Agricultural Transformation
Rising rural population, evidence of an emergent investor farmer, and structural changes in labour markets are simultaneously shifting the landscape of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. The impact of these trends on the emergent pathways of adaptation brings into question the agricultural transformation process that could unfold on the continent. ReNAPRI researches, monitors, reports and makes policy recommendations on Southern and Eastern Africa’s progress towards broad-based and inclusive agricultural transformation. Publications within this research theme are grouped in the following topical categories: Land Policy & Farm Land distribution pattern; Africa’s Evolving Agriculture Systems; Youth, Gender & Employment; Entry Points for Enhancing Agriculture Productivity; and Analysis of Public Expenditures to Agriculture.
- Land Policy & Farm Land distribution pattern
- Njagi, Timothy, Lilian Kirimi, and Nthenya Kinyumu. April 2017. The Evolution of Collective Land Access Regimes in Pastoralist Societies: Lessons from East African Countries. Tegemeo Institute. Working Paper No. 63/2017.
- Njagi, Timothy, Lilian Kirimi, and Nthenya Kinyumu. March 2017. Land tenure and pastoral productive systems: sustaining livelihoods through maintenance of collective land access. Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development. Policy Brief No. 25.
- Jayne, T.S., Jordan Chamberlin, Lulama Traub, Nicholas Sitko, Milu Muyanga, Felix K. Yeboah, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, Ayala Wineman, Chewe Nkonde, and Richard Kachule. July 17, 2016. Africa’s changing farm size distribution patterns: the rise of medium-scale farms. Agricultural Economics, vol 47, pp. 197–214.
- Njagi, Timothy, Lilian Kirimi, and Nthenya Kinyumu. March 2016. Policy Options for Sustaining Productive Pastoral Systems. Tegemeo Institute. Policy Brief No. 22.
- Mulenga, Brian P. & Chewe Nkonde, & Hambulo Ngoma. September 2015. Does Customary Land Tenure System Encourage Local Forestry Management in Zambia? A Focus on Wood Fuel. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: 75.
- Africa’s Evolving Agriculture Systems
- Mpenda, Zena, June 2018. Prioritizing Policies for Driving Inclusive Agricultural Transformation. Agrilinks.
- Jayne, T.S., Chance Kabaghe, and Isaac Minde. December 2016. Enhancing United States Efforts to Develop Sustainable Agri-Food Systems in Africa. Farm Journal Foundation.
- Onyango, Kevin, Tim Njagi, Nthenya Kinyumu and Lilian Kirimi. October 2016. Changing Consumption Patterns among Rural & Urban Households in Kenya. Tegemeo Institute. Policy Brief No. 23.
- Hichaambwa, Munguzwe and Crispin Matenga. June 2016. Which Large-scale Agricultural Commercialisation Models Offer the Best Opportunities for Improved Local Livelihoods in Zambia? Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: No. 80.
- Mofya Mukuka, Rhoda and Musonda Mofu. June 2016. The Status of Hunger and Malnutrition in Zambia: A Review of Methods and Indicators. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Technical Paper No. 5.
- Bila, J., I. Persson, N. Hogberg, A. Mondjana, L. Manuel, E. Tostao, N. Johansson, J. Soderlind and L. Santos. May 2016. Effect of Farming Practices and Farm History on Incidence of Coconut Lethal Yellowing in Mozambique. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 167 – 178.
- Nolte, Kerstin and Mitelo Subakanya. April 2016. Relationship between Large-scale Agricultural Investors and Local Communities: Lessons from Two Investments in Zambia. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: No. 79.
- ReNAPRI. 2015. Anticipating Africa’s policy challenges in the decade ahead. Policy Brief No. 2.
- Massingue, Jaquelino and Gerivásia Mosse, Rafael Uaiene, João Mutondo, David Tshirley, and Emílio Tostão. December 2015. O Que Comemos e Onde É Produzido? Resultados do Inventário de Produtos Alimentares Processados em três Cidades Moçambicanas: Maputo, Chimoio e Nampula. Research Center for Agriculture Policy and Programmes (CEPPAG), Eduardo Mondlane University. Policy Brief No. 2.
