Preparing an ‘innovation history’ is a method for recording and reflecting on an innovation process. People who have been involved in the innovation jointly construct a detailed written account (sometimes referred to as a ‘learning history’) based on their recollections and on available documents...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Ashby, J.A.
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[Innovation histories: A method from learning from experience]
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Innovation histories: A method from learning from experience
A community seed bank is a locally governed and managed, mostly informal institution whose core function is to maintain seeds for local use, strengthen local seed systems and support on-farm agrobiodiversity conservation. The objective of this study was to explore, from a farmer’s perspective, if...
Porcuna Ferrer, A.
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[Do community seed banks contribute to socio-ecological resilience? The case of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala]
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Do community seed banks contribute to socio-ecological resilience? The case of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala
La FAO y el IPGRI han elaborado conjuntamente la lista de descriptores de pasaporte para cultivos múltiples (DPCM) que es un instrumento de referencia para suministrar, a nivel internacional, normas fijas que faciliten el intercambio de información de pasaporte del germoplasma. Estos descriptores...
Alercia, A.
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Diulgheroff, S.
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Metz, T.
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[Lista de descriptores de pasaporte para cultivos multiples desarrollada por la FAO y el IPGRI Related files]
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Lista de descriptores de pasaporte para cultivos multiples desarrollada por la FAO y el IPGRI Related files
In the last 20 years there has been a growing interest in on-farm conservation of crop diversity. Numerous projects to support on-farm conservation have been implemented worldwide. Projects are needed because maintaining crop diversity on-farm can entail important costs to farmers, who often face...
Bellon, M.
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Gotor, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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Bioversity International
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[Methodologies for evaluating on-farm conservation projects]
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Methodologies for evaluating on-farm conservation projects
This two-page publication highlights 15 key issues that researchers studying biodiversity management and conservation should bear in mind to formulate gender-responsive questions and conduct gender analyses. Attention to these issues will help researchers understand the gendered division of labou...
Since it was conceptualized in the late 1980s as a research methodology and change paradigm, the technique of ‘appreciative inquiry’ (AI) has proved to be highly effective for capturing the positive features of an organization or social system and energizing the members to strive for higher level...
Acosta, A.S.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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[Appreciative inquiry: An approach for learning and change based on our own best practices]
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Appreciative inquiry: An approach for learning and change based on our own best practices
Outcome mapping is a methodology for planning, monitoring and evaluating development initiatives that aim to bring about social change. The process of outcome mapping helps a project team or program to be specific about the actors it targets, the changes it expects to see and the strategies it em...
Smutylo, T.
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[Outcome mapping: A method for tracking behavioural changes in development programs]
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Outcome mapping: A method for tracking behavioural changes in development programs
Several tools have been developed in the last three decades to manage not-for-profit research activities. Most of these tools have focused on research outputs or outcomes, while few have analysed the processes of research and innovation to identify emerging problems and opportunities during the c...
Ekboir, Javier M.
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Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.
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Sette, Cristina
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[Monitoring the composition and evolution of the research networks of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)]
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Monitoring the composition and evolution of the research networks of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
A community seed bank is a locally governed and managed, mostly informal institution whose core function is to maintain seeds for local use, strengthen local seed systems and support on-farm agrobiodiversity conservation. The objective of this study was to explore, from a farmer’s perspective, if...
Porcuna Ferrer, A.
,
[Do community seed banks contribute to socio-ecological resilience? The case of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala]
,
Do community seed banks contribute to socio-ecological resilience? The case of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala