CCRP | News & Updates

SDSN February 2020 E-Conference Summary

Opportunity

Published on: February 23, 2020

Drylands FRNs Working Together

News

Published on: February 10, 2020

East & Southern Africa

Participatory Plant Breeding & Resilient Seed Systems Post-Grad Course Offered

Opportunity

Published on: January 29, 2020

True Cost Accounting and the Future of Food

News

Published on: January 24, 2020

Eastern & Southern Africa HUB Conference 4th -5th October 2019

Meetings

Published on: January 23, 2020

East & Southern Africa, Farmer research network (FRN)

Recent inception meetings between pasture projects in the Andes

News

Published on: January 21, 2020

Andes

Blue Marble Evaluation: Premises and Principles

News

Published on: January 7, 2020

“As a transdisciplinary profession, evaluation has much to offer to global change interventions that work toward a sustainable future across national boundaries, sectors, and issues.”
Michael Quinn Patton
Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Saint Paul, MN
MQPatton@Prodigy.net

Access Agriculture Supports South-South Learning

News

Published on: December 6, 2019

Access Agriculture supports South-South learning through farmer-to-farmer videos.

Andes, East & Southern Africa, West Africa

Announcing the Retirement of McKnight President Kate Wolford

Update

Published on: October 21, 2019

With our hearts full of gratitude for her service, we share the news that Kate Wolford, president of the McKnight Foundation, will be retiring in November 2019.

FUMA Gaskiya’s work on seedballs

News

Published on: September 30, 2019

West Africa

Bioversity Crowdsources Varietal Data from Thousands of Farmers

News

Published on: September 30, 2019

Biodiversity

Cross-Cutting

Welcoming Roberto Ugas

Update

Published on: July 9, 2019

Roberto Ugas joins the leadership team as the Liaison Scientist for the Andes Community of Practice.

Andes

Global Best Practice Programme information

Opportunity

Published on: June 23, 2019

Andes, Cross-Cutting, East & Southern Africa, Farmer research network (FRN), West Africa

SNAP PI urges government policies on agroecology

News

Published on: June 23, 2019

The closing ceremony of Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project (SNAP) was held in Singida last week. During the ceremony Project PI Rachel Kerr said that agroecological farming needs policy backing so that it can be implemented by farmers effectively.

East & Southern Africa

Welcome to Sara Namirembe

Update

Published on: June 20, 2019

Welcome to Sara Namirembe as a new member of the ESAf regional team.

East & Southern Africa

CCRP leadership learns from agroecology leaders in Brazil

Meetings

Published on: March 27, 2019

The CCRP leadership team met in Brazil evaluate our work, plan, and most importantly learn from each other and the places we share together.

Crowdsourced farmer data for new publication collected using ClimMob

News

Published on: February 25, 2019

Cross-Cutting

Agropolis Foundation and Olam International call for candidates

Opportunity

Published on: February 25, 2019

Agropolis Foundation and Olam International are now accepting nominations for two awards.

Phosphorus-efficient common beans featured in new video

News

Published on: January 10, 2019

East & Southern Africa

Free course on sustainable nutrition and agriculture

Opportunity

Published on: December 13, 2018

Free online course on sustainable nutrition and agriculture starts February 11!

Farewell to Andes Liaison Scientist Julio Postigo

Update

Published on: November 30, 2018

Andes Liaison Scientist Julio Postigo will be transitioning out of his role with the program in the end of 2018.

Andes

Access Agriculture work recognized with iStandOut award

News

Published on: November 11, 2018

Access Agriculture was recently awarded Prize Digital for Development’s (D4D) iStandOut award during an October ceremony in Belgium.

Cross-Cutting

SDSN’s e-conference on fall armyworm a success

Meetings

Published on: November 9, 2018

SDSN’s Responding to Fall Armyworm in Africa a success.

Andes, Cross-Cutting, East & Southern Africa, West Africa

Two fall armyworm videos developed, help farmers combat the pest

News

Published on: October 24, 2018

Paul van Mele of AgroInsight teamed up with Allan Hruska of the FAO to produce two videos about FAW.

East & Southern Africa, West Africa

Climate resilient beans for Mozambique

News

Published on: September 7, 2018

In Mozambique, new improved varieties of beans are doubling or even tripling crop yields.

East & Southern Africa

Farewell to Kaying Vang

Update

Published on: April 19, 2018

SDG Academy MOOC relaunching mid-April

Opportunity

Published on: April 10, 2018

Rural Malian women’s practices and perceptions regarding whole grain consumption studied

News

Published on: January 1, 2018

West Africa

Upcoming GREAT course focuses on gender-responsive legume breeding

Meetings

Published on: December 11, 2017

GREAT courses equip researchers with tools to enhance the impact their research has on beneficiary communities, while also providing them marketable skills, and new opportunities for publication an

Multi-language videos highlights new varieties of common bean that have resistance to beetle

News

Published on: November 20, 2017

A new set of multi-language videos out of the Southern Africa Community of Practice highlights new varieties of common bean that have resistance to beetles.

East & Southern Africa