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Part of a larger project funded by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), the BSM is a collective action process where an agreement among watershed inhabitants and stakeholders aims to solve the existing problems in the region such as deforestation, erosion, pollution of water bodies, re...

This project will develop and test community-based breeding strategies for resource poor sheep owners in the highlands of Ethiopia. It will operationalize a rising approach in genetic improvement of livestock breeds that necessitates the involvement of local communities and institutions in the de...

PENAPH implements a program integrating targeted action research, policy enhancement and education. It nurtures collaborative research and diffusion of learning among experts in participatory epidemiology from around the world, to speed detection of emerging or re-emerging diseases. Emphasis is p...

On the ground empirical testing of the use of the climate analogue tool as support for designing adaptation strategies in agriculture. The CCAFS “Farms of the Future” project uses the climate analogue tool to connect farmers to their possible climate futures via farm visits. This novel approach o...

Farmer business schools help enhance farmer capacity to participate in and benefit from agricultural market chains. It builds on the group-based experiential learning mode of farmer field schools, while shifting from a production- to a marketing-oriented curricular framework. Elements of training...

The Reto-o-Reto project, led by a collaborative research – facilitation team, was designed to create the knowledge and relationships to enable poor pastoral and agro-pastoral communities to influence local and national land-use policies affecting their livelihoods (access to pasture, water) and t...

The purpose of this project is to strengthen local capacity for innovation in animal health systems in Ghibe Valley, Ethiopia. The project employs action research using asset-based community development (ABCD) and innovation systems (IS) approaches to derive lessons on (1) how to bring about sust...

The project seeks to reduce child malnutrition and improve smallholder incomes through the effective production and expanded use of sweet potato. It aims to build consumer awareness of sweet potato’s nutritional benefits, diversify its use, and increase market opportunities, especially in expandi...

Papa Andina is a network that coordinated actions with a broad network of public and private partners in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. One of its main objectives was to promote innovation systems for poor farmers to improve their food security, facilitate market access and reduce poverty. It develop...

UPWARD is an Asian network of scientists and development specialists linking users and R&D professionals together for more effective agricultural innovation. It seeks to link users and R&D professionals for more effective agricultural innovation; bring sustained benefits to less favored farming a...