Models for cassava project monitoring and evaluation are discussed, focussing on the system that has been created and honed over time to follow up on the DRI/CIAT cooperative project on the Colombian Atlantic Coast. This system is based on a data bank, in- depth surveys, and intensive follow-up o...
Se discuten modelos para monitoria y evaluacion de proyectos de yuca, con enfasis en el sistema que ha sido creado y pulido con el tiempo para hacer el seguimiento al proyecto cooperativo DRI/CIAT en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia. Este sistema se basa en un banco de datos, en encuestas exhaustiv...
The actual socioeconomic impact of the cassava natural drying project on the Atlantic Coast of Colombia is discussed with regard to increasing income of farmers and their families who live in the project's area of influence. Limitations in each phase of development of the project (pilot phase, 1s...
Se discute el impacto socioeconomico actual del proyecto de secamiento natural de la yuca en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia en relacion con el incremento de los ingresos de los agricultores y sus familias que viven en el area de influencia del proyecto. Se indican las limitaciones en cada fase de...
Bacigale, S.
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Nabahungu, L.
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Njingulula, P.
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Amato, S.
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Okafor, C.
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Manyawu, G.
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Thorne, Peter J.
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Havyarimana, D.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[ICT technologies improve crop-livestock production and smallholder farmer’s incomes in eastern DR Congo]
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ICT technologies improve crop-livestock production and smallholder farmer’s incomes in eastern DR Congo
This report builds on prior work to provide a new, comprehensive, and balanced view of water security in Pakistan, stressing the importance of the diverse social, environmental, and economic outcomes from water. The report highlights the complex water issues that Pakistan must tackle to improve w...
Young, W.J.
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Anwar, Arif
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Bhatti, Tousif
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Borgomeo, Edoardo
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Davies, S.
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Garthwaite, W.R.
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Gilmont, M.
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Leb, C.
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Lytton, L.
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Makin, Ian
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Saeed, B.
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[Pakistan: getting more from water]
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Pakistan: getting more from water
Farmers in East Africa are experiencing increasing livelihood challenges attributed to increasing scarcity of agricultural land, steep rises in food prices, deteriorating soil fertility and associated declining crop yields, poor market access and, in some cases unclear land tenure systems (Yamano...
Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Ogada, Maurice J
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Recha, John W.M.
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Rao, Elizaphan J
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Solomon, Dawit
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[Uptake and impact of climate-smart agriculture on food security, incomes and assets in East Africa: Findings from Nyando Climate-Smart Villages in Western Kenya]
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Uptake and impact of climate-smart agriculture on food security, incomes and assets in East Africa: Findings from Nyando Climate-Smart Villages in Western Kenya
The majority of the planet's food comes from a very small number of crops: only around 30 account for more than 85 per cent of global crop production. Of the about 350,000 plant species known to exist, fewer than 20 per cent are eaten and only some 150 have been domesticated for farming. Furtherm...
Drucker, A.G.
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[Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services]
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Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services
Background
Gender-related constraints reflect gender inequalities in access to resources and development opportunities. Access to productive assets is a major issue in the gender empowerment discourse. Despite the significant roles women play in agriculture and food security in many developing c...
Wambua, Scolastica
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Gichangi, Ann
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Kavoi, Justus
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Njuki, Jemimah
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Mutua, Mercy
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Ugen, Michael Adrogu
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Karanja, David
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[Influence of productive resources on bean production in male‑ and female‑headed households in selected bean corridors of Kenya]
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Influence of productive resources on bean production in male‑ and female‑headed households in selected bean corridors of Kenya
This paper focuses on the changes affecting the world's pastoral systems in the context of globalization, and considers whether pastoralism will survive modern times. Opportunities for pastoral livelihood improvement are explored.
The major concern of this study was to assess the relative efficiency of alternative marketing systems for dairy products. A number of partial efficiency criteria were developed. These partial efficiency criteria formed the basis from which the merit and demerits of the alternative marketing syst...
Mbogoh, S.G.
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[The concept of marketing efficiency, applications and policy implications: A case of dairy marketing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]
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The concept of marketing efficiency, applications and policy implications: A case of dairy marketing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia