AGRODEP Blog

The Green Talents Competition 2017 is now accepting applications. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has held the prestigious “Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” to promote the international exchange of ideas regarding green solutions since 2009. The award, whose patron is Minister Professor Johanna Wanka, honours 25 young researchers from around the…

The AGRODEP team would like to congratulate Francis Mulangu on the recent publication of Agricultural Supply Chains, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, a book co-authored by Nicholas Depetris-Chauvin and Guido Porto.  The book examines whether (and how) agricultural market structures and farm constraints impact the development of Africa's food and cash crop sectors, as well as how these sectors can contribute to economic…

The Association of African Universities (AAU) has intensified its support for students from its member institutions to acquire employable skills before graduating from their universities. Through support from its development partners, namely African Capacity Development Foundation (ACBF) and Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), the AAU has secured funds for its member universities in good standing (whose annual subscription payment…

The 2017 BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition invites young PhD and postdoc researchers from any background and nationality to submit a research project to improve the sustainability of the food system. The award is a 20.000 € research grant applied to a one-year investigation. This year, a maximum of three teams will be awarded the Research Grant. The 2017 BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition is designed for individual…

The Global Development Network is launching a call for expressions of interest from research teams from Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania interested in producing high-quality research on industrial policies. The research will be undertaken as part of the program, Mobilizing Local Knowledge to Improve Competitiveness Strategies, launched by GDN as the chosen partner of the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice of…

Uganda’s agriculture sector is expected to contribute to wealth creation and employment along agricultural value chains in a sustainable manner. However, for this to happen, production and productivity must increase. Intensification (increasing output per unit area of cultivated land) of agriculture by use of high-yielding crop varieties, fertiliser, irrigation and pesticides contributes substantially to increased yields and incomes. Indeed, a…

The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) is happy to announce the second round and call for concept proposals for the Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project partners include Cornell University, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Economic Research…

CALL FOR PAPERS   The fourth Annual Bank Conference on Africa (ABCA) will be held at Berkeley, California, on June 5-6, 2017. It will cover various topics pertinent to agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is being organized jointly by the World Bank (Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region), the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Davis, and the Agricultural Technology Adoption…

Dear all, You just have 5 days left to submit your proposals for chapters in a book if you have not done so. Please use this link for your submission http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2412 Thanks.

The Africa South of the Sahara Food Security Portal is hosting a virtual dialogue on how Food Security Information (FSI) can be used to improve food access and nutrition in the region. The dialogue is going on today, November 29 - join in the conversation!