Context: Up to 65% of arable land in Africa is dedicated to maize production. It is a major commodity and source of food yet the constraint is drought, disease and weeds. The project is trying to make 100 varieties of maize in Africa that we are trying to make drought tolerant. Gender has become ...
Context: Aims to increase availability and use of high-quality seed, thus contributing to agricultural development and food security. The Platform uses available information and technologies, brings key stakeholders of seed systems in contact with knowledge, scientific tools and best practices, c...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[CRP 3.4 roots, tubers and bananas for food security and income]
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CRP 3.4 roots, tubers and bananas for food security and income
Sustainability expert Dr Alison Shaw and agricultural development researcher Dr Patti Kristjanson share the details of their work towards implementing a research and development concept that, in our highly connected world, could change the way agricultural studies are conducted: social learning.
Emerging sustainability challenges, such as food security, livelihood development and climate change, require innovative and experimental ways of linking science, policy and practice at all scales. This requires the development of processes that integrate diverse knowledge to generate adaptive de...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[A Catalyst toward Sustainability? Exploring Social Learning and Social Differentiation Approaches with the Agricultural Poor]
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A Catalyst toward Sustainability? Exploring Social Learning and Social Differentiation Approaches with the Agricultural Poor
Context: Increased adoption of technologies and improved research in West Africa emphasising gender inclusion for adopting appropriate rice varieties for Upland, Lowland and irrigated ecologies. In this research, farmers experiment with varieties and give feedback about how to continue to focus o...
Context: The Learning Alliance looks for leverage points for social learning in value chain systems and analysis linking rural farmers with markets. It uses an approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems that develop collaborative teams and learning platforms with development NGOs a...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Learning alliances: an approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems]
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Learning alliances: an approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems
Context: To examine global food production value chain interventions for local development impact. Poverty and agro-potential assessments are done to identify key intervention areas to reduce poverty and build development opportunities by linking smallholder farmers with local and global markets....
Context: Newer farming practices that favour monoculture are dependent on the use of pesticides and chemicals to stave off plagues. Along with human health risks associated with the use of these products, bacteria, virus and pests develop resistance to chemicals and pesticides over time. Also new...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Impacts of climate change take a toll on Andean potato farmers: participative mapping for the evaluation of potato diversity in the Andes]
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Impacts of climate change take a toll on Andean potato farmers: participative mapping for the evaluation of potato diversity in the Andes
Context: The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network established to provide readily available analysis, data, and tools of the highest quality to promote evidence-based decision-making, improve awareness of the role of agriculture for developme...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (Re-SAKSS)]
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Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (Re-SAKSS)
For those with sleeping sickness, the consequences of delayed diagnosis include poor prognosis at treatment and an increased risk of tsetse infection. Data on their socio–demographic and clinical characteristics, health-seeking behaviour and delays in presentation and diagnosis were collected fro...
Odiit, M.
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Shaw, Alison
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Welburn, S.C.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Coleman, P.G.
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McDermott, John J.
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[Assessing the patterns of health-seeking behaviour and awareness among sleeping-sickness patients in eastern Uganda]
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Assessing the patterns of health-seeking behaviour and awareness among sleeping-sickness patients in eastern Uganda