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The latest AGRA Africa Agriculture Status Report shows evidence that CAADP has helped to lower malnutrition in Africa. Countries that have adopted the CAADP process have seen annual declines in malnutrition between 2.4 and 5.7 percent, while countries that have not adopted CAADP have only seen declines of 1.2 percent over the past decade. However, important gaps in knowledge still existing regarding CAADP's imipact on food and nutrition…

AGRODEP member Evans Osabuohien is co-organinzing a workshop on September 21 as part of TROPENTAG 2016 in Vienna, Austria. The workshop will focus on "What agricultural and rural transition is needed and likely in sub-Sahara Africa?".  The workshop workshop will discuss several important strategic questions regarding agricultural and rural transformation in the region, including: What is the relationship between urban…

Through the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (ARAA) based in Lomé, and with financial support from the French Development Agency, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will make grants to improve food and nutrition security in West Africa. The themes of the call are agriculture (including livestock and fisheries) resilient to climate change, and employment and vocational training of rural youth. The…

The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) is calling for concept proposals for the Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship, supported by the United States Agency for International Development. The STAARS project is a collaboration with Cornell University, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), the Partnership…

USAID/Rwanda is seeking applications for a four and a half-year activity to improve access to and encourage correct, consistent use of household sanitation and hygiene facilities to decrease childhood stunting and support the Government of Rwanda’s work in sanitation. This project will look at undernutrition that is directly impacted by disease, and indirectly related to many factors, including contaminated drinking-water and poor…

Call for papers – Special edition Value chain development in agriculture: improved support for smallholders and SMEs Deadline for abstract submission: May 13, 2016 Deadline for article submission: Jul 29, 2016   Value chain development (VCD) features prominently in development programming aimed at stimulating poverty reduction, economic growth, increasing the competitiveness and resilience of the rural sector. The approach…

In 2006, the African Union Special Summit of the Heads of State and Government, adopted the 12-Resolution “Abuja Declaration on Fertilizer for the African Green Revolution”, which aimed to increase Africa’s fertilizer use from the then-average 8kg per hectare to 50kg per hectare by 2015.  According to the International Fertilizer Industry Association, however, average fertilizer use in the region today is still only 12kg…

6th GREThA International Conference on Economic Development Labor, Labor Market, and Development Bordeaux, June 16-17, 2016    The University of Bordeaux, GREThA and CNRS will hold their 6th International Conference on Development Economics onJune 16-17, 2016. The conference will bring together academics working on issues related to labor and labor markets in developing countries.   We invite contributions related (though not…

6th GREThA International Conference on Economic Development Labor, Labor Market, and Development Bordeaux, June 16-17, 2016    The University of Bordeaux, GREThA and CNRS will hold their 6th International Conference on Development Economics onJune 16-17, 2016. The conference will bring together academics working on issues related to labor and labor markets in developing countries.   We invite contributions related (though not…