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FFS is established in Oman to demonstrate cultural practices of cultivating Buffel grass and promote its adoption as a forage cultivar in place of Rhodes grass. Similar project (also in Oman) is a FFS of spineless cactus, with the objectives to spread the fodder cactus accession pads to different...

The tool is used for identifying the constraints of irrigation systems and implementing appropriate interventions. Water professionals such as irrigation engineers in Burkina Faso and Niger were trained on participatory diagnostic tools through the West African Irrigation Project (WAIPRO).

The project engages farm families in participatory varietal selection (PVS) strategy to accelerate NERICA dissemination. The objective of the project is to help small-scale producers in the seven pilot countries to improve rice production and incomes through the dissemination of NERICA and other ...

Understand and document the dynamics (historical perspective, structure, composition, utilization and underlying indigenous knowledge systems) of home gardens. Relevant peer review and impact studies done.

The  project is aiming to improve adaptive management as women and youth contribute their knowledge and skills to community based adaptive management (CBAM) of resources of particular interest to women (e.g., mangrove fruits, mangrove shells, mangrove wood, near shore reef fish. The inclusion of ...

Project that addresses the disparity in farmers’ information needs and their access to information. It integrates information and communication technologies that connected farmers to appropriate information using multiple information sources and media including telecentres and village information...

A good example of important outcomes (policy and institutional change) from action research in the governance domain, though not focused specifically on climate change.

The application of payment for ecosystem services (PES) specifically for agricultural biodiversity conservation. This is recognition of the value of farmers’ work in maintaining such agrobiodiversity, and the provision of positive incentives that adequately compensate them for doing so (for prote...

WARDA’s rice videos are available in more than 20 African languages, and are seen on national television in Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria and Uganda. The videos explain the 'how to’s' and the 'why’s' behind the technologies and processes. They were based on adult-learning  principles, fully valorizing ...

An approach to guide especially international research and development organizations to create regionally relevant learning materials that are locally appropriate. This can be applied to any media form.