This digital story was produced to communicate work done by the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC), specifically activities undertaken by the team working on 'Technologies, Institutions and Policies'. The NBDC aimed to improve the livelihoods of farmers in the Ethiopian highlands through lan...
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International Water Management Institute
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[NBDC experiences with fodder development in Diga, Ethiopia]
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NBDC experiences with fodder development in Diga, Ethiopia
Grain legumes are particularly attractive to low input systems of agriculture because they take inert nitrogen from the air and (through root nodule bacteria known as rhizobia) transform it into proteins in a process that leaves no carbon footprint. The N2Africa project is delivering inoculant te...
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[Improving legume yield through inoculant technology and partnership]
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Improving legume yield through inoculant technology and partnership
This video was planned, filmed and edited by a group of twelve farmers from three kebeles in Fogera woreda in Amhara region of Ethiopia. Gareth Benest from InsightShare, and Beth Cullen and Aberra Adie from ILRI, facilitated the participatory video training which took place between the 12th and 2...
Su Kahumbu raises badass cows -- healthy, well-fed animals whose protein is key to solving a growing crisis in Africa: childhood nutritional stunting. With iCow, a simple SMS service she developed to support small-scale livestock farmers, the TED Fellow is helping farmers across the continent by ...
Gender is crucial for research on forages. We need to look at at gender aspects of forage production, such as labour-conservation techniques that may affect women and youth the most. Women and youth may have opportunities in feed processing and in forage-seed production. We also need to understan...
The “FEAST” livestock feed-assessment tool has been widely promoted and adopted, but as time passed the research team started receiving feedback. They were told that the tool was gender-blind. So the researchers adapted the tool to measure gender-related issues. Pretesting showed that the tool ha...
Lukuyu, Ben A.
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[Moving away from gender blind tools: Engendering the livestock feed assessment tool]
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Moving away from gender blind tools: Engendering the livestock feed assessment tool
The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) was created by CIAT and ILRI, with contributions over time from many other partners and users of the tool. It is a systematic method to assess local feed resource availability and use. This film is one of two that explain a FEAST learning initiative by ILRI and pa...
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[The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) instructional design process]
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The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) instructional design process
Beneficiaries of the Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) program share how high-quality livestock fodder grasses such as Brachiaria is enabling them to double their cows’ daily milk production. More milk means more income to invest in viable enterprises. By supporting farmers with evidence...
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[Growing grass: Lucrative opportunities in commercialization of feeds in western Kenya]
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Growing grass: Lucrative opportunities in commercialization of feeds in western Kenya
The ILRI-supported MilkiT project has used the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) to address livestock feeding challenges and provide solutions for smallholder livestock farmers in India and Tanzania.
Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Wassena, Fred J.
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Paul, Birthe K.
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Mundy, Paul
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Duncan, Alan J.
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[Working out how to improve livestock feeding: The FEAST feed assessment tool]
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Working out how to improve livestock feeding: The FEAST feed assessment tool