Articles
2018
Launch Of £9m Research Programme To Transform Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa
A £9.2million research programme focused on improving evidence-based policy making to develop sustainable, productive, agricultural systems, resilient to climate change has been launched in Pretoria this week.
Insider March 2018
In this issue:
1. Featured – Nutrition comic books
2. Implementation of NSIs:
FANRPAN Review 2010-2015 report
Since its inception, FANRPAN has operated mainly in the Eastern and Southern regions of the continent. In 2010, the FANRPAN Annual General Meeting passed a resolution to amend the constitution so that the organisation could extend its mandate to include
Insider April 2018
Featured in this issue:
1. ATONU's Nutrition-Sensitive Intervention (NSI) Selection Tool Updated Version
2. End-line data collection
3. Tanzania field assistants reflection meeting
4. Process monitoring
5. ATONU recipe book
2017
Publication Intro
FANRPAN, as one of the foremost think tanks on agricultural and food security policy in Africa, pursues leading edge thinking and approaches to food and nutrition security communication and engagement with partners, intermediary institutions and agencies, and smallholder farme
FANRPAN in partnership with ODI publishes Working Papers on “Pathways for irrigation development: policies and irrigation performance in Tanzania and Zimbabwe”
Amid global concerns over rising food and fuel prices, changing diets and climate change, irrigated agriculture plays an important role in increasing food production in an uncertain and resource-constrained world.
Macroeconomic digest
From an increase of 38.7% in the second quarter, the Agricultural Industry continued to power ahead, expanding by 44.2% during the third quarter. This is the largest quarterly jump in agriculture production since the second quarter of 1996.
FANRPAN at the 4th Global Science conference on climate smart agriculture
The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) with support from the MasterCard Foundation convened a policy training session on the 27th of November 2017 for youth working in Climate Smart Agriculture on the sidelines of the 4th Global Science C
2016
2015
Climate-smart agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative assessment of challenges and opportunities in 15 countries
Climate change is already a reality. The latest assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that global climate change is already damaging crops and undermining food production capacity in much of the world, particularly in poor countries.
A comprehensive scoping and assessment study of climate smart agriculture (CSA) policies in Mozambique
Executive Summary
Households in Limpopo and Eastern Cape are Vulnerable to Climate Change Disasters
On 3 February 2015, the Financial and Fiscal Commission (the Commission) tabled at Parliament a report on Climate Change, Household Vulnerability and Climate Smart Agriculture: The Case of Two South African Provinces.
AgriDeal Vol 3 - NOVEMBER 2015
The "no agriculture, no deal" campaign’s first steps can be traced to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Swaziland: Institutional and Policy Framework, Challenges and Policy Recommendations, August 2014 - UNISWA Policy Brief
The concept of Climate-Smart Agriculture
Cost Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Crop Production Systems in the Lowveld of Swaziland, August 2014: FANRPAN POLICY BRIEF
Climate change and agriculture
Technical Discussion Workshop and National Dialogue on Food Standards/Norms Related to Post-harvest Management: Worshop report
Following the activities of the Global Program for Food Security (GPFS), the technical discussion workshop and the national dialogue on food standards/norms related to post-harvest management took place on 29-30 April 2015, at Kaya Kwanga Residential Hotel in Maputo.
Planning Meeting for the Competitive Research Fund Projects: Meeting report
Under the Competitive Research Fund (CRF) and Incentive Fund (IF) PAEPARD is supporting 4 research projects:
Benin PHM Policy Brief: Scaling-up promising post-harvest technology by implementing cost-effective policy actions in the National Agricultural Policy Framework (PSRSA) in Benin
Research at the global level has shown that halving losses and waste along the food value-chain would save food resources equivalent to 25% of current agricultural production.
PAEPARD project brochure
Groundnuts form the basis for food and nutrition security for the majority of the smallholder farmers and are a vital component in the livelihoods of rural families. The challenge is that the groundnuts of these smallholder farmers are prone to Aflatoxin contamination.
Mozambique PHM Policy Brief: Towards a specific post-harvest loss management policy and strategy for Mozambique
The Agriculture Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is characterized by poor post-harvest practices. Post-harvest losses (PHL) in SSA are the highest in the world (PHL) amounting to between 26% and 36%.
2014
2013
AgriDeal Vol 2 - SEPTEMBER 2013
Our first AgriDeal edition, published in September 2012, was dedicated to women that make a difference in Africa.
2012
AgriDeal Vol 1 - SEPTEMBER 2012
FANRPAN, true to its mission, as an advocacy network has taken the first
