Bachelor of Science

Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of last-mile market access costs for smallholder farmers in Africa

This USAID funded activity of CIMMYT “Feed the Future Zimbabwe Mechanization and Extension Activity” — aims to support smallholder mechanization in Zimbabwe to help reduce their labour bottlenecks and improve land and labour productivity making agriculture more profitable and attractive to rural youths. Fund has been secured for the period of two years starting from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2024 for this full time position.

Groundwater plays a critical role in supporting food security, rural livelihoods and economic development for millions of resource-poor households in South Asia. In the Western Indo- Gangetic Plains (Northwest India and Pakistan) groundwater irrigation has underpinned   rapid growth in agricultural productivity over recent decades. However, in the Eastern Indo- Gangetic Plains (Nepal and Eastern India – collectively the EIGP), many farmers continue to face significant barriers to groundwater access (Saha et al., 2016), resulting in lower crop yields, shorter growing seasons, and greater vulnerability to climate change than elsewhere in South Asia (Jain et al., 2017).

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The Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods (AGG) project aims to accelerate the development and delivery of more productive, climate-resilient, gender-responsive, market-demanded, and nutritious maize and wheat varieties in support of sustainable agricultural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA)", "description":