The latest issue of IFPRI West and Central Africa Office "Thematic Research Notes" discusses the causes and impact of migration among communities in Africa as well as predicted future migration trends. The findings presented in this issue include some surprises: Net migration from Africa, excluding North Africa, has been the lowest among all developing regions […]

 The 2013 ReSAKSS Annual Conference themed “Achieving the Maputo Declaration Target and Prioritizing Public Agricultural Expenditures”, was held in Dakar, Senegal on November 12-13 2013.It also included a joint session of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition Cooperation Framework for Senegal Key participants were interviewed during this conference, among them, Boaz Blackie Keizire, Technical […]

On october2013, Ousmane Badiane held a presentation on "the successes in agriculture and structural transformation in Africa" as part of the Brussels Briefing on the 'Drivers of success for agricultural transformation in Africa' organized by CTA Brussels at the Borschette Congress Center in Brussels. In this CTA Brussels video interview,Ousmane Badiane , IFPRI's Director for […]

The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have partnered to bring leading economists, policymakers, and business leaders to Nairobi to discuss the latest thinking on The Quest for Economic Transformation in Africa from December 5–6, 2013, at the Serena Hotel. The Department for International Development (DFID) and the […]

10 years ago,  in Maputo, Mozambique, African Heads of State and Government pledged to allocate 10 % of their national budgets to the agriculture sector as part of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) agenda for stimulating agricultural growth, poverty reduction ,reduction, and food and nutrition security . The commitment, which is also known […]