The present report highlights key results from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF), a nine-year, CA$124 million fund, jointly funded by IDRC and Global Affairs Canada to address the critical challenge of global hunger t
This commercially viable and scalable franchise model brings supplies, knowledge, jobs and profits to rural farming communities in Kenya, and is a more profitable model for local agro-dealers.
Farmers, breeders and scientists collaborated on the development and selection of three new varieties of yellow potatoes (Criolla Ocarina, Criolla Sua Pa and Criolla Dorada) with higher nutritional content, increased resistance to late blight dise
A single-dose vaccine was successfully developed that is heat-stable and can potentially provide livestock with long-term protection against five diseases: lumpy skin disease (LSD), sheep pox (SPP), goat pox (GTP), Rift Valley Fever (RVF), and pes
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have demonstrated for the first time that unrefined sunflower oil can be fortified on a small scale and can increase nutrition for the most vulnerable people, particularly lactating mothers and children.
The project results include a 768% increase in average land area under vegetable production in Nigeria and 161% in Benin.
Incomes for family-based fish farmers increased to USD$19,079/year (2018) from USD$7,705/year (2015); production increased 6-fold.
The project aimed to generate and test novel business models that increase the participation of youth in the fish and maize post-harvest agribusiness sectors in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Working with fishing communities in Barotse (Barotse floodplain, Zambia) and Lake Chilwa (Malawi), and other partners, the project will analyze fish value chains, including the differing roles of men and women, to understand how losses occur in fi
This one-page profile describes the Cultivate Africa’s Future (CultiAF) project which aims to test new business models that will engage youth participation in the fish and maize postharvest agribusiness sectors in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.