Agrifood systems are under extraordinary stress. Conflict, extreme weather, climate-related disasters, economic shocks, and widening inequality are exerting mounting pressure on farmland, water resources, and the biodiversity that sustains life (FAO, 2025). Fragile supply chains only deepen these strains, with disruptions rippling through households, markets, and farms globally. These converging crises make the 2025 World […]
Nigeria National Policies and Strategies (NPS) Capacity-Sharing Workshops Series: Introduction to Social Accounting Matrices (SAM)
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) hosted the first in a series of capacity sharing workshops under the CGIAR National Policies and Strategies for Food, Land and Water Systems Transformation (NPS) Initiative[1] on July 7, 2022.
The Upside of Flooding and Agriculture
Philip Hegerty James, University of Agriculture & NAPP Scholar at MSU (Fall 2018) Agriculture in dry land areas is vulnerable to failure, this is due to erratic rainfall and desert encroachment, hence the use of Fadama (Low-lying seasonally flooded areas or floodplains) lands to compliment upland farming becomes vital. This is important, particularly where irrigation […]
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 74
Mywish K. Maredia, John Mazunda, and Oyinkan Tasie. 2017. The Quality of Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes at the Federal and State Level in Nigeria: Results of a Stakeholder Survey. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 74. East Lansing: Michigan State University.
Growth & Transformation of Food Systems in Africa: Evidence from the Poultry Value Chain in Nigeria
Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Bolarin Omonona, Awa Sanou, Wale Ogunleye, Samantha Padilla, and Thomas Reardon. 2017. Growth and Transformation of Food Systems in Africa: Evidence from the Poultry Value Chain in Nigeria. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 25. East Lansing: Michigan State University
