Potato is the third most widely-cultivated food crop in the world and one of the most profitable food crops. Therefore, it allows producers to improve their living conditions with
additional income to build homes, improve schools, and strengthen food security. Potato is also a vital source of nutrition, especially for young people, as it contains substantial levels of protein, vitamins, iron, zinc and potassium. This document describes the good agricultural practices for the production of ware potato in Cameroon and provides a useful information such as the enemies of the crop, the optimal growing conditions and others.
The “ONE WORLD – No Hunger” Initiative (SEWOH) by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is part of the G7 goal to free 500 million people from hunger and malnourishment by 2030. SEWOH intends to contribute...
Efficient agricultural value chains create competitiveness and accelerate industrialisation. Though they have the ability to advance economic partnership and competition, in most African countries, agricultural value chains remain underdeveloped and underexploited; moreover, they are hardly affected by political instability with...
Animal-source foods (ASF), such as fish, provide a critical source of nutrients for dietary quality and optimal growth of children. In sub-Saharan Africa, children often consume monotonous cereal-based diets, a key determinate of malnutrition such as stunting. Identifying existing sources...
This paper assesses why participation in markets for small ruminants is relatively low in northern Ghana by analysing the technical and institutional constraints to innovation in smallholder small ruminant production and marketing in Lawra and Nadowli Districts. It is argued in...
Les « modèles d’entreprises inclusives » ont fait l’objet d’un regain d’intérêt ces dernières années, dans le cadre de débats plus généraux concernant l’accroissement des investissements agricoles dans les pays à faible revenu. Ce rapport se penche sur les coentreprises...