Participatory and deliberative approaches were used in order to draw out and evaluate pathways of adaptation in maize farming in the Kenyan districts of Makueni (in Central Province) and Nandi/Nyando (in Western Province), whilst allowing participants to reflect on and share their own perceptions...
Whitfield, Stephen
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Envisaging change in maize farming: the push and pull factors]
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Envisaging change in maize farming: the push and pull factors
Bioversity International's 'Seeds for Needs' initiative works with farmers to research how agricultural biodiversity can help minimize the risks associated with climate change. The concept is simple – if farmers have better information and access to a wide range of varieties, they are more able t...
Bioversity International
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[The Seeds for Needs Initiative in Ethiopia: integrating farmer and scientist knowledge]
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The Seeds for Needs Initiative in Ethiopia: integrating farmer and scientist knowledge
A set of factsheets about our Seeds for Needs Initiative in Ethiopia.
Bioversity International's 'Seeds for Needs' initiative works with farmers to research how agricultural biodiversity can help minimize the risks associated with climate change. The concept is simple – if farmers have better in...
Bioversity International
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[Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks]
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Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks
A series of policy briefs bringing together the major results and policy recommendations of the Seeds for Needs project which started in 2009. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) in Ethiopia.
This project provides a unique framework f...
Gevel, Jeske van de
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Bioversity International
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Gellaw, A.
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Fadda, Carlo
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[Seeds for Needs: participatory variety selection]
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Seeds for Needs: participatory variety selection
A series of policy briefs bringing together the major results and policy recommendations of the Seeds for Needs project which started in 2009. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) in Ethiopia. The methodology and maps were developed by...
Gevel, Jeske van de
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Gellaw, A.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Zonneveld, M. van
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[Seeds for needs: atlas of crop suitability]
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Seeds for needs: atlas of crop suitability
Bioversity International's 'Seeds for Needs' initiative works with farmers to research how agricultural biodiversity can help minimize the risks associated with climate change. The concept is simple – if farmers have better information and access to a wide range of varieties, they are more able t...
In Bolivia and Peru, traditional grains such as quinoa, amaranth and cañihua, which are highly nutritious and have been cultivated for thousands of years in the high altitude plains, are being displaced by global cereal crops such as wheat and maize.
Lack of improved varieties, arduous cultivati...
Introduction brochure to the project 'Integrating Traditional Crop Genetic Diversity into Technology: Using a Biodiversity Portfolio Approach to Buffer against Unpredictable Environmental Change in the Nepal Himalayas'.
The project aims to contribute to the conservation of globally important cro...
The aim of this brief is to analyze the impact of a set of interventions related to conservation and use of neglected and underutilized species (NUS) on people’s livelihoods. Specifically a simultaneous three-equation model of households’ participation on undertulized crops conservation and incom...
Since 2011, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture
and Food Security (CCAFS) is facilitating a partnership around
collective action in seven villages that integrates a science approach to
deliver development outcomes in Nyando. The approach is based on a
climate-smart village (...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Responding to climate related risks to address food insecurity in Nyando, Kenya]
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Responding to climate related risks to address food insecurity in Nyando, Kenya