The overall goal of this project is to contribute to poverty alleviation, food security, improved nutrition, and better resource management through market-oriented organic agriculture. Farmers in selected communities (with emphasis on gender and marginalized groups) and other key stakeholders wil...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Going to scale: developing strategies for scaling out market-oriented organic agriculture from farmer group to association level in Africa]
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Going to scale: developing strategies for scaling out market-oriented organic agriculture from farmer group to association level in Africa
The project will adopt a value chain approach and will build the capacity of farmers and farmers’ organizations (FOs) and their service providers (SPs) (e.g. NARES, NGOs, input suppliers, etc.) to ensure that technical innovations as well as improved access to yam markets will sustainably benefit...
Context: Increased adoption of technologies and improved research in West Africa emphasising gender inclusion for adopting appropriate rice varieties for Upland, Lowland and irrigated ecologies. In this research, farmers experiment with varieties and give feedback about how to continue to focus o...
Context: Vulnerability of farmers equals vulnerability of supply chain. Inclusive management involves those that contribute to growing, selling and changing strategies. Crop modelling under different climate conditions requires knowledge of who’s growing, selling and involved in the supply chain....
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Adaptation by agricultural communities to climate change through participatory and supply chain inclusive management]
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Adaptation by agricultural communities to climate change through participatory and supply chain inclusive management
Context: The need to reduce sediment load in rivers is linked with livelihood improvements in the upper catchment of Navaisha Lake. Hydrological studies are carried out to determine most seriously degraded areas with highest amount of silt load. The project addresses siltation as a result of unsu...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Payment for ecosystem services pilot project in Lake Naivasha, Kenya: equitable payment for watershed services scheme in Naivasha]
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Payment for ecosystem services pilot project in Lake Naivasha, Kenya: equitable payment for watershed services scheme in Naivasha
Context: This project developed a standardized data collection procedure to make women’s participation in rice cultivation visible. There is a need to reduce the gap between men and women in terms of access to technologies, technical knowledge and capacity enhancing programs. Research on family c...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[IRRI: Stress tolerant for Africa and South Asia (Phase 2)]
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IRRI: Stress tolerant for Africa and South Asia (Phase 2)
Context: The approach is currently being adopted in the implementation of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. The approach encourages critical awareness of gender roles and norms among men and women, challenges the distribution of resources and allocation of duties between...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Gender transformative approach in CGIAR Research Program 3.1 on Aquatic Agricultural Systems]
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Gender transformative approach in CGIAR Research Program 3.1 on Aquatic Agricultural Systems
The goal of the HarvestPlus reaching end users (REU) orange sweet potato (OSP)
project is to increase vitamin A intake and improve vitamin status among Vulnerable populations (women and children) in rural Uganda by introducing beta-carotene-rich OSP, as well as related messages concerning ...
Gilligan, D.O.
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Kumar, N.
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McNiven, S.
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Meenakshi, J.V.
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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[Who decides to grow orange sweet potatoes? Bargaining power and adoption of biofortified crops in Uganda.]
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Who decides to grow orange sweet potatoes? Bargaining power and adoption of biofortified crops in Uganda.
Context: Vulnerability of farmers equals vulnerability of supply chain. Inclusive management involves those that contribute to growing, selling and changing strategies. Crop modelling under different climate conditions requires knowledge of who’s growing, selling and involved in the supply chain....