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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

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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

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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

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Photo gallery of some child nutrition project activities in Burkina Faso

Child Nutrition pdf

Source: Dr. Hama Fatoumata

Date: 1/31/2020

Resource Type: Learning / story

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Child Nutrition Poster

Child Nutrition

Source: Dr. Hama Fatoumata

Date: 1/31/2020

Resource Type: Poster

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Centre Rural d’ncubation Technologie Alimentaire

Source: Dr. Hama Fatoumata

Date: 1/31/2020

Resource Type: Poster

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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

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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

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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

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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

Cross-Cutting, Farmer research network (FRN)

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Future of Food: Seeds of Resilience

Robust seed systems are central to sustainable food systems that are renewable, resilient, equitable, diverse, healthy, and interconnected. We also believe that there is an urgency to supporting community based and farmer managed seed systems in order to protect and enhance seed diversity. Recognizing this, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food commissioned experts […]

Date: 1/29/2020

Resource Type: Program resource

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Statistics for Sustainable Development Resources site

The Statistics for Sustainable Development Resources site is a publicly available repository of resources on topics related to Stats4SD’s work. This includes statistics, research methods and data management, as well as topics more specific to particular partners. For example, as part of their work on the RMS project with CCRP, they have added content on […]

Source: Emily Nevitt

Date: 1/29/2020

Resource Type: Website

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The FAO and CCRP: an update on a fruitful collaboration

FAO and CCRP Collaboration Focuses on a Practical Tool for Agroecological Assessment CCRP is delighted to collaborate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on advancing agroecology (AE). Since 2015, the CCRP’s grant support to the FAO has supported the development of the FAO’s Agroecology Knowledge Hub website. Its support also allowed the […]

Source: Edmundo Barrios, FAO Agroecology team: Claire Nicklin, CCRP-Andes regional team; Ric Coe, Statistics for Sustainable Development and CCRP’s Research Methods Support team; and Ernesto Mendes, U of Vermont. Editor: Rebecca Nelson.

Date: 1/21/2020

Resource Type: Website

Cross-Cutting

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Diversity, use and production of farmers’ varieties of common bean

Despite their many values, farmers’ varieties are at risk of disappearing due to widespread transformations of farming systems.

Source: B. Abera,, M. Berhane, A. Nebiyu, M. Ruelle, A. McAlvay, Z. Asfaw, A. Tesfaye, Z. Woldu,

Date: 12/24/2019

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article

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Use and management of tamarind local morphotypes by communities in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Tamarind is a pan-tropical species grown for its edible fruits, medicinal values and commercial uses.

Source: Hailay Girmay, Sarah Tewolde-Berhan, Hadgu Hishe, Zemede Asfaw, Morgan Ruelle, Alison Power

Date: 12/24/2019

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article

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Inter- and intraspecific diversity of food legumes among households and communities in Ethiopia

Smallholders throughout sub-Saharan Africa produce legume crops as sources of food, fodder, and cash income, as well as to improve soil fertility.

Source: Ruelle ML, Asfaw Z, Dejen A, Tewolde-Berhan S, Nebiyu A, Tana T, et al.

Date: 12/23/2019

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article

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

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Building and Assessing Soil Health Across the CCRP Program

The National Semi Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) conducted participatory soil health assessments with farmers in Eastern Uganda using a soil toolkit by Smallholder Soil Health Assessment https://smallholder-sha.org/. This involved working directly with farmers to determine key soil health parameters including soil pH, phosphorus, particulate organic matter, macrofaunal, and soil texture in farmers’ fields without […]

Source: Beatrice Sadina

Date: 12/14/2019

Resource Type: Mini case study

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A Guide to Edible Legumes Found in Ethiopia: For Researchers and Extension Agents

This book serves as a guide to the legumes that are consumed across Ethiopia’s diverse cultures, including 26 cultivated and non-cultivated trees, shrubs, and herbs.

Source: Edwards S, Berhan T, Tewolde-Berhan S, Asfaw Z, Ruelle M, Nebiyu A, Power A, Tana T, Dejen A, Tsegay A, Woldu Z

Date: 12/7/2019

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article

Cross-Cutting, East & Southern Africa

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Bruchids Uganda Project 2013 – 2019

African grain legumes such as cowpea, chickpea, and pigeon pea, are vulnerable to high levels of storage loss from a group of beetles known as bruchids. The metabolic activity of bruchids can also favor the growth of mycotoxin producing fungi in the product. Significant amounts of aflatoxin B1 and B2 ranging from 0.23 – 329.2 […]

Date: 12/3/2019

Resource Type: Mini case study

East & Southern Africa, Farmer research network (FRN)

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FaReNe Project 2015 – 2019

Farmers in Burkina Faso and Mali face severe challenges, including the fragility and poverty of their soils, losses due to pests and diseases, and adversities related to climate change. The current situation is likely to worsen due to rapid population growth, extensive agriculture and livestock production, undervaluing of local knowledge and low use of improved […]

Source: CCRP

Date: 12/3/2019

Resource Type: Mini case study

Farmer research network (FRN), West Africa

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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

Farmer research network (FRN), West Africa

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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

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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

East & Southern Africa, Farmer research network (FRN)

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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