Resultados de búsqueda - "Ethiopia"

Grain legume seed systems for smallholder farmers: perspectives on successful innovations por Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng, Omoigui, L.O., Pasupuleti, J., Lenné, Jillian M.

“…This paper analyses four seed systems case studies: chickpea in Ethiopia and Myanmar; cowpea in Nigeria; and tropical grain legumes in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda highlighting outcomes, lessons learned, and the enabling factors which supported the successful innovations. …”
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Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation. Project synthesis report, 2014-2020 por Acosta, Mariola, Bamanyaki, Patricia A., Solomon, Dawit, Alemayehu, Sintayehu, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Tesfaye, Lidya, Muchunguzi, Perez

“…PACCA consisted of a first phase (2014-2017), which operated under the project entitled “Influencing and linking national and local level policies and institutions to adopt climate-resilient food systems” in Uganda and Tanzania, and a second phase (2018-2020), which operated under the project entitled “Stimulating adoption of nutrition sensitive climate smart agriculture by aligning national level agenda with implementation” in Uganda and Ethiopia. This report summarizes the main findings that emerged from Phase 1 and 2 of PACCA, presents the lessons learnt and achievements for climate change policy action work and reflects on both projects impact pathways, providing some recommendations for future policy initiatives in the region.…”
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Enhancing access to genetic resources for climate change adaptation in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania: Seed catalogue of best performing varieties of beans and finger millet in Hoima U... por Otieno, Gloria Atieno, Recha, Tobias, Fadda, Carlo, Mulumba, John W., Adokorach, Joyce, Ahumuza, Jasper, Kakeeto, Ronald, Kairagura, Godfrey

“…In order to help them adapt to climate change, two projects: “Promoting Open Source Seed Systems for Beans, Millet and Sorghum for Climate Change Adaptation” funded by the Benefit-sharing Fund (BSF) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and “Citizen’s Science approach to climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia”, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) were implemented in Uganda. …”
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Sensory evaluation of finger millet and bean products in Hoima Uganda. Report of field work conducted 6-12 September 2019 por Mubiru, David, Recha, Tobias, Otieno, Gloria Atieno

“…This activity was carried out under a project funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) titled Citizen’s Science approach to climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia. The activity was conducted as a follow up to previous crowdsourcing trials and participatory varietal testing of 34 bean and 43 finger millet varieties by 300 farmers in Hoima, between 2017 and 2019, that identified seven bean and seven finger millet varieties selected by farmers as having most of the attributes needed for adaptation to climate change, including faster maturity, drought resistance, pest and disease resistance and high yields. …”
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Report from Kenya’s Climate Smart Agriculture Multi-Stakeholder Platform (CSA MSP) Livestock Learning Platform meeting por Cramer, Laura K.

“…ILRI’s programme activities are based in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. One of the PCSL activities has been the creation of national Learning Platforms to support information exchange and dissemination of research findings to the relevant stakeholders. …”
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Strengthening decision-making on sustainable agricultural intensification through multi-stakeholder social learning in sub-Saharan Africa por Lamboll, R., Nelson, V., Gebreyes, Million, Kambewa, D., Chinsinga, B., Karbo, N., Rukonge, A., Sekeleti, M., Wakun'uma, W., Gutema, T., Henjewele, M., Phiri, J., Hlanguyo, P., Quaye, W., Duah, S., Kivuyo, M., Nyanga, P., Essilfie, M., Yamoah, A., Clottey, V., Martin, A.

“…Comparative evidence from a donor-supported research and learning programme in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia is used in a theory-based evaluation approach to assess the contribution of the NLAs to capacity and practice change amongst individuals, networks and senior decision-makers. …”
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Non-structural carbohydrate profile of some tropical forage grasses por Habte, Ermias, Asmare, Yonas, Abdena, Asebe, Chen Fei Dong, Yinghao Liu, Zhang Qian, Jones, Christopher S.

“…This study was conducted to examine NSC content of some grass forage grass species held in the ILRI field genebank in Ethiopia. NSC content of five perennial grass species was determined using the Anthrone colourimetric protocol. …”
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Farmers and scientists in AR4D: Looking at a watershed management project through an STS lens por Habermann, Birgit, Vogl, C.R., Mekonnen, Kindu, Bekele, K., Felt, U.

“…The goal of this paper is to demonstrate how the introduction of certain technologies has interacted with the lives of people in an AR4D project in Ethiopia, and to highlight the potential and limitations of applying STS to AR4D. …”
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Country-Specific Determinants of Agricultural Climate Service Development Pathways in Africa por Hansen, James, Born, Lorna, Solomon, Dawit, Zougmoré, Robert B., Dinku, Tufa, Mwongera, Caroline, Grossi, Amanda

“…We summarize some of the key differences in agricultural climate services landscape among six countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Zambia), explore factors that may have contributed to those differences, and how country-specific factors enable or constrain efforts to strengthen the contribution of climate services to smallholder agriculture in the near future. …”
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Volume estimation models for avocado fruit por Mokria, Mulugeta, Gebrekirstos, Aster, Said, H., Hadgu, Kiros, Hagazi, Niguse, Dubale, Workneh, Bräuning, A.

