The document outlines the agenda for an online conference on organic seed and breeding projects in the North. The agenda includes: a welcome and role call; a webinar demonstration; presentations from two speakers on organic seed projects; a round-robin for participants to introduce their organic seed and breeding projects; and a brainstorming session on priority topics. The document then lists participants and provides information on different web conferencing platforms that could be used.
Presented by A. Larbi, M. Bekunda, I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, K. Bekele, G. Fischer, P. Thorne, K. Mekonnen, C. Azzarri and J. Groot at the Africa RISING Humidtropics Systems Research Marketplace, Ibadan, Nigeria, 15-17 November 2016
How Does Agriculture Contribute to nutrition? Concepts and IndicatorsIFPRIMaSSP
This document discusses the linkages between agriculture and nutrition. It begins with an outline presenting the topics to be covered, including the evidence base for these linkages and conceptual frameworks. It then presents conceptual frameworks showing the pathways through which agriculture can impact nutrition, including food security, care resources, and health environments. The document discusses indicators that can be used to assess agriculture-nutrition links, noting the "data disconnect" between different relevant data sources. It provides examples of data sources in Malawi and concludes by calling for advocacy around "win-win" approaches that improve compatibility between nutrition-sensitive agriculture and other sector goals.
Food security and nutrition as basic indicators of socioeconomic sustainabili...ILRI
Poster prepared by Abdrahmane Wane (CIRAD-PPZS-ILRI), Jean-Joseph Cadilhon (ILRI) and Mamadou Yauck (CIRAD-PPZS) for the ILRI-CTA African Dairy Value Chain Seminar, Nairobi, Kenya, 21-24 September 2014.
Africa RISING systems research experiencesafrica-rising
Africa RISING conducted systems research at sites in Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania to identify options for sustainable intensification of crop and livestock production. The research evaluated interventions to improve productivity, nutrition, natural resource management, and household incomes. Farm types were defined in each country based on characteristics like household endowments. Integrated research approaches included crop-livestock trials, testing intercropping systems, and intensifying maize-groundnut-pigeon pea systems. Partnering with development organizations helped scale technologies to more households. Lessons indicated a need for more whole-systems and gender-sensitive research, cross-disciplinary linkages, and innovation platforms to enhance communications and impact.
Partnerships for sustainable intensification research in Africaafrica-rising
Presented by Mateete Bekunda, Asamoah Larbi, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IITA) and Kindu Mekonnen (ILRI) at the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, 7 November 2016
The document outlines the agenda for an online conference on organic seed and breeding projects in the North. The agenda includes: a welcome and role call; a webinar demonstration; presentations from two speakers on organic seed projects; a round-robin for participants to introduce their organic seed and breeding projects; and a brainstorming session on priority topics. The document then lists participants and provides information on different web conferencing platforms that could be used.
Presented by A. Larbi, M. Bekunda, I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, K. Bekele, G. Fischer, P. Thorne, K. Mekonnen, C. Azzarri and J. Groot at the Africa RISING Humidtropics Systems Research Marketplace, Ibadan, Nigeria, 15-17 November 2016
How Does Agriculture Contribute to nutrition? Concepts and IndicatorsIFPRIMaSSP
This document discusses the linkages between agriculture and nutrition. It begins with an outline presenting the topics to be covered, including the evidence base for these linkages and conceptual frameworks. It then presents conceptual frameworks showing the pathways through which agriculture can impact nutrition, including food security, care resources, and health environments. The document discusses indicators that can be used to assess agriculture-nutrition links, noting the "data disconnect" between different relevant data sources. It provides examples of data sources in Malawi and concludes by calling for advocacy around "win-win" approaches that improve compatibility between nutrition-sensitive agriculture and other sector goals.
Food security and nutrition as basic indicators of socioeconomic sustainabili...ILRI
Poster prepared by Abdrahmane Wane (CIRAD-PPZS-ILRI), Jean-Joseph Cadilhon (ILRI) and Mamadou Yauck (CIRAD-PPZS) for the ILRI-CTA African Dairy Value Chain Seminar, Nairobi, Kenya, 21-24 September 2014.
Africa RISING systems research experiencesafrica-rising
Africa RISING conducted systems research at sites in Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania to identify options for sustainable intensification of crop and livestock production. The research evaluated interventions to improve productivity, nutrition, natural resource management, and household incomes. Farm types were defined in each country based on characteristics like household endowments. Integrated research approaches included crop-livestock trials, testing intercropping systems, and intensifying maize-groundnut-pigeon pea systems. Partnering with development organizations helped scale technologies to more households. Lessons indicated a need for more whole-systems and gender-sensitive research, cross-disciplinary linkages, and innovation platforms to enhance communications and impact.
