Participatory technology development farmers lead researchAshish Murai
Agricultural extension, as a discipline and a service, is the most frequent scapegoat when it comes to putting blame for poor adoption of latest technologies among farmers. Whereas, the researchers often fail to understand the compatibility of their technologies with respect to farmers’ situation, resources, social structure and other relevant factors. Therefore, the research should be farmer-driven and farmer-lead. Participatory technology development provides for farmers to lead the research process and result into farm appropriate technologies.
Domenico Dentoni: Introduction to Agri-Food Chain Management, University of P...Gcazo14
Introduction to the MSc student course taking a systemic change perspective to the management of agricultural and food supply chains. Course established in collaboration between University of Parma and Dr. Domenico Dentoni, Associate Professor at Wageningen University.
New business models and systemic change in the Malawian maize and legume sectorGcazo14
New business models and systemic change in the Malawian maize and legume sector. International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) annual symposium, Aarhus (Denmark), 2016
Lecture 3: Systems dynamics. Domenico Dentoni, University of ParmaGcazo14
Systems Dynamics: why it is useful for systems-thinking, what it is and how it relates to causal loop diagrams; how to gather information; how to map information in teams and how to assess it. Application to framing and understanding wicked problems in agri-food chains collectively.
Horticultural Value Chain Development & Financing Strategies for Zimbabwe's S...RENETH MANO
This is a presentation made by Reneth Mano at the Annual National Economic Consultative Forum held at Rainbow Towers in Harare, Zimbabwe (Date - 14/09/2014)
Participatory technology development farmers lead researchAshish Murai
Agricultural extension, as a discipline and a service, is the most frequent scapegoat when it comes to putting blame for poor adoption of latest technologies among farmers. Whereas, the researchers often fail to understand the compatibility of their technologies with respect to farmers’ situation, resources, social structure and other relevant factors. Therefore, the research should be farmer-driven and farmer-lead. Participatory technology development provides for farmers to lead the research process and result into farm appropriate technologies.
Domenico Dentoni: Introduction to Agri-Food Chain Management, University of P...Gcazo14
Introduction to the MSc student course taking a systemic change perspective to the management of agricultural and food supply chains. Course established in collaboration between University of Parma and Dr. Domenico Dentoni, Associate Professor at Wageningen University.
New business models and systemic change in the Malawian maize and legume sectorGcazo14
New business models and systemic change in the Malawian maize and legume sector. International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) annual symposium, Aarhus (Denmark), 2016
Lecture 3: Systems dynamics. Domenico Dentoni, University of ParmaGcazo14
Systems Dynamics: why it is useful for systems-thinking, what it is and how it relates to causal loop diagrams; how to gather information; how to map information in teams and how to assess it. Application to framing and understanding wicked problems in agri-food chains collectively.
Horticultural Value Chain Development & Financing Strategies for Zimbabwe's S...RENETH MANO
This is a presentation made by Reneth Mano at the Annual National Economic Consultative Forum held at Rainbow Towers in Harare, Zimbabwe (Date - 14/09/2014)
Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains: Innovations, Scaling, and Way ForwardIFPRI-PIM
In the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), market and related aspects have been mostly addressed by PIM Flagship 3: Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains. The team has been focusing on the evolving international, regional, and local contexts for agricultural markets, and investigating how value chains (VC) can be strengthened to generate more benefits for smallholders and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with differentiated opportunities for women, men, and youth. In this webinar on 22 November 2021, the team presented key findings from the Flagship’s work in 2017-2021 in three areas: 1) value chain innovations, 2) use of value chains for scaling CGIAR solutions, and 3) interactions between research and practice for value chain development.
For more information about this webinar and to access the full recording, visit https://bit.ly/3c6siV5.
Topics:
-Question about whether Cooperatives target the poorest and how to identify this segment of population.
-Production aspects of the value chain development
ICT tools development and application
-Capacity building based on Nico’s summary
-----In addition to mobilization, also members need training on bookkeeping, by laws, management, governance, leadership, organization design for cooperative health.
