<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>IFPRI Egypt Country Office</title> <atom:link href="https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/tag/africa/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info</link> <description>IFPRI INFO: Conversation - collaboration - community site</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 08:41:31 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3</generator> <image> <url>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/files/2020/04/IFPRI_Logo_400.fw_-e1690457231933-150x150.png</url> <title>IFPRI Egypt Country Office</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>NEW PUBLICATION: Investing in Dates, Poultry, Olive, and Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Value Chains in Egypt</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2022/02/15/new-publication-investing-in-dates-poultry-olive-and-medicinal-and-aromatic-plants-value-chains-in-egypt/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[aabdelhadi]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:46:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Highlights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agri-food system]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Middle East and North Africa]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=7859</guid> <description><![CDATA[This policy note summarizes an evaluation of public investment options for Egypt’s agri-food system conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Government of Egypt and Cairo University]]></description> </item> <item> <title>NEW PUBLICATION: Digital Tools and Agricultural Market Transformation in Africa</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2022/02/02/digital-tools-and-agricultural-market-transformation-in-africa-why-are-they-not-at-scale-yet-and-what-will-it-take-to-get-there/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[aabdelhadi]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:48:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[digitalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=7802</guid> <description><![CDATA[Despite enthusiasm on the potential of digital innovations to transform agricultural markets in Africa, progress made thus far has been limited to small-scale experiments that often fail to scale up. Realizing the full potential..]]></description> </item> <item> <title>NEW PUBLICATION: Evaluating Cereal Market (Dis)Integration in Sudan</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2022/02/01/new-publication-evaluating-cereal-market-disintegration-in-sudan/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[aabdelhadi]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:14:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cereal market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food systems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=7794</guid> <description><![CDATA[This paper evaluates spatial market and price transmission in cereal markets in Sudan, focusing on wheat and sorghum, two major cereal crops. We use comprehensive and long-ranging monthly cereal price data and a multivariate vector of error-correction cointegration models (VECM) to characterize both short-term and long-term price transmissions across local cereal markets]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Making the Most of Intra-African Trade</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2021/09/26/making-the-most-of-intra-african-trade/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[aabdelhadi]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 13:40:56 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=7381</guid> <description><![CDATA[With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting livelihoods, and the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) now beginning to influence food flows, agricultural trade in Africa is in a state of flux, with both challenges and opportunities. While AfCFTA implementation has begun, some crucial negotiations remain to be completed, and the full scope of its impact is not yet clear.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>NEW PUBLICATION: 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2021/09/20/new-publication-2021-africa-agriculture-trade-monitor/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 06:09:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arab countries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=7373</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) analyzes continental and regional trends in African agricultural trade flows and policies.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>IFPRI explores impact of COVID-19 on school feeding services and food insecurity</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2021/08/19/ifpri-explores-impact-of-covid-19-on-school-feeding-services-and-food-insecurity/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 07:57:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CGIAR-PIM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country strategies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[governance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[School Feeding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social protection]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=7306</guid> <description><![CDATA[COVID-19 has disrupted programs that assist vulnerable populations worldwide. In addition to education, schools provide daily meals and other services that many families depend on; when schools closed during the pandemic, those services ceased. Kibrom Abay and colleagues explore the food security consequences of [...]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>NEW PUBLICATION: Fertilizer Policies and Implications for African Agriculture</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2020/11/09/new-publication-fertilizer-policies-and-implications-for-african-agriculture/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:04:42 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fertilizer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Policies and institutions]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=5891</guid> <description><![CDATA[Book Chapter, Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2020 By Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, and David Spielman Agricultural productivity growth has long been recognized as an important instrument to reduce poverty, generate nonfarm employment, and hence trigger structural transformation processes (see, for example, Timmer 1997; Fan, Hazell, Thorat 1999; Johnson 2000; and Mellor 2000). A […]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2020/09/23/unpacking-the-impacts-of-covid-19-on-economies-food-systems-and-poverty-in-african-and-asian-countries/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dalia Elsabbagh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:30:53 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=5394</guid> <description><![CDATA[Evgeniya Anisimova - Senior Communications Specialist with the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). Countries around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing lockdowns and other social distancing measures. Agrifood systems and food supply chains—although generally exempt from restrictions—have nevertheless experienced disruptions and global market instability [...]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>NEW PUBLICATION: “Cash Transfers and Women’s Control over Decision-Making and Labor Supply in Egypt”</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2020/02/06/new-publication-cash-transfers-and-womens-control-over-decision-making-and-labor-supply-in-egypt/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:58:19 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Egypt Homepage Slider]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MENA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social protection]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=4457</guid> <description><![CDATA[MENA RP WORKING PAPER Hoda El-Enbaby, Daniel Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Yumna Kassim, Sikandra Kurd December 2019- revised December 2021 Women’s control over decision-making within their family, particularly regarding the use of household income, can play an important and long-lasting role in shaping their well-being and that of their children. Cash transfer programs often target women in order to increase […]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Is CAADP Having the Desired Impact on Agricultural-led Development?</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2018/03/11/is-caadp-having-the-desired-impact-on-agricultural-led-development/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 08:23:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CAADP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ReSAKSS]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=2132</guid> <description><![CDATA[March 11, 2018 Tsitsi Makombe, Senior Program Manager, IFPRI; Samuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa Regional Office, IFPRI. With the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) now well into its second decade, and following the adoption of the 2014 Malabo Declaration to renew the impetus of CAADP, many have wondered whether the framework has had any […]]]></description> </item> </channel> </rss>