Tom Randolph from ILRI reflects on the Livestock Fish Mega Program stakeholder consultation in Addis Ababa and the processes by which participants could test and debate the assumptions underlying the proposal. He was speaking in the margins of the CGIAR Livestock Fish Mega Program stakeholder con...
Tom Randolph from ILRI elaborates on the critical notion of value chains in the proposed CGIAR Livestock Fish Mega Program. In the proposal, this results in a focus not just on the farmer, it includes the whole value chain from the farm, the inputs needed by the farmer, to the market, including a...
Randolph, Thomas F.
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[Value addition chains central to proposed Livestock Fish Mega Program]
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Value addition chains central to proposed Livestock Fish Mega Program
Reflecting on the role of the emerging CGIAR, Steve Hall, Director General of the WorldFish Center outlines three ‘BBC’ roles that the CGIAR needs to take on. These are: ‘Bridging’ really good research into action; ‘Brokering’ the relationships needed for our research to really be applied and tak...
Malcolm Beveridge from the WorldFish Center explains the main results of a visit to Uganda to investigate possibilities for aquaculture value chain development as part of the proposed CGIAR Livestock Fish Mega Program. For this approach to have impacts, he emphasizes the need for the right partne...
Beveridge, Malcolm
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[Value chain approach promises aquaculture development in Uganda]
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Value chain approach promises aquaculture development in Uganda
Steve Hall, Director General of the WorldFish Centre reflects on the CGIAR Livestock Fish Mega Program stakeholder meeting. It was a good opportunity to think through how CGIAR centers together “can really make a difference in some selected locations where there’s an opportunity to substantially ...
Episode seven of a radio program series by the Africa RISING program in Bambara dialect that is spoken in southern Mali. In this episode which aired on KAFO KAN radio on 1 December 2017, discussions focused on the gender dynamics prevailing within the community, particularly the role of women in ...
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[Women and sorghum (Musow ka yiriwali sira dôyé kenike sènèye)]
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Women and sorghum (Musow ka yiriwali sira dôyé kenike sènèye)
Episode five of a radio program series by the Africa RISING program in Bambara dialect that is spoken in southern Mali. In this episode which aired on KAFO KAN radio on 17 November 2017, farmers are being provided with relevant information about the animal nutritional benefits of the dual-purpose...
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[Value of sorghum in animal feeding (Siga tala kenike kala dioyôrôba be baganw ka baloko sabatili la)]
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Value of sorghum in animal feeding (Siga tala kenike kala dioyôrôba be baganw ka baloko sabatili la)
Episode four of a radio program series by the Africa RISING program in Bambara dialect that is spoken in southern Mali. In this episode which aired on KAFO KAN radio on 10 November 2017, farmers are being provided with relevant information about the human nutritional benefits of the dual-purpose ...
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[Value of sorghum in nutrition (Siga tala kenike sènè li ani a douni dioyôrôba be kènèya sabatili la)]
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Value of sorghum in nutrition (Siga tala kenike sènè li ani a douni dioyôrôba be kènèya sabatili la)
Increasing numbers of domestic livestock and more resource-intensive production methods are encouraging animal epidemics around the world, a problem that is particularly acute in developing countries, where livestock diseases present a growing threat to the food security of already vulnerable pop...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Delia Grace on why keeping more animals brings more health risks to human populations]
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Delia Grace on why keeping more animals brings more health risks to human populations
Apart from the issue of fairness, there is also considerable evidence that giving people secure rights to their land and natural resources, helps to ensure that land is properly maintained and resources are responsibly exploited. Ruth Meinzen-Dick, a researcher on land and water rights, explains ...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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[An incentive for natural resource management]
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An incentive for natural resource management