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West Africa Community of Practice 2020 Annual Meeting

The 2020 Annual meeting of the CCRP’s West Africa Community of Practice (WAf CoP) was held February 24 -28 in Montpellier, France. Its host was the agroecology-centered Agropolis Foundation , whose campus offered participants the chance to mingle with some of the Montpellier science community’s 2,900 researchers and 900 doctoral students as well as researchers […]

Source: Batamaka Some

Date: 5/1/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

West Africa

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News from the Agroecological Intenstification Studenship Program

As part of the Agroecological Intensification Studentship program implemented by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), a series of webinars and online materials covering AEI research essentials has been made available in Spanish. Produced in conjunction with the Research Methods Support cross-cutting project, the materials for graduate students doing their fieldwork in the […]

Source: Claire Nicklin

Date: 4/7/2020

Resource Type: Website

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Pilot Testing of AE Tool at Landscape Scale

Source: Dr. Sara Namirembe

Date: 4/4/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

East & Southern Africa

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Local and Scientific Soil Knowledge

A presentation made to the FRN working group about scientists’ and farmers’ assessments of soil health. It is widely acknowledged that farmers understand much about their soils. This ‘local soil knowledge’ ( LSK ) is often expressed in terms different from scientists’ soil knowledge ( SSK). Soil knowledge can be distinguished in 3 areas; this […]

Source: Steven J. Vanek and Ric Coe

Date: 4/4/2020

Resource Type: Learning / story

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The Agroecological Assessment Process in the CCRP East and Southern African Community of Practice

The CCRP generates knowledge based on principles of agroecology (AE) to support farmers in having improved nutrition and income in sustainable ways. This is achieved through knowledge co-creation using farmer research networks (FRNs) that include extension, research, and farmers, and through collaboration between different types of institutions and people in communities of practice. In the ESAf […]

Source: Sara Namirembe

Date: 4/3/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

East & Southern Africa

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Pathways to AEI – Decision Support Tool

The lack of good quality pastures, during the critical drought period (i e March up to June) in southern Mali, leads to feed shortages and weakening of draught animals.

Source: Arouna Dissa , Ousmane Sanogo, Ken Giller, Katrien Descheemaeker

Date: 4/2/2020

Resource Type: Case study

West Africa

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Farmers Sharing Agroecological Knowledge in Their Own Languages: East and Southern African

Access Agriculture is an international, non-governmental organization that hosts an online platform for sharing farmer-to-farmer videos. These well-crafted videos are based on participatory research oriented towards farmers’ priorities, and feature men and women farmers sharing their expertise and innovations in their own languages. CCRP has in the past engaged with Access Agriculture in supporting filmmaking […]

Date: 4/1/2020

Resource Type: Video

East & Southern Africa

Farmers Sharing Agroecological Knowledge in Their Own Languages: West African

Access Agriculture is an international, non-governmental organization that hosts an online platform for sharing farmer-to-farmer videos. These well-crafted videos are based on participatory research oriented towards farmers’ priorities, and feature men and women farmers sharing their expertise and innovations in their own languages. CCRP has in the past engaged with Access Agriculture in supporting filmmaking […]

Source: Access Agriculture

Date: 4/1/2020

Resource Type: Video

West Africa

Farmers Sharing Agroecological Knowledge in Their Own Language: Spanish

Access Agriculture is an international, non-governmental organization that hosts an online platform for sharing farmer-to-farmer videos. These well-crafted videos are based on participatory research oriented towards farmers’ priorities, and feature men and women farmers sharing their expertise and innovations in their own languages. CCRP has in the past engaged with Access Agriculture in supporting filmmaking […]

Date: 4/1/2020

Resource Type: Video

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Vermiwash: An Organic Tonic for Crops

Vermiwash is the liquid that is collected after water passes through compost made by earthworms. It is rich in plant growth hormones, micro-nutrients, and major nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Go here to watch the video, Vermiwash: an organic tonic for crops

Source: Produced by Shanmuga Priya for Access Agriculture

Date: 3/26/2020

Resource Type: Video

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AGUAPAN: Payment for Environmental Services

Founded in July 2015, the Association of Guardians of the Native Potato (AGUAPAN) is a network of Peruvian farmers who serve as custodians of potato diversity. Each member actively conserves at least 50 varieties. For their service, farmers receive annual payments from two Dutch potato seed companies as their way of fulfilling the spirit of […]

