Fridah Mary Mubichi

• Ph.D. Rural Sociology
• Professor of Practice at Cornell University

Increasing common bean production, through the development and release of new phosphorus (P) efficient cultivars with improved root phenotypes in Mozambique was made possible by integrated physiology, agroecology, and social science research into a breeding pipeline. Social science research on small-holder farmers identified increased production in...

Agricultural scientists developed new bean varieties adapted to low soil fertility and extreme weather event including drought, which are the major factors limiting agricultural productivity in Mozambique.  The new bean varieties are drought tolerant and phosphorus-efficient, have the potential to yield almost double that of local varieties, ie, b...

This Research in Action brief reports on results from the Mozambique Soybean Uptake and Network Survey, Wave I (SUNS Wave I).

using the USAID developed Women Empowerment in Agricultural Index (WEAI) questions to assess women's leadership abilities within their communities and agricultural development, we found that women in Mozambique are overall disadvantaged compared to men.

Demand for soybean in southeast Africa is expected to double between 2010 and 2020 due to the growing population, and increasing demand in the livestock, poultry and aquaculture industry (Walker & Cunguara, 2016). However, the extent to which the current Mozambique and Malawi agricultural development policies support smallholder farmers' participat...

The WEAI+ Mozambique Baseline Survey YR1 was conducted to better understand gender equity and intrahousehold dynamics in rural Mozambique while also assessing the socioeconomic context of smallholder farm households. The WEAI+ survey also was conducted to understand engagement with and implications of soya and other legume uptake in Central and Nor...

This poster presents findings from 8 focus group discussions in central Mozambique that examined attitudes, preferences, practices, and resource networks that smallholder farmers access for new and improved seed.

This study sought to identify types of ICTs accessed by smallholder farmers in rural Mozambique. This was a qualitative study based on 8 community focus group interviews conducted in central Mozambique. It adopted the diffusion of innovations theory in order to better understand how ICT characteristics influenced adoption. The study found that acce...

The complexity of agricultural development provides many challenges and opportunities for creative solutions. As was evident at the 2013 World Food Prize and Borlaug Dialogue, the need to intensify agricultural production sustainably is crucial to global food security and poverty reduction. As sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to develop its agric...