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Jemimah Njuki, the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Director for Africa, reflects on the discussion and emphasises the importance of this sector’s social dimensions.

Africa’s rural transformation is hampered by the difficulties and missed opportunities farmers face in accessing markets. Many of these problems can be traced to farmers’ individual struggles.

The two countries represent similarities and differences in COVID-19 trajectories and implications. Both countries underwent strict lockdowns around the same time (March 23 for Senegal and March 24 for Nepal).

The next BR report is expected to be released at the AU Summit in 2022, using data measured from 2015 to 2020. With the COVID-19 global pandemic , many of the BR indicators measured in 2020 may see big changes for the worse.

The 50th anniversary of Earth Day (April 22) is falling in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic—a coincidence that should prompt reflection on where we are heading as a species.

Over the last few days event and travel cancellations have been flooding my inbox, with large conferences and even smaller meetings cancelled across Africa. I too had to call off some of my trips that had been planned for this month.

Based on recommendations of the 2017 inaugural BR, the African Union Commission (AUC) and its technical partners including the IFPRI-led ReSAKSS made a number of important improvements to the second BR.

Crop yields in Africa south of the Sahara are generally low, in large part because of low fertilizer use.

This post is written by David Spielman and Katrin Glatzel, International Food Policy Research Institute “Digital agriculture” means different things to different people.