Presentation at the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture.
Title: KOFAR - Making business to scale up soil restoration options
Speaker: Duncan Gromko
BERL- Concern Worldwide presentation on CSAFMNR Hub
- The partnership between Bio-Energy Resources Ltd (BERL) and Concern Worldwide (CWW) started in 2012 to introduce the jatropha curcas plant for commercial use by smallholder farmers in Malawi.
- CWW supported BERL's field staff and the goals were to provide additional income from the cash crop and mitigate climate change through carbon storage and soil conservation from the trees.
- Over 1,700 farmers were trained in jatropha production and over 200,000 trees were planted across 212 farmer groups by 2014, with an estimated potential annual market of $260,000.
- Sunflower was also introduced as an "instant benefit" crop for farmers using conservation agriculture techniques
NASFAM is the largest smallholder farmer organization in Malawi with 170,000 registered members. Dyborn Chibonga, the CEO of NASFAM, presented on NASFAM's work in climate smart agriculture (CSA) at a workshop in Lilongwe, Malawi. NASFAM defines CSA as an approach to address food security and climate change by sustainably increasing productivity, adapting to climate change, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Current NASFAM CSA activities include conservation agriculture, crop diversification, agroforestry, irrigation, and organic manure production. The vision is that 80% of smallholder farmers in Malawi will have adopted CSA practices by 2025. Entry points for
Putting New 2008 Farm Bill Programs to Work for Producerssondramilkie
This document discusses several USDA farm bill programs that can help producers, including the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Organic Initiative, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), Value Added Producer Grants, and the Wisconsin Buy Local Buy Wisconsin Program. CSP rewards farmers for existing conservation practices and new practices through 5-year contracts. EQIP now has funding specifically for organic farmers. SARE provides grants for sustainable agriculture research and education projects. Value Added Producer Grants provide funding for business plans, feasibility studies, and working capital for value-added agricultural products.
Landscape approache: Defining a role and value proposition for the Rainforest...World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
How we can pursue landscape approaches strategically and systematically, where they make sense, for achieving greater mitigation outcomes, as well as related socio-economic and ecological co-benefits.
The document discusses public-private partnerships (PPPs) for irrigation development and assesses models in Ghana and Tanzania. It finds that while PPPs are intended to bring private financing and expertise to irrigation, there is little knowledge about how well local populations fare under these arrangements. It analyzes a case study of Kilombero Plantation Ltd (KPL) in Tanzania, a joint venture between a private firm and government authority. The partnership has faced challenges including land rights issues and difficulty aligning profit and development goals between parties. Key challenges identified in ensuring PPPs benefit farmers include competing water uses, access to markets and training, and building trust between groups.
VU ICT4D symposium 2017 Wendelien Tuyp: Boosting african agriculture Victor de Boer
The document discusses two perspectives on boosting African agriculture: the industrial agribusiness model promoted by G8 countries and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition initiative, and the smallholder farming model. The industrial model focuses on large-scale monocultures, high yields, and cash crops for global markets using mechanization and external inputs. However, this approach raises questions about who benefits and can displace farmers. In contrast, smallholder farms are more resilient, use crop diversity for local markets, and are key to global food security despite being more labor intensive and lower yielding. Experts argue for supporting the smallholder model through advisory services and helping farmers innovate sustainably.
Presentation at the Dupont Forum. The panel will look at how investing in technologies is insufficient on its own to enact effective agricultural water management, and will explore the importance of accompanying context appropriate policies and institutions.
Accelerating sustainable smallholder dairy value chain development in TanzaniaILRI
Presented by Lusato R. Kurwijila, Sokoine University of Agriculture, at the CGIAR Livestock CRP and GASL joint side event on national partnerships for sustainable livestock systems at the 7th All-Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Accra, Ghana, 30 July 2019
BERL- Concern Worldwide presentation on CSAFMNR Hub
- The partnership between Bio-Energy Resources Ltd (BERL) and Concern Worldwide (CWW) started in 2012 to introduce the jatropha curcas plant for commercial use by smallholder farmers in Malawi.
- CWW supported BERL's field staff and the goals were to provide additional income from the cash crop and mitigate climate change through carbon storage and soil conservation from the trees.
- Over 1,700 farmers were trained in jatropha production and over 200,000 trees were planted across 212 farmer groups by 2014, with an estimated potential annual market of $260,000.
