Partnership for Success: Stories From the Great Lakes Cassava Initiative
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Publisher : Catholic Relief Services
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 38,12 MB
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Partnership for Success
Author : Jackie Christie
Publisher : Catholic Relief Services
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 40,45 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Cassava
ISBN :
Book Description
Cassava Mosaic Disease and Cassava Brown Streak Disease have devastated the food security and income of millions of cassava-dependent farm families. The Great Lakes Cassava Initiative (GLCI), managed by CRS and supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was developed to respond to the crisis. GLCI operates in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda with the goal of distributing healthy cassava planting material of farmer-accepted disease-tolerant varieties to 1.15 million farm families to alleviate food insecurity and increase incomes. The initiative is a multi-dimensional project that includes a combination of research and development activities. Research activities include studies to improve disease control through improved varieties and quality management, as well as the development of a diagnostic tool for CBSD. Other activities include building capacity among national agriculture research and development partners, strengthening farmer group development, and conducting multiplication and dissemination of planting material.--From the CRS web site.
Expanding Collaboration, Catalyzing Innovation
Author : Dudenhoefer, D.
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 13,70 MB
Release : 2014-07-01
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The stories presented in this report illustrate how improved collaboration among RTB centers is making a real difference. This includes harnessing the potential of genomics to accelerate the development of improved RTB varieties, facilitating collaborative responses to critical crop diseases and improving postharvest options. During its second year, the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) expanded its geographic reach and its network of partners while launching a series of collaborative initiatives aimed at resolving the most serious constraints faced by smallholder farmers growing RTB crops. While this work was initiated within a framework of seven disciplinary themes, RTB started a process to transition from an output-focused research agenda to one based on outcomes and impacts.
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2002
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
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Page : 3340 pages
File Size : 25,76 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Economic assistance, American
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Genes for Africa
Author : Jennifer A. Thomson
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 25,77 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781919713571
Book Description
Jennifer Thomson separates fact from fiction and explains why and how GM crops can help us combat poverty, starvation and disease in the developing world, in a safe and responsible way. She explains the technology and looks at the differences and similarities between genetic modification, conventional plant breeding, and natural processes such as cross pollination and mutations. There are chapters devoted to controversial issues such as food safety (for GM crops and organically grown food), patents labelling, regulations and controls, and a section dealing with frequently-asked questions. It ends with a focus on Africa and possible future developments in GM technology. Technical terms are explained and appendices provide additional information on testing for allergens, horizontal gene transfer, and international food safety assessment documents. For those who wish to explore the subject further, it also provides a list of more than 60 web sites dealing with issues related to the GM debate.
A Market Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Agroenterprise Development
Author : Shaun Ferris
Publisher : Catholic Relief Services
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 13,77 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1614920028
Book Description
This publication is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. A Market Facilitator's Guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the "enabling rural innovation" approach for rural development. This approach seeks to empower farmer groups with the necessary skills to make informed decisions for their economic development, based on an analysis of their surroundings, assets and skills. The methodology also aims for outcomes that are equitable, gender focused and participatory.
Africa Recovery
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Page : 110 pages
File Size : 16,62 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Africa
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From Evidence to Action
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,47 MB
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251089817
Book Description
Cash transfers have become a key social protection tool in developing countries and have expanded dramatically in the last two decades. However, the impacts of cash transfers programmes, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, have not been substantially documented. This book presents a detailed overview of the impact evaluations of these programmes, carried out by the Transfer Project and FAO’s From Protection to Production project. The 14 chapters include a review of eight country case studies: Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, as well as a description of the innovative research methodologies, political economy issues and good practices to design cash transfer programmes. The key objective of the book is to enhance the understanding of these development programmes, how they lead to a broad range of social and productive impacts and also of the role of programme evaluation in the process of developing policies and implementing programmes.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 43,43 MB
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251315040
Book Description
This first International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers called for inclusive research and education systems to facilitate innovation; robust bridging institutions; support to family farmers; and integrated policies and increased investments to create an enabling environment for innovation and scaling up. Innovation is the process whereby individuals or organizations bring new or existing products, processes or ways of organization into use for the first time in a specific context. Innovation in agriculture cuts across all dimensions of the production cycle along the entire value chain - from crop, forestry, fishery or livestock production to the management of inputs and resources to market access. The symposium provided inspiration for innovation actors and decision makers to unlock the potential of innovation to drive socio-economic growth, ensure food and nutrition security, alleviate poverty, improve resilience to changing environments and thereby achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The New Harvest
Author : Calestous Juma
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 21,89 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0190237236
Book Description
African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by threats from climate change. But, as this book argues, Africa can feed itself in a generation and can help contribute to global food security. To achieve this Africa has to define agriculture as a force in economic growth by advancing scientific and technological research, investing in infrastructure, fostering higher technical training, and creating regional markets.
