December 5, 2024, 11:30am -2:30pm (Africa/Nairobi) By Berber Kramer and Emily Kilonzi The successful adoption of agricultural technologies, including drought-tolerant varieties, innovative insurance products, and efficient farming practices, is critical to ensuring food security. However, for technologies to be successfully integrated into farmers’ practices, there is a need to consider not only their performance but […]
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development and CGIAR collaborative meeting
This post is reposted from Dr Andrew Karanja, Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development on X post. Wednesday 6th December 2024, Dr Andrew Karanja, CS for Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, hosted officials from International Food Policy Research (IFPRI) and CGIAR at Kilimo House to discuss collaborative efforts in creating an […]
Unleashing the potential of Generation Z for food system transformation in Africa
This blog is cross posted from IFPRI Website. By Kibrom Abay, Clemens Breisinger, Harriet Mawia, Joyce Maru, Dorah Momanyi, and Boniface Munene October 28, 2024 Africa’s population is the youngest of any region, with more than 400 million young people aged 15 to 35 out of a total of 1.5 billion. But even though rising numbers of this […]
Climate change policies and strategies for central banks: Central Bank of Kenya and IFPRI sign a Memorandum of Understanding.
This blog is cross posted from CG Space. Economies are exposed to myriads of external risks such as production variability from climate shocks, volatility in global commodity prices, fluctuations in foreign investments, among other risks. For instance, climate change, a key determinant of production variability, continues to dominate the global risk landscape posing a long-term […]
Sparking conversations: Research supports rethinking of agricultural withholding tax proposition in Kenya
This blog is cross posted from CGSpace. Since September 2022, the government of Kenya has been implementing policy measures under its “Bottom-Up Transformation Agenda (BETA)”. Alongside measures aimed at promoting economic recovery and improving livelihoods, the government is also redesigning revenue mobilization instruments geared towards fiscal consolidation and supporting economic growth. These interventions have already […]
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