- Sunflower was also introduced as an "instant benefit" crop for farmers using conservation agriculture techniques
NASFAM is the largest smallholder farmer organization in Malawi with 170,000 registered members. Dyborn Chibonga, the CEO of NASFAM, presented on NASFAM's work in climate smart agriculture (CSA) at a workshop in Lilongwe, Malawi. NASFAM defines CSA as an approach to address food security and climate change by sustainably increasing productivity, adapting to climate change, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Current NASFAM CSA activities include conservation agriculture, crop diversification, agroforestry, irrigation, and organic manure production. The vision is that 80% of smallholder farmers in Malawi will have adopted CSA practices by 2025. Entry points for
Putting New 2008 Farm Bill Programs to Work for Producerssondramilkie
This document discusses several USDA farm bill programs that can help producers, including the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Organic Initiative, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), Value Added Producer Grants, and the Wisconsin Buy Local Buy Wisconsin Program. CSP rewards farmers for existing conservation practices and new practices through 5-year contracts. EQIP now has funding specifically for organic farmers. SARE provides grants for sustainable agriculture research and education projects. Value Added Producer Grants provide funding for business plans, feasibility studies, and working capital for value-added agricultural products.
Landscape approache: Defining a role and value proposition for the Rainforest...World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
How we can pursue landscape approaches strategically and systematically, where they make sense, for achieving greater mitigation outcomes, as well as related socio-economic and ecological co-benefits.
The document discusses public-private partnerships (PPPs) for irrigation development and assesses models in Ghana and Tanzania. It finds that while PPPs are intended to bring private financing and expertise to irrigation, there is little knowledge about how well local populations fare under these arrangements. It analyzes a case study of Kilombero Plantation Ltd (KPL) in Tanzania, a joint venture between a private firm and government authority. The partnership has faced challenges including land rights issues and difficulty aligning profit and development goals between parties. Key challenges identified in ensuring PPPs benefit farmers include competing water uses, access to markets and training, and building trust between groups.
VU ICT4D symposium 2017 Wendelien Tuyp: Boosting african agriculture Victor de Boer
The document discusses two perspectives on boosting African agriculture: the industrial agribusiness model promoted by G8 countries and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition initiative, and the smallholder farming model. The industrial model focuses on large-scale monocultures, high yields, and cash crops for global markets using mechanization and external inputs. However, this approach raises questions about who benefits and can displace farmers. In contrast, smallholder farms are more resilient, use crop diversity for local markets, and are key to global food security despite being more labor intensive and lower yielding. Experts argue for supporting the smallholder model through advisory services and helping farmers innovate sustainably.
Presentation at the Dupont Forum. The panel will look at how investing in technologies is insufficient on its own to enact effective agricultural water management, and will explore the importance of accompanying context appropriate policies and institutions.
Accelerating sustainable smallholder dairy value chain development in TanzaniaILRI
Presented by Lusato R. Kurwijila, Sokoine University of Agriculture, at the CGIAR Livestock CRP and GASL joint side event on national partnerships for sustainable livestock systems at the 7th All-Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Accra, Ghana, 30 July 2019
Landcare: a model for promoting sustainable agriculture around the world. Rob...Joanna Hicks
The document discusses Landcare, a community-based model for promoting sustainable agriculture. It features contributions from individuals working in Landcare in various countries around the world. They discuss Landcare projects focusing on topics like community environmental projects, corporate involvement, the African Landcare Network, conservation agriculture, Landcare impacts in different countries, and more. The document serves to share knowledge and experiences around the Landcare approach globally.
CCAFS East Africa CANA Training PresentationCANAAFRICA
This a presentation by CCAFS East Africa during the CANA partners training.
The presentation highlights the different areas the program works in across East Africa.
The primary partners in Tanzania: Summary of objectives, activities and reque...IITA Communications
Presentation during African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)
Second Annual Review Meeting and Planning Workshop on 11 – 15 Dec. 2017 at Gold Crest Hotel, Mwanza, Tanzania.
The presentations made by Rhoda Mahava and Samson Oguntoye focused on the summary of the activities they have done together with ACAI in 2018, positive experiences, key challenges, going forward in 2019, and expectations for the meeting.
The highlight of 2018 activities for development partners was the onset of the validation activities for the ACAI decision support tools. Development partner participated in the Training of Trainers and then facilitated the step down trainings at state level for project anchors in their respective states.
Following the trainings, partners established validation trials within their locales reaching a combined total of 741 new trials in 2018. In Nigeria the partners have collaborated with ACAI team on the evaluation of the different formats of the DSTs.
