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The Future Agricultures Consortium participates in many conferences and workshops. We also watch for important agriculture policy “windows” and report them here.
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Blog commentary: Agricultural Investment, Gender & Land
March 28, 2014 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa The conference organisers and participants wrote a number of blog posts commenting on the themes of the conference. A list is below.
Recommendations to Researchers
March 28, 2014 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa Recommendations produced by the conference on Agricultural Investment, Gender & Land in Africa, March 2014.
Recommendations to the Private Sector
March 28, 2014 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa Recommendations produced by the conference on Agricultural Investment, Gender & Land in Africa, March 2014.
Recommendations to Governments
March 28, 2014 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa Recommendations produced by the conference on Agricultural Investment, Gender & Land in Africa, March 2014.
Recommendations to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
March 28, 2014 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa Recommendations produced by the conference on Agricultural Investment, Gender & Land in Africa, March 2014.
Background – Agricultural Investment conference 2014
February 12, 2014 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa Conference on Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa - Towards inclusive, equitable and socially responsible investment Venue: Protea Hotel, Stellenbosch (Cape Town), South AfricaDate: 5 Mar 2014 to 7 Mar 2014 The conference aims to promote an open exchange
How to Promote Institutional Reforms in the Agricultural Sector? A case study of Uganda’s National..
May 21, 2013 / Other Resources (Political Economy 2013) Full title: How to Promote Institutional Reforms in the Agricultural Sector? A case study of Uganda’s National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) Patience, B. Rwamigisa, Regina Birner, Margaret, N. Mangheni and Arseni Semana
Fertilizer subsidies & voting behavior: Political economy dimensions of input subsidy programs
April 19, 2013 / Political Decisions (parallel session) by N. Mason (MSU), T.S. Jayne (MSU), & N. van de Walle (Cornell) Presentation slides
Video: Political Economy conference plenaries
April 17, 2013 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa The six plenary sessions at the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa conference were filmed in their entirety. Watch the videos below to see debates on the BRICS, African co-operation, civil society and the policy process. The conference took
Video: Political Economy conference plenaries
April 17, 2013 / Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa The six plenary sessions at the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa conference were filmed in their entirety. Watch the videos below to see debates on the BRICS, African co-operation, civil society and the policy process. The conference took
Video: participant interviews
April 7, 2013 / Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa These short video interviews were filmed with participants at the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa conference. Participants interviewed include Arilson Favareto, Buba Khan, John Barrett, Lidia Cabral, Patience Mutopo, Nancy Kachingwe, Tamani Nkhono-Mvula and Ruth Oniang'o. The conference
Video: participant interviews
April 7, 2013 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa These short video interviews were filmed with participants at the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa conference. Participants interviewed include Arilson Favareto, Buba Khan, John Barrett, Lidia Cabral, Patience Mutopo, Nancy Kachingwe, Tamani Nkhono-Mvula and Ruth Oniang'o. The conference
Water grabbing dynamics in Chókwè Irrigation System, Mozambique
April 3, 2013 / Political Economic Aspects of Water Policies Water grabbing dynamics in Chókwè Irrigation System, Mozambique Gert Jan VeldwischWageningen University
The Political Ecology of Water Management in the Great Ruaha Catchment
April 3, 2013 / Political Economic Aspects of Water Policies The Political Ecology of Water Management in the Great Ruaha Catchment: Analysis of Winners, Losers and Villains Faustin P. MagangaUniversity of Dar es Salaam
A Snapshot: Issues and Perspectives on Water & Agriculture in South Africa
April 3, 2013 / Political Economic Aspects of Water Policies Ashwin SeetalRoyal Haskoning DHV
Asian Lessons & Agricultural Transformation in Rwanda (slides)
March 27, 2013 / Developmental Regimes in Africa Frederick Golooba-MutebiMakerere University/Future Agricultures Consortium
Policy and governance in Africa’s economic transformation (slides)
March 27, 2013 / Developmental Regimes in Africa Policy and governance in Africa’s economic transformationDavid BoothOverseas Development Institute
Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Nigeria (slides)