Partnerships for sustainable intensification research in Africaafrica-rising
Presented by Mateete Bekunda, Asamoah Larbi, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IITA) and Kindu Mekonnen (ILRI) at the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, USA, 7 November 2016
Update on the Smallholder Pig Value Chains Development in Uganda (SPVCD) ProjectILRI
Presented by Danilo Pezo, Emily A. Ouma and Michel Dione at the More Pork by and for the Poor Project Inception and Planning Workshop, Mukono, Uganda, 27-28 May 2014
Rhiannon Pyburn, Illiana Monterroso, Hazel Malapit, Katrina Kosec, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Jennifer Twyman, and Dina Najjar
POLICY SEMINAR
Crafting the Next Generation of CGIAR Gender Research
Co-Organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets and IFPRI
OCT 30, 2019 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EDT
Background study on empowering women through investment in livestock value ch...ILRI
Women in northern Kenya play an important role in livestock value chains but face barriers to full participation and empowerment. A study with 660 participants in Marsabit and Isiolo examined how empowering women through livestock interventions could improve maternal and child nutrition. The study found that women's time-consuming responsibilities negatively impact nutrition and market access. While women control income from livestock products, men predominantly control income from live animal sales. Increasing women's engagement in production and sale of livestock products may help improve feeding practices and nutritional status.
Transforming Agri-food Systems to Achieve Healthy Diets for AllCGIAR
Challenges: Why Agri-Food Systems Need to Be Transformed
Opportunities: What Science Can Offer to Address these Challenges
The CGIAR partnership: Our Contribution to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Targets
This document outlines the Rwanda Dairy Competitiveness Program II (RDCP II) which aims to make Rwandan dairy products competitive in regional markets. It discusses introducing a communication for behavior change component to the program to promote milk consumption. This will be done by adapting the existing Urunana radio soap opera approach which uses entertainment to promote social issues. Partnerships will be important for success. Lessons from the first program show the value of stakeholder engagement and using entertainment to address social problems. The behavior change communication component reached over 67% of listeners through radio episodes and community events.
Gender mainstreaming in improving productivity through herd management and co...ILRI
Poster prepared by J. Gitau, J.M.K. Ojango, E. Oyieng, J. Gachora and A.W.T. Muigai for the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) Gender and Resilience Share Fair organized by IGAD, Nairobi, 9-11 August 2021
This study examined the impact of providing agricultural extension information directly to women versus men in Uganda. Researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial where extension videos were shown to either individual male farmers, individual female farmers, or farming couples. They found that providing information directly to women increased their knowledge, involvement in agricultural decisions, adoption of recommended practices, and production outcomes more than when the information was only provided to men. Including women as messengers in extension videos, where they could act as role models, also helped reduce male dominance in decision making and increased female adoption. Directly targeting women with agricultural information and including them as leaders helped empower women and improve agricultural and household outcomes.
What was the impact of dairy goats distributed by the Crop-Goat-Project in Ta...ILRI
Poster prepared by Luke Korir, Michael Kidoido and Nils Teufel for the Tropentag 2016 Conference on Solidarity in a Competing World—Fair Use of Resources, Vienna, Austria, 19–21 September 2016
Integrated Community Based approach for farm, market and diet diversityCIFOR-ICRAF
The document summarizes a study conducted in Vihiga County, Kenya that used an integrated community-based approach to improve farm, market, and diet diversity. A diagnostic survey found that the region was rich in local food biodiversity but that children and women's diets lacked diversity. Participatory activities including kitchen gardens, poultry units, and nutrition education were developed and implemented. An impact evaluation found the intervention significantly increased children and women's diet diversity scores and the percentage of children meeting minimum diet diversity standards. Next steps include expanding the approach to other regions and integrating fruit trees and a community seed bank.
Gender in Climate Change Agriculture and Food SecurityIFPRI-PIM
This poster was presented by Sophia Huyer (CCAFS / CIAT) for the pre-Annual Scientific Conference meeting organized for the CGIAR research program gender research coordinators on 4 December.
The annual scientific conference of the CGIAR collaborative platform for gender research took place on 5-6 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
Smallholder pig value chains transformation in Uganda: Results, lessons and i...ILRI
This document summarizes the results, lessons learned, and insights from a project aimed at transforming smallholder pig value chains in Uganda. Key findings include:
1. High disease burden from parasites and pathogens negatively impacted pig health and productivity. Capacity building on biosecurity and husbandry practices helped reduce disease outbreaks.