Partners across the two countries are set for the dissemination phase of the ACAI DSTs from 2019 by intensifying field activities and integrating learnings from ACAI into their work plan.
AATF provides concise summaries in 3 sentences or less that provide the high level and essential information from the document.
The document discusses AATF's work over the past decade to improve access to agricultural technologies for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa through partnerships. AATF negotiates access to proprietary technologies, manages their development and deployment, and ensures their sustainable use. Key projects include developing striga-resistant maize, banana resistant to bacterial wilt disease, and water efficient rice varieties.
The document describes 6 primary partners in Tanzania collaborating with ACAI on cassava agriculture: Minjingu Mines & Fertilizer Ltd, MEDA, C:AVA-II, Farm Concern International, and FJS African Starch Development Cy Ltd. It provides an overview of each partners' goals, activities, networks and requests for decision support tools regarding best fertilizer blends, planting practices, and varietal selection to increase cassava productivity and farmer incomes in Tanzania. The partners benefit from collaboration through farmer adoption of good practices, staff knowledge gains, and expanded partnerships.
Ideas Marketplace presentation from SACAU - The Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions. Presented at Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day 5 in Doha Qatar, 3 December 2012. http://www.agricultureday.org
The document discusses the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAR) and its third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3).
GFAR aims to make agricultural research and innovation systems more effective, responsive and equitable to achieve sustainable development. It does this through multi-stakeholder collective actions at national, regional and international levels.
GCARD1 and 2 involved a global dialogue on reforming broken agricultural research systems and allowing stakeholder voices to shape strategies. GCARD3 focused on ensuring no one is left behind through national dialogues, regional events, and a global event to address practical challenges through new ideas and connections.
GFAR enables partnerships and collective actions on key issues like institutional transformation
Presentation by Olu Ajayi (PHD) from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and rural Cooperation (CTA), at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
Idh presentation iscmc 5th of november 2013 finalDave Boselie
This document discusses approaches to creating shared value through agricultural development projects in Africa. It provides examples from Kenya's tea industry and Uganda's coffee industry. In Kenya, farmer field schools improved tea yields by up to 36% and helped embed new extension structures. In Uganda, coffee yields could potentially double through improved agronomic practices like tree rejuvenation, fertilization, and integrated pest management, but $70 million is needed for upfront training. The business case for cocoa development in mobilizing services and financing inputs is also discussed. In conclusion, Africa has significant potential for agricultural growth and investment due to large amounts of available land and some of the world's fastest growing economies.
Opportunities for sub-regional collaborationFARAInfo
ASARECA is an association of 11 agricultural research institutions in Eastern and Central Africa established in 1994. It aims to enhance regional collective action in agricultural research, extension, and education to promote economic growth and reduce poverty and hunger. Key opportunities for collaboration include identifying cross-border priorities, developing joint strategies, coordinating responses to emergencies, harmonizing policies to facilitate trade, sharing knowledge and innovations, and building capacity through centers of excellence. Examples of successful collaborative projects include the development and distribution of drought-tolerant maize varieties and the increased productivity of onion and potato crops through the sharing of germplasm and best practices.
Nespresso in collaboration with coffee suppliers, development agencies, and non government organisations
has implemented a series of projects that aim to improve farm management practices and the standard of
living of coffee farmers and their families
The primary partners in Nigeria: Summary of objectives, activities and reques...IITA Communications
Presentation during African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)
Second Annual Review Meeting and Planning Workshop on 11 – 15 Dec. 2017 at Gold Crest Hotel, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Side meeting at the wca2014 the ever green agriculture network in southern ...EverGreenAgriculture13
This document summarizes the EverGreen Agriculture Network in Southern Africa (BLEANSA) project. The project aims to create a network between organizations in Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa, and potentially other countries, to coordinate research on agroforestry and EverGreen Agriculture practices. The objectives of the network include reviewing past research, developing policy recommendations, sensitizing policymakers, scaling up adoption among smallholders, and building research capacity on topics like tree fodder production and soil fertility improvement. The network has held steering committee meetings, is developing fundable project proposals, and launched a website at www.BLEANSA.Net to facilitate collaboration and information sharing.
The FAO-MICCA Programme has worked in several countries to integrate Climate-Smart Agriculture approaches into development activities through partnerships. Field projects in Kenya and Tanzania tested menus of practices with farmers to improve food security, adaptation, and reduce emissions. Projects focused on improved fodder, agroforestry, and soil conservation. Adoption was influenced by access to training, labor, and land tenure security. MICCA also supported national climate policies and guidance materials to scale up sustainable agriculture and land use practices.
