scholarly journals Conceptual framework of agricultural innovation policy in African countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-74
Author(s):  
Ali Abdassalam ◽  
Ali Mahmoud ◽  
Ahmed Abd ◽  
Mohamoud Ali
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Agricultural Innovation ◽  
Resistant Varieties ◽  
Agricultural Innovations ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices

The aim of the paper is to present a conceptual framework from which to develop an appropriate innovation policy in African countries. Particular emphasis is placed on agricultural innovation, their role in stimulating agribusiness and the overall development of the African continent. Increasing food production and bioenergy, improving agricultural economics, African farmers' incomes, reducing poverty and adapting to climate change are challenges that can be addressed or mitigated by innovations in the agricultural sector. Africa's agriculture is a highly unproductive sector as a result of lack of appropriate innovative technologies, credit, infrastructure, lack of knowledge, information and skills. Agricultural innovations in African countries relate to the invention of insecticides, resistant varieties, fertilizers, irrigation pumps, genetic programs, sustainable agricultural practices, etc. Across Africa, farmers are embracing "climate-smart" innovations. An example of the response to climate change is the raising of 200 million new trees. African countries need to improve educational system performance, science and technology, institutions, increase financial and human investment to build local technology capabilities and learn from the experiences of other innovative regions. Although most African countries have made significant progress in terms of agricultural innovation, the results are still not quite satisfactory.

scholarly journals Assessing the Zero Hunger Target Readiness in Africa in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin ◽  
Oluwaseun Aramide Otekunrin ◽  
Folorunso Oludayo Fasina ◽  
Abiodun Olusola Omotayo ◽  
Muhammad Akram
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
The Face ◽  
Zero Hunger ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices

<p>Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) is hinged on achieving zero hunger target globally by 2030. Many developing countries, especially African countries, are challenged with extreme hunger that are often caused or compounded by bad governance, conflicts and climate change. In this paper, we assess Africa’s readiness towards attaining the zero hunger target by 2030 in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. Patterns of Global Hunger Index (GHI) and each of its indicators across Africa are compared before the pandemic (2000-2019). The effect of the pandemic on the hunger situation in Africa is discussed by highlighting the mitigating measures put in place by selected African governments. We have found that most African countries have recorded steady reduction in their child mortality rates but high prevalence of undernourishment, stunting and child wasting indicates significant challenges hampering the achievement of the zero hunger target. The study recommends that African governments should prioritize sustainable agricultural practices and give serious attention to the formulation and implementation of policies that reduce hunger against the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

scholarly journals Implications of Climate Change on Soil Functions: A Case for Achieving Local Coconut Sufficiency from Sustainable Agricultural Practices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinedu Egbunike ◽  
Nonso Okoye ◽  
Okoroji-Nma Okechukwu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Soil Functions ◽  
Soil Biodiversity ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Climate change is a major threat to agricultural food production globally and locally. It poses both direct and indirect effects on soil functions. Thus, agricultural management practices has evolved to adaptation strategies in order to mitigate the risks and threats from climate change. The study concludes with a recommendation the coconut farmers should explore the idea of soil biodiversity in a bid to mitigate the potential negative impact of climate related risk on the farming. The study proffers the need for adopting sustainable agricultural practices to boost local coconut production. This can contribute to the simultaneous realisation of two of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations: SDG 2 on food security and sustainable agriculture and SDG 13 on action to combat climate change and its impacts. The study findings has implications for tackling climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa and in particular Nigeria in order to boost local agricultural production and coconut in particular without negative environmental consequences and an ability to cope with climate change related risks.