2. Food safety risks from pathogens like Salmonella and Toxoplasma existed but were generally low to moderate due to cooking practices. Risks increased in longer supply chains with poor post-harvest handling.
3. Feeding trials demonstrated the potential of sweet potato silage to alleviate dry season feed shortages. Local feed resources could be better utilized to improve pig nutrition if supplemented properly.
Mainstreaming human nutrition in livestock interventions: Lessons learned fro...ILRI
Presented by Domitille Kauffmann and Paula Dominguez-Salas at a webinar on “The importance of products of animal origin in human nutrition” organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Livestock Technical Network, 24 April 2015.
Boosting Uganda’s Investments in Livestock Development (2019-2023): Introduci...ILRI
Presented by Paul Lumu (MAAIF), Henry Kiara (ILRI), Harry Oyas (DVS Kenya), Klaas Dietze (FLI), Martin Barasa (VSF-G), Karl Rich (ILRI) and Peter Lule (ILRI) at the #BuildUganda Stakeholder Meeting, Kampala, Uganda, 7 June 2019
Ways to improve Social enterpreurship in Ethiopian Dairy Farming Daniel Temesgen Gelan
Improve Dairy extension services for farmers on quality milk production and animal health care
Focus on youth Entrepreneurship in dairy (Youth movement in dairy reduced antibiotic use/organic farming )
Moving up the livestock ladder: Gender and equityILRI
Presented by Nicoline de Haan (ILRI), Annet Mulema (ILRI) and Livestock Livelihoods and Agri‐Food Systems Flagship Gender Team (ILRI and ICARDA) at A Stakeholder Consultative Workshop, ILRI Addis, 16 October 2018
Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practices and small-scale commercial feed ...ILRI
Presented by Ben Lukuyu, Stella Namazzi, Pius Lutakome and Emily Ouma at the Tropentag 2021―Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future, 15-17 September 2021
More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor: Solution-driven research with d...ILRI
Poster prepared at the Tropentag 2014: Bridging the Gap between Increasing Knowledge and Decreasing Resources Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-19 September 2014
Meat, milk and fish are critical to poor people as food and income. They provide critical inputs in the diets of the poor, especially those who are malnourished.
The Challenge: to ensure the poor can have better access to enough and affordable animal-source foods as populations increase, resources for producing them become more constrained and demand for these foods rises. Part of the solution will come from increased productivity in the small-scale production and marketing systems that many poor rely on for their animal-source foods. We identify opportunities to improve and transform these systems to better meet the needs of the poor.
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish: More meat, milk and fish, by an...ILRI
This document discusses improving access to meat, milk, and fish for poor people. It proposes a solution-driven, whole value chain approach to research and development focusing on a few select livestock and fish value chains. The goal is to demonstrate impact and work with partners to design integrated interventions and scale up benefits for the poor. Key opportunities identified are that animal-source foods are highly valuable globally and critical for nutrition, and meeting growing demand can improve livelihoods for many small-scale farmers and fishers.
The document discusses how mainstream bibliographic databases like WoS and Scopus have limited coverage of local literature from developing countries, particularly on topics related to agriculture. It analyzes publications about rice research from CAB Abstracts, Scopus, and WoS, finding much higher coverage of publications from countries like India, China, and Brazil in CAB Abstracts. The databases also cover different rice research topics unevenly, with CAB Abstracts having better coverage of topics potentially more relevant to small farmers and local contexts. This uneven coverage could bias global indicators and evaluations of science in developing areas.
Update on the Smallholder Pig Value Chains Development in Uganda (SPVCD) ProjectILRI
Presented by Danilo Pezo, Emily A. Ouma and Michel Dione at the More Pork by and for the Poor Project Inception and Planning Workshop, Mukono, Uganda, 27-28 May 2014
Rhiannon Pyburn, Illiana Monterroso, Hazel Malapit, Katrina Kosec, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Jennifer Twyman, and Dina Najjar
POLICY SEMINAR
Crafting the Next Generation of CGIAR Gender Research
Co-Organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets and IFPRI
OCT 30, 2019 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EDT
Background study on empowering women through investment in livestock value ch...ILRI
Women in northern Kenya play an important role in livestock value chains but face barriers to full participation and empowerment. A study with 660 participants in Marsabit and Isiolo examined how empowering women through livestock interventions could improve maternal and child nutrition. The study found that women's time-consuming responsibilities negatively impact nutrition and market access. While women control income from livestock products, men predominantly control income from live animal sales. Increasing women's engagement in production and sale of livestock products may help improve feeding practices and nutritional status.