This presentation discusses GreenPot's approach to developing bamboo in Kenya through an integrated model. [GreenPot is establishing nurseries, plantations, factories, and supporting cottage industries. It faces challenges like knowledge gaps, but addresses these through training. GreenPot's model integrates nurseries, plantations, processing, and aims to restore land and support communities and small farmers.]
Planning, implementing and evaluating Climate-Smart Agriculture in smallholde...FAO
http://www.fao.org/in-action/micca/
This presentation by Janie Rioux, FAO, outlines the experience of the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) pilot projects in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania.
The document summarizes a project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to launch a Climate-Smart Agricultural Finance Facility (CAFF) in Ghana and Ethiopia. The project aims to demonstrate how to leverage private and public climate finance for African farmers and develop operational and financial business models to channel climate finance to farmers and facilitate their transition to climate-smart practices. Specifically, in Ghana the project will focus on cocoa and tripling yields, and in Ethiopia it will focus on coffee and doubling productivity on 175,000 hectares while enhancing livelihoods and resilience. The key deliverables are to build capacity within African financial institutions to develop climate finance products, identify climate finance opportunities in agriculture, and establish carbon project partnerships to provide extension services and monitor
This document describes the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA), a newly formed alliance of 9 agricultural research centers. AIRCA's goals are to improve global food security by supporting smallholder agriculture through environmentally sustainable practices. The alliance has over $200 million in combined annual revenue and works across many world regions and ecosystem types. AIRCA members have expertise in agriculture, health, and sustainable landscapes and intend to have impact at the agriculture-environment nexus through integrated, holistic solutions developed at scale.
The Accelerating Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project works to deliver a climate-smart African future driven by science and innovation in agriculture.
AICCRA does this by enhancing access to climate information services and climate-smart agricultural technology to millions of smallholder farmers in Africa.
With better access to climate technology and advisory services—linked to information about effective response measures—farmers can better anticipate climate-related events and take preventative action that help communities better safeguard their livelihoods and the environment.
AICCRA is supported by a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank, which is used to enhance research and capacity-building activities by the CGIAR centers and initiatives as well as their partners in Africa.
About IDA: IDA helps the world’s poorest countries by providing grants and low to zero-interest loans for projects and programmes that boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve poor people’s lives.
IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world’s 76 poorest countries, 39 of which are in Africa.
Annual IDA commitments have averaged about $21 billion over circa 2017-2020, with approximately 61 percent going to Africa.
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Mengpin Ge, Global Climate Program Associate at WRI, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
Landcare: a model for promoting sustainable agriculture around the world. Rob...Joanna Hicks
The document discusses Landcare, a community-based model for promoting sustainable agriculture. It features contributions from individuals working in Landcare in various countries around the world. They discuss Landcare projects focusing on topics like community environmental projects, corporate involvement, the African Landcare Network, conservation agriculture, Landcare impacts in different countries, and more. The document serves to share knowledge and experiences around the Landcare approach globally.
CCAFS East Africa CANA Training PresentationCANAAFRICA
This a presentation by CCAFS East Africa during the CANA partners training.
The presentation highlights the different areas the program works in across East Africa.
The primary partners in Tanzania: Summary of objectives, activities and reque...IITA Communications
Presentation during African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)
Second Annual Review Meeting and Planning Workshop on 11 – 15 Dec. 2017 at Gold Crest Hotel, Mwanza, Tanzania.
The presentations made by Rhoda Mahava and Samson Oguntoye focused on the summary of the activities they have done together with ACAI in 2018, positive experiences, key challenges, going forward in 2019, and expectations for the meeting.
The highlight of 2018 activities for development partners was the onset of the validation activities for the ACAI decision support tools. Development partner participated in the Training of Trainers and then facilitated the step down trainings at state level for project anchors in their respective states.
Following the trainings, partners established validation trials within their locales reaching a combined total of 741 new trials in 2018. In Nigeria the partners have collaborated with ACAI team on the evaluation of the different formats of the DSTs.
Partners across the two countries are set for the dissemination phase of the ACAI DSTs from 2019 by intensifying field activities and integrating learnings from ACAI into their work plan.
AATF provides concise summaries in 3 sentences or less that provide the high level and essential information from the document.
The document discusses AATF's work over the past decade to improve access to agricultural technologies for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa through partnerships. AATF negotiates access to proprietary technologies, manages their development and deployment, and ensures their sustainable use. Key projects include developing striga-resistant maize, banana resistant to bacterial wilt disease, and water efficient rice varieties.
