Search Results - "International Development"

Developing agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers: how to get started with participatory approaches by Horne, P., Stür, Werner W.

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Scaling up orange-fleshed sweetpotato through agriculture and nutrition (SUSTAIN) in Mozambique by Brouwer, R., Queiroz, M.

“…SUSTAIN is a 5-year partnership (2013-2018), coordinated by CIP and financed by the UK Department for International Development, to scale up the nutrition benefits of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). …”
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Scaling up sweetpotato through agriculture and nutrition in Kenya by Muoki, Penina Ngusye, Agili, S.

“…SUSTAIN is a 5-year partnership (2013-2018), coordinated by CIP and financed by the UK Department for International Development, to scale up the nutrition benefits of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). …”
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Key access and utilization descriptors for coconut genetic resources by Bioversity International, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement

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Hacia centros de excelencia para el manejo del recurso natural basado en la comunidad: El aprendizaje colaborativo en la practica. by Vernooy, Ronnie, Bessette, Guy, Campilan, D., Kelpin, K.

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Concept of 'Associate Status' by CGIAR Secretariat

“…AVRDC, ICIPE, IFDC, IFPRI, and most recently, ICRAF warranted consideration as associate centers, and in all likelihood, the international development community would see a proliferation of such centers in the ensuing years. …”
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Lexical analysis improves the identification of contextual drivers and farm typologies in the assessment of transitions to agroecology through TAPE – A case study from rural Nicara... by El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea, Zamor, Ronie, Salmerón, Francisco, Guerrero, Adela del Socorro, Laborda, Luciana, Tittonell, Pablo Adrian, Hogan, Rose

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Livestock sector investment and policy toolkit (LSIPT): Making responsible decisions by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, International Livestock Research Institute

“…The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the World Bank, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), have developed the Livestock Sector Investment and Policy Toolkit (LSIPT) toolkit to support teams and decision-makers to increase and improve policies and livestock investments that contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. …”
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E-flows for the Limpopo River Basin: from vision to management by Dickens, Chris, Mukuyu, Patience, Ndlovu, B., O’Brien, G., Stassen, R., Magombeyi, Manuel Simba

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People, livelihoods and Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS) by van Koppen, Barbara

“…Partners are the International Water Management Institute, the International Water and Sanitation Centre, International Development Enterprises, and 18 national and regional farmer networks, NGOs, government agencies, and universities in eight countries in five river basins: the Andes System (Bolivia and Colombia), Indus-Ganges (India and Nepal), Limpopo (South Africa and Zimbabwe), Mekong (Thailand), and Nile basins (Ethiopia). …”
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Can everybody be well fed by 2020 without damaging natural resources? by Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

“…This lecture discusses six actions essential to meeting global food needs without damaging the natural environment: selectively strengthening the capacity of the governments of developing countries, investing in the poor, accelerating agricultural productivity, assuring the sound management of natural resources, and expanding and realigning international development assistance. Two scenarios are used to illustrate the impacts of different courses of action taken to mitigate threats to sustainable food security.…”
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From bucket to basin: poverty, gender, and integrated water management in South Africa by Schreiner, B., van Koppen, Barbara

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Agricultural water management technologies for small scale farmers in Southern Africa: an inventory and assessment of experiences, good practices and costs by International Water Management Institute

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Resources on micro-agricultural water management in Southern Africa by International Water Management Institute

“…This study was carried out using funds received from the Investment Center of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Office of Disaster Assistance of the United States Agency for International Development. In the former case it is intended to support the preparation of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Agricultural Water Management Project to be supported by the African Development Bank, and in the latter case it is intended to provide guidance for improving the effectiveness of current programs on micro-agricultural water management (micro-AWM) technologies implemented largely through NGOs.…”
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Fortalecer las capacidades para la investigacion y el desarrollo participativos (LyDP): Un estudio de caso del sur de Asia. by Campilan, D., Ariyabandu, R., Shrestha, P., Regimi, R.R., Basilio, Carlos, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

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Informe Taller Perú: "Consulta de Necesidades de Usuarios del programa SERVIR-Amazonia" by International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Spatial Informatics Group, Conservación Amazónica

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Scaling Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation by Costa, Ciniro, Seabauer, Matthias, Schwarz, Benjamin, Dittmer, Kyle, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…In this context, the private sector and international development organizations – such as multilateral development banks (MDBs) – can play a crucial role given their global reach and investment capacity. …”
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Starch industry development as a strategy for agro-food based rural industrialization by Goletti, Francesco, Rich, Karl M., Wheatley, Christopher, Nguyen, Kim Vu

“…Post-Production Research Network of International Development Research Center (IDRC), December 1998.; Donor report submitted to the International Development Research Center. …”
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An app for fishers: The University of the West Indies' multifunctional mFisheries app by Mallalieu, Kim I., Suraj, Amanda

“…A mobile application called mFisheries was developed by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the West Indies with support from development agencies such as the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA). …”
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Examining gender differences in the access to and implementation of climate-smart agricultural practices in Central America by Acosta, Mariola, Bonilla Findji, Osana, Eitzinger, Anton, Arora, Diksha, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Bejarano, Gustavo, Suchini, Jose Gabriel

“…This Info Note summarizes the findings from the monitoring efforts of CSA practices conducted in 2018 in the Climate-Smart Villages of Guatemala and Honduras within the framework of the project “Generating evidence on gender-sensitive climate-smart agriculture to inform policy in Central America” led by the International Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), with the financial support of the International Development Research Center (IDRC).…”
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