Transforming Agri-food Systems to Achieve Healthy Diets for AllCGIAR
Challenges: Why Agri-Food Systems Need to Be Transformed
Opportunities: What Science Can Offer to Address these Challenges
The CGIAR partnership: Our Contribution to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Targets
This document outlines the Rwanda Dairy Competitiveness Program II (RDCP II) which aims to make Rwandan dairy products competitive in regional markets. It discusses introducing a communication for behavior change component to the program to promote milk consumption. This will be done by adapting the existing Urunana radio soap opera approach which uses entertainment to promote social issues. Partnerships will be important for success. Lessons from the first program show the value of stakeholder engagement and using entertainment to address social problems. The behavior change communication component reached over 67% of listeners through radio episodes and community events.
Gender mainstreaming in improving productivity through herd management and co...ILRI
Poster prepared by J. Gitau, J.M.K. Ojango, E. Oyieng, J. Gachora and A.W.T. Muigai for the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) Gender and Resilience Share Fair organized by IGAD, Nairobi, 9-11 August 2021
This study examined the impact of providing agricultural extension information directly to women versus men in Uganda. Researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial where extension videos were shown to either individual male farmers, individual female farmers, or farming couples. They found that providing information directly to women increased their knowledge, involvement in agricultural decisions, adoption of recommended practices, and production outcomes more than when the information was only provided to men. Including women as messengers in extension videos, where they could act as role models, also helped reduce male dominance in decision making and increased female adoption. Directly targeting women with agricultural information and including them as leaders helped empower women and improve agricultural and household outcomes.
What was the impact of dairy goats distributed by the Crop-Goat-Project in Ta...ILRI
Poster prepared by Luke Korir, Michael Kidoido and Nils Teufel for the Tropentag 2016 Conference on Solidarity in a Competing World—Fair Use of Resources, Vienna, Austria, 19–21 September 2016
Integrated Community Based approach for farm, market and diet diversityCIFOR-ICRAF
The document summarizes a study conducted in Vihiga County, Kenya that used an integrated community-based approach to improve farm, market, and diet diversity. A diagnostic survey found that the region was rich in local food biodiversity but that children and women's diets lacked diversity. Participatory activities including kitchen gardens, poultry units, and nutrition education were developed and implemented. An impact evaluation found the intervention significantly increased children and women's diet diversity scores and the percentage of children meeting minimum diet diversity standards. Next steps include expanding the approach to other regions and integrating fruit trees and a community seed bank.
Gender in Climate Change Agriculture and Food SecurityIFPRI-PIM
This poster was presented by Sophia Huyer (CCAFS / CIAT) for the pre-Annual Scientific Conference meeting organized for the CGIAR research program gender research coordinators on 4 December.
The annual scientific conference of the CGIAR collaborative platform for gender research took place on 5-6 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
Smallholder pig value chains transformation in Uganda: Results, lessons and i...ILRI
This document summarizes the results, lessons learned, and insights from a project aimed at transforming smallholder pig value chains in Uganda. Key findings include:
1. High disease burden from parasites and pathogens negatively impacted pig health and productivity. Capacity building on biosecurity and husbandry practices helped reduce disease outbreaks.
2. Food safety risks from pathogens like Salmonella and Toxoplasma existed but were generally low to moderate due to cooking practices. Risks increased in longer supply chains with poor post-harvest handling.
3. Feeding trials demonstrated the potential of sweet potato silage to alleviate dry season feed shortages. Local feed resources could be better utilized to improve pig nutrition if supplemented properly.
Mainstreaming human nutrition in livestock interventions: Lessons learned fro...ILRI
Presented by Domitille Kauffmann and Paula Dominguez-Salas at a webinar on “The importance of products of animal origin in human nutrition” organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Livestock Technical Network, 24 April 2015.