The document describes 6 primary partners in Tanzania collaborating with ACAI on cassava agriculture: Minjingu Mines & Fertilizer Ltd, MEDA, C:AVA-II, Farm Concern International, and FJS African Starch Development Cy Ltd. It provides an overview of each partners' goals, activities, networks and requests for decision support tools regarding best fertilizer blends, planting practices, and varietal selection to increase cassava productivity and farmer incomes in Tanzania. The partners benefit from collaboration through farmer adoption of good practices, staff knowledge gains, and expanded partnerships.
Ideas Marketplace presentation from SACAU - The Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions. Presented at Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day 5 in Doha Qatar, 3 December 2012. http://www.agricultureday.org
The document discusses the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAR) and its third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3).
GFAR aims to make agricultural research and innovation systems more effective, responsive and equitable to achieve sustainable development. It does this through multi-stakeholder collective actions at national, regional and international levels.
GCARD1 and 2 involved a global dialogue on reforming broken agricultural research systems and allowing stakeholder voices to shape strategies. GCARD3 focused on ensuring no one is left behind through national dialogues, regional events, and a global event to address practical challenges through new ideas and connections.
GFAR enables partnerships and collective actions on key issues like institutional transformation
Presentation by Olu Ajayi (PHD) from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and rural Cooperation (CTA), at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
Idh presentation iscmc 5th of november 2013 finalDave Boselie
This document discusses approaches to creating shared value through agricultural development projects in Africa. It provides examples from Kenya's tea industry and Uganda's coffee industry. In Kenya, farmer field schools improved tea yields by up to 36% and helped embed new extension structures. In Uganda, coffee yields could potentially double through improved agronomic practices like tree rejuvenation, fertilization, and integrated pest management, but $70 million is needed for upfront training. The business case for cocoa development in mobilizing services and financing inputs is also discussed. In conclusion, Africa has significant potential for agricultural growth and investment due to large amounts of available land and some of the world's fastest growing economies.
Opportunities for sub-regional collaborationFARAInfo
ASARECA is an association of 11 agricultural research institutions in Eastern and Central Africa established in 1994. It aims to enhance regional collective action in agricultural research, extension, and education to promote economic growth and reduce poverty and hunger. Key opportunities for collaboration include identifying cross-border priorities, developing joint strategies, coordinating responses to emergencies, harmonizing policies to facilitate trade, sharing knowledge and innovations, and building capacity through centers of excellence. Examples of successful collaborative projects include the development and distribution of drought-tolerant maize varieties and the increased productivity of onion and potato crops through the sharing of germplasm and best practices.
Nespresso in collaboration with coffee suppliers, development agencies, and non government organisations
has implemented a series of projects that aim to improve farm management practices and the standard of
living of coffee farmers and their families
The primary partners in Nigeria: Summary of objectives, activities and reques...IITA Communications
Presentation during African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)
Second Annual Review Meeting and Planning Workshop on 11 – 15 Dec. 2017 at Gold Crest Hotel, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Side meeting at the wca2014 the ever green agriculture network in southern ...EverGreenAgriculture13
This document summarizes the EverGreen Agriculture Network in Southern Africa (BLEANSA) project. The project aims to create a network between organizations in Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa, and potentially other countries, to coordinate research on agroforestry and EverGreen Agriculture practices. The objectives of the network include reviewing past research, developing policy recommendations, sensitizing policymakers, scaling up adoption among smallholders, and building research capacity on topics like tree fodder production and soil fertility improvement. The network has held steering committee meetings, is developing fundable project proposals, and launched a website at www.BLEANSA.Net to facilitate collaboration and information sharing.
The FAO-MICCA Programme has worked in several countries to integrate Climate-Smart Agriculture approaches into development activities through partnerships. Field projects in Kenya and Tanzania tested menus of practices with farmers to improve food security, adaptation, and reduce emissions. Projects focused on improved fodder, agroforestry, and soil conservation. Adoption was influenced by access to training, labor, and land tenure security. MICCA also supported national climate policies and guidance materials to scale up sustainable agriculture and land use practices.
This presentation discusses GreenPot's approach to developing bamboo in Kenya through an integrated model. [GreenPot is establishing nurseries, plantations, factories, and supporting cottage industries. It faces challenges like knowledge gaps, but addresses these through training. GreenPot's model integrates nurseries, plantations, processing, and aims to restore land and support communities and small farmers.]
