Descubre y comparte nuestro conocimiento público

Se han encontrado 75 recursos

Resultados de búsqueda

In January of 2007, a number of people working with the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) were invited to tell stories about the “most significant change” (MSC) they had observed as a result of CPWF activity. They were guided by two questions, posed to establish the stories’ domain...


Harrington, Larry W.Douthwaite, BoruLeón, C. deWoolley, Jonathan N.[Stories from the field: Most Significant Change (MSC) synthesis]Stories from the field: Most Significant Change (MSC) synthesis

The Challenge Program on Water and Food pursues food security and poverty alleviation through the efforts of some 50 research-for-development projects. These involve almost 200 organizations working in nine river basins around the world. An approach was developed to enhance the developmental impa...


Douthwaite, BoruÁlvarez, S.Cook, Simon E.Davies, R.George, P.Howell, JMackay, R.Rubiano Mejía, Jorge Eliécer[Participatory impact pathways analysis : A practical application of program theory in research-for-development]Participatory impact pathways analysis : A practical application of program theory in research-for-development

Throughout the world, the pace of environmental, social and technological change is accelerating, and this in turn has major implications for the poor and their development prospects. Traditional transfer-of-technology approaches to agricultural research can no longer keep pace with the complex, ...


Watts, J.Mackay, R.Horton, D.Hall, A.Douthwaite, BoruChambers, RobertAcosta, A.S.[Institutional Learning and Change: an introduction]Institutional Learning and Change: an introduction

There have been repeated calls for a ‘new professionalism’ for carrying out agricultural research for development since the 1990s. At the centre of these calls is a recognition that for agricultural research to support the capacities required to face global patterns of change and their implicatio...


Douthwaite, BoruApgar, J.M.Schwarz, Anne-MareeAttwood, S.Senaratna Sellamuttu, SonaliClayton, T.[A new professionalism for agricultural research for development]A new professionalism for agricultural research for development

Two sets of on-farm trials, each covering two years, were conducted in the northern Guinea savannah of Nigeria over the period 1999–2001, the objective being to compare integrated Striga hermonthica control measures (soybean or cowpea trap crops followed by maize resistant to Striga) with farmers...


Ellis-Jones, J.Schulz, S.Douthwaite, BoruHussaini, M.A.Oyewole, B.D.Olanrewaju, A.S.White, R.[An assessment of integrated Striga hermonthica control and early adoption by farmers in northern Nigeria]An assessment of integrated Striga hermonthica control and early adoption by farmers in northern Nigeria

This working paper aims to synthesize and share learning from the experience of adapting and operationalizing the Research in Development (RinD) approach to agricultural research in the five hubs under the The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. It seeks to share learning abou...


Douthwaite, BoruApgar, J.M.Schwarz, A.McDougall, C.Attwood, S.Senaratna Sellamuttu, SonaliClayton, Terry[Research in development: learning from the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems]Research in development: learning from the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems
Carvajal, A.Mayorga, ODouthwaite, Boru[Forming a community of practice to strengthen the capacities of learning and knowledge sharing centres in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Dgroup case study]Forming a community of practice to strengthen the capacities of learning and knowledge sharing centres in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Dgroup case study

Douthwaite, BoruEkboir, Javier M.Twomlow, StephenKeatinge, J.D.H.[The concept of integrated natural resource management (INRM) and its implications for developing evaluation methods]The concept of integrated natural resource management (INRM) and its implications for developing evaluation methods

Lessons for appropriate soil management technology generation for the savannas and their application to the grain legume-cereal rotation system There are many legume-based techno logies capable of regenerating soi l ferti lity but few are being adopted by fa rmers in West Africa . At the Tn terna...


Carsky, R.J.Douthwaite, BoruManyong, Victor M.Sanginga, N.Schulz, S.Vanlauwe, BernardDiels, J.Keatinge, J.D.H.[Amelioration de la gestion des sols par lintroduction de legumineuses dans les systemes cerealiers des savannes africaines]Amelioration de la gestion des sols par lintroduction de legumineuses dans les systemes cerealiers des savannes africaines

Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with s...


Douthwaite, BoruBaker, DerekWeise, S.F.Gockowski, J.Manyong, Victor M.Keatinge, J.D.H.[Ecoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITAs benchmark area approach]Ecoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITAs benchmark area approach

Selecciona los documentos para visualizarlos

Nombre del archivo Ver recurso