ILRI's Alan Duncan was asked to share a Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) 'story' at the recent International Forum on Water and Food. Alan's story introduces some of the challenges that the Ethiopian Government faces in seeking to improve natural resources management at the local level, in...
Duncan, Alan J.
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[Ethiopia can be Africa's 'breadbasket' as well as its 'water tower']
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Ethiopia can be Africa's 'breadbasket' as well as its 'water tower'
The ILRI-supported MilkiT project has used the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) to address livestock feeding challenges and provide solutions for smallholder livestock farmers in India and Tanzania.
Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Wassena, Fred J.
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Paul, Birthe K.
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Mundy, Paul
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Duncan, Alan J.
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[Working out how to improve livestock feeding: The FEAST feed assessment tool]
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Working out how to improve livestock feeding: The FEAST feed assessment tool
This animation describes how ILRI-supported innovation platforms have helped to improve smallholder milk production in Tanzania and India through the MilkiT project.
Ravichandran, Thanammal
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Maass, Brigitte L.
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Mundy, Paul
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Ballantyne, Peter G.
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[Innovation platforms for dairy development in India and Tanzania]
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Innovation platforms for dairy development in India and Tanzania
This animation describes how the ILRI-supported MilkiT project set up innovation platforms to understand the needs of smallholder farmers' in India and Tanzania to help them better feed their animals and sell more milk.
Teufel, Nils
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Mundy, Paul
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Duncan, Alan J.
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[Smallholder dairying: Better marketing or better feeding—Which comes first?]
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Smallholder dairying: Better marketing or better feeding—Which comes first?
The Africa RISING program (http://africa-rising.net) comprises three linked research-for-development projects, funded by the USAID Feed the Future Initiative. To produce some short-term outputs and to support the longer term objectives of the projects, in 2012 Africa RISING funded several small, ...
Duncan, Alan J.
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Valbuena, Diego
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[Africa-RISING early win project - Testing participatory assessment tools for crop-livestock production in Ethiopia]
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Africa-RISING early win project - Testing participatory assessment tools for crop-livestock production in Ethiopia
Speaking in the margins of the December 2009 SLP meeting in Addis Ababa, Alan Duncan (ILRI) introduces the IFAD-funded 'Fodder Adoption Project' based at ILRI. He outlines the approach followed in the project - trying to strike a balance between the technological and institutional angles. The pro...
Duncan, Alan J.
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[Promising technologies not enough on their own to bring about widespread change in livestock systems]
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Promising technologies not enough on their own to bring about widespread change in livestock systems
In early May 2011, people working on the Nile Basin Development Challenge (http://nilebdc.org) met in Addis Ababa in a 'science and reflection workshop'. Session 2 of the workshop examined institutional and other processes that are key to success of the overall program. In this video, Alan Duncan...
One project of the Nile Basin Development Challenge (http://nilebdc.org) aims to match land and water 'practices' and interventions to the needs of specific landscapes. In 2011, we experimented with a game - modeled on the 'happy families' childrens' game - to discuss the challenges involved. In ...