Planning, implementing and evaluating Climate-Smart Agriculture in smallholde...FAO
http://www.fao.org/in-action/micca/
This presentation by Janie Rioux, FAO, outlines the experience of the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) pilot projects in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania.
The document summarizes a project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to launch a Climate-Smart Agricultural Finance Facility (CAFF) in Ghana and Ethiopia. The project aims to demonstrate how to leverage private and public climate finance for African farmers and develop operational and financial business models to channel climate finance to farmers and facilitate their transition to climate-smart practices. Specifically, in Ghana the project will focus on cocoa and tripling yields, and in Ethiopia it will focus on coffee and doubling productivity on 175,000 hectares while enhancing livelihoods and resilience. The key deliverables are to build capacity within African financial institutions to develop climate finance products, identify climate finance opportunities in agriculture, and establish carbon project partnerships to provide extension services and monitor
This document describes the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA), a newly formed alliance of 9 agricultural research centers. AIRCA's goals are to improve global food security by supporting smallholder agriculture through environmentally sustainable practices. The alliance has over $200 million in combined annual revenue and works across many world regions and ecosystem types. AIRCA members have expertise in agriculture, health, and sustainable landscapes and intend to have impact at the agriculture-environment nexus through integrated, holistic solutions developed at scale.
The Accelerating Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project works to deliver a climate-smart African future driven by science and innovation in agriculture.
AICCRA does this by enhancing access to climate information services and climate-smart agricultural technology to millions of smallholder farmers in Africa.
With better access to climate technology and advisory services—linked to information about effective response measures—farmers can better anticipate climate-related events and take preventative action that help communities better safeguard their livelihoods and the environment.
AICCRA is supported by a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank, which is used to enhance research and capacity-building activities by the CGIAR centers and initiatives as well as their partners in Africa.
About IDA: IDA helps the world’s poorest countries by providing grants and low to zero-interest loans for projects and programmes that boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve poor people’s lives.
IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world’s 76 poorest countries, 39 of which are in Africa.
Annual IDA commitments have averaged about $21 billion over circa 2017-2020, with approximately 61 percent going to Africa.
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Mengpin Ge, Global Climate Program Associate at WRI, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Sabrina Rose, Policy Consultant at CCAFS, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Krystal Crumpler, Climate Change and Agricultural Specialist at FAO, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
This presentation was meant to be included in the 2021 CLIFF-GRADS Welcome Webinar and presented by Ciniro Costa Jr. (CCAFS).
The webinar recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/UoX6aoC4fhQ
The multilevel CSA monitoring set of standard core uptake and outcome indicators + expanded indicators linked to a rapid and reliable ICT based data collection instrument to systematically
assess and monitor:
- CSA Adoption/ Access to CIS
- CSA effects on food security and livelihoods household level)
- CSA effects on farm performance
The document discusses plant-based proteins as a potential substitute for animal-based proteins. It notes that plant-based proteins are growing in popularity due to environmental and ethical concerns with animal agriculture. However, plant-based meats also present some health and nutritional challenges compared to animal proteins. The document analyzes opportunities and impacts related to plant-based proteins across Asia, including leveraging the region's soy and pea production and tailoring products to Asian diets and cultural preferences.
Presented by Ciniro Costa Jr., CCAFS, on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
Presented by Marion de Vries, Wageningen Livestock Research at Wageningen University, on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
This document assesses the environmental sustainability of plant-based meats and pork in China. It finds that doubling food production while reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 73% by 2050 will be a major challenge. It compares the life cycle impacts of plant-based meats made from soy, pea, and wheat proteins and oils, as well as pork and beef. The results show that the crop type and source country of the core protein ingredient drives the environmental performance of plant-based meats. The document provides sustainability guidelines for sourcing ingredients from regions with low deforestation risk and irrigation needs, using renewable energy in production, and avoiding coal power.
This document summarizes a case study on the dairy value chain in China. It finds that milk production and consumption have significantly increased in China from 1978 to 2018. Large-scale dairy farms now dominate production. The study evaluates greenhouse gas emissions from different stages and finds feed production is a major contributor. It models options to reduce the carbon footprint, finding improving feed practices and yield have high potential. Land use is also assessed, with soybean meal requiring significant land. Recommendations include changing feeds to lower land and carbon impacts.