- Kuhlgatz,Christian and Rhoda Mofya-Mukuka. August 2015. Agricultural Commercialization and Child Nutrition: Lessons from the Eastern Province of Zambia. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: No. 74.
- Youth Gender & Employment
- ReNAPRI. 2017. Africa’s Evolving Employment Trends: Implications for Economic Transformation. Policy Brief No. 7.
- Namonje-Kapembwa, Thelma and Antony Chapoto. September 2016. Improved Agricultural Technology Adoption in Zambia: Are Women Farmers Being Left Behind? Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: 83.
- Jayne, T.S. and Lulama Ndibongo Traub. February 2016. Where Will They Land? Keeping Rural Youth in Business. Foreign Affairs.
- Bureau of Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP). September 24, 2015. Farm-Worker Sectoral Determination: An Analysis of Agricultural Wages in South Africa 2015. Technical Report.
- Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Jordan Chamberlin & Nicholas Sitko. January 2015. Does Gender Matter when Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Smallholder Land Titling in Zambia? Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: No. 70.
- Entry Points for Enhancing Agriculture Productivity
- Njagi Njeru, Timothy, Priscilla Wainaina, Kevin Onyango. December 2017. Credit Constraints, Off-Farm Participation and Productivity: Case of Kenyan Rural Sector. Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development. Working Paper Series 66/2017.
- Ajambo, R., Elepu, G., Bashaasha, B., and Okori, P. May 2017. Farmers’ Preferences for Maize Attributes in Eastern and Western Uganda. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 177 – 187.
- Owach, Charles, Godfrey Bahiigwa, and Gabriel Elepu. February 2017. Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in Northern Uganda. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.
- Lubungu, Mary. Nicholas J. Sitko, and Munguzwe Hichaambwa. February, 2016. Factors Limiting Smallholder Cattle Commercialization in Zambia. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: No. 77.
- Wanyama, Rosina, Mary Mathenge, and Zachary Mbaka. November 2015. Agricultural Information Sources and their Effect on Farm Productivity in Kenya. Tegemeo Institute. Policy Brief No. 21.
- Bureau of Food and Agricultural Policy. October 2015. Adding Value in the South African Maize Value Chain. Technical Report.
- Coles, C.K., & Kilima, F.T.M., & Mvena, Z.S.K., & Ngetti M., & Akyoo, A., & Nombo, C. September 2015. Field assessment of rapid market estimation techniques: a case study of dairy value chains in Tanzania. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Volume 10, No. 3.
- Ricker-Gilberta, Jacob & Charles Jumbe & Jordan Chamberlin. March 24, 2014. How does population density influence agricultural intensification and productivity? Evidence from Malawi. Food Policy. Volume 48, October 2014, Pages 114–128.
- Wanyama, Rosina & Mary W.K Mathenge, & Zachary S. Mbaka. September 2016. Agricultural Information Sources and their Effect on Farm Productivity in Kenya. Tegemeo Institute. Working Paper: 62/2016.
- Analysis of Public Expenditures to Agriculture
- Njagi, Timothy & Nthenya Kinyumu & Lilian Kirimi & Kevin Onyango. May 2017. Why County Governments Should Prioritise Funding for the Agriculture Sector. Tegemeo Institute. Policy Brief: 26
- Kuteya, Auckland N. and Antony Chapoto. April 2017. E-Voucher Performance and Recommendations for Nationwide Rollout during the 2017/18 Farming Season. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: No. 89.
- Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). March 2017. Achieving More with Less: Reform and Scaling Down of FRA & FISP and Boosting Social Protection. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Advisory Paper.
- Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Stephen Kabwe & Jordan Chamberlin. July 2015. Is Smallholder Horticulture the Unfunded Rural Poverty Reduction Option in Zambia? Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: No. 72.
- Mason, Nicole M. and Solomon T. Tembo. May 2015. Is FISP Reducing Poverty among Smallholder Farm Households in Zambia? Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Policy Brief: No. 71.