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A technical guide
Manual/guide, 2024
The purpose of this guide is to provide suggestions on designing impact evaluation of agricultural interventions. The guide provides an overview of standard impact evaluation methods and highlights more recent techniques that can help address...
Available in:English
Manual/guide, 2024
Unleashing the potential for inclusive agricultural growth and transformation in Africa requires coordinated and strategic public and private investment in the agriculture sector. Against a background of limited government resources and expertise, public–private partnerships are...
Third edition
Manual/guide, 2023
The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for value chains (EX-ACT VC) is a quantitative multi-appraisal tool that evaluates the sustainability of agrifood value chains simultaneously along several environmental, economic, and social dimensions. It analyses greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Available in:English
Preparing your dataset for a successful Shiny RIMA analysis
Manual/guide, 2023
Shiny RIMA is a web-based tool designed to simplify the estimation of resilience capacity without compromising the scientific rigour of the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA). This technical manual will guide the user in...
Available in:English
Manual/guide, 2023
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and agriculture have been felt all over the world. As the pandemic unfolded, considerable attention began to be paid to the resilience of agricultural supply chains to...
Available in:English
Guidelines (Second edition) – Tool version 9
Manual/guide, 2022
This document presents the methodology used to build the EX-Ante Carbon Balance Tool version 9 (EX-ACT). It describes in detail the main logic behind the tool, the tool structure, and the underlying equations and parameters...
Available in:English
Guidelines (Second edition)
Manual/guide, 2022
The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for Value Chains (EX-ACT VC) is a quantitative multi-appraisal tool that evaluates the sustainability of agrifood value chains simultaneously along several environmental, economic, and social dimensions. It analyses greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Available in:English
Guidelines for practitioners
Manual/guide, 2022
This publication is intended to assist field practitioners, youth organizations and other stakeholders to identify binding constraints and viable opportunities to youth engagement in value chains that can translate into greater youth inclusion. Considering youth...
Available in:English
Guidelines
Manual/guide, 2021
Value chain development can make significant contributions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because it is a powerful approach to address root causes and binding constraints that impede the sustainable development of food value...
Available in:English
A qualitative research methodological guide
Manual/guide, 2021
The methodology captures the multifaceted nature of small and medium agrifood enterprises (SMAE) business models, adding contextual insights to the literature and policy formulation processes on these small firms, which are often treated homogenously. The...
Available in:English