-Highlight the importance of DETAILS
Validating gender in value chains tools: the case of the PMCACGIAR
This presentation was given by Sarah Mayanja (CIP), as part of the Annual Gender Scientific Conference hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 25-27 September 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and co-organized with KIT Royal Tropical Institute.
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-conference-2018/
Farm to Home, a 'freemium' app, is a revolution in the way farm products are sold to the ultimate customers. It not only caters to the needs of farmers, but also the customers by offering fresh farm products as well as advice on nutrition, health and fitness. The premium version of the app provides dietary plan exclusively for every family type.
The above presentation is a Marketing Plan of the App. This presentation is done as part of Marketing Internship conducted by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
Strengthening developing-country seed systems and markets. Policy trade-offs,...IFPRI-PIM
Presentation by David Spielman (IFPRI) at the PIM Webinar held on 25 October 2017. See more here: http://pim.cgiar.org/2017/09/29/webinar-strengthening-developing-country-seed-systems-and-markets-policy-trade-offs-unintended-consequences-and-operational-realities/
Domenico Dentoni: Lecture 2 on Wicked Problems (University of Parma)Gcazo14
Discussion on the three key features of wicked problems: change over time, conflict among stakeholders' values, and knowledge uncertainty. Three cases: mafia in agri-food systems, palm oil production and collective territorial branding in Italy.
Methods for studying gender dynamics in value chains beyond the production no...IFPRI-PIM
PIM Webinar recorded on Oct. 28, 2021. Presenters: Jessica Leight (IFPRI); Emily Gallagher (CIFOR); and Kate Ambler (IFPRI). More information at https://bit.ly/GDVCweb
African Farmers, Value Chains, and African DevelopmentIFPRI-PIM
PIM Webinar/Book Launch, December 9, 2021.
At first glance, African smallholder farmers might seem unproductive, as their crops yield much less than potential and are often of variable quality. A new PIM-supported book “African Farmers, Value Chains, and Agricultural Development” argues that in fact they are largely producing following rational economic decisions, and that this situation is a consequence of the economic and institutional environment in which they produce. The authors Alan de Brauw and Erwin Bulte discuss ways that different types of transaction costs limit their market opportunities in general, including transport costs but also costs related to different sources of risks, trust, market power, liquidity, and even storage.
More information and full webinar recording: https://bit.ly/3rMpdTi
Aquaculture production value chain for grow-out in UgandaILRI
Poster prepared by Namulawa V.T (NARO-Uganda) and Atukunda G. (NARO-Uganda) for the Agrifood chain toolkit conference: Livestock and fish value chains in East Africa, Kampala, 9-11 September 2013.
Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains: Innovations, Scaling, and Way ForwardIFPRI-PIM
In the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), market and related aspects have been mostly addressed by PIM Flagship 3: Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains. The team has been focusing on the evolving international, regional, and local contexts for agricultural markets, and investigating how value chains (VC) can be strengthened to generate more benefits for smallholders and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with differentiated opportunities for women, men, and youth. In this webinar on 22 November 2021, the team presented key findings from the Flagship’s work in 2017-2021 in three areas: 1) value chain innovations, 2) use of value chains for scaling CGIAR solutions, and 3) interactions between research and practice for value chain development.
For more information about this webinar and to access the full recording, visit https://bit.ly/3c6siV5.
Topics:
-Question about whether Cooperatives target the poorest and how to identify this segment of population.
-Production aspects of the value chain development
ICT tools development and application
-Capacity building based on Nico’s summary
-----In addition to mobilization, also members need training on bookkeeping, by laws, management, governance, leadership, organization design for cooperative health.
-Highlight the importance of DETAILS
Validating gender in value chains tools: the case of the PMCACGIAR
This presentation was given by Sarah Mayanja (CIP), as part of the Annual Gender Scientific Conference hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 25-27 September 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and co-organized with KIT Royal Tropical Institute.
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-conference-2018/
Farm to Home, a 'freemium' app, is a revolution in the way farm products are sold to the ultimate customers. It not only caters to the needs of farmers, but also the customers by offering fresh farm products as well as advice on nutrition, health and fitness. The premium version of the app provides dietary plan exclusively for every family type.