Boosting Uganda’s Investments in Livestock Development (2019-2023): Introduci...ILRI
Presented by Paul Lumu (MAAIF), Henry Kiara (ILRI), Harry Oyas (DVS Kenya), Klaas Dietze (FLI), Martin Barasa (VSF-G), Karl Rich (ILRI) and Peter Lule (ILRI) at the #BuildUganda Stakeholder Meeting, Kampala, Uganda, 7 June 2019
Ways to improve Social enterpreurship in Ethiopian Dairy Farming Daniel Temesgen Gelan
Improve Dairy extension services for farmers on quality milk production and animal health care
Focus on youth Entrepreneurship in dairy (Youth movement in dairy reduced antibiotic use/organic farming )
Moving up the livestock ladder: Gender and equityILRI
Presented by Nicoline de Haan (ILRI), Annet Mulema (ILRI) and Livestock Livelihoods and Agri‐Food Systems Flagship Gender Team (ILRI and ICARDA) at A Stakeholder Consultative Workshop, ILRI Addis, 16 October 2018
Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practices and small-scale commercial feed ...ILRI
Presented by Ben Lukuyu, Stella Namazzi, Pius Lutakome and Emily Ouma at the Tropentag 2021―Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future, 15-17 September 2021
More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor: Solution-driven research with d...ILRI
Poster prepared at the Tropentag 2014: Bridging the Gap between Increasing Knowledge and Decreasing Resources Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-19 September 2014
Meat, milk and fish are critical to poor people as food and income. They provide critical inputs in the diets of the poor, especially those who are malnourished.
The Challenge: to ensure the poor can have better access to enough and affordable animal-source foods as populations increase, resources for producing them become more constrained and demand for these foods rises. Part of the solution will come from increased productivity in the small-scale production and marketing systems that many poor rely on for their animal-source foods. We identify opportunities to improve and transform these systems to better meet the needs of the poor.
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish: More meat, milk and fish, by an...ILRI
This document discusses improving access to meat, milk, and fish for poor people. It proposes a solution-driven, whole value chain approach to research and development focusing on a few select livestock and fish value chains. The goal is to demonstrate impact and work with partners to design integrated interventions and scale up benefits for the poor. Key opportunities identified are that animal-source foods are highly valuable globally and critical for nutrition, and meeting growing demand can improve livelihoods for many small-scale farmers and fishers.
The document discusses how mainstream bibliographic databases like WoS and Scopus have limited coverage of local literature from developing countries, particularly on topics related to agriculture. It analyzes publications about rice research from CAB Abstracts, Scopus, and WoS, finding much higher coverage of publications from countries like India, China, and Brazil in CAB Abstracts. The databases also cover different rice research topics unevenly, with CAB Abstracts having better coverage of topics potentially more relevant to small farmers and local contexts. This uneven coverage could bias global indicators and evaluations of science in developing areas.
In the past 50 years, the global demand for fish products has doubled, and more than 45 percent of the world’s seafood today now comes not from wild catches, but from either land-based or offshore fish farms. To meet this rising demand for seafood worldwide, more fish have to be raised in fish farms, and aquaculture is an essential link in the agricultural chain.
Climate change is a long-term shift in weather patterns caused by both natural factors and human activities that increase greenhouse gases. It is occurring globally and is evidenced by rising sea levels, melting glaciers and sea ice, and more extreme weather events. Climate change affects all life on Earth by causing droughts, worsening storms, rising ocean temperatures that impact species migration and habitats, ocean acidification, and increased health issues for humans. While some deny the problem, the majority of scientists agree that climate change poses a severe risk and solutions like education, reducing pollution, and further research are needed to address it.
This document summarizes the Learning Support Program in Naryn villages from 2014-2017. It provides details on:
1) The number of schools and teachers involved has increased each year, reaching 17 schools and 29 teachers in 2016-2017.
2) Diagnostic tests are given to students at the beginning of each year to assess their skills. Competitions are also held between students.
3) The number of students successfully completing the program each year increased, with 543 completing it in 2015-2016.
4) Professional development activities for teachers include meetings, trainings, lesson observations, and conferences to support the program.
The cardiovascular system consists of the heart and blood vessels. The heart pumps blood through a closed, double circulatory system called the cardiac cycle. During each heartbeat, the heart ejects a certain volume of blood called the stroke volume. Blood vessels are composed of layers that allow blood to flow through while minimizing friction and allowing for gas and nutrient exchange. Key components of the cardiovascular system work together, such as the heart rate, stroke volume, and blood pressure, to efficiently circulate blood throughout the body.
The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a technique that allows for the amplification of specific DNA sequences. It involves cycling between heating and cooling steps to denature, anneal primers to, and extend DNA. This allows a small amount of DNA to be exponentially replicated, enabling applications like disease diagnosis, genetic identification, and DNA analysis. PCR requires DNA, primers, DNA polymerase, nucleotides, and thermal cycling to replicate the target DNA sequence.
1. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an important cause of sudden cardiac arrest and can manifest as premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) or sustained VT.
2. VT can be idiopathic, focal, or associated with structural heart disease such as ischemic or non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.
3. Treatment depends on the type and cause of VT but may include medications, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and catheter ablation which can be curative for some idiopathic VT cases.
- Myanmar has an extensive network of rivers and coastal areas that provide significant potential for freshwater and marine aquaculture and fisheries. Major activities include farming of fish, shrimp, seaweed and mud crabs.
- Freshwater pond culture of fish species like rohu is a major source of aquaculture production. Marine fisheries are also an important part of the fisheries sector, producing over 1.6 million metric tons annually.
- The government aims to increase sustainable fish production and improve livelihoods in the fisheries sector through policies supporting aquaculture expansion, conservation, and post-harvest technologies.
The document discusses different methods to measure energy expenditure in the human body. Indirect calorimetry measures oxygen consumption to estimate energy expenditure, using a spirometer to measure air volume and composition. Heart rate monitoring relates heart rate increases to increased oxygen consumption and energy expenditure based on an individual's established relationship. While direct calorimetry directly measures heat production for most accurate results, indirect methods and heart rate monitoring provide reasonably accurate alternatives in a cheaper and easier manner.
Muhammad Nouman is an E&I Engineer with over 3 years of experience in Saudi Arabia. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. His most recent role was as an E&I Engineer from May 2015 to March 2016 for Ever Green Contracting East, where he was responsible for inspection, testing, and commissioning of electrical and instrumentation systems for an oil and gas pipeline project. He is proficient in English and seeks the position of E&I Engineer on a new project.
The document discusses the history and development of the city of Boston from its founding in 1630 by Puritan colonists as a small settlement on the Shawmut Peninsula through its growth into a major seaport and center of trade and culture by the 18th century. It then outlines some of the key events and periods in Boston's history during the 19th and 20th centuries, including its role in various economic and social movements as well as its modern identity as an economic and educational center in New England today.
This document summarizes CGIAR research highlights from Latin America. It notes that while CGIAR investment in Latin America has diminished as focus has shifted to Africa and South Asia, the region remains important as a source of genetic resources, testing environments, and innovations like improved cassava processing and gender-responsive market approaches that provide lessons for global agriculture. Key accomplishments highlighted include identifying heat-tolerant sweetpotato varieties, monitoring the spread of Fusarium TR4 disease, developing optimized small-scale cassava dryers, and documenting high adoption of improved potato varieties in Peru. The implications discussed are maintaining a global CGIAR presence and leveraging Latin America's contributions to address global challenges like climate change.
This document summarizes an enhanced homestead food production project in Burkina Faso aimed at improving food security and nutrition. The project establishes village model farms run by women's groups to demonstrate improved agricultural practices and establish household gardens. It also provides nutrition education and generates income. An impact assessment will evaluate changes in anthropometrics, anemia rates, and nutrition knowledge and practices from baseline to endline. The project faces challenges around water availability and sustainability but shows successes in its integrated multi-sectoral approach and strong community participation.
Community Biodiversity Management - Benefits of BiodiversityHugo Lamers
Case study from Sirsi, Western Ghats in India showcasing the Community Biodiversity Management approach for on-farm conservation; presented during the Tree Diversity Day at the CBD convention in Hydrabad in October 2012
HarvestPlus is working to enrich seeds and livelihoods in Rwanda by promoting the adoption of high iron bean varieties. They have released 10 biofortified bean varieties since 2012 that are higher yielding, drought tolerant, and provide 45% of daily iron needs. Dissemination efforts include selling seeds through agro-dealers, farmer to farmer exchanges, and direct marketing. An impact study found that 29% of bean farming households have grown the beans, 21% were growing them currently, and adoption is increasing over time. HarvestPlus partners with various Rwandan government ministries and organizations to develop sustainable markets and scale up the program.
Farmer-led Reintroduction of Vicia faba Beans in Ethiopian Highland Farming S...SIANI
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
PIDE 2014 conference paper 'Synergy or Trade-Off between Agricultural Growth and Nutrition: Women's Work and Care' presented in a Technical Session on 'Poverty Reduction and Development'.
Tackling food and nutrition security: the importance of gender specific activ...ACIAR
Dr Brigitte Bagnol is a researcher associated with the International Rural Poultry Centre (IRPC), KYEEMA Foundation, Australia and part of the AIFSC project 'Strengthening food security through family poultry and crop integration'. Her presentation looks at the gender dimensions of this work.
