Analysing the pathways to agricultural commercialisation in sub-Saharan Africa
ABOUT APRA
Which pathways to agricultural commercialisation are the most effective in empowering women, reducing rural poverty and improving food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa?
The Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) consortium is a five-year research programme that works to respond to these issues. Working across three work streams in six focal countries, APRA aims to generate new evidence on pathways to agricultural commercialisation. The consortium will examine interactions between various types of commercialisation and the effects this has on different groups of people over time, such as men and women.
With headquarters at the Institute of Development Studies, APRA has run from 2016 to 2021 and funded by the Department for International Development (DFID). The consortium will offer high-quality evidence and policy advice that makes a difference in crucial areas of central importance in sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa
APRA will operate in six focal countries, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, with two additional secondary countries, Kenya and Mozambique.
Our aim is to work in sites in that provide valuable insights into pathways and different types of commercialisation.
We will work in various places of commercialisation -established/mature and recent/emerging sites of commercialisation- with varying market connections and infrastructure. We will also examine different objects of commercialisation, including comparing low-value staples, high-value horticulture, industrial and export crops.
Click on a country to learn more about our work
Nigeria
WEST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/UNIV OF GHANA
Joseph Yaro: yarojoe@yahoo.com
Ghana
WEST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/UNIV OF GHANA
Joseph Yaro: yarojoe@yahoo.com
Ethiopia
EAST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/CABE
Hannington Odame: hsodame@gmail.com
Beatrice Ouma: b.ouma@future-agricultures.org
Kenya
EAST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/CABE
Hannington Odame: hsodame@gmail.com
Beatrice Ouma: b.ouma@future-agricultures.org
Tanzania
EAST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/CABE
Hannington Odame: hsodame@gmail.com
Beatrice Ouma: b.ouma@future-agricultures.org
Malawi
RESEARCH DIRECTOR/UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI
Ephraim Chirwa: echirwa@yahoo.com
Moçambique
SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/PLAAS
Cyriaque Hakizimana: chakizimana@plaas.org.za
Ruth Hall: rhall@uwc.ac.za
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/PLAAS
Cyriaque Hakizimana: chakizimana@plaas.org.za
Ruth Hall: rhall@uwc.ac.za
NEWS
APRA in the news: Ghana Stakeholders brainstorm over new project
April 2, 2017APRA is a five-year research programme that will focus on different pathways to agriculture commercialisation in sub-Saharan Africa. Based at IDS the project also has regional hubs in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. Recent discussions amongst the Ghana hub and stakeholders in the agriculture sector have been captured in the Ghanaian media, Joy Online, marking… Read more »
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CONTACT
DIRECTORATE/IDS
John Thompson: j.thompson@ids.ac.uk
Oliver Burch: o.burch@ids.ac.uk
RESEARCH DIRECTOR/UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI
Ephraim Chirwa: echirwa@yahoo.com
EAST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/CABE
Hannington Odame: hsodame@gmail.com
Beatrice Ouma: b.ouma@future-agricultures.org
SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/PLAAS
Cyriaque Hakizimana: chakizimana@plaas.org.za
Ruth Hall: rhall@uwc.ac.za
WEST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/UNIV OF GHANA
Joseph Yaro: yarojoe@yahoo.com
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