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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.

Informal groups in Mauritania for water and soil conservation were set up and farmers and technicians were given hands-on training in building small dams, dikes, stone contour ridges, semi-circular bunds, terraces and runoff strips.

A guide to integrate agricultural biodiversity knowledge into education curricula in universities. The curriculum framework has 14 topics central to agrobiodiversity processes, conservation and management.

Develop and test new methods and tools in close partnership with farmers and value chain actors aimed at enhancing their capacities to sustainably conserve traditional crops and associated knowledge at the farm level; explore ways of integrating the monitoring of diversity on-farm, along with use...

Under agreement with CIAT and led by the Universidad del Cauca, new forage technologies are being introduced and evaluated using a participatory approach working with small- and medium-sized livestock producers from northern Cauca, Colombia. The project aims to identify, assess and co-develop ger...

Tropical fruit tree genetic resources are conserved in situ and on farm through strengthened capacity of farmers, user groups, local communities and institutions to sustainably apply good practices and secure benefits.

This project aims to develop, together with farmers, technologies that will increase the income and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers living in the uplands of Lao PDR and Cambodia. This will be achieved by disseminating the selected technologies for improved cassava livestock product...