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African countries. Thus, any policy initiative targeted towards poverty reduction in Africa should consider the agricultural ….5 per cent, and humanitarian 11.9 per cent. Using secondary data and country-case studies from Africa, the study … investigates why aid to agriculture has been low, and how the share of ODA to agriculture can be improved. …
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Agricultural mechanization is on the rise in Africa. A widespread replacement of manual labor will change the face of …
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During the last five decades, policy approaches towards food security have promoted input-intensive agricultural technologies to increase global food production. However, there are concerns about the environmental, social and economic sustainability of this strategy. Environmental degradation...
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Africa. These subsidies are, however, controversial with claims of both large food security benefits and unsustainable … and 'smart' rationing and targeting. Recent programmes in Africa have a variety of generally producer-focused objectives … contributions to wider growth. A detailed examination of Malawi's controversial agricultural input subsidy programme follows …
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, women's roles in decision-making, and household diets. Using primary data from Malawi, we show that women's decision …
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