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Malnutrition in all its forms – undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity – imposes unacceptably high economic and social [...]
Although cotton is a major export crop in the URT, domestic cotton farmers received lower prices than what they could [...]
Since social protection and smallholder agricultural interventions often cover the same geographic space and target the same households, there are [...]
This brief provides emerging evidence from the implementation of the Climate-Smart Agriculture project in Malawi. We analyze factors governing farmers’ [...]

News and events

Lessons learned about monitoring the impacts of food and agriculture policies in Africa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ( 28-30 May 2013 )

After three years of monitoring the impacts of food and agricultural policies in ten countries in Africa, teams from participating [...]

Monitoring food and agriculture policies in Africa – lessons learned

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ( 28- 30 May 2013 )

A lessons learned and methodology review workshop has been organized in order to understand what has worked best in terms [...]

Transfer Project hosts third annual research workshop

Lusaka, Zambia ( 23-25 April 2013 )

The workshop will feature evaluation results from over a half-dozen cash transfer programs from Sub-Saharan Africa. Topics include health and [...]

Food security futures conference

Dublin, Ireland ( 12 April 2013 )

The food security futures conference brought together senior researchers from the CGIAR and FAO, and representatives from the private sector, [...]

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