“…More importantly, the models might assist horticulturists, agronomists, and physiologists to conduct further study on avocado production and productivity through agroforestry landuse system across Ethiopia.…”
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AICCRA Partnership Survey Results Report por Schuetz, Tonya, Poulos, Allison, Rose, Alison

“…Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is a USD 60 million three-year project, funded by the World Bank and being led by CIAT, with participating partners from six countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Mali and Senegal. …”
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Entry Points to Improve Livestock Water Productivity in Selected Forage Based Livestock Systems por Haileslassie, Amare, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Blümmel, Michael, Craufurd, Peter Q., Ergano, Kebebe

“…It draws on examples of grazing systems in Uganda (Nile basin), mixed-rainfed systems in Ethiopia (Nile basin), mixed-irrigated systems in Sudan (Nile basin), and mixed-irrigated systems in India (Indio-Gangana basin). …”
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Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: Lessons from eight landscape-level cases por Ratner, B.D., Larson, A.M., Sarmiento Barletti, J., ElDidi, Hagar, Catacutan, D., Flintan, Fiona E., Suhardiman, D., Falk, Thomas, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…We provide a comparative analysis of eight landscape-level MSPs spanning seven countries (Peru, Brazil, India, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and a cross-border case from Kenya and Somalia), representing a diversity of resource systems covering forests, rangelands, and multiuse agricultural landscapes. …”
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Capacity Building Opportunities for Climate Risk Management in Senegal por Diop, Mbaye, Grossi, Amanda, Hansen, James, Konte, Oumar, Lecuyer, Anais, Tall, Thierno, Trzaska, Sylwia, Whitbread, Anthony M., Worou, Nadine

“…Ongoing curriculum development activities in Ethiopia offer useful lessons, and an agricultural extension short course curriculum that offers a potential starting point for efforts in Senegal.…”
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A place at the table is not enough: Accountability for Indigenous Peoples and local communities in multi-stakeholder platforms por Larson, A.M., Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Heise Vigil, N.

“…This article draws on a comparative study of 11 subnational MSFs aimed at improving land and forest use practices in Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Peru. It analyzes data from interviews with more than 50 IPLC forum participants to understand their perspective on efforts to address equity in the MSFs in which they are participating, as well as their opinion of the potential of MSFs in comparison with other participants. …”
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Implications of qualitative trait diversity for future cowpea improvement and genetic resource conservation por Mekonnen, T.W., Mekbib, Firew, Amsalu, B., Gedil, Melaku A, Labuschagne, Maryke T.

“…Information on cowpea genetic resource collections, and its characterization and conservation in Ethiopia is limited. The objectives of this study were to determine the extent of genetic diversity within cowpea genotypes, assess the diversity patterns based on regions of origin, and identify regions for future cowpea collection and conservation. …”
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Emmer wheat eco-geographic and genomic congruence shapes phenotypic performance under mediterranean climate por Fadida-Myers, Aviya, Fuerst, Dana, Tzuberi, Aviv, Yadav, Shailesh, Nashef, Kamal, Roychowdhury, Rajib, Sansaloni, Carolina P., Hübner, Sariel, Ben-David, Roi

“…Superior early vegetative vigor, shorter plant height, and early phenology were observed among emmer wheat accessions from Ethiopia compared to accessions from northern regions. …”
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“Seeds for Needs” experience to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity por Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat, Hailemariam, Bogale Nigir, Fadda, Carlo

“…The agricultural industry in Ethiopia is dominated by smallholder farming and rain-fed food production systems that are struggling with dwindling diversity and expanding mono- cropping. …”
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Securing Sweetpotato Planting Material for Farmers in Dryland Africa: Gender-Responsive Communication Approaches to Scale Triple S por McEwan, M., Mourik, Tom A. van, Hundayehu, M.C., Asfaw, F., Namanda, S., Suleman, I., Mayanja, S., Imoro, S., Etwire, P.M.

“…This chapter explores evidence from Ethiopia and Ghana (2018–2019) on the extent to which exposure to different communication channels and their combinations influenced the uptake of Triple S PLUS by male and female farmers, the partnering arrangements that supported this, and the resulting changes in food security. …”
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Food System Country Profiles Website por Béné, Christophe, Lundy, Mark M., Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Hernandez Barco, Ricardo Alfonso, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca

“…The objective of the Food System Country Profile project is to demonstrate the feasibility of such an approach, initially by developing and field-testing a protocol in three pilot countries: Bangladesh in Asia, Ethiopia in Africa and Honduras in Latin America, with the ambition to expand the approach to other low and middle-income countries in the near future. …”
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