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The reuse of treated wastewater for aquaculture has been practiced in several countries and has a potential to create a viable fish farming business in low income countries. However, wastewater aquaculture practices which satisfy health and hygiene guidelines and standards will not be viable if c...


Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.Amewu, SenaAmoah, Philip[Consumer preference and willingness to pay for fish farmed in treated wastewater in Ghana]Consumer preference and willingness to pay for fish farmed in treated wastewater in Ghana

Water security has become the new buzzword for water and development programmes in the rural South. The concept has potential to focus policymakers and practitioners on the inequalities and injustices that lie behind lack of access to affordable, safe, and clean water. The concept of women’s empo...


Leder, StephanieClement, FlorianeKarki, Emma[Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal]Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal

In this info-note, we explain the body mass index calculations (BMI) for adults in agricultural Guatemalan households, as well as the implementation of indicators to assess the nutritional status of children under 5 years (height for age, weight for age and weight for height). This work is part o...


Consenza, EmmaTalsma, Elise F.Arora, DikshaTwyman, JenniferUseche, PilarGonzález, CarolinaLopera, Diana CarolinaMuriel, Juliana[Nutritional status of adults and children under 5 years of age in two areas of Guatemala Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: how intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”.]Nutritional status of adults and children under 5 years of age in two areas of Guatemala Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: how intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”.

Interest in understanding the inequalities between rural men and women, and in particular, the obstacles and limitations that women face in order to have greater inclusion in the agricultural sector, has generated the need to construct empowerment indicators which enable analysts to identify acti...


Muriel, JulianaTwyman, JenniferUseche, PilarLopera, Diana CarolinaGonzález, CarolinaTalsma, Elise F.[The Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEIA). Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: How intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”.]The Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEIA). Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: How intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”.

Birachi, Eliud Abucheli[INSPIRE III: scaling up livelihood impacts through farmers organizations and access to markets]INSPIRE III: scaling up livelihood impacts through farmers organizations and access to markets
Rajan, AbhishekGoswami, AlankritaVerma, ShilpShah, Tushaar[Irrigation impacts on India's milk economy: a disintegrated analysis]Irrigation impacts on India's milk economy: a disintegrated analysis

In this study, the factors influencing the adoption of mechanized technologies for processing cassava into a value-added high quality cassava flour (HQCF) by rural households in Tanzania were examined. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 400 households in villages which carry...


Amaza, P.Abass, A.B.Bachwenkizi, B.Towo, E.[Adoption of mechanized postharvest cassava processing technologies, and the determinants of high quality cassava flour (HQCF) processing in Tanzania]Adoption of mechanized postharvest cassava processing technologies, and the determinants of high quality cassava flour (HQCF) processing in Tanzania

Shiferaw, KalebGebremedhin, BerhanuLegesse, D.[Factors determining household allocation of credit to livestock production in Ethiopia]Factors determining household allocation of credit to livestock production in Ethiopia

Banana is a key staple and cash crop in east and central Africa. However, the recent outbreak of Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) has threatened farmers whose livelihoods depend on the crop. Since 2002, stakeholders embarked on campaigns to sensitize farmers on the disease and its management. This s...


Jogo, WellingtonKaramura, E.B.Kubiriba, J.Tinzaara, W.Rietveld, A.M.Onyango, M.Odongo, M.[Farmers' awareness and application of banana Xanthomonas wilt control options: The case of Uganda and Kenya]Farmers' awareness and application of banana Xanthomonas wilt control options: The case of Uganda and Kenya

Accurate crop varietal identification is the backbone of any high-quality assessment of outcomes and impacts. Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties have important nutritional differences, and there is a strong interest to identify nutritionally superior varieties for dissemination. In agricultu...


Kosmowski, F.Aragaw, A.Kilian, A.Ambel, A.Ilukor, J.Yigezu, B.Stevenson, J.[Varietal identification in household surveys: results from three household-based methods against the benchmark of DNA fingerprinting in southern Ethiopia.]Varietal identification in household surveys: results from three household-based methods against the benchmark of DNA fingerprinting in southern Ethiopia.

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