption in household surveys: Reflections from three survey experiments

Virtual Event: July 13, 2021 – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. This event will discuss how survey efforts are invaluable tools for development practitioners. 

Blogs

Can a light-touch graduation model address persistent poverty? Evidence from Ethiopia
IFPRI Blog
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January 08, 2024

Can a light-touch graduation model address persistent poverty? Evidence from Ethiopia

By Jessica Leight

Impacts of a large-scale approach.

Why climate change is a greater threat to tropical rainforests than cropland expansion
IFPRI Blog
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September 26, 2023

Why climate change is a greater threat to tropical rainforests than cropland expansion

By Ricky Robertson

Growing and underappreciated risks.

‘Dirty laundry is washed at home’: Increasing disclosure of violence against women and girls through self-administered surveys
IFPRI Blog
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August 15, 2023

‘Dirty laundry is washed at home’: Increasing disclosure of violence against women and girls through self-administered surveys

By Amber Peterman, Melissa Hidrobo, and Malick Dione

Potential limits of in-person interviews.