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Affordability and Willingness to Pay for Hybrid Drought Tolerant Maize Seed: Anchoring and Learning by Nakanwagi, Josephine

“…Therefore, the research team is interested in understanding the concept of affordability from the demand perspective and as a barrier to adoption of DTM varieties. …”
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Fertilizer Microdosing by World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…The innovation platform is used to set R4D priority in the action sites. The project team is comprised of national partners (e.g. …”
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Evaluating Fertilizer Recommendations with Farmers by World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…The innovation platform is used to set R4D priority in the action sites. The project team is comprised of national partners (e.g. …”
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Design of intervention for youth engagement in agripreneurship in Malawi by Chitika, R., Nhlane, M., Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah, Mokhema, Seipati, Davis, Kristin E.

“…This was supplemented by key informant interviews and follow-up design activities by the Equip Consulting Group team. The proposed intervention title is “Scaling Youth Innovations in Agribusiness.” …”
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Mainstreaming One Health approaches and principles into research in Ethiopia: Guidelines, frameworks and ethical procedures by Hadush, B., Ambalu, A., Gumi, B., Tadesse, Y., Mor, Siobhan M., Mutua, Florence K., Richards, Shauna, Kaba, M.

“…With guidance and technical contributions from the COHESA project lead in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa University), the sub-team engaged other research experts and individuals within institutions to draft guidelines that facilitate consideration of One Health principles in research undertakings. …”
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Targeting agricultural research and extension for food security and poverty alleviation: a case study of fish farming in Central Cameroon by Brummett, R.E., Gockowski, J., Pouomogne, V., Muir, J.

“…Among farmers with good market access, average net income from the aquaculture enterprise rose from $118 up to $1485. Research-Extension Team (RET) support cost an average of $61,300 per year. …”
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Training report on integration of gender equality and social inclusion considerations in the accelerated innovation dissemination initiative in the Great Lakes region - rapid deliv... by Liani, M., Kasonia, L., Nyangezi, A.A., Mulumeoderhwa, S., Amato, M., Nabahungu, L., Konlambigue, Matieyedou, Mignouna, J.

“…The training was organized by IITA AID-I GLR team under guidance of Dr. Millicent Liani (IITA), the project’s GESI technical lead, with the support of Mrs Lydie KASONIA (GESI focal person for DRC, and in charge of environmental and social protection at Rikolto). …”
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Collecting household level data on varietal diversification and adaptation strategies to climate change in East Africa by Gevel, Jeske M.J, van de, Bijdevaate, M., Mwenda, P., Morimoto, Y., Fadda, Carlo, Bioversity International

“…This training manual presents the objectives, tools and approaches used to train a field team for the survey on socio-economic and environmental factors that lead to farmers’ vulnerability as part of a project entitled “Linking genetic vulnerability to loss of resilience to adapt to climate change”. …”
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Scaling Potato Seed production in East Africa by Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

“…This is of course of great benefit to Kenya's food security and economy. This project is run by our Seeds2B team which helps farmers access quality, affordable seeds of improved varieties for the crops they need. …”
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Webinar Summary Report: Targeting Tools 2.0: Targeting and out-scaling interventions in agricultural systems by Mutua, John Y.

“…The first webinar to raise awareness on Targeting Tools 2.0 was held on the 24th November 2020 through GoToWebinar. Project team members from two ongoing projects participated: BMZ: Improved forage grasses: Making the case for their integration into humid- to sub-humid livestock production systems in Kenya and Ethiopia and IFAD: Climate-smart Dairy Systems in East Africa through Improved Forage and Feeding Strategies. …”
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Northern Ghana communities farmer profiles on agronomy and crop insurance advisories by Kizito, Fred

“…This dataset provides beneficiary farmer profiles (both male and female) in relation to demographic characteristics, documents their current farming practices and assesses their knowledge levels in the context of crop insurance, level of access to information as well as elicits dynamics around input and output markets and services. The project team will Interview associated beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. (2021-01-13)…”
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Breeding Cost Structure for Effective Breeding Decision in Africa by Munyaka, M., Musundire, L., Murtiga, S., Odiyo, O., Kante, M., Mendes, T.

“…The current total cost of running the project is $132,029.05. The salary of the breeder was not captured in the costing. …”
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Lessons from an agricultural extension experiment in Mozambique: insights on teaching modalities and gender representation in extension and on productivity measurement by Kondylis, Florence, Mueller, Valerie

“…These investments were in the form of increasing the supply of extension agents, providing them with housing, and building their capacity through training, among others. Our research team took advantage of this project to set up an experiment to rigorously examine the limitations in a ubiquitously practiced extension model, the Training and Visit model, and the importance of gender representation in extension to reach female farmers. …”
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Facilitating Collective and Inclusive Decision Making on Integrated Water Resources Management in Burkina Faso by CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

“…By facilitating exchanges between the committee and all its stakeholders, the research team helped the committee to assume its role in integrated water resources management implementation.…”
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Productive Partnerships: An effective instrument for the inclusion of vulnerable population groups in diverse contexts of Colombia by Lundy, Mark M., Parra-Peña, Rafael Isidro, Jaramillo, Carmen Lucía, Amrein, Alexandra, Hurtado Bermudez, Jhon Jairo, González, C.

“…The importance of these lessons learned is highlighted by the results of a recent study of the Linking Farmers to Markets team of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), funded by the Ford Foundation. …”
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Collecting villagers perspectives in the Mekong Delta by Ly Duc Tai, Pham Quynh Trang

“…The team gathered local knowledge and conducted scientific research, looking in detail at the impact of the irrigation systems built since 2000 and at the changes they have brought.…”
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Checklist for Gender-Responsive Research Design and Interventions on Plant Health by International Potato Center

“…As respondents answer the questions, pop-up messages appear to give guidance on how project teams can make plant health research and interventions more gender inclusive. …”
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Climate Smart Governance Dashboard: technical guide by Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…The landing page includes sections such as About Us, Our Team, Resources, Language, and Login. The platform comprises eight main subpages, including Country Overview, Climate Outlook, Project Tracker, Geo Intelligence Tools, Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Indicators, Adaption Catalog, and Investment Portfolio Planning. …”
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA): Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) for Mali cluster activities by Africa Rice Center

“…The SEP outlines how, when, and ways in which the project team will inform, communicate and consult with stakeholders including vulnerable groups and a mechanism by which people can raise concerns, provide feedback, or make complaints about the project and any activities related to the Project. …”
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A photographic food atlas with portion sizes of commonly consumed foods in Thai Nguyen, Viet Nam by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Tran, Lan Mai, Hoang, Nga Thu, Trương, Duong Thuy, Tran, Trang Huyen, Huynh, Phuong Nam, Koch, Bastien, McCloskey, Pete, Gangupantulu, Rohit, Braga, Bianca C., Hughes, David, Gelli, Aulo

“…When many recipes were available for a particular meal, the project team prepared and photographed the three most common recipes, prioritizing the preparations used by street vendors. …”
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