Sustainable Agricultural Practices as a Response to Climate Change in Northern Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1245-1276
Author(s):  
Woldegebrial Zeweld ◽  
Guido Van Huylenbroeck ◽  
Girmay Tesfay ◽  
Stijn Speelman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Northern Ethiopia ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Climate, insurance and innovation: the case of drought and innovations in drought-tolerant traits in US agriculture

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1826-1860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiqing Miao
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Crop Insurance ◽  
Crowding Out ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Drought Tolerant ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Us ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Agricultural Innovations

Abstract This paper investigates the effects of crop insurance on agricultural innovation (namely, drought-tolerant traits) in the context of climate change. A conceptual framework is developed to model the market equilibrium of agricultural innovations. Hypotheses derived are then tested by using data for US agriculture. We find that the US agricultural sector responds to climate variation by increasing innovation activities, but this response is weakened by subsidised crop insurance by about 23 per cent. This indicates that crop insurance may have an unintended crowding-out effect as an option of risk management and may inhibit societies’ long-run capacity to adapt to climate change.

scholarly journals New Findings on Food Security, Climate Change and Income Growth in West African Countries: P-VAR Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (31) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Olabode Philip Olofin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
West African ◽  
Income Growth ◽  
Panel Var ◽  
African Countries ◽  
New Findings

This paper examines empirically the interaction among per capita income growth, climate change and food security in fifteen West African Countries. We employ Panel VAR (PVAR) techniques on annual secondary data obtained from the World Development Indicator (WDI) between 1990 and 2013. The PVAR approach allows us to address the endogeneity problem by allowing the endogenous interaction among the variables in the system. Our results provide evidence of income growth spurring food security in the short run and reducing it in the long run, while climate change increased food insecurity throughout in West Africa. The study suggests that climate change is a necessary variable that needs to be controlled if food security is a desired goal in West Africa and that more priority should be given to agricultural sector in economic growth. Also, the leaders in West Africa should embrace a judicious and dynamic energy mix that will allow renewable sources to replace fossil fuels.

scholarly journals The role of farmers and organizational networks in climate information communication: the case of Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chidiebere Ofoegbu ◽  
Mark New
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
National Level ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Climate Information ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Climate Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Organizational Collaboration

Purpose The nature of the collaborations that exists among the organizations in the climate change and agriculture sectors can influence the tailoring of climate forecasts into information useable for adapting agricultural practices to the risks posed by climate change. Also, the extent to which farmers are integrated into this organizational collaboration network can influence their access to climate information. This paper aims to examine how organizational collaborations in the process of climate information generation and dissemination acts as either barriers or enablers of farmers’ access to and use of climate information in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach This study used key informant interview and questionnaire survey to interview the organizations in the climate change and agriculture sectors. Using network analysis as an analytical framework, the authors estimated the networks’ core-periphery, density, reciprocity and degree centrality. Findings The authors observed that communication of climate information to farmers is mostly influenced by the collaborations between governmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations. Nevertheless, information flow and exchange through organizational collaboration network is having limited effect on improving farmers’ knowledge about climate risks, impacts and available risk response options. This is mostly because the feedback flow of information from farmers to national level organizations has not been effective in addressing localized climate/agro challenges. Originality/value This paper provides a critical overview of key issues in influencing the relevancy and usefulness of climate information in the Ghanaian agriculture sector. Insights gained and recommendations made are essential for deploying effective climate services in Ghana and can be relevant for many African countries because of similar socioeconomic contexts.

Digital technologies in african agriculture

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. G. Gavrilova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Agricultural Transformation ◽  
Agricultural Innovations ◽  
African Agriculture ◽  
Mobile Information Services ◽  
Sufficient Food

The inability of African states to provide sufficient food to their populations is due to low levels of agricultural productivity. To achieve food security, it is necessary to carry out agricultural transformation, i.e. a structural reform of the agricultural sector, which entails a widespread introduction and use of innovations. In some African countries, digital technologies are already being introduced, such as mobile information services for farmers, early warning systems for hunger or disasters, warehouse receipt systems, etc. The main reasons for the lack of implementation of agricultural innovations in Africa include scarce funding, the low educational level of producers, underdeveloped infrastructure, limited access to information about new technologies, etc.

