Search Results - Development assistance.

Investing in rural households through community promoters: The Haku Wiñay/noa jayatai programme in Peru by Salcedo du Bois, Rodrigo, Arca Zimmermann, Alexandra, Davis, Kristin E., Gilbert, Rachel, Gammelgaard, Johanna, Ngwenya, Hlami

“…Training packages are implemented by local promoters called Yachachiqs (“The one who knows and teaches”), who are selected and hired by the community for a three-year period to develop community-based projects funded by the government’s Cooperation Fund for Social Development (FONCODES). …”
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ICT Based Weather Information and Agro Advisory Services by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, BAIF Development Research Foundation

“…11,250 farmers from 75 villages in the three project districts are being assisted to access weather forecast information and agro advisory, to better adapt to the impending weather events. …”
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Promotion of Weather Resilient Technologies, Practices, and Services for Vegetables by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, BAIF Development Research Foundation

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Malawi Soil Profile Data – Malawi Land Resources Evaluation Project, 1987 to 1991 by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Malawi, United Nations Development Program, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“…The soils and agroclimatic maps developed were then overlaid to develop a ‘land unit’ map for Malawi. …”
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Mapping the likelihood of introduction and spread of HPAI Virus H5N1 in Indonesia using multicriteria decision modelling by de Glanville, Will, Stevens, Kim, Costard, Solenne, Métras, Raphaëlle, Pfeiffer, Dirk

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Ceres2030: Sustainable solutions to end hunger summary report by Laborde Debucquet, David, Murphy, Sophia, Parent, Marie, Porciello, Jaron, Smaller, Carin

“…The project focuses on three of the five targets in the second sustainable development goal (SDG 2) and looks at the public spending needed in low- and middle-income countries, including the contribution from donors through official development assistance (ODA).…”
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The future of smallholder agriculture in Eastern Africa: the roles of states, markets, and civil society by Omamo, Steven Were, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Temu, Andrew

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Capacity for forestry research in selected countries of West and Central Africa by Spilsbury, M.J., Kowero, G.S., Tchala-Abina, F

“…While there is still a considerable need to invest in the development of human resources and physical infrastructure at the institutional level, governements and development assistance agencies should pay more attention to promoting efficiency and effectiveness of the 'supply' side of research systems (national and regional). …”
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Pathways From Irrigation to Prosperity, Nutrition and Resilience in Mali by International Food Policy Research Institute

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LIMS: Database for livestock performance data. Version 1.2. Computer program with system documentation by Metz, T., Asfaw, M.D.

“…A generic data set is distributed along with the LIMS software. LIMS is developed in the CLIPPER language. All data in a LIMS data set are stored in dBASE III + compatible data files.…”
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Urban challenges to food and nutrition security: a review of food security, health, and caregiving in the cities by Ruel, Marie T., Garrett, James L., Morris, Saul Sutkover, Maxwell, Daniel G., Oshaug, Arne, Engle, Patrice L., Menon, Purnima, Slack, Alison T., Haddad, Lawrence James

“…It discusses current knowledge in eight areas that require the special attention of policymakers, development practitioners, and program administrators who wish to improve urban food and nutrition security: the sources and cost of food; incomes and employment; urban agriculture; urban diets; child caregiving practices; childhood mortality, morbidity, and malnutrition; health and environment; and social assistance programs, or safety nets. …”
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CLIMATE AND FINANCE RISK ASSESSMENTS OF FIVE AGRIBUSINESSES USING AI-TOOLS by Muthio Muoki, Nicole, Hauke, Dahl, Peterson, Nathanial Richard

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Linking SDG 7 to assess the renewable energy footprint of nations by 2030 by He, Jianjian, Yang, Yi, Liao, Zhongju, Xu, Anqi, Fang, Kai

“…The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a guideline for humanity to respond to an array of pressing challenges. …”
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Incentive Mechanisms, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Communication of the CORIGAP Project by Connor, Melanie, Malabayabas, Arelene Julia, Ricarte, Phoebe, Demont, Matty, Hieu, Pham Thi Minh, Flor, Rica Joy, Villanueva, Donald B., Pede, Valerian O., de Guia, Annalyn, Gummert, Martin

“…Furthermore, we provide a detailed description of the monitoring and evaluation process of CORIGAP activities. We explain the development from paper-based to computer-assisted survey tools, the evaluation of changes that farmers perceive and provide a case study on impact evaluation using econometric analysis. …”
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Coupled forest zoning and agricultural intervention yields conflicting outcomes for tropical forest conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by Nackoney, J., Demol, M., Akpona, H.A., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Dupain, J., Facheux, C., Hansen, M.C., Kalemba, J.C., Kehbila, A.G., Potapov, P., Senga, A.T., Six, Johan, Turubanova, S.A., Williams, D., Vanlauwe, Bernard

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Scaling up Kudumbashree -- collective action for poverty alleviation and women's empowerment by Kadiyala, Suneetha

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Financing sustainable forest management: report of the International Workshop of Experts, 22-25 January 2001, Oslo, Norway by Chipeta, M.E., Joshi, M.

“…Greater investment is needed from private sector, public sector, and official development assistance. Means of promoting SFM financing: investment promotion entity (IPE), global forest fund (GFF) and other international financial resources were discussed. …”
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Challenges and opportunities in implementing video-based extension approaches targeting women farmers: An implementer’s perspective by Rwamigisa, Patience B., Namyenya, Angella, Butele, Cosmas Alfred, Shah, Mansi, Githuku, Fridah, Njung’e, Dennis

“…Agricultural extension services play an important role in agricultural development. Timely and reliable information services are key to improving farmers’ knowledge of strategies to increase agricultural productivity, assisting them in accessing inputs and credit, providing early warning against pests and other shocks, and offering them critical advice on climate action. …”
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Analysis of relative profitability of key Ugandan agricultural enterprises by agricultural production zone by Kraybill, David, Kidoido, Michael

“…In support of PMA priority interventions, the Government of Uganda (GoU) is implementing the Prosperity for All development framework that embraces rural enterprise and promotes industry by building on the Plan for Zonal Agricultural Production, Agro-processing and Marketing. …”
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Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations by Smith, J., Scherr, Sara J.

“…Projects implemented as part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol will have the dual mandate of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to sustainable development. …”
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