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Case Study 2013-09

Autor: Shaw, Alison Kristjanson, Patricia M.

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 ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/36138

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Shaw, Alison ,  Kristjanson, Patricia M. ,  [Drought tolerant maize for Africa project] ,  Drought tolerant maize for Africa project
Case Study 2014-05

Autor: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Scenarios are plausible stories about the different ways in which economic development might occur in the future and the role that agriculture may play, developed collectively based on information from participants with different, and sometimes opposing, experiences and views. CCAFS has promoted ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/35597

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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security ,  [Regional scenarios to guide policies, investments and institutional change] ,  Regional scenarios to guide policies, investments and institutional change
Case Study 2012-10

Autor: Harvey, Blane Ensor, Jonathan Carlile, Liz Garside, Ben Patterson, Zachary Naess, Lars Otto

Climate Airwaves is a project for building capacity among community radio broadcasters to investigate the local impact of climate change. The vision behind the project was to build the confidence of broadcasters to do stories by developing their skills in doing action research with communities on...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/36171

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Harvey, Blane ,  Ensor, Jonathan ,  Carlile, Liz ,  Garside, Ben ,  Patterson, Zachary ,  Naess, Lars Otto ,  [Climate Airwaves] ,  Climate Airwaves
Case Study 2012-10

Autor: Harvey, Blane Ensor, Jonathan Carlile, Liz Garside, Ben Patterson, Zachary Naess, Lars Otto

Index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) products represent a promising and exciting innovation that could allow the benefits of insurance to protect the climate-related risks that vulnerable rural smallholder farmers and livestock keepers face. An interactive "game" workshop to explain index based...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/36163

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Harvey, Blane ,  Ensor, Jonathan ,  Carlile, Liz ,  Garside, Ben ,  Patterson, Zachary ,  Naess, Lars Otto ,  [Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI)] ,  Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI)
Case Study 2013-10

Autor: Harvey, Blane Ensor, Jonathan Garside, Ben Woodend, John Naess, Lars Otto Carlile, Liz

Kabarole Research Centre (KRC, an NGO) started a radio food security awareness raising campaign for farmer groups in Western Uganda. More than 144 radio drama series on the topic of food security were performed and aired on radio as an entertaining means of discussing the topic. Listener demand ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/36156

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Harvey, Blane ,  Ensor, Jonathan ,  Garside, Ben ,  Woodend, John ,  Naess, Lars Otto ,  Carlile, Liz ,  [Creative communications campaign fostering social learning loops] ,  Creative communications campaign fostering social learning loops
Case Study 2013

Autor: Gonsalves, Julian

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...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/36059

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Gonsalves, Julian ,  [‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities] ,  ‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities
Case Study 2013

Autor: Gonsalves, Julian

143 participants from the villages of Gnngarampur, local government representatives, and staff members of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)-Khulna Hub attended a field day for participatory evaluation by farmers of salt-tolerant aman rice varieties at Khulna District (Banglades...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/36027

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Gonsalves, Julian ,  [Farmers field day to evaluate salt-tolerant rice varieties] ,  Farmers field day to evaluate salt-tolerant rice varieties
Case Study 2013

Autor: Gonsalves, Julian

Farmer participatory variety selection (PVS) of 39 improved groundnut varieties resulted in the selection of 17 varieties having traits preferred by farmers and the market. Of these, 13 have been released and 23 are in the pre-released stage. Intensification of scaling up and out of PVS in other ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/36042

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Gonsalves, Julian ,  [Farmer participatory variety selection (PVS) as part of enhancing groundnut productivity and production] ,  Farmer participatory variety selection (PVS) as part of enhancing groundnut productivity and production
Case Study 2013

Autor: Gonsalves, Julian

In general these methods comprise means to broaden the knowledge and the skills of target groups as well as to learn about potential structures and strategies of dissemination. Among the most important methods are: participatory variety selection, community-based seed systems, Integrated Soil Fer...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/36043

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Gonsalves, Julian ,  [Technology dissemination methods in West and Central African semi-arid tropics] ,  Technology dissemination methods in West and Central African semi-arid tropics
Case Study 2013

Autor: Gonsalves, Julian

Social survey (quantitative research) and participatory rural appraisal (PRA) (qualitative research) were carried out in a study conducted in Merek (Kermanshah Province) and Honam (Lorestan Province) in Iran. The study aims to find new ways of improving the incomes of rural households, based on t...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/36084

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Gonsalves, Julian ,  [A gender analysis perspective for improved livelihoods in the Karkheh River basin] ,  A gender analysis perspective for improved livelihoods in the Karkheh River basin

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