This document summarizes information on the impacts of livestock production globally and in Asia. It finds that livestock occupies one third of global cropland and one quarter of ice-free land for pastures. Asia accounts for 32% of global enteric greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, with most emissions coming from India, China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Rapid growth of livestock production in Asia is contributing to water and air pollution through nutrient runoff and emissions. The document discusses opportunities for public and private investment in more sustainable and climate-friendly livestock systems through technologies, monitoring, plant-based alternatives, and policies to guide intensification.
Presentation by Han Soethoudt, Jan Broeze, and Heike Axmann of Wageningen University & Resaearch (WUR).
WUR and Olam Rice Nigeria conducted a controlled experiment in Nigeria in which mechanized rice harvesting and threshing were introduced on smallholder farms. The result of the study shows that mechanization considerably reduces losses, has a positive impact on farmers’ income, and the climate.
Learn more: https://www.wur.nl/en/news-wur/show-day/Mechanization-helps-Nigerian-farms-reduce-food-loss-and-increase-income.htm
Presentation on the rapid evidence review findings and key take away messages.
Current evidence for biodiversity and agriculture to achieve and bridging gaps in research and investment to reach multiple global goals.
The document evaluates how climate services provided to farmers in Rwanda through programs like Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) and Radio Listeners’ Clubs (RLC) have impacted women and men differently, finding that the programs have increased women's climate knowledge and participation in agricultural decision making, leading to perceived benefits like higher incomes, food security, and ability to cope with climate risks for both women and men farmers.
This document provides an introduction to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Busia County, Kenya. It defines CSA and its three objectives of sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and income, adapting and building resilience to climate change, and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions. It discusses CSA at the farm and landscape scales and provides examples of CSA practices and projects in Kenya. It also outlines Kenya's response to CSA through policies and programs. The document describes prioritizing CSA options through identifying the local context, available options, relevant outcomes, evaluating evidence on options' impacts, and choosing best-bet options based on the analysis.
1) The document outlines an action plan to scale research outputs from the EC LEDS project in Vietnam. It identifies key activities to update livestock feed databases and software, improve feeding management practices, develop policies around carbon tracking and subsidies, and raise awareness of stakeholders.
2) The plan's main goals are to strengthen national feed resources, update the PC Dairy software, build greenhouse gas inventory systems, and adopt standards to reduce emissions in agriculture and the livestock industry.
3) Key stakeholders involved in implementing the plan include the Department of Livestock Production, universities, and ministries focused on agriculture and the environment.
Authoring a personal GPT for your research and practice: How we created the Q...Leonel Morgado
Thematic analysis in qualitative research is a time-consuming and systematic task, typically done using teams. Team members must ground their activities on common understandings of the major concepts underlying the thematic analysis, and define criteria for its development. However, conceptual misunderstandings, equivocations, and lack of adherence to criteria are challenges to the quality and speed of this process. Given the distributed and uncertain nature of this process, we wondered if the tasks in thematic analysis could be supported by readily available artificial intelligence chatbots. Our early efforts point to potential benefits: not just saving time in the coding process but better adherence to criteria and grounding, by increasing triangulation between humans and artificial intelligence. This tutorial will provide a description and demonstration of the process we followed, as two academic researchers, to develop a custom ChatGPT to assist with qualitative coding in the thematic data analysis process of immersive learning accounts in a survey of the academic literature: QUAL-E Immersive Learning Thematic Analysis Helper. In the hands-on time, participants will try out QUAL-E and develop their ideas for their own qualitative coding ChatGPT. Participants that have the paid ChatGPT Plus subscription can create a draft of their assistants. The organizers will provide course materials and slide deck that participants will be able to utilize to continue development of their custom GPT. The paid subscription to ChatGPT Plus is not required to participate in this workshop, just for trying out personal GPTs during it.
ESR spectroscopy in liquid food and beverages.pptxPRIYANKA PATEL
With increasing population, people need to rely on packaged food stuffs. Packaging of food materials requires the preservation of food. There are various methods for the treatment of food to preserve them and irradiation treatment of food is one of them. It is the most common and the most harmless method for the food preservation as it does not alter the necessary micronutrients of food materials. Although irradiated food doesn’t cause any harm to the human health but still the quality assessment of food is required to provide consumers with necessary information about the food. ESR spectroscopy is the most sophisticated way to investigate the quality of the food and the free radicals induced during the processing of the food. ESR spin trapping technique is useful for the detection of highly unstable radicals in the food. The antioxidant capability of liquid food and beverages in mainly performed by spin trapping technique.
