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A technical review of select de-risking schemes to promote rural and agricultural finance in sub-Saharan Africa

ABSTRACT In recognition of the well-understood challenges with promoting rural and agricultural finance, the need for […]
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Outsourcing agricultural advisory services: enhancing rural innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

This bulletin is based on case studies about the outsourcing of agricultural advisory services in Tanzania, […]
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Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE)

The need to ensure that agricultural knowledge and technology from research is effectively disseminated to farmers […]
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Controlling cassava mosaic virus and cassava mealybug in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cassava was imported from Latin America some 300 years ago, and colonial governments in Africa used […]
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Agricultural productivity and public expenditures in sub-Saharan Africa

National governments, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, have limited budgets and are forced to make difficult funding […]
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HarvestChoice

HarvestChoice was a research initiative that ran from 2006 to 2016 coordinated by the International Food […]
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Increasing resilience and reducing vulnerability in sub-Saharan African agriculture: Strategies for risk coping and management

The agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to be confronted with multiple shocks and crises, threatening […]
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Soil and water conservation technologies: a buffer against production risk in the face of climate change? Insights from the Nile basin in Ethiopia

This study investigates the impact of different soil and water conservation (SWC) technologies on the variance […]