A key role for USAID and its partners is to identify how their resources can best contribute to increasing the capacity of the private and public sectors in Mali to scale up their investments, and increase the impact of those investments, in relation to the food security dimensions of...

Background paper for the Geneva Trade and Development Forum Crans-Montana, Switzerland September 17-20, 2008

Food Security Research Project (FSRP)1 et Division des Statistiques Agricoles (DSA) Ministère d'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et des Forêts MINAGRI

Food Security Research Project (FSRP)1 and Division of Agricultural Statistics (DSA) Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Forestry MINAGRI

This report evaluates the 2006/7 Malawi Government Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme (AISP). The main objective of the evaluation is to assess the impact and implementation of the AISP in order to provide lessons for future interventions in growth and social protection. The evaluation...

This selective brief on Mali’s agricultural sector trends and performance focuses on cereal, livestock and fisheries production. We also review recent developments in the fertilizer sector given the importance of sustainable intensification to reduce pressure on natural resources. We begin...

Document préparé pour l’atelier sur l’utilisation et la commercialisation des engrais, organisé par le MINAGRI et l’USAID, Rwanda du 22 au 23 Février 2001

The objectives of this paper are: to present in synthesis form key conclusions and recommendations of the FSRP/FAO-SFI studies on fertilizer profitability in Rwanda; and to incorporate information and comments obtained from participants in the December 15, 1999, MINAGRI Fertilizer Profitability...

Recognizing that science and technology research (S&T) is one of many inputs into the broader development process, USAID/Mali, via its Initiative to End Hunger in Africa, requested an assessment of the current S&T situation in Mali. USAID asked the assessment team to produce a comprehensive...

Paper prepared for the Policy Workshop on Fertilizer Use and Marketing, organized by MINAGRI and USAID, Rwanda, 22-23 February 20001.