Source: Claire Nicklin

Date: 3/24/2020

Resource Type: Video

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Kit de herramientas de salud

El conjunto de herramientas de salud del suelo reúne métodos simplificados para evaluar la salud del suelo a través de proyectos y redes que trabajan con pequeños agricultores. El sitio web del kit de herramientas describe protocolos para el pH del suelo, el carbono del suelo que es oxidable al permanganato (POXC o carbono activo), […]

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

Date: 3/3/2020

Resource Type: Instructional material

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Thematic Buckets of CCRP Active Projects, 2019 (n=70)

Source: CCRP

Date: 2/19/2020

Resource Type: Framework

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Germplasm Development, Agrobiodiversity & Seed Systems Theory of Change

Source: CCRP

Date: 2/19/2020

Resource Type: Framework

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Farmer Research Network Theory of Change

Source: CCRP

Date: 2/19/2020

Resource Type: Framework

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Ecological Pest Management Theory of Change

Source: CCRP

Date: 2/19/2020

Resource Type: Framework

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CCRP’s Soil Health Theory of Change

Source: CCRP

Date: 2/19/2020

Resource Type: Framework

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Agriculture for Nutrition Theory of Change

Source: CCRP

Date: 2/19/2020

Resource Type: Framework

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Agroecological Markets Theory of Change

Source: CCRP

Date: 2/19/2020

Resource Type: Framework

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Legume Diversification – Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project (SNAP) ToC

The Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project (SNAP) is investigating whether a participatory approach to testing agroecological practices and improved nutrition can lead to enhanced legume production and utilization in rural communities in Singida District, Tanzania.

Source: CCRP

Date: 2/18/2020

Resource Type: Framework

East & Southern Africa

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Advancing together · Overview of the CCRP Portfolio in West Africa as of 2020

This booklet gives an overview of the current project portfolio of the Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) in West Africa, with QR codes indicating the respective links to the program’s website (www.ccrp.org), where more information and resources can be found both for the CCRP and for individual projects. Ce livret Le présent livret donne un […]

Source: Bettina Haussmann, Batamaka Some & Axel Schuch

Date: 2/11/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

West Africa

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La paille de fonio: un atout pour la restauration de la fertilité des sols

Fonio straw: an asset for restoring soil fertility

Date: 2/10/2020

Resource Type: Poster

West Africa

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Punas and Pastures 2009 – 2019

This project focuses on identifying solutions to unsustainable management of the high altitude grassland environment in Northern Peru known as the “puna”.

Date: 2/7/2020

Resource Type: Mini case study

Andes

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Photo Gallery of Child Nutrition Project Activities in Burkina Faso

Child Nutrition pdf

Source: Dr. Hama Fatoumata

Date: 1/31/2020

Resource Type: Learning / story

West Africa

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Child Nutrition Poster

Child Nutrition

Source: Dr. Hama Fatoumata

Date: 1/31/2020

Resource Type: Poster

West Africa

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Centre Rural d’ncubation Technologie Alimentaire

Source: Dr. Hama Fatoumata

Date: 1/31/2020

Resource Type: Poster

West Africa

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Impact variétal sur la qualité du bassi, un couscous traditionel

Source: Dr. Hama Fatoumata

Date: 1/31/2020

Resource Type: Poster

West Africa

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Illustration of the Fonio Breeding Pipeline

This mini-case study illustrates the fonio breeding pipeline implemented by the project, and how CCRP values and principles are integrated into the process.

Date: 1/31/2020

Resource Type: Mini case study

West Africa

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Impressions from the Fonio Intensification Project

Fonio (Digitaria exilis) is a traditional cereal in West Africa, grown by women and men smallholder farmers, either as food crop to reduce impacts of the hungry period, to diversify their own diets, or to sell as cash crop. In addition to its role in food security in many areas of Mali, Burkina Faso, and […]

Source: Sanogo Moussa Daouda

Date: 1/30/2020

Resource Type: Learning / story

West Africa

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Improving the Nutritional Status of Children in Rural Burkina Faso

This video entitled ” Improving the nutritional status of children by increasing the consumption of “Cereal + legume” composite flour-based products in rural Burkina Faso”, summarizes major activities of the “Child nutrition” project, and includes demonstrations of the preparation of different types of nutritious food.

Source: Dr. Hama Fatoumata

Date: 1/30/2020

Resource Type: Video

West Africa

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