The Livelihood Assistance Fund (LAF) is a major intervention of the Second Cordillera Highland Agriculture Resource Management (CHARMP2) project – a seven-year initiative of the Philippines Department of Agriculture. After 7 years of implementation, CHARMP2 was extended for one year and upscaled ...
Si le renforcement de la résilience aux crises alimentaire et nutritionnelle des populations rurales a fait l’objet de plusieurs projets et programmes, le cloisonnement des différentes interventions menées n’a pas permis de lutter efficacement contre l’insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle. P...
Ouedraogo, Abdoulaye T.
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[Une approche intégrée pour améliorer la résilience des populations rurales au Burkina Faso]
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Une approche intégrée pour améliorer la résilience des populations rurales au Burkina Faso
Use of antimicrobials in livestock and fish production has been increasing drastically in the last decades, with trends pointing towards further increases over the coming years. The situation is particularly complex in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), where excessive use in intensifying s...
Wieland, Barbara
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Grace, Delia
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McDermott, John J.
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Magnusson, Ulf
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Waage, Jeff
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Chadag, M.V.
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Schillinger, Dieter
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[Trade-offs related to agricultural use of antimicrobials and synergies emanating from efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance]
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Trade-offs related to agricultural use of antimicrobials and synergies emanating from efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance
This synthesis paper provides a summary of main findings on climate resilient seed systems and access and benefit sharing of case studies from Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This study analyses what is actually happening at the national and subnational levels in terms of climate change, its...
Halewood, Michael
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Otieno, G.
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Nkhoma, C.
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Kasasa, P.
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Mulumba, J.W.
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Gapusi, J.
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Jonge, B. de
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[Access and benefit sharing policies for climate resilient seed systems: matching global commitments with national realities.]
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Access and benefit sharing policies for climate resilient seed systems: matching global commitments with national realities.
CARE International launched the five-year Adaptation Learning Programme (ALP) for Africa in 2010, implemented in Ghana, Niger, Mozambique and Kenya, in partnership with local civil society and government institutions. The programme seeks to identify successful approaches to Community-Based Adapt...
In 2014, 170 Colombian rice farmers avoided massive losses by taking the advice of their producers’ federation, FEDEARROZ, not to plant in the first of the two annual growing seasons. The farmers who took the advice avoided economic losses estimated at USD 3.6 million. FEDEARROZ acted on a foreca...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Cracking patterns in big data saves Colombian rice farmers’ huge losses]
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Cracking patterns in big data saves Colombian rice farmers’ huge losses
This paper discusses the history of irrigation development and related land allocation in the Bagré area in the South of Burkina Faso. It specifically analyses current processes at play as part of the recent Bagré Growth Pole Project implemented by the government of Burkina Faso with support of t...
Venot, Jean-Philippe
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Daré, William
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Kabore, Etienne
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Francoise, Gerard
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Tapsoba, Abdoulaye
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Idani, Donatien
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Carboni, Simone
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[Ideologies. Development models and irrigated land tenure: the bagré irrigation project in Burkina faso]
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Ideologies. Development models and irrigated land tenure: the bagré irrigation project in Burkina faso
Good management of livestock watering is critical to
maintaining the quality of the environment and human
health. The use of troughs or other dedicated water points
that are separate from human water sources can prevent
contamination by waterborne diseases. It also conserves
riparian vegetation a...
Peden, Donald G.
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[More animal per drop: searching for livestock– water productivity gains in the Nile Basin]
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More animal per drop: searching for livestock– water productivity gains in the Nile Basin
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....