Participatory and deliberative approaches were used in order to draw out and evaluate pathways of adaptation in maize farming in the Kenyan districts of Makueni (in Central Province) and Nandi/Nyando (in Western Province), whilst allowing participants to reflect on and share their own perceptions...
Whitfield, Stephen
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Envisaging change in maize farming: the push and pull factors]
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Envisaging change in maize farming: the push and pull factors
Women play an increasingly greater role in agriculture. Ensuring that they have opportunities—equal to those of men—to participate in transforming agriculture is a prerequisite for sustainable intensification. Increased gender equity in agriculture is both a practical and a social justice issue: ...
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
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[Gender-equitable pathways to achieving sustainable agricultural intensification]
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Gender-equitable pathways to achieving sustainable agricultural intensification
Beyond staple foods, agriculture needs a stronger focus on nutrient-dense foods (vegetables, fruits, legumes and animal source foods), suggesting the diversification of smallholder production, such as integrated farming systems. To understand the availability of agricultural biodiversity, working...
Keding, G.B.
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Ng'endo, M.
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[Diversifying local agriculture: Agricultural diversity on smallholder farms and in local markets in Western Kenya]
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Diversifying local agriculture: Agricultural diversity on smallholder farms and in local markets in Western Kenya
Grown by the ancient civilizations of the Andes, grains such as quinoa, cañihua and amaranth have been staple crops for communities across Bolivia and Peru for over a millennia. Agricultural practices have changed dramatically over the last decade, and poor rural farmers are cultivating these tra...
Two smallholder agricultural carbon projects in East Africa engaged in a participatory action research process to identify ways local actors could take on larger management roles within the projects. Key lessons from this process were:
* Community-based intermediaries can play a leading ...
International Water Management Institute
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[Monitoring and evaluation of climate resilience for smallholder farming systems: a review of tools and approaches.]
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Monitoring and evaluation of climate resilience for smallholder farming systems: a review of tools and approaches.
New opportunities for farmers in the developing world to benefit from carbon payments for improved agricultural practices and planting trees on their farms now exist. However, engaging farmers in such carbon finance schemes is challenging, due to the need to establish ways of measuring, monitorin...
World Agroforestry Centre
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[Improving carbon initiatives aimed at smallholders: addressing opportunities and challenges through better communication]
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Improving carbon initiatives aimed at smallholders: addressing opportunities and challenges through better communication
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), a member of the CGIAR Consortium, develops technologies, tools and new knowledge that better enable farmers, especially smallholders, to make agriculture eco-efficient— that is, competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilie...
Potato is the main crop grown in Peru’s highlands, where it is an especially important source of both food and cash income for small farmers. More than 3,000 varieties of native potatoes are cultivated, mainly above 3,500 meters above sea level. From 2001 to 2010 more than 20 public, private, and...
Ordinola, M.
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Devaux, A.
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Bernet, T.
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Manrique, K.
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López, G.
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Fonseca, C.
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Horton, D.
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[The PMCA and potato market chain innovation in Peru.]
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The PMCA and potato market chain innovation in Peru.
Farmer Business School (FBS) is a participatory action learning process that involves farmer groups' participation in agricultural value chains. As part of capacity strengthen-ing, FBS comprises a series of group-based experiential learning activities over a pro-duction-marketing cycle while inte...
International Potato Center
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[Farmer business school: a climate-smart and gender-responsive approach.]
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Farmer business school: a climate-smart and gender-responsive approach.