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Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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Mulubrhan Amare

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Mulubrhan Amare is a Senior Research Fellow with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. His expertise lies in quantitative agricultural and development economics, with a specific focus on areas such as food and nutrition security, urbanization, agricultural transformation, and migration, and spans various focus areas, including impact evaluation, rural institutions, food system transformation, poverty and inequality, and conflict. Currently, his primary research efforts are directed towards food and nutrition security, conducting impact evaluations of agricultural technologies and development interventions, and exploring the ramifications of conflicts on regions within Africa south of the Saharan. Prior to joining IFPRI, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Partnership for Economic Policy in Nairobi, Kenya. He also held a research position at Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany. He holds a master’s in Development Impact Evaluation and Management from the University of Antwerp, Belgium and earned his PhD in Economics from Leibniz University.

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Challenges and opportunities in Nigeria’s home-grown school feeding program: Toward a more efficient and sustainable model

2024Adeyanju, Dolapo; Amare, Mulubrhan; Andam, Kwaw S.; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Gelli, Aulo; Idowu, Ifetayo
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Challenges and opportunities in Nigeria’s home-grown school feeding program: Toward a more efficient and sustainable model

This paper examines Nigeria’s Home-Grown School Feeding Program (HGSFP), an initiative that enhances traditional school feeding by supporting local agriculture. Operating across federal, state, and school levels, the HGSFP sources meals from local smallholder farmers, aiming to stimulate rural economies and improve food security. The program creates demand for locally grown food, encouraging farmers to increase productivity and adopt sustainable practices while providing them with stable income. The HGSFP has successfully expanded its impact beyond students to benefit farmers, communities, and local businesses; despite these achievements, the program still faces challenges including funding constraints, logistical issues, and monitoring difficulties. By analyzing successful implementations in other countries that are characterized by strong government support, well-developed supply chains, and active community participation, the paper offers insights for improvement. The discussion concludes with evidence-based recommendations for policymakers and program administrators. These suggestions aim to enhance the HGSFP’s effectiveness, efficiency, and long-term sustainability, ultimately contributing to Nigeria’s broader agricultural and economic development goals.

Year published

2024

Authors

Adeyanju, Dolapo; Amare, Mulubrhan; Andam, Kwaw S.; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Gelli, Aulo; Idowu, Ifetayo

Citation

Adeyanju, Dolapo; Amare, Mulubrhan; Andam, Kwaw S.; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Gelli, Aulo; and Idowu, Ifetayo. 2024. Challenges and opportunities in Nigeria’s home-grown school feeding program: Toward a more efficient and sustainable model. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2290. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158431

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Nigeria

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Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Western Africa; School Feeding; Efficiency; Sustainability; Agricultural Development

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English

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Open Access

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Working Paper

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What role does conflict play in fertilizer use and maize yield response in Nigeria?

2024Amare, Mulubrhan; Andam, Kwaw S.; Balana, Bedru; Olanrewaju, Opeyemi; Edeh, Hyacinth
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What role does conflict play in fertilizer use and maize yield response in Nigeria?

While increased use of inorganic fertilizer has been recommended to achieve increased maize productivity, studies on the effects of violent conflicts have also demonstrated the possible moderating influence of conflict on agricultural input use. However, the various pathways and extent through which affects fertilizer use and maize yield response to fertilizer use remain poorly understood. In this study, we used the ACLED geocoded longitudinal dataset based on the Nigeria LSMS-ISA panel survey to assess the impact of violent conflicts on fertilizer use and maize yield response in Nigeria. Understanding this effect of conflict on fertilizer use and maize yield response could be relevant to better understand smallholders resource use decisions in the context of other countries experiencing similar violent and serves as building block for understanding how factors outside the control of agronomic field experiments affect economic incentives for fertilizer use and yield of smallholder farmers.

Year published

2024

Authors

Amare, Mulubrhan; Andam, Kwaw S.; Balana, Bedru; Olanrewaju, Opeyemi; Edeh, Hyacinth

Citation

Amare, Mulubrhan; Andam, Kwaw S.; Balana, Bedru; Olanrewaju, Opeyemi; and Edeh, Hyacinth. 2024. What role does conflict play in fertilizer use and maize yield response in Nigeria? Presented at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists in New Delhi, India on August 3, 2024.

