Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) is an important emerging and non-curable infectious plant pathogen in sub-Saharan Africa that can cause up to 100% yield loss, negatively impacting sustainable access to food and income to more than 100 million banana farmers. This study disentangles adopters into pa...
Kikulwe, E.M.
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Kyanjo, J.L.
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Kato, E.
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Ssali, R.T.
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Rockefeller; E.
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Mpiira, S.
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Ocimati, W.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Kubiriba, J.
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Gotor, E.
,
Stoian, D.
,
Karamura, E.
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[Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda]
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Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda
This chapter draws attention to the link between VCD and smallholder livelihood strategies that comprise a complex mix of subsistence and market-oriented activities and that are diversified to meet multiple livelihood goals and mitigate risks; and the authors address the related implications for ...
Stoian, D.
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Donovan, J.
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Fisk, J.
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Muldoon, M.
,
[Value-chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning]
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Value-chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning
Conventional analyses of value chains involving smallholders and the design of interventions that seek to strengthen their role in them often fail to account for important features of value chain performance. Markets, institutional frameworks and business relationships are dynamic, and value chai...
Orr, A.
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Donovan, J.
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Stoian, D.
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[Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework]
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Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework
Markets for agricultural products with special quality,
environmental, and social attributes can provide a
profitable outlet for poor farmers in developing countries.
However, participation in high value markets requires
that farmers commit to deliver pre-identified volumes on
time and in the req...
Donovan, J.
,
Stoian, D.
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Foundjem, D.
,
Blare, T.
,
[Service provision by agri-cooperatives engaged in high value markets]
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Service provision by agri-cooperatives engaged in high value markets
Markets for agricultural products with special quality, environmental, and social attributes can provide a profitable outlet for poor farmers in developing countries. However, participation in high value markets requires that farmers commit to deliver pre-identified volumes on time and in the req...
Donovan, J.
,
Stoian, D.
,
Foundjem, D.
,
Blare, T.
,
[Service provision by agri-cooperatives engaged in high value markets]
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Service provision by agri-cooperatives engaged in high value markets
Field researchers from three parts of India participated in a training workshop on a new gender-responsive methodology for assessing the poverty impacts of value chain development - 5Capitals-G.
Stoian, D.
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Meldrum, G.
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Elias, M.
,
[Piloting a gender-responsive tool for assessing the poverty impacts of value chain development]
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Piloting a gender-responsive tool for assessing the poverty impacts of value chain development
Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria
“Solidarity in a competing world —
fair use of resources”
Prosperity Prospects in Contested Forest Areas: Evidence from
Community Forestry Development in Guatemala and Nicaragua
Dietmar Stoian
1
, Aldo Rodas
2
, Jessenia Arguello
3
1
Bioversity In...
Stoian, D.
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Rodas, A.
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Arguello, J.
,
[Prosperity prospects in contested forest areas: evidence from community forestry development in Guatemala and Nicaragua]
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Prosperity prospects in contested forest areas: evidence from community forestry development in Guatemala and Nicaragua
This article presents a review of seven guides for gender-equitable value chain development (VCD). The guides advocate persuasively the integration of gender into VCD programming and raise important issues for designing more inclusive interventions. However, gaps persist in their coverage of gend...
Stoian, D.
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Donovan, J.
,
Elias, M.
,
Blare, T.
,
[Fit for purpose? A review of guides for gender-equitable value chain development]
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Fit for purpose? A review of guides for gender-equitable value chain development
Tinzaara, W.
,
Stoian, D.
,
Ocimati, W.
,
Kikulwe, E.
,
Otieno, G
,
Blomme, Guy
,
[Challenges and opportunities for smallholders in banana value chains.]
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Challenges and opportunities for smallholders in banana value chains.
Stoian, D.
,
Rodas, A.
,
Arguello, J.
,
[From disabling to enabling: Evolution of community forest governance in Guatemala and Nicaragua. [Abstract]]
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From disabling to enabling: Evolution of community forest governance in Guatemala and Nicaragua. [Abstract]