Seed system & gender responsive ashraful, saidul, sahedAbhishek Malpani
This document summarizes an upcoming workshop on developing gender-responsive varietal promotion approaches and seed systems. It provides an overview of the presentation, which will discuss varietal dissemination methods used by IRRI in Bangladesh and how gender inclusive they have been. It will explore what has been learned from these experiences and what could make the approaches more gender-responsive and inclusive. The document then outlines the critical stages in seed systems and innovations at each stage. It discusses varietal dissemination methods used, including field demonstrations, field days, awareness campaigns and seed mini-kits. Finally, it presents reasons why gender responsiveness is important and key focus areas to make dissemination more inclusive of women, such as targeting, technology development, and pathways
Experience and guidelines for participatory varietal selection (PVS): Integra...CGIAR
This poster was presented as part of the 'gender in breeding session' of the Capacity Development Workshop hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 7-8 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
Experience and guidelines for participatory varietal selection (PVS): Integra...IFPRI-PIM
This poster was presented as part of the 'gender in breeding session' of the Capacity Development Workshop hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 7-8 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
Ppt hugo benefits of biodiversity cbmcop11-hlfinalManinder12
This document summarizes a presentation on the benefits of conserving native Garcinia and Mangifera (mango) species through on-farm conservation efforts in South and Southeast Asia. It discusses the global, local, and private benefits of tropical fruit tree diversity. It also describes an integrated community biodiversity management approach used in Western Ghats, India to document, conserve, and promote native mango and Garcinia varieties through activities like local nurseries, capacity building, product development, and strengthening local institutions. Initial outcomes included documenting local varieties, establishing grafting networks, generating incomes from new food products, and empowering local communities.
This presentation was given by the various speakers at the panel session on gender dynamics in seed systems, as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
This document provides an update on a collaborative project to develop the genomic infrastructure for black raspberry breeding improvement. The project involves researchers from Oregon, North Carolina, New York, and Ohio and focuses on identifying aphid resistance, developing molecular breeding tools, analyzing phytonutrients, and understanding consumer preferences. Progress includes identifying sources of aphid resistance from wild germplasm, constructing a genetic linkage map, analyzing sugar and anthocyanin levels in fruit, and conducting consumer sensory panels. The long-term goals are to pyramid multiple aphid resistances and develop new disease resistant cultivars to benefit the black raspberry and broader rose family industries.
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1. Participatory research and plant
breeding in Honduras: Improving
livelihoods, transforming gender
relations
Foundation for Participatory Research with Honduran
Farmers (FIPAH): Agronomists: Marvin Gomez, Jose
Jimenez, Omar Gallardo, Fredy Sierra, Carlos Avila,
Merida Barahona, Paola Orellana
Panamerican Agricultural School (EAP-Zamorano): Juan
Carlos Rosas, PhD
Sally Humphries, PhD
University of Guelph
Ontario, Canada
shumphri@uoguelph.ca
15-Feb-16
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Local Agricultural Research Committees (CIALs)
• Supported by CIAT (1993-95), IDRC (1995-2000), USC Canada (2000-present)
• Foundation for Participatory Research with Honduran Farmers (FIPAH) supports
most CIALs in Honduras
• Partnership between CIALs, NGOs and breeders at Pan American Agricultural
School, (Zamorano)
4. CIAL/farmer group locations, Honduras
109 CIALs in 139 communities, 15 municipalities, 5
departments in western and central Honduras
109 CIALs in 139 communities, 15 municipalities, 5
departments in western and central Honduras
Scale up to 191 communities, 173 farmer groups by 2020
6. Teaching formal research methods to farmers
• Through CIALs farmers learn how to conduct simple experiments in maize
and beans
• Poor performance of formal sector varieties
• NGOs-Zamorano look towards participatory plant breeding as a solution
8. Identifying farmers’ ideal bean traits
by gender, Yorito, Honduras, 2000
• non-trailing bush beans, 35-40
cm in height
• yields of 25-40 pods/plant
• little disease
• even ripening
• thick stem
• rain- and drought-resistant
• thickish pod to prevent
sprouting
• 7-8 beans/pod
• longish, thick, heavy bean
• dark reddish colour, shiny
• firm bean skin to prevent pest
infestation in storage
• early maturing varieties
• produces a thick soup in the
cooking process and doesn’t
need lard