The above presentation is a Marketing Plan of the App. This presentation is done as part of Marketing Internship conducted by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
Strengthening developing-country seed systems and markets. Policy trade-offs,...IFPRI-PIM
Presentation by David Spielman (IFPRI) at the PIM Webinar held on 25 October 2017. See more here: http://pim.cgiar.org/2017/09/29/webinar-strengthening-developing-country-seed-systems-and-markets-policy-trade-offs-unintended-consequences-and-operational-realities/
Domenico Dentoni: Lecture 2 on Wicked Problems (University of Parma)Gcazo14
Discussion on the three key features of wicked problems: change over time, conflict among stakeholders' values, and knowledge uncertainty. Three cases: mafia in agri-food systems, palm oil production and collective territorial branding in Italy.
Methods for studying gender dynamics in value chains beyond the production no...IFPRI-PIM
PIM Webinar recorded on Oct. 28, 2021. Presenters: Jessica Leight (IFPRI); Emily Gallagher (CIFOR); and Kate Ambler (IFPRI). More information at https://bit.ly/GDVCweb
African Farmers, Value Chains, and African DevelopmentIFPRI-PIM
PIM Webinar/Book Launch, December 9, 2021.
At first glance, African smallholder farmers might seem unproductive, as their crops yield much less than potential and are often of variable quality. A new PIM-supported book “African Farmers, Value Chains, and Agricultural Development” argues that in fact they are largely producing following rational economic decisions, and that this situation is a consequence of the economic and institutional environment in which they produce. The authors Alan de Brauw and Erwin Bulte discuss ways that different types of transaction costs limit their market opportunities in general, including transport costs but also costs related to different sources of risks, trust, market power, liquidity, and even storage.
More information and full webinar recording: https://bit.ly/3rMpdTi
Aquaculture production value chain for grow-out in UgandaILRI
Poster prepared by Namulawa V.T (NARO-Uganda) and Atukunda G. (NARO-Uganda) for the Agrifood chain toolkit conference: Livestock and fish value chains in East Africa, Kampala, 9-11 September 2013.
Experiences in financing fishing and fish farming
Fin4Ag: Revolutionising finance for agri-value chains
14-18 July 2014 | Nairobi, Kenya
Day 3 :
Thursday, 17 July 2014
14:00 - 15:30
Kifaru
Presentation by Lamon Rutten, Manager, Policies, Markets and ICTs at CTA
Update on the Ethiopia sheep and goats value chain development projectILRI
Presented by Barbara Rischkowsky, ICARDA, at the Ethiopia Small Ruminants Value Chain Strategy and Implementation Planning Workshop, Addis Ababa, 13-14 June 2014
Looks at cutting edge agricultural development through public-private partnership finance models. Experiences of Mphiwe Siyalima Enterprises in South Africa, a small to medium size farming corporation, are shared.
By Michael Johnson, Sam Benin, Xinshen Diao, and Liangzhi You.
Presented at the ASTI-FARA conference Agricultural R&D: Investing in Africa's Future: Analyzing Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities - Accra, Ghana on December 5-7, 2011. http://www.asti.cgiar.org/2011conf
Experiences in financing fishing and fish farming
Fin4Ag, Revolutionising finance for agri-value chains
14-18 July 2014 | Nairobi, Kenya
Day 3 :
Thursday, 17 July 2014
14:00 - 15:30
Kifaru
Presentation by Esther Muiruri
General Manager of Agribusiness, Equity Bank, Kenya
Ethiopian Livestock Master Plan (LMP): Roadmaps for growth and transformation...ILRI
Poster prepared by Solomon Desta, Kidus Nigussie, and Barry Shapiro for the ILRI@40 Workshop, Addis Ababa, 7 November 2014
The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) needs qualitative and fact-based livestock sector model and analysis to design a Livestock Master Plan (LMP) as part of the government’s wider growth and transformation plan II, covering the period 2015-2020.
Introducing the Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) in Kenya project: ...ILRI
Presented by Henry Kiara, ILRI, at the Workshop on the Delivery of Animal Health Services in Extensive Livestock Production Systems, Nairobi, 9-10 March 2017
Workstream 1: Technology Platform: Case StudiesHillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
By Rachel Norman, PhD researcher and Dr Richard Franceys, senior lecturer. Prepared for the Monitoring sustainable WASH service delivery symposium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9-11 April 2013.