March 27, 2013 / Political Economy of Food Price Policy (1) Aderibigbe S. OlomolaInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Abuja, Nigeria
China and Brazil in African Agriculture: the case of Zimbabwe (slides)
March 27, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement Langton MukwerezaResearch for Development Trust, Harare
Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture The Case of Mozambique (slides)
March 27, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement Sergio ChichavaIESE (Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos), Maputo
Negotiating new relationships: how the Ethiopian state is involving China and Brazil in agriculture
March 27, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement Negotiating new relationships: how the Ethiopian state is involving China and Brazil in agriculture and rural development (slides) Dawit AlemuEthiopian Agricultural Research Institute
Combining political and economic models: An evolutionary CGPE Model
March 27, 2013 / Other Resources (Political Economy 2013) Combining political and economic models: An evolutionary Computable General Political Economy Equilibrium Model (CGPE) Christian Henning and Eva KrampeDepartment of Agricultural Economics, University of Kiel, Germany
The Role of Policy Beliefs and Discourses: A Case Study of NAADS in Uganda
March 27, 2013 / Other Resources (Political Economy 2013) Patience B. RwamigisaMinistry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, UgandaAFRISA, Makerere University, Uganda
Promoting Participatory and Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa (PEBAP) Overview
March 27, 2013 / Other Resources (Political Economy 2013) Regina BirnerUniversity of Hohenheim
Donors and domestic policy makers: Two worlds in agricultural policy-making?
March 27, 2013 / Other Resources (Political Economy 2013) Jonathan Mockshell and Regina BirnerUniversity of Hohenheim
China and Brazil in Ghanaian Agriculture (slides)
March 27, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement Kojo AmanorInstitute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon
Storify: Political Economy conference 2013
March 19, 2013 / Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa During the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa conference, participants have been sharing information, comments and links with each other and the outside world over social media. Our Storify feed from the event (embedded in this page below) brings
Storify: Political Economy conference 2013
March 19, 2013 / Agricultural Investment, Gender and Land in Africa During the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa conference, participants have been sharing information, comments and links with each other and the outside world over social media. Our Storify feed from the event (embedded in this page below) brings
East African agriculture – the Potential and the Prospects (slides)
March 18, 2013 / Developmental Regimes in Africa Ton Dietz and Wijnand KlaverAfrican Studies Centre Leiden
African Agriculture – The Potential And The Prospects
March 18, 2013 / Developmental Regimes in Africa Full title: African Agriculture – the Potential and the Prospects: Case Studies for Kenya and Tanzania, Exploring a Method of Analysis Ton Dietz and Wijnand KlaverAfrican Studies Centre Leiden
Policy and governance in Africa’s economic transformation
March 18, 2013 / Developmental Regimes in Africa David BoothOverseas Development Institute
The succession trap: high growth Africa and the pitfalls of leadership change
March 18, 2013 / Developmental Regimes in Africa Tim KelsallDevelopmental Regimes in Africa (DRA) Project
Africa’s economic transformation: Policy and governance
March 18, 2013 / Developmental Regimes in Africa David BoothOverseas Development Institute
Policy for development in Africa: Learning from Southeast Asia
March 18, 2013 / Developmental Regimes in Africa David Henley University of Leiden, Netherlands Jan Kees van DongeTracking Development Project
Development as a collective action problem
March 18, 2013 / Developmental Regimes in Africa Full title: Development as a collective action problem: Addressing the real challenges of African governance David BoothOverseas Development Institute
The Politics of Revitalising Agriculture in Kenya
March 13, 2013 / Democratisation and the Political Economy Colin PoultonSchool of Oriental and African Studies, London Karuti KanyingaInstitute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi In March 2004 the Kenyan government set out its radical Strategy for Revitalising Agriculture (SRA). Almost a decade on, remarkably little progress has been
South-South Cooperation in Context: Perspectives from Africa
March 11, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement FAC Working Paper 54Kojo Sebastian Amanor This paper examines how liberal economic reforms that permeated and transformed economies during the 1980s and 1990s, both in the emerging BRICS powers themselves as well as in Africa, mediate and influence the relationships
Narratives of China-Africa Cooperation for Agricultural Development: New Paradigms?
