Search Results - "International Development"

Senior Australian parliamentarian impressed with the enthusiasm of ILRI and BecA Scientists by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Bob McMullan, Australian Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance comments on his country’s expanding focus in Africa during his visit to ILRI (the International Livestock Research Institute) and BeCA (Biosciences Eastern and Cental Africa) in Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa) on November 3 2009. …”
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A global study of poverty and livestock by Thornton, Philip K.

“…This study which is commissioned by DFID (Department for International Development) in 2001 is conducted to produce sets of maps locating significant populations of poor livestock keepers in the world, and to assess in very broad terms how these populations are likely to change over the next three to five decades. …”
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Making climate information work for agricultural development by Hansen, James

“…Independently of the climate change agenda, however, most of the international development banks have recognized that their investments are vulnerable to climate shifts and fluctuations, and now have strategies for screening projects for climate vulnerability and for making their investments more resilient to climate.…”
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Conference report: Third International Conference on Climate Services by Lustig, A., Gawthrop, E, Vaughan, Catherine, Tepley-Ferguson, D, Muñoz, A.G., Armstrong, K

“…This meeting was held in conjunction with the Meteorological Service of Jamaica and the Jamaican Ministry of Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change; it was generously sponsored by the CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security, the United States Agency for International Development, and the United Stated National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.…”
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Conserving Egypt's Nile waters: an overview of strategies for estimating and capturing potential and waste water conservation savings. Research report of the Water Resources Strate... by Keller, J., Keller, A., Davids, G., El Kady, M.

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A framework on addressing climate change adaptation and vulnerabilities by Thornton, Philip K.

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Research policies and strategies for livestock development in developing countries by Ehui, Simeon K., Fitzhugh, H.A.

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"The distributions of heartwater and Amblyomma ticks in Zimbabwe" by Sileshi, Z., Kumsa, T., Tegegne, Azage, Osuji, P.O.

“…The Famine Early Warning System and the Crisis Mitigation Project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is specifically targeted to address the plight of pastoralists in the Greater Horn of Africa. …”
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Potato production support and research to improve food security in Khatlon, Tajikistan. Final technical report by International Potato Center

“…This final report presents the performance of the project “Potato Production Support and Research to Improve Food Security in Khatlon, Tajikistan”, implemented by the International Potato Center (CIP) and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) between 2014 and 2016. The project was oriented to improve the welfare of poor smallholder potato farmers in Khatlon province through increased income and food security and to build capacity for the improvement of quality potato production.…”
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L’irrigation avec des eaux usees et la sante: evaluer et attenuer les risques dans les pays a faible revenu. In French [Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating r... by Drechsel, Pay, Scott, Christopher A., Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Redwood, M., Bahri, Akissa

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Food safety in developing countries: An overview by Grace, Delia

“…It is assumed that readers already have a solid grasp of international development contexts, and current development discourse. …”
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Reflections on COVID-19 and how to prevent future pandemics by Carroll, D., Smith, Jimmy W.

“…Dennis Carroll, chair of the Global Virome Project Leadership Board and former director of the United States Agency for International Development's Pandemic Influenza and other Emerging Threats Unit, shared his reflections on COVID-19 and how we can prevent future pandemics at an online town hall meeting of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) on 18 September 2020. …”
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The Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative contributes to strategies of global development organizations by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…In 2019, this partnership advanced an ambitious research agenda and informed strategies of the World Health Organization and of United Kingdom’s Department for International Development.…”
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The continuous rise – during economic growth, the COVD-19 pandemic and conflict – in the adoption of labor-saving agricultural technologies in Myanmar by Minten, Bart, Sabai, Moe

“…This is an output of the Myanmar Strategy Support Program, funded through the Feed the Future Initiative conducted jointly with US Agency for International Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Michigan State University.…”
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Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research: Highlights IFPRI and DFID partnership by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IFPRI’s partners in the United Kingdom have played an especially critical role, with the Department for International Development (DFID) serving as a generous and dependable donor and partner to IFPRI since 1984.…”
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Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research: Highlights IFPRI and USAID partnership by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…For four decades, the longstanding collaboration between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been crucial to helping developing countries attain agriculture-led economic growth. …”
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Implementing non-conventional options for safe water reuse in agriculture in resource poor environments. by Keraita, Bernard N., Drechsel, Pay

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Accounting for changes in water use and the need for institutional adaptation by Molden, David J., Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy, Samad, M.

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Limits to leapfrogging: issues in transposing successful river basin management institutions in the developing world by Shah, Tushaar, Makin, Ian W., Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy

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Experiences of some government-sponsored organisations of irrigators in Niger and Burkina Faso, West Africa by Abernethy, Charles L., Sally, M.H.

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