Improving the performance of pro-poor value chains of sheep and goats for enh...ILRI
Presented by Barbara Rischkowsky (ICARDA) at the Ethiopia Small Ruminants Value Chain Strategy and Implementation Planning Workshop, Addis Ababa, 8-9 June 2015
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Presentation by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 28–30 November 2023.
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Poster by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione presented at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 29 November 2023.
A training, certification and marketing scheme for informal dairy vendors in ...ILRI
Presentation by Silvia Alonso, Jef L. Leroy, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas and Delia Grace at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Milk safety and child nutrition impacts of the MoreMilk training, certificati...ILRI
Poster by Silvia Alonso, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Delia Grace and Jef L. Leroy presented at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Food safety research in low- and middle-income countriesILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet at the first technical meeting to launch the Food Safety Working Group under the One Health Partnership framework, Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 September 2023
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet at the first technical meeting to launch the Food Safety Working Group under the One Health Partnership framework, Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 September 2023
Reservoirs of pathogenic Leptospira species in UgandaILRI
Presentation by Lordrick Alinaitwe, Martin Wainaina, Salome Dürr, Clovice Kankya, Velma Kivali, James Bugeza, Martin Richter, Kristina Roesel, Annie Cook and Anne Mayer-Scholl at the University of Bern Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 29 June 2023.
Assessing meat microbiological safety and associated handling practices in bu...ILRI
Presentation by Patricia Koech, Winnie Ogutu, Linnet Ochieng, Delia Grace, George Gitao, Lily Bebora, Max Korir, Florence Mutua and Arshnee Moodley at the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Ecological factors associated with abundance and distribution of mosquito vec...ILRI
Poster by Max Korir, Joel Lutomiah and Bernard Bett presented the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Practices and drivers of antibiotic use in Kenyan smallholder dairy farmsILRI
Poster by Lydiah Kisoo, Dishon M. Muloi, Walter Oguta, Daisy Ronoh, Lynn Kirwa, James Akoko, Eric Fèvre, Arshnee Moodley and Lillian Wambua presented at Tropentag 2023, Berlin, Germany, 20–22 September 2023.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024
Update on value chain development theme
1. Update on value chain
development theme
Tom Randolph (ILRI)
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
Planning Meeting
ILRI Nairobi
27 September 2011
2. Three platforms for generating productivity
Improved Technologies
Animal genetics
Animal feeds
Animal health
Value Chain Development
Sectorial and policy analysis
Value chain assessment
Value chain innovation
Targeting, Gender and Impact
Systems analysis and targeting
Gender and equity
M&E and impact assessment
3. Value Chain Development
Overall outcome
1. A multi-faceted strategy actively being implemented by development
actors in each of the 9 target value chains that is significantly increasing
productivity and benefits to the poor, while minimizing impacts on the
environment
Based on strategies and evidence generated by CRP3.7 and partners
Research is ongoing to address priority constraints in medium and
longer term to sustain productivity growth
2. Proven value chain development approaches, methods and tools are
being applied by the research and development communities globally
4. Sectoral and Policy Analysis
Component 2.1
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
Planning Meeting
ILRI Nairobi
27 September 2011
5. 2.1 Sectoral & Policy Analysis
Impact pathway and outcomes
Pathway: CRP3.7 works with partners to conduct analyses and
generate evidence and engage with policymakers and
stakeholders to understand the whether and how the target value
chain should be ‘enabled’ (economic, social, environmental)
Outcome: Consensus achieved among national and regional