March 11, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement FAC Working Paper 53Lila Buckley Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Current debate is still largely centred on China’s engagement with African agriculture as either a threat or an opportunity. Such debate will not be resolved without
Narratives of Brazil-Africa Cooperation for Agricultural Development: New Paradigms?
March 11, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement FAC Working Paper 51Lídia Cabral and Alex Shankland This paper summarises the findings of a scoping study on Brazilian development cooperation in agriculture in Africa. The study comprised, in the first instance, a review of the relevant literature and interviews
Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Mozambique
March 11, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement FAC Working Paper 49 Sérgio Chichava, Jimena Duran, Lídia Cabral, Alex Shankland, Lila Buckley, Tang Lixia and Zhang Yue The purpose of this paper is to provide an account of the policies, narratives, operational modalities and underlying motivations of Brazilian
Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Ghana
March 10, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement FAC Working Paper 52Kojo Amanor This paper explores the differences in Brazilian and Chinese investments in Ghana. It examines the extent to which the framework of South-South cooperation illuminates or masks these changing relationships and their political economy dimensions. The
Who Gained and Who Lost from Zambia’s 2010 Maize Marketing Policies?
March 10, 2013 / Political Decisions (parallel session) Chewe Nkonde, Nicole M. Mason, Nicholas J. Sitko, and T. S. Jayne Zambia?s record-breaking maize harvest of nearly 2.8 million metric tons (MT) in 2010 is a major achievement and a testimony to what input subsidies, output price incentives, and
The 2011 Surplus in Smallholder Maize Production in Zambia: Drivers, Beneficiaries, and Implications
March 10, 2013 / Political Decisions (parallel session) Full title: The 2011 Surplus in Smallholder Maize Production in Zambia: Drivers, Beneficiaries, and Implications for Agricultural and Poverty Reduction Policies Nicole M. Mason, William J. Burke, Arthur Shipekesa, and T. S. Jayne In 2011, Zambia recorded its second consecutive
The Rising Class of Emergent Farmers
March 10, 2013 / Political Decisions (parallel session) Full title: The Rising Class of Emergent Farmers: An Effective Model for Achieving Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa? Nicholas J. Sitko and T.S. Jayne Seemingly contrary to the expectations of those who see little future in smallholder agriculture,
The Political Economy of Food Price Policy: The Case of Zambia
March 10, 2013 / Political Decisions (parallel session) by Antony Chapoto The global food price crisis of 2007/08 raised fears about the impacts of higher and more volatile food prices for the poor in Zambia. Like in the past, the implementation of the strategies to deal with the
Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Ethiopia
March 10, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement FAC Working Paper 50Dawit Alemu The increased importance of South-South cooperation in rural and agricultural development, and especially the increased role of BRICS countries, has been debated in relation to international development assistance, specifically in terms of (i) the modalities
Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Zimbabwe
March 10, 2013 / Brazilian and Chinese Engagement FAC Working Paper 48by Langton Mukwereza This report describes the status of agricultural aid and cooperation programmes by Brazil and China in Zimbabwe from three perspectives: A specification for each programme: the actors (governmental or otherwise) and their roles in
The Political Economy of Food Price Policy: An Overview
March 8, 2013 / Political Economy of Food Price Policy (1) Per Pinstrup?AndersenH. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, Cornell University.
The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Senegal
March 8, 2013 / Political Economy of Food Price Policy (2) Danielle ResnickResearch Fellow, United Nations University–World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU–WIDER)