Maize Pathways workshop presentation 3: Policy implications

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Presentation from a national dissemination workshop in Nairobi on 22 March 2010, for the STEPS Centre's project on environmental change and maize innovation in Kenya. To find out more about our maize work, visit www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/crops,% 20kenya.html

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Environmental Change and Maize Innovation in Kenya: Exploring pathways in and out of maize Policy implications Presentation 3 of 3 National Dissemination Workshop Hilton Hotel, Nairobi – 22 March 2010 STEPS Kenya Partners: ACTS – African Centre for Technology Studies CABE – Centre for African Bio-Entrepreneurship Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University IDS – Institute of Development Studies, UK SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, UK

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Pathways out of maize (1) Orphans or siblings? Alternative dryland staple crops ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Pathways in and out of maize: Opportunities and constraints Opportunities Constraints Short term/ Own resources Medium term/ Some resources Long term/ External resources

Genebank managers should be knowledgeable about the history of genebank management including past courses, current courses, and existing training resources. International instruments emphasize the importance of building human capacity in areas like genetic resources policy, taxonomy, seed physiology, incentives for crop diversity, and linking crop diversity to climate change. Effective genebank management also requires knowledge of neglected areas like financial management, strategic partnerships, traditional knowledge, sample tracking, and disease testing. The future of genebank manager training should involve modular, flexible courses tailored for different audiences that focus on quality management and include mentorship opportunities.

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Limits to the applicability of the innovation platform approach for agricultural development in West Africa: Socio-economic factors constrain stakeholder engagement and confidence by Ashley D. Sparrowa, (CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia) & Adama Traoré (Association pour la Promotion de l'Elevage au Sahel et en Savane (APESS), General Secretariat, 04, BP 590 Ouagadougou 04, Burkina Faso) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.05.014

Technologies for Agricultural Transformation

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Refugees, Food Security, and Resilience in Host Communities.

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The document summarizes research on the impact of refugees on host communities' food security. While initially refugees and host communities face food security problems, over time markets adapt through labor and goods exchanges. Refugees may increase food production and prices in host areas. More evidence is needed on long-term impacts and how policies can strengthen host resilience, including public goods, infrastructure, and aligning incentives across stakeholders to solve protracted crises. The research agenda should analyze relative impacts of policy options to transition from aid to development.

Feedback and recommendations on how AAS might most effectively move forward

WorldFish

- The document discusses the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), which has 11 member countries and 7 programs including a Livestock and Fisheries Programme. - The Livestock and Fisheries Programme has 4 thematic areas of intervention related to improving livestock and fisheries productivity, access to markets, value addition, and interactions between livestock/fisheries and the environment. - The document provides recommendations for how ASARECA's Agricultural Advisory Services (AAS) can move forward, including conducting scoping studies to address regional constraints, integrating indigenous knowledge, promoting knowledge sharing, integrating crop-livestock-fisheries, developing gender-responsive technologies, and conducting participatory research.

Livestock advocacy and communications—India scene

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Global challenges to food security and poverty alleviation 2020-21

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Scaling up strategies from technology transfer to empowerment with focus on a...

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Strategy for increasing smallholder farmers

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1. Smallholder farmers have low productivity due to limited skills and knowledge, poor agronomic practices, soil degradation, pests and diseases, and climate change effects. 2. Key factors that can increase smallholder productivity include improved varieties, irrigation, fertilizer access and use, market access, information technology, land reform, mechanization, insurance, and conservation techniques. 3. The Integrated Crop and Environment Management (ICEM) approach and Farmer Field School (FFS) participatory extension method address multiple constraints through learning-by-doing packages to sustainably increase productivity of local varieties and natural resources.

Household methodologies and IWMI

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Inclusion Data Theme Presentation

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This document discusses themes and ideas for promoting diversity within parks. It includes a table with discussion topics around diversity for different sessions and locations. Themes identified include diversity, youth involvement, park resources, involvement in communication and technology, acceptance of all people, community outreach, differences, and barriers. The document then analyzes the text using text clustering to group ideas and rank them by score. It identifies potential blind spots around each theme and provides references to address issues and fix problems relating to inclusion and diversity. The top blind spots identified are needing a marketing plan, funding for the initiative, and a plan of implementation.

Session5 03 Mahmoud Sarhan

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The Nexus Dialogue on Water Infrastructure Solutions A global dialogue plat...

