At FARMAF’s international policy workshop, held from 14–15 April 2015 in Lusaka, Zambia, the keynote address was delivered by Zambia’s Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, the Honourable Given...
Workshop provides platform to weigh up policy support for managing farm risks in Africa
FARMAF held an international policy workshop from 14–15 April 2015 in Lusaka, Zambia. Over 100 participants shared best practices and discussed the development of sustainable farm risk management...
New Policy Brief Innovation, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
Blowing the seeds of innovation Many policy makers, business partners and researchers often think about innovations related to sustainable agriculture as the natural outcome of best practices and...
Ethiopian Commodity Exchange replaces social capital of traders, new Food Policy publication shows
Researchers of LEI Wageningen UR, Wageningen University and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research have found that the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) replaces social capital of...
New: ESFIM book documents research support to advocacy strategies of national farmer organisations in 11 countries
Empowering smallholder farmers in markets: experiences with farmer-led research for advocacy The Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Markets programme (ESFIM) creates a space for learning-by-doing on...
FARMAF International Launch Workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The Farm Risk Management for Africa (FARMAF) Project, funded by the EU, was launched in Ouagadougou on 26-27 September 2012. It aims to improve food security and livelihoods of the rural poor in...