policymakers regarding pro-poor policies and investment
strategies to support development of the 9 target value chains
Competitive viability of the target value chain, and
particularly its pro-poor aspects, confirmed and recognized
Policymakers aware of implications of development and
growth of the target value chains in terms of possible socio-
economic and environmental trade-offs
6. 2.1 Sectoral & Policy Analysis
Current Activities & Resources
Overall A. Gelan (economist)
India Ongoing engagement in Assam on dairy policy
Ethiopia Sector modeling; livestock component of GDP calculation
LIVES*:
Mali PROGEBE: investment policies to conserve endemic cattle and SR (Fadiga,
economist)
Tanzania EADD*:
ASARECA PAAP*:
Vietnam Major ACIAR project on competitiveness of smallholder pig systems
recently completed
Uganda ASARECA: Aquaculture development
EC*:
Egypt
Nicaragua CFC: Improving competitiveness of informal actors in dairy VCs
Other DANIDA*: Environmental assessment for aquaculture in Zambia
EC*: CSISA for aquaculture in Bangladesh
7. 2.1 Sectoral & Policy Analysis
Proposed Intermediate Outcomes
Methods/toolkits to support policy analysis for pro-poor VC
development
Economic
Social (from Gender & Equity)
Environmental
Basic sectoral and economy-wide models established for scenario
analysis for each VC
Prospective national (regional) sectoral market assessments
8. 2.1 Sectoral & Policy Analysis
Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes Decision makers and Partners have capacity to
stakeholders are confident of apply rapid situational
(potential) competitiveness of analysis
target VCs
Research 1. Conceptual framework for 1. Methodology for 1. Prototype
Outputs sectoral and policy analysis sectoral and economy- sectoral models
wide modeling for economic
2. Methodology for rapid established analysis of
situational analysis target VCs
established developed and
applied to
3. Rapid situational analyses
relevant
for each target value,
scenario
including basic market and
analysis
equity assessments
Environmental impact assessment ?
9. 2.1 Sectoral & Policy Analysis
Key Partners
Overall CRP2 (IFPRI), Michigan State Univ
India ?
Ethiopia ?
Mali ECOFIL (IER), CORAF, ECOWAS
Tanzania Sokoine Univ of Agriculture, ASARECA
Vietnam CAP, Hanoi Univ of Agriculture
Uganda Makerere Univ., ASARECA
Egypt ?
Nicaragua ?
Other
10. 2.1 Sectoral & Policy Analysis
Priorities for Resource Mobilization
2012 2013 2014
Research 1. Conceptual framework for 1. Methodology for 1. Prototype
Outputs sectoral and policy analysis sectoral and economy- sectoral models
wide modeling for economic
2. Methodology for rapid established analysis of
situational analysis target VCs
established developed and
3. Rapid situational analyses applied to
for each target value, relevant
including basic market and scenario analysis
equity assessments
Priorities Individual or multiple-country projects to assess competitiveness of target
for new VCs using sectoral modeling (including at least 1 full-time analyst)
proposals
Environmental impact assessment ?
11. 2.1 Sectoral & Policy Analysis
2012 Priorities for
Organisational, Capacity Development and
Communication Activities
Restructure team to match CRP needs
Identify gaps for priority recruitment and partnership
Identify strategy and mechanisms for working links internally with
other CRP3.7 components, and externally with CRP2
12. Value Chain Assessment
Component 2.2
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
Planning Meeting
ILRI Nairobi
27 September 2011
13. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Impact pathway and outcomes
Pathway: CRP3.7 works with R&D partners to conduct field studies to
identify opportunities, test best-bet strategies and generate
evidence to inform and stimulate development interventions for
pro-poor upgrading of the target value chains
Outcome: Improved and increased public and private sector
interventions being applied by development actors to support
women and resource-poor value chain actors and
consumers, with lower ecological footprint per unit produce
14. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Staff playing major role
ILRI Economists: I. Baltenweck, L. Lapar, T. Randolph, S. Staal, 2 positions being
recruited * (* one based in Uganda)
Epidemiologist: A. Omore
Nutritionist: B. Lukuyu
Animal health: position being recruited* (*based in Uganda)