• ‘yields’ or expands in the
pot
• soft, good tasting bean
• cooks quickly without much
fire
• easy to shell
9. Introducing participatory plant breeding (PPB) into
upland communities, 2000-present
• First PPB variety generated from popular landrace with early maturity, selected
by CIALs across 2 municipalities, central Honduras
• Landrace crossed with breeder materials at Zamorano and returned to CIALs
• 53 members (23 w, 30 m) from 4 CIALs selected (F3) lines from 120 families
• Originally concentrated in one plot but decentralized at members’ request to
community plots to incorporate contextual differences, especially elevation
10. Learning to select in early generations
• Learning process
approach: each of the
partners (breeder, NGO,
CIALs) learned how to
engage in PPB
• CIALs learned to select
in segregating
populations, ignoring
seed colour in early
generations
• Members picked up
language of science,
basic genetics
• Labour-intensive at
outset
11. For women, in particular, involvement in
CIALs and PPB has meant acquiring new
agricultural knowledge
• Research was new to all CIAL members
encouraging shared learning between
men and women
• Women took seed selection skills out of
kitchen into public space
• Early gender-specific CIALs became
mixed CIALs at members’ request
12. Farmers and scientists select different
materials
• Materials selected
on-station by
breeder, not
selected by farmers,
reflecting different
conditions and
cultural criteria
• First PPB bean,
‘Macuzalito’,
selected by farmers
for best overall
average traits
• Selected by both
men and women
13. Bean release at municipal level
• Macuzalito released in 2004 at the municipal level, four years after process
began
• Honduran CIALs/NGOs/Zamorano have generated 23 new bean varieties, most
using advanced lines
• Most released at municipal level; one released at the national level in 2014
• Participatory mass evaluation showed that 6 PPB CIAL varieties outperformed
formal sector check on all but one criterion – independent of altitude and zone.
14. Increasing seed supply
• Honduran seed laws currently
prevent CIALs selling seed
nationally
• Individual seed growers use
foundation seed to increase
volume of “seed” for sale in local
markets
• Profits from local “seed” sales
increasingly help to drive long
term PPB research
• Credit through the Association
of CIALs allows farmers to buy
fresh seed and maintain high
quality bean grain sales
15. Evaluating Impacts
• 2003 – Indicator Identification
• 7 focus groups, 40 before and after interviews
• 2004 – Survey
• n=300
• 2005 – Participatory Analysis of Survey Results
• 10 focus groups
• 2006 – Life/Project Histories
• 31 life histories
• 2011 – Survey of Male Partners
• 20 men interviewed
• 2013 – Cost/Benefit Analysis of PPB
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16. Bean Category Adoption Rates by Season across 3
Municipalities in Honduras, 2013
• Spring 2012 (n=127) • Fall 2012 (n=140)
Kindsvater Daly, 2014, MSc Thesis
17. Livelihood Impacts
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• More poultry
• More pigs
• More pack animals
• More household savings
• Increased household maize yields
• Increased household bean yields
• Increased food security
• Increased links with organizations
18. Poorest farmers, including women, have been
empowered through research
• Women make up 42% of membership in established CIALs
supported by FIPAH. Involved in PPB research, validation of
varieties, etc.
19. Women gain social networks, increase social
capital
Classen, et al., World Development, 2008
20. Women acquire confidence to exercise their
‘liberty’
• Participating in
organizations
• Occupying positions in the
community
• Taking on salaried work
• Administering family
finances
• Visiting friends and
neighbours
• Working with spouse in the
fields
Humphries, et al., World Development, 2012
21. Women make more decisions
• What crops and
where to sow
• Sale of agricultural
products
• Joining local
organizations
• Managing family
finances
Humphries, et al, World Development, 2012
22. Husbands take pride in wives’ skills
• Husbands expressed pride in their wives’ new skills, most likely if husband
also a CIAL member
• Woman had to be CIAL member, there was no change in decision-making if
only husbands were members. Empowerment earned, not bestowed
• Joint household benefits important for men’s support
Humphries, et al, World Development, 2012
23. CIALs help to promote community development
• Work of the CIALs helps to foster stronger, more prosperous, more open
communities
• CIAL members promote local development through community leadership
roles
24. Lessons Learned
• Involving farmers in participatory research and PPB is a
long term undertaking, requiring stable funding for
different partners
• Research-focused NGOs effectively mediate between
breeders and farmers
• PPB varieties have high adoption rates
• Learning to do research gave poor women and men self-
confidence
• Self-confidence allowed women to use their liberty
effectively and empowered them to make important h/h
decisions
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