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Nigeria

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Western Africa; Fertilizer Application; Maize; Yields; Conflicts; Inputs

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English

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Open Access

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Source record

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Conference Paper

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Impact evaluation of the use of PBR cowpea in Nigeria: Baseline process evaluation report

2024Mockshell, Jonathan; Asante-Addo, Collins; Nwagboso, Chibuzo; Ritter, Thea; Amare, Mulubrhan; Andam, Kwaw S.
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Impact evaluation of the use of PBR cowpea in Nigeria: Baseline process evaluation report

This process evaluation (PE) is part of a five-year (2021–2026) impact evaluation (IE) of the use of a new pod-borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea variety in Nigeria, a project led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). While the IE draws from a representative sample of 1,399 farmers to determine the causal impacts of the use of PBR cowpea, the PE complements the IE by exploring in detail the potential adoption of the PBR cowpea variety and the reasons for adoption or non adoption, including its potential impacts on actors throughout the value chain. A program impact pathway (PIP) is the basis of this PE. The PIP identifies how impacts emerge from program inputs, processes, outputs, and outcomes to highlight barriers and facilitators of adoption. Given that this PE was conducted before the rollout of PBR cowpea in the IE, the analysis focuses on the potential of this innovative seed to achieve positive outputs and outcomes based on the PIP. Qualitative data were gathered from eight focus group discussions with farmers and 180 semi-structured interviews conducted with farmers, extension agents, seed dealers, and cowpea traders from eight local government areas (LGAs) in the states of Adamawa and Kwara. Given that the data are qualitative, the data are not representative. However, important insights were found that can help guide the IE.

Year published

2024

Authors

Mockshell, Jonathan; Asante-Addo, Collins; Nwagboso, Chibuzo; Ritter, Thea; Amare, Mulubrhan; Andam, Kwaw S.

Citation

Mockshell, Jonathan; Asante-Addo, Collins; Nwagboso, Chibuzo; Ritter, Thea; Amare, Mulubrhan; and Andam, Kwaw. 2024. Impact evaluation of the use of PBR cowpea in Nigeria: Baseline process evaluation report. NSSP Project Report: June 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145073

Country/Region

Nigeria

Keywords

Western Africa; Africa; Impact Assessment; Cowpeas; Farmers; Agriculture; Value Chains; Stakeholders

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Source record

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National Policies and Strategies

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Report

Events

32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists
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August 2 to 7, 2024

32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists

The triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE-2024), centred on the theme “Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” is scheduled from August 2-7, 2024, in New Delhi, India. The conference offers a distinctive platform, providing a golden opportunity for the agricultural academic institutions and researchers to convene in person, exchange knowledge, and actively contribute to the […]

Improving Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition in Nigeria: Policies and Actions
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July 25, 2024, 10:00 – 1:30 pm

Improving Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition in Nigeria: Policies and Actions

Despite significant progress in addressing hunger and undernutrition in the early 2000s, malnutrition, in all its forms, remains a major challenge in all regions of the world.  Unhealthy diets remain the primary drivers of many forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and diet-related noncommunicable diseases.  Today, the number of people who […]

Innovation for Agribusiness (InovAgro) Project Impact Evaluation Results Dissemination Workshop
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October 28, 2021, 2:00 – 3:30 pm

Innovation for Agribusiness (InovAgro) Project Impact Evaluation Results Dissemination Workshop

Virtual Event: OCT 28, 2021 – 02:00 PM to 03:30 PM CAT. This workshop will disseminate the results of the impact evaluation of the InovAgro project's interventions. 

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News

September 20, 2020 | In the News

Kenya’s avocado farming, and where the profit lies (Smart Farmer Kenya)

Smart Farmer Kenya published an article on the potential of boosting Kenyan farmer’s income by exporting avocados to high-value European Markets. Kenya is the third-largest producer of avocados, with about 70 percent of the produce coming from small-scale farmers. Research Fellow Mulubrhan Amare states, “International agricultural markets offer a higher price, and also demand higher quality than the local market. […]

February 19, 2020 | In the News

Avocados in Kenya: what’s holding back smallholder farmers (The Conversation)

The Conversation featured an op-ed by Research Fellow Mulubrhan Amare on avocados in Kenya and how to increase export production. Amare with co-authors found in a recent study that exporting more of Kenya’s avocado production could raise the incomes of Kenyan smallholder farmers. But, to do so, programs and policymakers need to reduce the barriers […]

December 19, 2019 | Press Release

NEW STUDY: Can avocado exports bring prosperity to Kenya’s smallholder farmer?

Exporting avocados to the high-value European market can raise incomes of smallholder avocado farmers in Kenya by nearly 39 percent, according to a new study.

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