Future Agricultures Consortium: Recent submissions
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Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Malawi – Round 2 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-12-01)COVID-19 continues to impact households and economies worldwide. For this reason, in June 2020 APRA started assessing its likely effects on food systems and livelihoods in Malawi. This report presents insights from the ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Nigeria – Round 2 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-12-01)This study provides insights from a second survey assessing COVID-19 impacts on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and well-being in rural Nigeria. Data for round 2 (R2) ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Zimbabwe - Round 2 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-12-01)In response to COVID-19, the Government of Zimbabwe enforced a nationwide lockdown on 30 March 2020, closing most sectors of the economy, including informal markets. However, with limited cases, lockdown movement restrictions ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania – Round 2 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-12-01)On 8 June 2020, the Government of Tanzania officially declared the country to be free of COVID-19 and all restrictions have since been lifted. As of 3 December 2020, Tanzania had only 509 confirmed cases of the virus and ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Kenya – Round 2 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-12-01)Since 12 March 2020, when Kenya reported the first COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of Health confirmed a total of 45,076 cases and 839 deaths, as of 19 October.1 Despite the rising number of COVID-19 confirmed infections and ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Fogera Plain, Ethiopia - Round 2 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-12-01)This report presents an assessment of the changes in effects of COVID-19 on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and poverty and well-being in rural Ethiopia by comparing the ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Ghana - Round 2 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-12-01)This study seeks to assess the continuing impact of COVID-19 on food systems and livelihoods in south-western Ghana and provides insights obtained from household-level and key informant data in the second of three surveys ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania – Round 1 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-10-01)The first case of COVID-19 in Tanzania was confirmed in March 2020. The government immediately imposed restrictions on mass gatherings, suspended international flights and established special medical camps for COVID-19 ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Kenya – Round 1 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-10-01)Kenya confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on 12 March 2020. Since then, the government has been providing daily updates on the number of new COVID-19 infections, recoveries and deaths in the country, as well as implementing ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Ghana - Round 1 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-10-01)Given the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, this study seeks to estimate its likely impact on food systems and livelihoods in south-western Ghana. Our sample consisted of 110 female and male respondents ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Nigeria – Round 1 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-10-01)This report presents an early assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and poverty and well-being in rural Nigeria. Data was ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Fogera Plain, Ethiopia – Round 1 Report
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-10-01)This report presents an early assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural commercialisation, food and nutrition security, labour and employment, and poverty and well-being in rural Ethiopia. Data was ... -
The Political Economy of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Mvurwi Area Zimbabwe, 1984–2018
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-02-01)An analysis of the variations in land use and land cover over the past four decades in the Mvurwi area, Mazowe district, Zimbabwe illustrates how socio-economic dynamics and natural factors combine to shape environmental ... -
APRA Brief 6: Agricultural Commercialisation Pathways: Climate Change and Agriculture
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-08-01)Given the highly climate-sensitive character of agricultural production, climate change has obvious and important ramifications for agricultural commercialisation, which in turn has a bearing on poverty, gender empowerment, ... -
APRA Brief 5: Agricultural Growth Trends in Africa
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-08-01)This brief is based on a working paper, which seeks to inform future APRA research. In so doing, the brief helps to address debates about the feasibility of developing smallholder agriculture through commercialisation. In ... -
APRA Brief 4: Policy Processes and Political Economy: Tanzania Country Review
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-08-01)This brief highlights key features of the political landscape that affect the prospects for and the outcomes of agricultural commercialisation in Tanzania. It contends that the evolving nature of Tanzania’s ruling party, ... -
APRA Brief 3: Rural Transitions, Economies and Rural–urban Links
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-08-01)This brief aims to summarise existing understandings of rural transformation and transitions in Africa. Agricultural development takes place within the wider context of overall economic development. In the process, changes ... -
APRA Brief 2: Agricultural Commercialisation Lessons from Asia and Latin America
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-06-01)Using evidence gathered in Asia and Latin America, this brief draws out lessons in smallholder commercialisation that may be instructive for sub-Saharan Africa. The brief provides a summary of a longer report on agricultural ... -
APRA Brief 1: What is Agricultural Commercialisation: Who Benefits and How do we Measure it?
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-06-01)The first in our series of APRA briefs gives an overview of ‘agricultural commercialisation’ — it gives a brief analysis of the various players and stakeholders involved, and situates the broader concept of agricultural ... -
ALRE Stakeholder Survey Analysis Key Findings
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-11-01)This summary shares the results of a stakeholder survey on the policy issues and demand for evidence related to inclusive agricultural commercialisation across Africa by the Accompanied Learning for Relevance and Effectiveness ...