Iwl Pcu

The document discusses the need for a global dialogue platform to promote best practices and optimization of multi-purpose water infrastructure to meet future challenges of population growth, increased food and energy demands, and climate change. It proposes the "Nexus Dialogue on Water Infrastructure Solutions" which will share knowledge and experiences, identify best practices, strengthen policy coherence across sectors, and disseminate solutions through workshops, publications and an online platform. The dialogue advocates a nexus-based approach that recognizes the interconnections between water, energy and food and promotes infrastructure and policies to sustainably manage these resources and ecosystems.

Partnerships for impact: experience from CABI’s good seed initiative

Independent Science and Partnership Council of the CGIAR

The document discusses the Good Seed Initiative (GSI), a partnership project in East Africa led by CABI and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The GSI aims to contribute to food security and livelihoods by building the capacity of smallholder farmers to produce and market high quality seed of African Indigenous Vegetables. Key approaches include partnerships along the seed value chain, action research, gender-sensitive programming, and farmer entrepreneurship. Notable achievements include equipping farmer groups in seed production, linking farmers to markets and services, characterizing indigenous varieties, increasing incomes and nutrition, and influencing seed production policies. The unique contribution of the partnership lies in its multi-stakeholder approach along the entire vegetable value chain.

DIVERSIFOOD Final Congress - Session 4 - From variety selection practices to ...

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Tolera. stockholm

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Theme 3: Specialised sweetpotato vine multiplication in Lake Zone, Tanzania: ...

African Potato Association (APA)

Abstract In Lake Zone, Tanzania, the Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa Marando Bora project trained farmers to become specialised multipliers to produce and distribute sweetpotato seed. The objectives of the case study were to analyse (1) how farmers and trained multipliers characterised and managed quality in sweetpotato planting material; (2) changes in skills and practices as multiplication became a specialised task; and (3) what other transactions were happening as planting material was exchanged. The study used mixed methods to investigate the sweetpotato seed system as a social and technical configuration and the processes and interactions within it. A formal survey of 88 trained decentralised vine multipliers (DVMs) was conducted in March 2013. Detailed observations and semi-structured interviews were also carried out with 21 farmers and a sub-group of the DVMs. The survey results showed that 70% of DVMs were multiplying vines 9 months after the project finished; 34% were using close spacing in beds; 61% were using conventional plant spacing on ridges for roots and vines; and 5% were using both multiplication beds and ridges. Further, 97% of DVMs irrigated from wells, springs, lake, river, or dam water; 34% used pumps. During the life of the project, 89% of DVMs used fertilizer, and 26% continued to use it after the project finished. The in-depth interviews showed that farmers selected planting material not only on the basis of plant health, but also used cues to plant vigour. The use of own-saved seed involved a complex performance of managing seed and root production across different agro-ecologies according to inter- and intra-season characteristics. As the vine multiplication cycle became a specialised activity, vines were treated differently, depending on whether they were to be used for high root production or high vine production. The resilience and viability of the existing seed systems depended not only on individual knowledge and skills, but also management practices across agro-ecologies and negotiating social settlements at community level. As specialisation of seed production developed, the multiplication and root production cycles were separated and tasks became segregated. New knowledge and skills were formed in different ways; the trained multipliers adapted the new techniques into the existing system of shifting vine conservation and root production between different ecologies. Interventions aimed at building the capacity of specialised vine multipliers and scaling-up seed interventions should consider the implications of skills-building and segregation of tasks in the broader context of society choice of technologies and agrarian change. Margaret A. McEwan

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African Potato Association (APA)

This document summarizes research on specialized sweet potato vine multiplication in Tanzania. It found that farmers who were trained as decentralized vine multipliers (DVMs) adapted new skills into their existing practices. Most DVMs continued multiplication, using improved techniques like rapid multiplication and off-season root production. However, some stopped due to issues like wildlife damage or lack of water. DVMs developed a dual pricing system and sourced improved varieties. The research suggests specialization may be emerging in seed production and tasks may separate within the seed system. Continued support is needed to understand local markets and ensure sustainability.

Dissertation review

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A systems approach towards seed sector development in Africa

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The document summarizes an integrated seed sector development (ISSD) approach that aims to create vibrant and pluralistic seed sectors to improve farmers' access to quality seed. It outlines ISSD guiding principles like fostering pluralism across informal, formal, public and private seed systems. The approach is operationalized in Ethiopia through partnerships between universities, seed enterprises and Wageningen UR. It supports local seed businesses and innovation projects to strengthen the seed sector. ISSD is also being implemented in other African countries to develop national seed programs through a multi-stakeholder approach endorsed at the continental level.

VU ICT4D symposium 2017 Wendelien Tuyp: Boosting african agriculture

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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.

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