Women involved in key agricultural value chains across sub-Saharan Africa are being disproportionately affected by the economic disruptions resulting from COVID-19.
As lockdown restrictions limit the movement of people in Uganda, women and children who are already vulnerable to malnutrition now face even greater difficulties accessing nutritious food.
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Extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and heatwaves are threatening the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers across Africa — and they are projected to increase due to climate change.
Phase 1 of the INSFEED project established a strong scientific basis and demonstrated technical feasibility, economic profitability, and established standards to promote and guide the use of insects in animal feed in Kenya and Uganda.
The Metro Agri-food Living Lab model in Kenya aims to co-create knowledge and generate evidence on effective approaches to promote successful youth entrepreneurship among researchers, mentors, and entrepreneurs.
The first phase of the precooked beans project developed a ready-to-eat bean snack and an easy-to-cook bean product that significantly reduced traditional bean cooking time from 2 hours to 15 minutes.
Women working in Malawi’s fish value chain have less control over and access to business resources, including financing and market information, than men.
The future leaders of the world’s most influential think tanks need to be not only brilliant researchers, but also excellent managers, networkers, and communicators.
Hemorrhagic septicemia, caused by the bacteria Pasteurella multocida, is an acute and often fatal bacterial disease that primarily affects cattle and buffaloes in Asian and African countries.
Women in science are underrepresented on a global scale. According to data from the International Food Policy Research Institute, women account for only 27% of researchers in low and middle-income countries.
New research is identifying how anti-poverty programs can also address gender barriers to elicit transformative and lasting effects on the lives of the poor.
Gender emerged as an important area of focus among many of the think tanks receiving core support from the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) from 2009 to 2019.