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Agrobiodiversity and Nutrition II Project 2015-2018

Understanding local contexts and knowledge around feeding practices and food availability

Date: 12/3/2019

Resource Type: Mini case study

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Seed Systems Niger Project 2015 – 2019

The aim of this project is to increase the utilization of improved seeds and other technologies to enhance the resilience of rural communities in Niger.

Date: 12/3/2019

Resource Type: Mini case study

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EcoConsumer Project 2016-2019

The majority of consumers in Latin America buy fresh fruits and vegetables in open air markets

Date: 12/3/2019

Resource Type: Mini case study

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Processing Project 2009-2019

Research and promotion of post-harvest technologies and value-added products for better nutrition

Date: 12/3/2019

Resource Type: Mini case study

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Complementation des Bovins Laitiers pour L’ameliorationde de la Production de Lait et Du Fumier en Milieu Paysan dans le Cercle de Koutiala

In Mali, agriculture and livestock contribute about 23 % of export income and 40 % of the country’s gross domestic income. From a general development perspective, the livestock component of agriculture can therefore contribute substantially to improve farm productivity and poverty alleviation. It is with this in mind that this study was initiated. It aims […]

Source: Ousmane M. Sanogo, Salif Doumbia, Katrien Descheemaeker

Date: 12/3/2019

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article

East & Southern Africa, Farmer research network (FRN)

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Learning Approaches for Supporting Soil Health in Malawi

This presentation focused on different learning approaches applied in Malawi to support soil health innovations: Lead Farmer Farmer Filed School Farmer Research Farmer Research Networks They share the following characteristics: Active involvement of farmers in the learning process Farmers are given responsibilities to facilitate learning Based on experiential learning Learning by doing Based on social […]

Source: Frank Tchuwa

Date: 11/26/2019

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

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Cereal & Legume Flour Biscuit Preparation

This video, from November 2019, portrays the training of rural women on the preparation of biscuits with “Cereal+legume” flour. Four rural communes were represented: Mannè, Boussouma, Lebda, Korsimoro and Andintenga, and for each commune, two women, referred as “rural nutrition facilitators” participated. Please click here to view

Source: Dr. Hama Fatoumata

Date: 11/21/2019

Resource Type: Video

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Theory of Change Guidance CCRP Sept 2019

This guidance document on Theories of Change is for the use of CCRP projects. A ToC is a product and a process where stakeholders develop, monitor,research,utilize,and evaluate theories. This enables learning by explaining mechanisms of how, why,and in what context an intervention achieves or contributes to impact.A Theory of Change (ToC) has three main objectives […]

Source: CCRP

Date: 9/27/2019

Resource Type: Instructional material

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Two heads film better than one/ Dos cabezas filman mejor que una

Source: https://www.agroinsight.com/blog/?p=3400

Date: 9/15/2019

Resource Type: Video

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Practical guidelines: identification of varietal selection criteria of the farmers during evaluation of trials

Date: 9/15/2019

Resource Type: Instructional material

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Practical guide: harvest procedure for pearl millet trials managed by farmers

Date: 9/15/2019

Resource Type: Instructional material

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Co-learning cycles to support the design of innovative farm systems in southern Mali

Farm systems were re-designed together with farmers during three years (2013–2015) in Southern Mali with the aim to improve income without compromising food self-sufficiency. A cyclical learning model with three steps was used: Step 1 was the co-design of a set of crop/livestock technical options, Step 2 the on-farm testing and appraisal of these options […]

Source: Gatien Falconnier et al.

Date: 9/3/2019

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article

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Risk Perception and Management Strategies in Southern Mali

Source: E. Huet , M. Adam, K.E. Giller, B. Traore, S. Coulibaly, K. Descheemaeker

Date: 8/20/2019

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

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Traditional African dishes prepared from local biofortified varieties of Pearl Millet: acceptability and potential contribution to iron and zinc intakes of Burkinabe young children

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2019.00115/full

Date: 8/14/2019

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

Andes, Farmer research network (FRN)

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Pachagrama

Herramienta para el registro agroclimático por agricultores

Source: CCRP

Date: 8/6/2019

Resource Type: Case study

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Lessons From Practice of the Groundswell Consortium AEI2

Mobilizing local knowledge in the support of agroecological intensification

Source: Peter Gubbels

Date: 8/6/2019

Resource Type: Mini case study

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NIH Study record: Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project

NIH’s Study record for the Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project (SNAP)

Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine

Date: 8/1/2019

Resource Type: Website

Cross-Cutting, East & Southern Africa

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Soil Health Tool Kit Manual

The soil health tool kit assembles simplified methods to assess soil health in the context of projects and networks working with smallholder farmers. The tool kit website describes the protocols for soil pH, permanganate-oxidizable soil carbon (POXC or active carbon), particulate organic matter (POM), soil aggregate stability, and soil available phosphorus. In the downloadable manual […]

Source: https://smallholder-sha.org/

Date: 8/1/2019

Resource Type: Program resource

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Kit d’outils pour la santé des sols

Le kit pour la santé des sols rassemble des méthodes simplifiées pour évaluer la santé des sols dans le contexte de projets et de réseaux travaillant avec les petits agriculteurs. Le site Web du kit décrit les protocoles pour le pH du sol, le carbone du sol oxydable au permanganate (POXC ou carbone actif), la […]

Source: https://smallholder-sha.org/

Date: 8/1/2019

Resource Type: Instructional material

Cross-Cutting

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Incidence and severity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) pests in agro-ecological zones and farming systems of western Kenya

Source: https://doi.org/10.1080/00128325.2019.1599151

Date: 7/18/2019

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

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P-efficient common bean lines

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) lines developed through collaboration between the Roots Lab and the Mozambique Institute of Agricultural Research can absorb more phosphorus in low phosphorus soils.

Source: Johnathan Lynch, Roots Lab

Date: 7/3/2019

Resource Type: Video

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Research highlight: Singida nutrition and agroecology project

Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Science highlights the Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project

Source: Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Science

Date: 6/13/2019

Resource Type: Website

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“What do farmers want to record?”

The project has been using a checklist of principles of experimentation for the last 3 years. However the principle of ‘Keeping good records of what you do and what you see’ has proved difficult to get accepted. What information do farmers consider valuable to their decision making processes? What information are farmers interested in? (what […]

Source: Nuru Kipato & Daniel Nyambok

Date: 6/6/2019

Resource Type: Program resource

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The Andes Community of Practice Geo Portal

The Andes Community of Practice geo-portal is the region’s Spanish-language GIS info sharing platform

Source: CCRP

Date: 6/5/2019

Resource Type: Website

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Andes Community of Practice Website

The Andes Community of Practice Website is the region’s Spanish-language content sharing platform

Source: CCRP

Date: 6/5/2019

Resource Type: Website

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FRN-based community phytosanitation initiative for the control of cassava virus diseases in Bukedea district, Eastern Uganda

Increasing cassava productivity and incomes of fellow smallholder farmers in Teso sub-region through sustainable and inclusive access to improved farmer preferred virus cassavaseed.

Source: Norah Asiyo & Deogracious Opolot

Date: 5/28/2019

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report