The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a legal instrument – an agreement among the African Union Member States to create a single market. But the AfCFTA represents much more. On the one hand, it is a significan...

This report gives a detailed analysis of the effects of the COVID 19 policies of the government on the Agricultural Supply Chains

Since the mid-1990s, many East African nations have enjoyed relatively high economic growth rates and made substantial progress in poverty reduction. Nevertheless, firm productivity remains low across sectors, and the region remains highly dependen...

Micronutrient deficiency, also known as hidden hunger, affects about two billion people globally. Adoption and consumption of micronutrient-enriched—that is, biofortified—staple crops, is a potential solution to alleviating hidden hung...

Developing agriculture policy, let alone implementing, is deceptively simple, especially for countries layered with challenges such as poor-quality inputs, fragmented land and high cost of credit for agriculture. Nigeria is one of such countries wi...

The following summary table presents institutional, policy, and programmatic innovations and implementation modalities of the country case studies.

The experience of the seven African countries analyzed in this report can help other African governments develop country-specific strategies to increase resilience and improve livelihoods in Africa’s rural communities and beyond. The Malabo Montpelli...

The Malabo Montpellier Panel has identified a set of policies and practices summarized in this infographic that, if brought to scale, could significantly improve the resilience and livelihoods of rural communities and spur overall agricultural growth...

The Government of Senegal has shown a clear commitment to promoting greater ICT penetration and provision of ICT services, including in the agriculture sector, through carefully designed policies and regulations. The country’s EBA ICT score of 4.5 ou...

Digitalization in Nigeria’s agriculture sector is advancing rapidly. The government’s drive to shift away from oil revenues and toward less-developed sectors is providing a strong stimulus to modernize the agriculture sector. Nigeria’s score of 4.5 o...

The Government of Morocco has been ambitious in carefully designing policies and regulations that can promote greater ICT penetration and the provision of ICT services to different sectors of the economy, including the agriculture sector. The country...

The use of digital technologies in Rwanda’s agriculture sector is advancing rapidly. Yet, despite visible developments in the ICT sector, Rwanda scored just 3.8 out of 9 in the 2017 World Bank’s EBA ICT Index. While this indicates some progress, ther...