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.
With headquarters at the Institute of Development Studies, APRA has run from 2016 to 2021 and is 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.
Countries
APRA operates 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 and emerging sites. We will also examine different objects of commercialisation, including comparing industrial and export crops.
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Nigeria
Download the Nigeria brochure for more information on study sites and research in the country.
WEST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/UNIV OF GHANA
Joseph Yaro: yarojoe@yahoo.com
Ghana
Download the Ghana brochure for more information on study sites and research in the country.
WEST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/UNIV OF GHANA
Joseph Yaro: yarojoe@yahoo.com
Ethiopia
Ethiopia brochureDownload the Ethiopia brochure for more information on study sites and research in the country.
APRA Country Research Lead - Dawit Alemu: dawit96@gmail.com
East Africa Regional Hub/CABE - Hannington Odame: hsodame@gmail.com
Kenya
Download the Kenya brochure for more information on study sites and research in the country.
EAST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/CABE
Hannington Odame: hsodame@gmail.com
Tanzania
Download the Tanzania brochure for more information on study sites and research in the country.
East Africa Regional Hub/CABE
Hannington Odame: hsodame@gmail.com
Malawi
Download the Malawi brochure for more information on study sites and research in the country.
RESEARCH DIRECTOR/UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI
Ephraim Chirwa: echirwa@yahoo.com
Moçambique
Download the Mozambique brochure for more information on study sites and research in the country.
SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/PLAAS
Cyriaque Hakizimana: chakizimana@plaas.org.za
Ruth Hall: rhall@uwc.ac.za
Zimbabwe
Download the Zimbabwe brochure for more information on study sites and research in the country.
SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/PLAAS
Cyriaque Hakizimana: chakizimana@plaas.org.za
Ruth Hall: rhall@uwc.ac.za
NEWS
APRA Annual Review Workshop 2018
January 11, 2019From 3–6 December 2018, APRA staff met in Accra, Ghana for the annual APRA review workshop. With the broad scope of the APRA programme – comprising studies being undertaken across six African countries within three work streams – the annual review workshop provides a critical opportunity for APRA researchers to come together to share the… Read more »
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Journal of Peasant Studies 2019 Summer Writeshop-Workshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism: Call for Application
January 9, 2019Call for Application The Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS), College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China Agricultural University (Beijing), and Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) are jointly organizing a new initiative: JPS Annual Summer Writeshop-Workshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism for PhD students and young researchers (up to 5 years from PhD completion)… Read more »
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The First National Rice Promotion Event: Is rice getting more attention in Ethiopia?
January 9, 2019Ethiopia’s first National Rice Promotion Event was held on 21 December 2018 in Addis Ababa, to examine the current status of rice research and development in Ethiopia, and to identify key issues that demand interventions. Specifically, the event – and the future annual events – take three primary focuses: (i) to deliberate on prevailing policy… Read more »
Read more »PUBLICATIONS
APRA Brief 18: The political economy of agricultural growth corridors in eastern Africa
APRA Brief 17: Tractors, Markets and the State: (Dis)continuities in Africa’s Agricultural Mechanisation
APRA Brief 16: A Historical Analysis of Rice Commercialisation in Ethiopia_The Case of the Fogera Plain
APRA Brief 15: Building Livelihoods: Youth and Agricultural Commercialisation in Ghana
Working Paper 22: Tractors in Africa: Looking Behind the Technical Fix
Working Paper 21: Tractors and Agrarian Transformation in Zimbabwe: Insights from Mvurwi
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CONTACT
DIRECTORATE/IDS
John Thompson, CEO: j.thompson@ids.ac.uk
Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Research Director, UK: r.sabates-wheeler@ids.ac.uk
Oliver Burch, Programme Manager: o.burch@ids.ac.uk
Lesley White, Impact, Communications and Engagement Officer: l.white@ids.ac.uk
Amrita Saha, Post-doctoral Research Officer: a.saha@ids.ac.uk
RESEARCH DIRECTOR/UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI
Ephraim Chirwa, Research Director, Africa: echirwa@yahoo.com
EAST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/CABE
Hannington Odame, Regional Coordinator: hsodame@gmail.com
SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/PLAAS
Cyriaque Hakizimana, Regional Coordinator: chakizimana@plaas.org.za
Ruth Hall, Regional Coordinator: rhall@uwc.ac.za
WEST AFRICA REGIONAL HUB/UNIV OF GHANA
Joseph Yaro,Regional Coordinator: yarojoe@yahoo.com
Regional Hubs
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