Achieving Climate Smart Agriculture with a Sustainable Use of Water

2017 ◽  
pp. 122-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sneha Kumari ◽  
Yogesh Patil
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Zone Model ◽  
Smart Agriculture

With time there has been an unpredictable climate change affecting the requirement of water for agriculture. Survival of agriculture has become a matter of concern with an efficient management of water. The aim of the chapter is to design a conceptual framework in sustaining water for agriculture in the era of climate change. The authors in the present chapter have used secondary data from previous research work and critically analysed the cases on water management for agriculture. The chapter discusses on practices like drip irrigation, new adaptations, mitigation technologies, vapour pressure, agro-ecological zone model and other water management strategies and the agricultural practices which though increases the yield but is leaving an adverse impact on climate. The chapter designs a conceptual framework to sustain water for agricultural use in the era of climate change and discusses it. This must be dealt through in order to attain sustainability.

scholarly journals The actions of the Brazilian agricultural sector in the context of climate change negotiations

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato de Aragão Ribeiro Rodrigues ◽  
Marcela Cardoso Guilles Conceição ◽  
Edison Dausacker Bidone ◽  
Eduardo Silva Matos ◽  
Renato Campello Cordeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
International Negotiation ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Personal View ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Climate Change Negotiations ◽  
Sustainable Technologies

Brazil has always maintained a prominent position in negotiations within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, playing a major role in setting increasingly ambitious goals and encouraging consensus among Parties. With the purpose of reducing GHG emissions from the agricultural sector and disseminating and financing good agricultural practices, Brazil developed a platform of sustainable technologies and public policies, as the Low Carbon Agriculture Plan (the “ABC Plan”). This article reviews the main milestones of Brazil’s role in the international negotiation on climate change, how these factors affected the Brazilian agricultural sector between 2009 and 2018 and the authors’ personal view on this context. The objective is to provide an overview of Brazil’s actions regarding the agricultural sector which contribute to the voluntary commitment assumed by the Brazilian government at COPs 15 and 21 and to provide a critical analysis of how these actions are being implemented. The main results show that low carbon agriculture has been consolidated as the main Brazilian strategy for sustainable rural development,but it is vital for our country to continue with these actions.

scholarly journals PEMULIHAN EKONOMI NASIONAL PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19: ANALISIS PRODUKTIVITAS TENAGA KERJA SEKTOR PERTANIAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-138
Author(s):  
M. Zainul Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Agricultural Ecosystem ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices ◽  
And Training

Abstract This study aims to determine the National Economic Recovery (PEN) policy in supporting increased labor productivity in the agricultural sector and the measures that can take so that the PEN policy can boost labor productivity in the agricultural sector. This research method is descriptive qualitative using secondary data. The results showed that the PEN policy supported the increase in labor productivity in the agricultural sector through additional social assistance allocations and additional pre-employment cards. This assistance and support aim to ensure that the agricultural sector actors can continue to work and be productive. The PEN program can boost labor productivity in the agricultural sector by using pre-employment cards that allow residents to access entrepreneurship education and training activities to support environmentally friendly and sustainable agricultural practices. The education and training are focused on mastering information technology to support the creation of an agricultural ecosystem that includes input and input processes, including digitization in marketing various agricultural products to consumers. Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kebijakan Pemulihan Ekonomi Nasional (PEN) dalam mendukung peningkatan produktivitas tenaga kerja sektor pertanian dan upaya yang dapat ditempuh  agar kebijakan PEN dapat mendorong peningkatan produktivitas tenaga kerja sektor pertanian. Metode penelitian ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif menggunakan data sekunder. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kebijakan PEN mendukung peningkatan produktivitas tenaga kerja sektor pertanian melalui penambahan penyaluran Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) / alokasi bantuan sosial (bansos) dan tambahan kartu prakerja kepada petani. Bantuan dan dukungan tersebut bertujuan agar pelaku di sektor pertanian dapat tetap bekerja dan produktif. Upaya yang dapat dilakukan agar program PEN dapat mendorong peningkatan produktivitas tenaga kerja sektor pertanian melalui pemanfaatan kartu prakerja yang memungkinkan penduduk mengakses kegiatan pendidikan kewirausahaan dan pelatihan untuk mendukung praktik pertanian yang ramah lingkungan dan berkelanjutan. Pendidikan dan pelatihan tersebut difokuskan pada penguasaan dalam pemanfaatan teknologi informasi guna mendukung terwujudnya ekosistem pertanian yang mencakup proses input dan input, termasuk digitalisasi dalam pemasaran berbagai produk pertanian kepada konsumen.

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