Future Agricultures Consortium: Recent submissions
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The Political Economy of the Maize Value Chain in Nigeria
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-07-01)The aim of this case study is to understand the underlying political economy dynamics of the maize value chain in Nigeria, with a focus on how this can contribute to comprehending the drivers and constraints of agricultural ... -
The Influence of Sunflower Commercialisation and Diversity on Women's Empowerment: The Case of Iramba and Mkalama Districts, Singida Region
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-06-01)There is a growing body of literature that argues that normally women derive little benefit from cash crops. Some of the barriers leading to women having less benefit from cash crop value chains include cultural norms and ... -
The Political Economy of Agricultural Commercialisation in Africa
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-12-01)This brief seeks to identify key factors that influence the strength and composition of coalitions in favour of and against policies that promote agricultural commercialisation, or that influence the commercialisation ... -
Inducing agribusiness investment in Malawi: Insights from investors
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-07-01)Agriculture is key to Malawi’s development strategy, with over 80 per cent of the workforce employed in the sector. However, government investment in agricultural commercialisation has been low, national financial institutions ... -
Does Rice Commercialisation Enhance or Impair Household Food Security Among Rice Producing Households in Mngeta Division, Kilombero District, Tanzania?
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-05-01)The Tanzanian government has identified rice as a priority crop and has been implementing the National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS) since 2009 to commercialise rice farming (United Republic of Tanzania 2019). The ... -
Policy Incentives and Agribusiness Investment in Ethiopia: Benefit or Deadweight?
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019-07-01)The importance of agriculture to the Ethiopian economy is underlined by the country’s forthright promotion of investment in agriculture since the turn of the century, but how effective has this investment really been? This ... -
The White Gold of Wereta: A City Raised on Rice
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-04-01)Wereta – the administrative capital of Fogera district – is an example of one of the fastest growing urban areas in the Fogera plain. Its rapid development is strongly connected with the development of the rice industry, ... -
Does Rice Commercialisation in Mngeta, Kilombero, Tanzania Impact Livelihoods?
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-04-01)This policy brief draws from research on rice commercialisation in Mngeta division, Kilombero District. The study area was selected because it fits well with the government’s ambition, under the Southern Agricultural Growth ... -
Enhancing Production of Quality Rice in Ethiopia: Dis/incentives for Rice Processors
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2020-03-01)In order to reduce the import burden and contribute towards the country’s development plan through import substitution, it is critical to focus on increasing rice production and improving the quality of milled rice. Rice ... -
Changing Farm Structure and Agricultural Commercialisation in Nigeria
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019-08-01)There is evidence to show that there has been a transition regarding the structure of land ownership in Africa, particularly a rise in the number of commercialised medium-scale farms (MSFs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The ... -
Agribusiness Investment in Agricultural Commercialisation in Ghana: Rethinking Policy Incentives
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019-07-01)Ghana’s recent image as a peaceful and stable country has provided an attractive environment for foreign investors to do business in, reflected by numerous programmes implemented by Ghana and its partners which aim to ... -
Women’s Empowerment and the Commercialisation of African Agriculture
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-10-01)This brief presents a summary of key issues in research on women’s empowerment, drawn from an APRA working paper commissioned to support the design of APRA’s research on pathways to agricultural commercialisation in Africa. ... -
Partnerships, Platforms and Policies: Strengthening Farmer Capacity to Harness Technological Innovation for Agricultural Commercialisation
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-10-01)This brief uses three STI revolution storylines based on case studies from Ethiopia, Zambia, and Ghana to highlight the enabling factors that make STI a vehicle for agricultural commercialisation. The storylines based on ... -
The Political Economy of Agricultural Commercialisation in Zimbabwe
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2018-10-01)This brief presents a critical discussion of the political economy of agricultural commercialisation in Zimbabwe, focusing on the post-2000 period – when major land redistribution brought about dramatic agrarian structural ... -
The Political Economy of Agricultural Growth Corridors in eastern Africa
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019-03-01)A new wave of agricultural commercialisation is being promoted across Africa’s eastern seaboard, by a broad range of influential actors – from international corporations to domestic political and business elites. Growth ... -
Tractors, Markets and the State: (Dis)continuities in Africa’s Agricultural Mechanisation
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019-03-01)Agricultural mechanisation has once again become a topical issue in African policymaking, following the reinstatement of agriculture in the growth and development agenda for the continent since the turn of the century. But ... -
A Historical Analysis of Rice Commercialisation in Ethiopia: The Case of the Fogera Plain
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019-03-01)This brief presents a historical analysis of rice commercialisation and its impacts on local livelihoods and rural economies in Ethiopia, drawing insights from the experience of the Fogera Plain in the Amhara Region. Fogera ... -
Building Livelihoods: Youth and Agricultural Commercialisation in Ghana
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019-03-01)Analysing the pathways that young people employ to get started in commercial agriculture should provide valuable and policy-relevant insights about opportunities and challenges for Africa’s rural youth. This paper presents ... -
Participation, Voice and Governance in African Investment Corridors: The Lamu Port and South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor Project (LAPSSET)
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019-02-01)An investment or growth corridor is a geographical area of a country or group of countries surrounding a major transport route, which supports economic activity either end of, and along, the route. Drawing on APRA’s work ... -
The Political Economy of Agricultural Commercialistion in Malawi
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2019-01-01)Malawi is a predominantly agrarian economy. With around 85 percent of the country’s population relying on agriculture for their livelihoods, it is estimated that the sector makes up as much as 35 percent of GDP, 80 percent ...