Search Results - Development assistance.

Improved Nutrition through Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services: Case studies of Curriculum Review and Operational Lessons from India by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Singh, Meera, Hymavathi, T. V., Rani, Uma, Kavitha, G.G., Karthik, Shree

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Past performance and current status of agricultural and rural development in Vietnam: Viet Nam Agricultural Sector Program ADB TA 3223-VIE: Phase I Technical Report by Goletti, Francesco

“…Chapter 5 reviews the Asian Development Bank funded Agricultural Sector Program carried out between 1995 and 1998. …”
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From farm to table: Women at the agriculture-nutrition nexus by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Kyle, Jordan, Kosec, Katrina, Ragasa, Catherine, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Kumar, Neha, Sawhey, Tinni, Gonzalez, Teresa, Madero, Ana, Mittrick, Caitlin, Myers, Emily, Rapada, Amica, Adida, Claire, L., Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung, Matanock, Aila M., Arriola, Leonardo, Adeyanju, Dolapo, Fisher, Rachel

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Natural resources management study of North Central Province Sri Lanka. Final report - Main report by Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy, Fernando, N., Panabokke, Christopher R., Jinapala, K., Wijayaratna, C.M., Bandula Sirimal, R.B.

“…Pre-project technical assistance study for proposed Area Development Project of North Central Province, prepared for RH&H Consult/ADB…”
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Medium and large-scale farmers and agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Survey results by Chapoto, Antony, Houssou, Nazaire, Mabiso, Athur, Cossar, Frances

“…Essentially these models are based on the premise that there exist symbiotic relationships between the small-scale farmers and the larger farmers and that there are positive spillover effects from developing or channeling assistance to these nucleus farmers. …”
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Replication Data for "Estimating the Intrahousehold Costs and Benefits of Innovations to Enhance Smallholder Farmers’ Resilience" by International Food Policy Research Institute, University for Development Studies

“…In each village, a sampling frame was developed with the help of community leaders, from which households were randomly selected for inclusion in the study.…”
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Diet Quality Questionnaire, a tool for collecting food intake data to draw conclusions about diet quality by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…A visiting researcher at WUR, assisted by A4NH-supported students, led the development. …”
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Where food safety meets nutrition outcomes in livestock and fish value chains: a conceptual approach by Häsler, Barbara, Domínguez Salas, Paula, Fornace, K., Garza, M., Grace, Delia, Rushton, Jonathan

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The brains project reflection and intervention alignment workshop: Gender and social inclusion report by Nchanji, Eileen, Ketema, Dessalegn

“…The gender team has developed three gender tools - Advocacy Training Tool, Couple Training Tool, and the Leadership Development Training Manual and shared for review by gender focal teams for ownership and sustainability. …”
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India's policy pathways by International Water Management Institute

“…Join host Chhavi Sachdev as she interviews the CGIAR's National Policies and Strategies (NPS) lead report author for India Archisman Mitra, Nitin Bassi Senior Program lead at the Council on Energy Environment and Water, and Parijat Ghosh, Research and Advocacy Team Coordinator at Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN). The episode also features remarks on the NPS report from Dr. …”
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Episode two: India’s policy pathways by CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies

“…Chhavi is joined by an insightful range of guests: CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies’ lead author for India’s policy coherence report, Archisman Mitra, Senior Program Lead at Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Nitin Bassi, and Research and Advocacy team coordinator at Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Parijat Ghosh. …”
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Innovations in insuring the poor: Risk, poverty and insurance by Dercon, Stefan

“…Risk is pervasive in developing countries. The standard household risks of sickness, mortality, fire, theft, and unemployment are especially severe for poor families in developing countries. …”
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Policy preferences of experts seeking to raise and stabilise farm incomes in the Eastern Gangetic Plains by Cooper, Bethany, Crase, Lin, Burton, Michael, Rigby, Dan, Alam, Mohammad Jahangir, Kishore, Avinash

“…However, the mechanisms to support agriculture for development are contested. For example, some have advocated a strong role for government support and assistance due to market weaknesses, while others have promoted the need for more market-oriented approaches. …”
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The effectiveness of the volunteer farmer trainer approach vis-à-vis other information sources in dissemination of livestock feed technologies in Uganda by Kimaiyo, Joan, Kiptot, Evelyne, Mwambi, Mercy, Kugonza, Jane, Franzel, Steven

“…Agricultural extension in developing countries has evolved from the traditional top-down approach to a more demand-driven farmer-centred approach. …”
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Evolution of food insecurity in Sudan during the ongoing conflict by Kirui, Oliver K., Siddig, Khalid, Fisher, Monica, Abushama, Hala, Ahmed, Mosab O. M., Raouf, Mariam, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

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Forty percent of Colombian rice producers cultivating 275,608 hectares adopt improved rice varieties developed by CCAFS/Alliance and Rice Growers’ Federation with Ministry of Agric... by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Program technical assistance led to an average rice yield increase of 0.6 tons per hectare.…”
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Virtual migration through online freelancing: Evidence from Bangladesh by Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Shonchoy, Abu, Meki, Muhammad, Quinn, Simon

“…We also shed light on some promising possibilities for innovative financial contracts and for ‘freelancing incubators’ or ‘virtual exporting companies’ to assist students in their sourcing of work and skills development.…”
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Tropical forages identification tool: A new companion for tropical forages selection tool by Cardoso, Juan Andrés

“…There has been a recent explosion in the development of image recognition technology and its application to automated plant identification, so it is timely to consider its potential for the identification of tropical forages in the field. …”
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Training manual on vegetable seed systems. Module 3: Seed production, handling and storage by Nguyen, Thi Phuong, Ngo, Thi Hanh, Trinh, Quang Tuan, Tjeerd-Jan, Stomph

“…While value chains for fresh produce and seed markets offer significant opportunities for development—particularly for women and youth—the current smallholder seed systems suffer from multiple problems. …”
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Interprovincial food trade aggravates China’s land scarcity by He, Jianjian, Wang, Siqi, Heijungs, Reinout, Yang, Yi, Shu, Shumiao, Zhang, Weiwen, Xu, Anqi, Fang, Kai

“…Land is an increasingly scarce resource that plays a critical role in achieving many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Land scarcity, namely the imbalance state between cropland availability and demand, can be mitigated by the trade of agricultural products, but how effective it is remains unclear. …”
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