Unlocking the mysteries of reproduction: Exploring fecundity and gonadosomati...AbdullaAlAsif1
The pygmy halfbeak Dermogenys colletei, is known for its viviparous nature, this presents an intriguing case of relatively low fecundity, raising questions about potential compensatory reproductive strategies employed by this species. Our study delves into the examination of fecundity and the Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) in the Pygmy Halfbeak, D. colletei (Meisner, 2001), an intriguing viviparous fish indigenous to Sarawak, Borneo. We hypothesize that the Pygmy halfbeak, D. colletei, may exhibit unique reproductive adaptations to offset its low fecundity, thus enhancing its survival and fitness. To address this, we conducted a comprehensive study utilizing 28 mature female specimens of D. colletei, carefully measuring fecundity and GSI to shed light on the reproductive adaptations of this species. Our findings reveal that D. colletei indeed exhibits low fecundity, with a mean of 16.76 ± 2.01, and a mean GSI of 12.83 ± 1.27, providing crucial insights into the reproductive mechanisms at play in this species. These results underscore the existence of unique reproductive strategies in D. colletei, enabling its adaptation and persistence in Borneo's diverse aquatic ecosystems, and call for further ecological research to elucidate these mechanisms. This study lends to a better understanding of viviparous fish in Borneo and contributes to the broader field of aquatic ecology, enhancing our knowledge of species adaptations to unique ecological challenges.
Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intellige...University of Maribor
Slides from talk:
Aleš Zamuda: Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intelligent Systems.
11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Inter-Society Networking Panel GRSS/MTT-S/CIS Panel Session: Promoting Connection and Cooperation
https://www.etran.rs/2024/en/home-english/
The cost of acquiring information by natural selectionCarl Bergstrom
This is a short talk that I gave at the Banff International Research Station workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology. The idea is to try to understand how the burden of natural selection relates to the amount of information that selection puts into the genome.
It's based on the first part of this research paper:
The cost of information acquisition by natural selection
Ryan Seamus McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Benjamin Kerr, Carl T. Bergstrom
bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
hematic appreciation test is a psychological assessment tool used to measure an individual's appreciation and understanding of specific themes or topics. This test helps to evaluate an individual's ability to connect different ideas and concepts within a given theme, as well as their overall comprehension and interpretation skills. The results of the test can provide valuable insights into an individual's cognitive abilities, creativity, and critical thinking skills
Or: Beyond linear.
Abstract: Equivariant neural networks are neural networks that incorporate symmetries. The nonlinear activation functions in these networks result in interesting nonlinear equivariant maps between simple representations, and motivate the key player of this talk: piecewise linear representation theory.
Disclaimer: No one is perfect, so please mind that there might be mistakes and typos.
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Corrected slides: dtubbenhauer.com/talks.html
1. KOFAR
Making business to scale up soil
restoration options
“South-South collaboration: Key mechanism for building capacity
and scaling low-emissions technologies and practices”
October 10th, 2019
2. Context
• Agriculture and
rangeland have
increased by 7
and 9 percent in
Kenya
• About 90% of the
country is at very
high or high risk
for erosion
• Francescah Munyi, KOFAR founder, CEO, & majority
owner, discovered productivity was flagging on her
mother’s farm and endeavored to find a solution
• KOFAR is a three-year old business that is close to
breaking even: additional funds are needed to scale up
and enable south-south exchange
3. Innovation and scale
• Francescah cooperated with the
University of Texas and Kenyan
research institutions to develop
organic fertilizer
• She founded KOFAR to make a
business from restoration: in
order to scale restoration it
needs to be profitable for
farmers and agribusinesses
• KOFAR uses existing value
chains actors – farmer
cooperatives, agri-dealers, large
buyers – to reach rural farmers
4. South-south exchange
• KOFAR’s business
model depends on
farmer trainings,
workshops, and
demonstration plots
• Great potential for
mutual benefit from
expansion and exchange of lessons learned: organic
fertilizer composition, business models, farmer
financing models, and distribution channels
5. Who will benefit?
• Small-scale farmers
• KOFAR’s key
innovation is the
business model; the
product can be
adjusted depending
on local conditions
• KOFAR is operational
in Kenya and is
expanding to
Tanzania, Uganda,
and Rwanda – support will enable acceleration of expansion
• Eastern and southern Africa over the medium-term; the sky
is the limit!
6. Main impacts
• Farmers aware of soil restoration options
• Sustainable options integrated into existing value
chains
• Organic fertilizer use displaces synthetic fertilizer ->
reduced CO2 emissions and increase of long-term
soil fertility
• Increase in productivity