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Inclusive Agricultural Value Chain Financing (IFS4Ag)
Smallholder farmers in developing countries face substantial constraints that limit their ability to reach their production potential. One such constraint is credit; Smallholders and other agricultural value chain participants frequently cannot access credit necessary to invest in new crops or technologies, deal with risks and shocks, and safely carry wealth […]
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Innovative Approaches for the Prevention of Undernutrition (PROMIS)
Globally, 49 million children suffer from acute malnutrition, also referred to as wasting (weight-for length Z-scores (WLZ) < -2). Acute malnutrition kills 875,000 children under the age of five annually. The Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), endorsed by the World Health Organization, is a life-saving strategy that allows treating […]
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Integrated Agricultural Growth Project in the Great Lakes
The Integrated Project on Agricultural Growth in the Great Lakes region (PICAGL) aims to increase agricultural productivity and marketing of four value chains (cassava, rice, milk, and fish), and improve regional integration in the agricultural sector. The project is implemented in the provinces of South Kivu and Tanganyika, particularly along […]
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Integrated Food Policy and Research Program (IFPRP)
The Integrated Food Policy and Research Program combines policy research with capacity strengthening to tackle all four aspects of food security – availability, access, utilization, and stability – in a holistic and sustainable approach
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International Dietary Data Expansion Project (INDDEX)
The International Dietary Data Expansion Project (INDDEX), is a collaborative effort between the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and other international experts. The INDDEX team aims to facilitate […]
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Knowledge Lab on Climate-Resilient Food Systems
This program will identify and deploy innovative approaches to achieving resilient food systems in a context of climate change.
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Land Resource Management for Poverty Reduction
Land-based resources generate most of the income and subsistence goods for the poor in developing countries.
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Mapping Solar Irrigation Potential
Assessing the potential for solar-irrigation adoption to support small-scale irrigation development in Sub-Saharan Africa Irrigated agriculture contributes 40% of global food production but development in Africa south of the Sahara lags behind despite its important income, food and nutrition security and resilience benefits. One key reason for the low development of […]
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Measuring cross border trade in Africa
There is broad consensus in the economic literature as well as within Africa on the fact that data on trade across the continent are seriously lacking. On the one hand, there is a clear problem of reporting with respect to African trade data in international databases such as COMTRADE. On […]
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Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever.