IFPRI’s projects in Africa is committed to producing high quality, evidence-based outputs that contribute to agriculture development, food security, nutrition, and poverty alleviation. In particular, IFPRI’s policy research has produced technical reports, peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, donor reports, impact assessments, briefs, and more.
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Journal Article
Rural institutions and the technical efficiency of teff production in Ethiopia
2025Hailu, Getu; Weersink, Alfons; Minten, Bart
Journal Article
Storage management practices and mycotoxin contamination of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in northwest Ethiopia
2025Sadik, J.A.; Righetti, L.; Fentahun, N.; Brouwer, Inge D.; Tessema, M.; Abera, M.; van der Fels-Klerx, H.J.
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Fertilizer demand and profitability amid global fuel-food-fertilizer crisis: Evidence from Ethiopia
2025Assefa, Thomas W.; Berhane, Guush; Abate, Gashaw T.; Abay, Kibrom A.
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Maize yield responsiveness and profitability of fertilizer: New survey evidence from six African countries
2025Ragasa, Catherine; Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Asante, Seth; Amare, Mulubrhan; Ma, Ning; Olanrewaju, Opeyemi; Duchoslav, Jan
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Estimating the direct and indirect effects of improved seed adoption on yields: Evidence from DNA-fingerprinting, crop cuts, and self-reporting in Ethiopia
2025Jovanovic, Nina; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob
Journal Article
Adapting the women’s empowerment in nutrition index: Lessons from Kenya
2025Lentz, Erin; Jensen, Nathan; Lepariyo, Watson; Narayanan, Sudha; Bageant, Elizabeth
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Adapting the Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index: Lessons from Kenya
2025Lentz, E.; Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Lepariyo, Watson; Narayanan, S.; Bageant, E.
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Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries
2025Ronzani, Piero; Stojetz, Wolfgang; Azzarri, Carlo; Nico, Gianluigi; Mane, Erdgin; Brück, Tilman
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Building Ethiopia’s food security resilience to climate and hydrological change
2025Murgatroyd, Anna; Thomas, Timothy S.; Koo, Jawoo; Strzepek, Kenneth M.; Hall, Jim
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Seed certification, certified seeds use and yield outcomes in Nigeria: Insights from nationally-representative farm panel data and seed company location data
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou; Kumar, P. Lava; Wossen, Tesfamicheal
Working Paper
Commercialization and dietary diversity of Rwandan smallholder farmers: A focus on women and youth headed households
2025Mukangabo, Emerence; Warner, James
Working Paper
Unique datasets on shocks, food security, and household coping strategies: Creating new analytical playgrounds to study coping behavior in the multi-shock environments of Mali, Chad, Niger, and Burkina Faso (2018-2023)
2025Marivoet, Wim; Sib, Ollo; Samake, Aliou Badara; Dieme, Ndeye Fatou; Hema, Aboubacar; Doehnert, Federico; Suzuki, Mina
Report
IFPRI Malawi monthly maize market report, January 2025
2025International Food Policy Research Institute; Banda, Chimwemwe
Brief
Madagascar assessment
2025Resnick, Danielle
Brief
Conditional contracts in indirect local procurement of maize from smallholder farmers in Uganda: A study design to assess impacts
2025Raghunathan, Kalyani; Abate, Gashaw T.; Van Campenhout, Bjorn; Nabwire, Leocardia; Mukangabo, Emerence; Mugabo, Serge; Benin, Samuel
Working Paper
Household coping strategies and food security in the multi-shock environment of Mali
2025Ulimwengu, John M.
Working Paper
Integrated agro-industrial parks in Ethiopia: Status, success and challenges with a focus on Yirgalem IAIP
2025Alemnew, Teklebirhan; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
Brief
The case for food system knowledge support system (FS-KSS)
2025Ulimwengu, John M.; Mutyasira, Vine; Keizire, Boaz
Brief
The case for post Malabo Agenda implementation guidelines
2025Ulimwengu, John M.; Mutyasira, Vine; Keizire, Boaz
Brief
Comprehensive mapping of food systems is necessary to guide transformation efforts: The case of Rwanda
2025Ulimwengu, John M.; Warner, James; Mutyasira, Vine; Keizire, Boaz
Report
IFPRI Malawi monthly maize market report, December 2024
2025International Food Policy Research Institute; Banda, Chimwemwe
Working Paper
The political economy of food self sufficiency policies and food security in African countries
2025Bouët, Antoine; Traoré, Fousseini; Mamboundou, Pierre; Diop, Insa; Sy, Abdourahmane
Journal Article
Do youth work in agriculture? Short-term dynamics of on-farm rural youth employment in Tanzania and Malawi
2025Kafle, Kashi; Paliwal, Neha; Benfica, Rui
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Levelling the field: A review of the ICT revolution and agricultural extension in the Global South
2025Khan, Rashid Parvez; Gupta, Saurabh; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina; Ringler, Claudia
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Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns by fine stratum of gestational age and birthweight for 230 679 live births in nine low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2017.
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Baqui, Abdullah H; Saha, Samir K; Ahmed, Salahuddin; Roy, Arunangshu Dutta; Silveira, Mariângela F; Buffarini, Romina; Shapiro, Roger; Zash, Rebecca; Kolsteren, Patrick; Lachat, Carl; Huybregts, Lieven; Roberfroid, Dominique; Zhu, Zhonghai; Zeng, Lingxia; Gebreyesus, Seifu H; Tesfamariam, Kokeb; Adu-Afarwuah, Seth; Dewey, Kathryn G; Gyaase, Stephaney; Poku-Asante, Kwaku; Boamah Kaali, Ellen; Jack, Darby; Ravilla, Thulasiraj; Tielsch, James; Taneja, Sunita; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Ashorn, Per; Maleta, Kenneth; Ashorn, Ulla; Mangani, Charles; Mullany, Luke C; Khatry, Subarna K; Ramokolo, Vundli; Zembe-Mkabile, Wanga; Fawzi, Wafaie W; Wang, Dongqing; Schmiegelow, Christentze; Minja, Daniel; Msemo, Omari Abdul; Lusingu, John P A; Smith, Emily R; Masanja, Honorati; Mongkolchati, Aroonsri; Keentupthai, Paniya; Kakuru, Abel; Kajubi, Richard; Semrau, Katherine; Hamer, Davidson H; Manasyan, Albert; Pry, Jake M; Chasekwa, Bernard; Humphrey, Jean; Black, Robert E
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Diets, fruit and vegetables consumption, and nutritional status in Benin: A scoping review
2025Bliznashka, Lilia; Pather, Kamara; Mitchodigni, Irene M.; Hess, Sonja Y.; Olney, Deanna K.
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Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia
2025Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Tambet, Heleene
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Conflicts, crop choice, and agricultural investments: Empirical evidence from Nigeria
2025Amare, Mulubrhan; Abay, Kibrom A.; Berhane, Guush; Andam, Kwaw S.; Adeyanju, Dolapo
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Shocks and stability of risk and time preferences among poor rural households in Ethiopia
2025Meles, Tensay Hadush; Abay, Mehari Hiluf; Berhane, Guush; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
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Assessing global price shocks and mitigation policies on welfare and food security in Nigeria
2025Mamboundou, Pierre; Escalante, Luis Enrique; Omoju, Oluwasola Emmanuel
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The costs of a multisectoral nutrition program implemented through a poultry value chain platform in Burkina Faso
2025Margolies, Amy; Pedehombga, Abdoulaye; Twalibu, Aisha; Nwabuikwu, Odiche; Wun, Jolene; Kemp, Chris; Gelli, Aulo; Levin, Carol
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Rural underemployment and urbanisation: Insights from a 9-year panel from Malawi
2025Van Cappellen, Hanne; De Weerdt, Joachim
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Men can cook: Effectiveness of a men’s engagement intervention to change attitudes and behaviors in rural Ethiopia
2025Alderman, Harold; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Mulford, Michael; Tambet, Heleene
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Using best-worst scaling to inform agroecological interventions in Western Kenya
2025Zander, Kerstin K.; Drucker, Adam G.; Aluso, Lillian; Mengistu, Dejene K.; Fadda, Carlo; Termote, Céline; Davis, Kristin E.
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Evaluating the gendered credit constraints and uptake of an insurance-linked credit product among smallholder farmers in Kenya
2025Timu, Anne G.; Shee, Apurba; Ward, Patrick S.; You, Liangzhi
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To defer or to differ: Experimental evidence on the role of cash transfers in Nigerian couples’ decision–making
2025Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Fafchamps, Marcel; Goldstein, Markus; Leonard, Kenneth L.; Papineni, Sreelakshmi
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What do urban consumers want? Findings from a discrete choice experiment on the preference for locally produced staple food in Central Africa: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
2025Thontwa, Sarah K.; De Weerdt, Joachim; Van Passel, Steven
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Does participation in mining activities affect the profitability of food crops production? Evidence from Ghana
2025Wongnaa, Camillus Abawiera; Kudzinawu, Christopher; Nti, Emmanuel Kwame; Babu, Suresh Chandra
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Identification, characterization, and determinants of dietary patterns of low-income urban adults in Vietnam and Nigeria
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Mai, Truong Tuyet; Lundy, Mark; Bakk, Zsuzsa; Brouwer, Inge D.
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Unpacking power dynamics and women's economic empowerment in polygynous households in Burkina Faso
2025Eissler, Sarah; Heckert, Jessica; Pedehombga, Abdoulaye; Sanou, Armande; Ganaba, Rasmané; Gelli, Aulo
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Menarche and pubertal progression: A cross-sectional analysis of timing and influencing factors in North-Eastern Ghana
2025Alatiah, Gabriel Ajediwe; Azupogo, Fusta; Atosona, Ambrose; Vuvor, Frederick; Steiner-Asiedu, Matilda; Brouwer, Inge D.
Journal Article
Short-term and long-term effects of cash for work: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Tunisia
2025Leight, Jessica; Mvukiyehe, Eric
Brief
PEDAL Country Snapshot: Madagascar
2025Resnick, Danielle
Journal Article
Vulnerability of Nigerian maize traders to a confluence of climate, violence, disease and cost shocks
2025Vargas, Carolina M.; Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.; Reardon, Thomas
Journal Article
Farm size and agricultural productivity of nutritious foods: Evidence from Ethiopia
2025Ameye, Hannah; Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane; Minten, Bart; Tamru, Seneshaw
Working Paper
Capabilities assessment to support food systems transformation towards sustainable healthy diets in Ethiopia
2024Namugumya, Brenda S.; Mengesha, Belay Terefe; Pittore, Katherine; Herens, Marion
Report
Does labelling differentiate products and create price premiums? The case of tomatoes from northeast Nigeria
2024Yamauchi, Futoshi; Dauda, Bawa; Balana, Bedru; Edeh, Hyacinth; Shi, Weilun
Working Paper
Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries
2024Nguyen, Trang; Termeer, Emma; Berkhout, Ezra; Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew; Dijkxhoorn, Youri; de Steenhuijsen Pieters, Bart
Brief
Integrating consumer traits is key to increasing uptake of improved crop varieties: Evidence and policy insights from seed sample packs and cooking events in Uganda
2024Van Campenhout, Bjorn; Nabwire, Leocardia; Kramer, Berber; Trachtman, Carly; Abate, Gashaw T.
Working Paper
Nature-positive agriculture for people and the planet: A qualitative analysis from Kenya
2024Kinuthia, Dickson; Oingo, Balentine; Bryan, Elizabeth; Davis, Kristin E.; Wallin, Elsa; Bukachi, Salome A.
Working Paper
Farming under fire: The interplay of armed conflict and climate-induced weather disruptions in agricultural input use
2024Ayalew, Hailemariam; Berhane, Guush; Wondale, Meseret; Breisinger, Clemens
Brief
Stakeholder feedback on a slaughterhouse hygiene intervention in western Kenya
2024Otoigo, Lilian; Jasada, Ijudai; Hoffmann, Vivian; Ambler, Kate; Kiarie, Alice; Cook, Elizabeth A.J.
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Effect of organic fertilizer use on crop yield and soil health in maize production in Kenya
2024Xie, Hua
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Evaluating hydropower and irrigation development in Sudan under climate change uncertainties
2024Basheer, Mohammed; Elnour, Zuhal; Pérez, Cristo Facundo; Liao, Wenxi; Siddig, Khalid; Ringler, Claudia
Brief
Strengthening women’s voice and agency in Nigeria: Evidence from a randomized control trial on women’s advocacy and men’s allyship trainings
2024Adida, Claire; Kosec, Katrina; Kyle, Jordan; Mo, Cecilia H.; Arriola, Leonardo; Adeyanju, Dolapo; Fisher, Rachel
Brief
Formative study on slaughterhouse hygiene in Western Kenya: Summary Report
2024Otoigo, Lilian; Alumasa, Lorren; Majiwa, Hamilton; Hoffmann, Vivian; Ambler, Kate; Kiarie, Alice; Cook, Elizabeth A.J.
Report
Baseline analysis for an impact evaluation of a home-grown school feeding program in Osun State, Nigeria to support smallholder farmers
2024Andam, Kwaw; Amare, Mulubrhan; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom; Fasoranti, Adetunji
Working Paper
Impacts of personalized picture-based crop advisories: Experimental evidence from India and Kenya
2024Ceballos, Francisco; Chugh, Aditi; Kramer, Berber
Brief
Enhancing women’s economic empowerment in rural Nigeria through advocacy trainings
2024Kosec, Katrina; Kyle, Jordan; Mo, Cecilia H.
Brief
Assessing the gender dimensions in the true costs of food production in Kenya
2024Baragu, Geoffrey; Boukaka, Sedi-Anne; Benfica, Rui
Brief
Impact of a slaughterhouse hygiene intervention in western Kenya
2024Ambler, Kate; Cook, Elizabeth A.J.; Hoffmann, Vivian; Kiarie, Alice; Otoigo, Lilian; Wagner, Julia
Brief
Impact of conflict on employment, income, and household welfare in Sudan
2024Ahmed, Mosab; Kirui, Oliver K.; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; Abushama, Hala; Siddig, Khalid
Working Paper
The effects of conflict-induced migration on food security and health related outcomes in Sudan: From displacement to despair
2024Abushama, Hala; Kirui, Oliver K.; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; Siddig, Khalid; Mohamed, Shima A. H.
Working Paper
Subsidizing resilience: Evaluating Kenya's fertilizer subsidy program amid global supply chain disruptions
2024Ayalew, Hailemariam; Breisinger, Clemens; Karugia, Joseph T.; Kimaiyo, Faith Chepkemoi; Kimathi, Sally; Olwande, John
Working Paper
Do public works investments in watershed rehabilitation and small-scale irrigation improve nutrition and resilience? Evidence from bureau for humanitarian assistance interventions in support of Ethiopia’s productive safety net program
2024Balana, Bedru; Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; Arega, Tiruwork; Ringler, Claudia; Bryan, Elizabeth; Yami, Mastewal; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; Wondwosen, Abenezer
Working Paper
Real exchange rate misalignment and economic growth: An empirical analysis for Ethiopia
2024Alemnew, Teklebirhan; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
Brief
Effet de l’insécurité (conflit armé) sur l’autonomisation des femmes au Burkina Faso
2024Heckert, Jessica; Sow, Doulo; Tranchant, Jean-Pierre; Pedehombga, Abdoulaye; Paz, Flor; Gelli, Aulo
Report
Solar drying technology for post-harvest loss management of horticulture products: Findings from baseline survey in Nigeria
2024Balana, Bedru; Popoola, Olufemi; Yamauchi, Futoshi; Olanipekun, Caleb; Totin, Edmond; Salaudeen, Kamaldeen Oladimeji; Muhammad, Aminu; Shi, Weilun; Liu, Yanyan
Working Paper
Promoting adoption of sustainable land management technologies by women and couples in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized trial
2024Leight, Jessica; Bahiru, Kibret Mamo; Buehren, Niklas; Getahun, Tigabu; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Mulford, Michael; Tambet, Heleene
Working Paper
Don’t spend it all in one place: The medium-term effects of a national cash transfer program on household well-being
2024Karachiwalla, Naureen; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kurdi, Sikandra
Dataset
Simulated Future Climates for Ethiopia Using MIT-IGSM HFDs Based on CMIP5
2024International Food Policy Research Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Working Paper
Prioritizing agri-food system investments under climatic and world price risks
2024Aragie, Emerta A.
Working Paper
Income, employment, transfers, and household welfare dynamics before and during the conflict in Sudan
2024Ahmed, Mosab; Kirui, Oliver K.; Taffesse, Alemayehu S.; Raouf, Mariam; Abushama, Hala; Siddig, Khalid
Brief
Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial at endline
2024Leight, Jessica; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Hirvonen, Kalle; Rakshit, Deboleena
Brief
Financial and environmental outlook of groundwater-solar irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa
2024Xie, Hua; Zeng, Ruijie; Ringler, Claudia
Brief
Targeting in development projects in Egypt: Approaches, challenges, and lessons learned
2024Shokry, Nada; Jovanovic, Nina; Kurdi, Sikandra; Hamdy, Adham; Elkaramany, Mohamed
Dataset
Strengthen PSNP Institutions and Resilience Phase II (SPIR II), Ethiopia: Group Problem Management Plus (g-PM+) Pilot, Follow-up 2
2024International Food Policy Research Institute
Dataset
SPIR II Group Problem Management Plus (gPM+) Baseline Survey in Tigray, Ethiopia
2024International Food Policy Research Institute
Report
Cointegration analysis of sesame prices in Ethiopian commodity exchange warehouses
2024Tazeze, Aemro; Kassie, Girma T.; Abate, Gashaw T.; Worku, Yonas; Asnake, Woinishet; Minot, Nicholas
Report
Accelerating quality upgrading in Ugandan dairy value chains - Preliminary results from a value chain experiment
2024Ariong, Richard M.; Chamberlin, Jordan; Kariuki, Sarah Wairimu; Van Campenhout, Bjorn
Brief
Zambia: Systematic analysis of climate and world market shocks
2024Mukashov, Askar; Diao, Xinshen; Jones, Eleanor; Thurlow, James
Brief
Development of the rural household energy insecurity experiences scale with insights from Ethiopia
2024Arega, Tiruwork; Ringler, Claudia
Brief
Kenya: Systematic analysis of climate and world market shocks
2024Mukashov, Askar; Mbuthia, Juneweenex; Omune, Lensa; Jones, Eleanor; Thurlow, James
Working Paper
Determinants of household water and energy access and their impacts on food security and health outcomes in Sudan
2024Kirui, Oliver K.; Ahmed, Mosab; Raouf, Mariam; Abushama, Hala; Siddig, Khalid
Brief
Malawi: Systematic analysis of climate and world market shocks
2024Mukashov, Askar; Duchoslav, Jan; Kankwamba, Henry; Jones, Eleanor; Thurlow, James
Opinion Piece
Redefining health priorities: Sub-Saharan Africa’s new frontier in disease burden
2024Zerfu, Taddese Alemu; Tareke, Amare A.; Biadgilign, Sibhatu
Brief
Rwanda: Systematic analysis of climate and world market shocks
2024Mukashov, Askar; Warner, James; Jones, Eleanor; Thurlow, James
Brief
Migration and women’s voice and agency in Senegal: Introducing a new survey
2024Beber, Bernd; Ebert, Cara; Kyle, Jordan; Riaz, Zara
Working Paper
Effectiveness of aflatoxin biocontrol: Evidence from Kenyan smallholders under varied levels of technical support
2024Kariuki, Sarah W.; Mohamed, Asha B.; Mutuku, Urbanus; Mutegi, Charity; Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit; Hoffmann, Vivian
Dataset
Strengthen PSNP Institutions and Resilience Phase II (SPIR II), Ethiopia: Group Problem Management Plus (g-PM+) Pilot, Follow-up 1
2024International Food Policy Research Institute
Working Paper
Impact of ongoing conflict and pathways to recovery in Sudan: Agricultural bounce-back, infrastructural investment, and social protection
2024Siddig, Khalid; Thurlow, James; Ahmed, Mosab; Randriamamonjy, Josée; Raouf, Mariam
Working Paper
What are the economic and poverty implications for Sudan if the conflict continues through 2024?
2024Ahmed, Mosab; Raouf, Mariam; Siddig, Khalid
Report
Transforming food systems towards sustainable healthy diets in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Viet Nam: A cross-country stakeholder analysis
2024Namugumya, Brenda Shenute; Fakhry, Hager; Herens, Marion; Huynh, Tuyen; Duong, Thanh Thi; Pham, Huong; Mengesha, Belay Terefe; Khatun, Wajiha
Working Paper
Impact of risk-contingent credit and traditional credit on smallholders’ agricultural investment and productivity: Experimental evidence from Kenya
2024Ndegwa, Michael K.; Shee, Apurba; Ward, Patrick S.; Liu, Yanyan; Turvey, Calum G.; You, Liangzhi
Brief
Supporting Sudan’s entrepreneurs in crisis: Policy insights from micro, small, and medium enterprises
2024Kirui, Oliver K.; Siddig, Khalid; Fisher, Monica; Cavicchioli, Martina; Chamberlin, Jordan
Report
Postharvest packaging and marketing innovation adoption in Nigeria: The case of plastic crate
2024Yami, Mesay; Saweda, Liverpool-Tasie; Wossen, Tesfamicheal; Oyinbo, Oyakhilomen; Yamauchi, Futoshi; Chamberlin, Jordan; Feleke, Shiferaw; Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Report
Cool transportation in Nigeria: Intervention, baseline and randomized controlled trial
2024Yamauchi, Futoshi; Dauda, Bawa; Balana, Bedru; Edeh, Hyacinth; Shi, Weilun
Blog Post
Graduation from poverty: Can a big push program help conflict-affected households? Evidence from Somalia
2024Hirvonen, Kalle; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Leight, Jessica; Rakshit, Deboleena
Working Paper
Would you rather? Household choice between cash transfers or an economic inclusion program
2024Allen IV, James; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kurdi, Sikandra; Yassa, Basma
Brief
From space to soil: Advancing crop mapping and ecosystem insights for smallholder agriculture
2024Guo, Zhe
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