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Evaluation of quinoa varieties by farmers and researchers in different agroecological contexts of the Central Highlands of Bolivia.

Source: Eliseo Mamani Alvarez

Date: 7/16/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

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Sharing Key Learnings on a Zero Budget: Lessons from natural farming in India

Read David Ojuu’s account from his time in India. Sites visited included: Amrita Bhoomischool in Karnataka state on Zero Budget Natural Farming Fireflies intercultural center-Sharing by Agroecology actors funded by AEF Field visits to Ecology school,and farmers on Zero Budget Natural farming-Karnataka & Andra Pradesh

Source: David Ojuu

Date: 6/17/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

Farmer research network (FRN)

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Le leadership comme levier pour l’agroécologie

En 2015, la Fondation McKnight a accordé des fonds au Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) pour offrir un développement du leadership aux agriculteurs, aux chercheurs locaux, aux scientifiques, aux praticiens du développement et à d’autres parties prenantes clés du Programme de recherche collaborative sur les cultures, communauté de pratique en Afrique de l’Ouest. La mission […]

Source: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)

Date: 6/3/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

Farmer research network (FRN), West Africa

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New multipurpose sorghum variety captures attention in Burkina Faso

A new variety of sorghum that delivers high yields of grain and stover is gaining popularity in Burkina Faso, a region where livestock feed remains a challenge. The ICRISAT-developed variety, Soubatimi, can be grown in the rainy and post-rainy seasons, benefiting farmers and livestock owners alike. Read more about this successful contribution to the Networking […]

Source: ICRISAT

Date: 5/29/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

Farmer research network (FRN), West Africa

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Leadership is Promoted as a Lever for Agroecology

In 2015, the McKnight Foundation granted funding to the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) to provide leadership development to farmers, local researchers, scientists, development practitioners, and other key stakeholders of the WAf CoP. The four-year leadership initiative’s mission was to enhance their effectiveness as leaders as well as improve their cross-sectoral collaboration, communication, and decision-making. […]

Source: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)

Date: 5/27/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

Farmer research network (FRN), West Africa

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Status of Landslide Occurrence in West Pokot

In 2019 and 2020, catastrophic land and mudslides occurred in West Pokot in the South-Eastern parts of Pokot Central and Pokot South sub-counties, as well as the areas bordering Elgeyo Marakwet as a result of heavy downpours. The worst landslide occurred in November of 2019 which claimed the lives of 52 persons, the loss of […]

Source: Prof. Wilson Ngétich

Date: 5/27/2020

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

East & Southern Africa, Farmer research network (FRN)

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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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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, Farmer research network (FRN)

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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, Farmer research network (FRN)

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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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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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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

Farmer research network (FRN), West Africa

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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

West Africa

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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

East & Southern Africa

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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

Farmer research network (FRN)

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CCRP Seed Systems Case Study – French Version

Source: Anja Christinck, Marthe Diarra et Gottfried Horneber

Date: 5/15/2019

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

West Africa

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Advancing Together

Highlights from 10 years of work in the West Africa Community of Practice of The McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research program.

Source: CCRP

Date: 5/15/2019

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

West Africa

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McKnight International Program photobook

We all need access to nutritious food and sustainable ways to manage natural resources. See the people and places that contribute to creating a better world for present and future generations.

Source: McKnight Foundation

Date: 5/15/2019

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

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Facilitating Social Learning through Farmer Research Networks

Building Knowledge together: Designing farm level experimentation with multiple actors learning from multi-environments.

Source: Frank Tchuwa

Date: 1/22/2019

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

East & Southern Africa, Farmer research network (FRN)

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Identifying Changes in Agricultural Practices and Policy

Source: Gatien Falconnier, Jakob Hambüchen , Myriam Adam, Eva Huet , Ken Giller , Bouba Traoré , Louise Leroux , Katrien Descheemaeker

Date: 10/14/2017

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

Farmer research network (FRN), West Africa

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From Breeding to Nutrition: Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes in farming and food systems of

The McKnight Foundation commissioned a series of case studies to assess the approach of its Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) as evidenced by the accomplishments and contributions of selected CCRP‐funded projects. The case study presented here focused on three CCRP‐funded projects targeting the breeding, production, and utilization of orange‐fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) in Uganda, Kenya, […]

Source: NJA CHRISTINCK, MARTHE DIARRA DOKA, GRACE KAGORO RUGUNDA, GRÉGOIRE PALÉ, AND CORY WILLIAM WHITNEY

Date: 12/1/2016

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

West Africa

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GIMEM 3 Technical Report

The McKnight foundation funded $US 798 600 for activities over a four-year period for the former WAf CoP GIMEM project. The new project aims to develop parasitoid industry for controlling the millet head worm (MHW) in the Sahel.

Source: Sustainable large-scale biological control of the Millet Head Worm in the Sahel

Date: 10/20/2015

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

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Innovations in Seed Systems

Lessons from the CCRP-funded project “Sustaining Farmer-Managed Seed Initiatives in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso

Source: Anja Christinck, Marthe Diarra, and Gottfried Horneber

Date: 11/4/2014

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

West Africa

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The Influence and Added Value of the CCRP in the Andes

The purpose of evaluation was to consolidate evidence and learning about the changes to which the CCRP and McKnight have contributed through the grantees they support. From this evaluation, invested parties can understand the added value of the CCRP and the CoP approach for grantees, how it promotes individual as well as institutional change, and […]

Source: Kaia Ambrose

Date: 6/3/2014

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

Andes

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Collaborative Crop Research in Action: Andean grains research & development

A study of the McKnight Foundation’s Support for Andean Grains Research and Development in Bolivia and Ecuador In 2012 the Collaborative Crop Research Program of the McKnight Foundation decided to undertake a series of case studies to better understand the impact and lessons of their interventions and those of selected grantees over the years. The […]

Source: Douglas Horton

Date: 5/19/2014

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

Andes

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“Integrated Management of Bacterial Wilt of Enset in Ethiopia”

Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Chessman is a perennial, herbaceous and monocarpic crop belonging to the family Musaceae. Enset is an orphan and little researched food crop cultivated only in Ethiopia. The project was initiated with the overall objective of improving food security, income and livelihood of enset farmers through integrated enset bacterial wilt management and […]

Source: Southern Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in Ethiopia, Hawassa University, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Southern Nation Nationalities People’s Regional State Bureau of Agriculture in Ethiopia

Date: 10/1/2013

Resource Type: Organizational publication or report

Cross-Cutting, East & Southern Africa

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