The High Value Agriculture Project (HVAP), implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Nepal and funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has taken different steps to adopt the experience capitalization approach, and has shared the main les...
Rai, Renuka
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[How to advocate for and promote the experience capitalization approach ? A few lessons from Nepal]
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How to advocate for and promote the experience capitalization approach ? A few lessons from Nepal
Bihar’s agricultural production is regularly affected by droughts and floods. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) showcased climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to high-level governm...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
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[Scaling up of Climate-Smart Villages across the 38 districts of Bihar]
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Scaling up of Climate-Smart Villages across the 38 districts of Bihar
To highlight the presence of agriculture in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) ahead of the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris in December 2015, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and several partners systematically revi...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Analysis of Paris Agreement pledges informs UNFCCC negotiations]
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Analysis of Paris Agreement pledges informs UNFCCC negotiations
Validation, testing of new tolerant rice varieties and appropriate management options; Technical innovation services/outscaling and upscaling technological innovations; Capacity enhancement and knowledge management.
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Enabling poor rice farmers to improve livelihoods and overcome poverty in South and Southeast Asia through the Consortium for Unfavourable Rice Environments (CURE)]
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Enabling poor rice farmers to improve livelihoods and overcome poverty in South and Southeast Asia through the Consortium for Unfavourable Rice Environments (CURE)
Researchers of ICARDA are slowly improving towards participatory and community-based approaches to incorporate users’ perspectives. This not only increases the efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural research, but delivers what farmers want. Development of integrated crop-livestock productio...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[A focus on the rural poor in drylands, research policy for ICARDA]
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A focus on the rural poor in drylands, research policy for ICARDA
Through networking of partners by way of a consortium approach, the project has demonstrated that 50% of chemical fertilizers can be substituted with the locally-produced vermicompost that the farmers themselves make. In Madhya Pradesh 800 trials were conducted, and a 1000 in Rajasthan, during th...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Improving rural livelihoods and minimizing land degradation through the community watershed approach for sustainable development of dryland areas]
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Improving rural livelihoods and minimizing land degradation through the community watershed approach for sustainable development of dryland areas
A new conservation actor, the forest steward community, is emerging in Central America as an effective collaborator in forest conservation. An innovative participatory research in Guatemala and Nicaragua was conducted aiming to strengthen community capabilities in natural resource management. A G...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities]
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‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities
The MSP aims for sustained dissemination to and widespread adoption of ricetechnologies by farmers by embracing a public-private partnership model that brings together various government and non-government organizations in the region representing the different sectors of the rice value chain.
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Multistakeholder partnership (MSP) platform for rice in Agusan del Norte, Philippines]
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Multistakeholder partnership (MSP) platform for rice in Agusan del Norte, Philippines
Research to understand and design ways that can harness the full potential of social networks. The study is designed in such a way to include participatory and inter-disciplinary research. These include: Qualitative methods of data collection. Focus groups meeting with men and women farmers in th...
The partnership’s mission is to improve ways of linking indigenous peoples and local communities interested in pursuing self-determined development and to facilitate such communities in taking a leadership role in agrobiodiversity dialogues. It aims to advocate and strengthen the voice of indigen...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Indigenous partnership for agrobiodiversity and food sovereignty]
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Indigenous partnership for agrobiodiversity and food sovereignty