Scores of assessments of the impacts of agricultural research have been carried out over the years. However, few appear to have been used to improve decision making and the effectiveness of research programmes. The Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative emerged within the Consultativ...
Watts, J.
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Horton, D.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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La Rovere, R
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Thiele, Graham
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Prasad, S
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Staver, Charles
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[Transforming impact assessment : Beginning the quiet revolution of institutional learning and change]
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Transforming impact assessment : Beginning the quiet revolution of institutional learning and change
BACKGROUND
In southern Africa, conservation agriculture (CA) has received a lot of research and promotional support from various organizations in the past decades. Conservation agriculture is largely promoted as one of the few win–win technologies affordable to farmers, in the sense that potentia...
Mango, Nelson
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Siziba, Shephard
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Makate, Clifton
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[The impact of adoption of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmers’ food security in semi-arid zones of southern Africa]
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The impact of adoption of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmers’ food security in semi-arid zones of southern Africa
This Impact Brief reports on an assessment using an asset-based livelihoods approach and carried out in 2009, five years after the end of the project. Overall, about 85% of farm families in the region said their incomes had increased since the end of the project, and the community enterprise grew...
Reymondin, Louis
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Coca, A
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Arango, D.
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Jarvis, Andy
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Navarrete C
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Suding, PH
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Watkins, G
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[Potential impact of road projects on habitat loss and greenhouse gas emissions in Guyana from 2012 to 2022]
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Potential impact of road projects on habitat loss and greenhouse gas emissions in Guyana from 2012 to 2022
Ingram, V.
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Werf, E. van der
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Kikulwe, E.
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Wesseler, J.H.H.
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[Evaluating the impacts of plantations and associated forestry operations in Africa: methods and indicators]
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Evaluating the impacts of plantations and associated forestry operations in Africa: methods and indicators
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca
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Departamento Administrativo de Gestión del medio Ambiente
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[Plan de adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático para Santiago de Cali]
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Plan de adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático para Santiago de Cali
Gender Impact Pathway for South Asia. Prepared by CCAFS South Asia representatives during the Gender Training and Strategizing Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya in 2013. Documents the pathway for equality and impact in the region: identifies current gaps, measures to fill those gaps, and the targeted ou...
This article present a Bayesian probabilistic method to support out-scaling of technologies from pilot projects. The method is applied to aerobic rice, a water-saving technology with probable global potential. The method assumes that areas similar to pilot sites are more likely to adopt than thos...
Rubiano Mejía, Jorge Eliécer
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Cook, Simon E.
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Rajasekharan, Maya
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Douthwaite, Boru
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[A Bayesian method to support global out-scaling of water-efficient rice technologies from pilot project areas]
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A Bayesian method to support global out-scaling of water-efficient rice technologies from pilot project areas
Kleinwechter, U.
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Hareau, G.
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Bonierbale, Merideth W.
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Gastelo, M.
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Harahagazwe, D.
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[Ex ante evaluation of improved potato varieties for sub-Saharan Africa.]
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Ex ante evaluation of improved potato varieties for sub-Saharan Africa.
Résumé
Facteurs socio-économiques et accès au crédit des petits producteurs de manioc dans le sud-ouest du Nigeria
L'accès au crédit est un facteur important pour l'augmentation de la productivité agricole. Le modèle " Tobit" a été utilisé pour évaluer les facteurs qui influencent l'intensité de...
Awotide, B.A.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Socio-economic factors and smallholder cassava farmers' access to credit in south-western Nigeria]
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Socio-economic factors and smallholder cassava farmers' access to credit in south-western Nigeria