WorldFish Egypt: VC Expert I (to be hired), G. El Naggar
Uganda: VC Expert II (to be hired)
Zambia: M Beveridge
CIAT Forage specialist: B. Maass (Nairobi)
Laos: T. Tiemann, G. Varney; R. Lefroy
Colombia: M. Peters, S. Martens, F. Holmann
Nicaragua: R. van der Hoek
ICARDA Ethiopia: VC Coordinator (to be hired)
Syria: A. Aw-Hassan, B. Rischkowsky, A. Haile
15. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Current Activities & Resources
India Ongoing engagement in Assam on dairy policy
Ethiopia ADA*: Community-based sheep breeding schemes (ICARDA, ILRI)
LIVES*:
Mali PROGEBE: Market development for indigenous cattle, SR in Mali (Guinea,
Senegal, Gambia)
Tanzania EADD & EADD2*: Dairy development in Tanzania (Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda,
Rwanda)
ASARECA Dairy & meat product quality and safety in East Africa
BMGF: Livestock data innovation in Tanzania (Uganda, Niger)
ASARECA PAAP*: in Tanzania (Uganda, Kenya)
Vietnam Major ACIAR project on competitiveness of smallholder pig systems
recently completed (ILRI)
IFAD: Improved forage-based feeding systems in Vietnam (Cambodia, Laos:
CIAT)
16. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Current Activities & Resources
Uganda ASARECA, EC*: Aquaculture development
BMGF: Livestock data innovation in Uganda (Tanzania, Niger)
ASARECA PAAP*: in Tanzania (Uganda, Kenya)
EC-IFAD*: Improving the smallholder pig value chain
Egypt SDC*: Aquaculture
Nicaragua ADA: Eco-efficient pro-poor crop-livestock systems in Nicaragua (Colombia)
BMZ: Forages for monograstics in Nicaragua (Colombia, DRC)
CIAT BMZ*: Climate-smart crop-livestock systems in Nicaragua (Colombia)
CFC*: Improving competitiveness of informal actors in dairy VCs (Colombia)
USDA: Food for Progress
Other ACIAR*: Inland aquaculture in the Solomon Islands (WF)
BMZ: Climate change and water use for aquaculture in southern Africa (WF)
ACIAR: Improved pig production in Laos (CIAT)
AUSAID*: Harnessing husbandry of cavy in Cameroon and DRC (CIAT)
17. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Proposed Intermediate Outcomes
Preliminary sets of methods and toolkits established for pro-poor
VC development
VC development strategies established with partners in target
VCs, with evidence base generated and stimulating development
investment
VC needs are effectively informing priorities for technology
research
18. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes CRP3.7, local and 1. Partners have capacity to Evidence base in each
international partners have use basic set of tools for VC target VC for best-bet
established an R&D alliance toassessment pro-poor VC
transform target VC in each 2. Stakeholders in each development
country country are increasingly interventions is
aware of potential, influencing
constraints and initial development
options for pro-poor investment decisions
development of target VC
19. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes R&D alliance 1. capacity to use tools Evidence base
2. Stakeholders aware influencing decisions
Research 1. Scoping study to characterize 1. Inventory and evidence base 1. Best-bet intervention
Outputs target VC and identify (literature review) for key strategy formulated and
stakeholders and potential constraints and proposed tested, ready for piloting
partners solutions compiled
2. Basic toolkit for VC assessment 2. Quantitative assessment of
compiled for testing VC performance
3. Analytical framework for 3. Technical and economic
assessing VC performance assessments of key VC
established components to target for
4. Rapid assessment of target VC upgrading (e.g. farm-level:
to inform design of in-depth husbandry, feeds, breeds,
assessment, and to identify health, environmental issues;
preliminary priority constraints market-level: institutional
and best-bet upgrading strategies environment, food safety,
to test (including specific demand characteristics;
components on environmental overall: policies, organizational
impacts, food safety risk strategies
assessment and gender analysis)
20. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Key Partners
Overall CRP2, GTZ, CIRAD
India BAIF
Ethiopia EARO
Mali ECOFIL (IER), CIRAD
Tanzania Sokoine Univ of Agriculture, ASARECA
Vietnam National Institute of Animal Science, Hanoi Univ of Agriculture, IPSARD,
Min. Ag&RD
Uganda Makerere Univ., VEDCO, Kamuzinda Farm, NAADS
Egypt ?
Nicaragua ?
Other
21. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Priorities for Resource Mobilization
2012 2013 2014
Priorities 1. Individual or multiple-country projects to identify and test best-bet
for new upgrading strategies for each target VC (perhaps more manageable if
proposals done separately at farm and market levels): all countries except Uganda
2. Project to design and test analytical framework for assessing and
monitoring VC performance (both as basis for M&E and as analytical
tool) (under CRP2??)
3. Field studies to develop assessment methods for prioritizing animal
health and public health (with CRP4.3) priorities for pro-poor VC
development
4. Cross-project evaluation of VCA process, development of better metrics
and guidelines (WF)
22. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
2012 Priorities for
Organisational, Capacity Development and
Communication Activities
Restructure team to match CRP needs, with shared vision and
assignments for subject/VC focus
Identify gaps for priority recruitment or partnership
Identify strategy and mechanisms for working links internally with
other CRP3.7 components, and externally with CRP2, CRP4
Develop a communication strategy targeted to stakeholders and
partners in each target VC
23. 2.2 Value Chain Assessment
Composition of VCD Team
Key Dimensions Support
Value chain analysis- economist CRP2
Innovation specialist ?
Feed specialist CRP3.7.1.3
Breeding specialist CRP3.7.1.2
Animal health specialist CRP3.7.1.1
Animal husbandry specialist ?
Farm management specialist – econ ?
Post-harvest specialist ?
Business development ?
Gender specialist CRP3.7.3.2
M&E specialist CRP3.7.3.3
Sector & policy analyst CRP3.7.3.1; CRP2
Environmental impact analyst ?
Partnership engagement ?
24. Value Chain Innovation
Component 2.3
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
Planning Meeting
ILRI Nairobi
27 September 2011
25. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Impact pathway and outcomes
Pathway: CRP3.7 works with partners to identify and test the
principles and methods that permit research to promote and
replicate effective and sustained pro-poor change in value chains
Outcome: Enhanced pro-poor value chain performance and more
equitable distribution of benefits.
26. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Current Activities & Resources
Overall R. Puskur (economist), B. Boogaard, 2 WorldFish value chain experts being
recruited
India
Ethiopia LIVES*: Learning platforms in Ethiopia
Mali PROGEBE: Innovation platforms in Mali (Guinea, Senegal, Gambia)
Tanzania EADD*: Dairy development in East Africa
Vietnam IFAD: Improved forage-based feeding systems in Vietnam (Cambodia, Laos:
CIAT)
Uganda ASARECA: Aquaculture development
BMZ small grant: Dry season forages for smallholders in Uganda (Kenya,
Rwanda)
27. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Current Activities & Resources
Overall R. Puskur (economist), B. Boogaard, 2 WorldFish value chain experts being
recruited
Egypt
Nicaragua ADA: Eco-efficient pro-poor crop-livestock systems in Nicaragua (Colombia)
BMZ: Forages for monograstics in Nicaragua (Colombia, DRC)
BMZ*: Climate-smart crop-livestock systems in Nicaragua (Colombia)
CFC*: Improving competitiveness of informal actors in dairy VCs (Colombia)
USDA*: Food for Progress
Other ACIAR*: Inland aquaculture in the Solomon Islands (WF)
BMZ*: Food value chain innovation with aquaculture in Zambia (WF)
ACIAR: Improved pig production in Laos (CIAT)
AUSAID*: Harnessing husbandry of cavy in Cameroon and DRC (CIAT)
28. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Proposed Intermediate Outcomes
Capacity established among key actors within the 9 target value
chains to identify and address innovation needs and to access
and use appropriate technologies, institutional strategies and
knowledge.
29. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes 1. Partners in project areas are 1. Stakeholders in target
using methods for value chains are accessing
identifying opportunities for knowledge, technologies
and stimulating innovation and testing packages of
in target value chains interventions for value
2. Partners in target value chain development
chains are identifying actors 2. R&D Partners and VC
and organizations that can actors are using
provide access to mechanisms for
technologies, knowledge monitoring and learning
and stategies and building from the innovation
linkages with them processes and outcomes
30. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes 1. Using methods 1. Testing packages
2. Identifying actors 2. Monitoring & learning
Research 1. Analytical
Outputs framework for
innovation capacity
evaluation and
designing
interventions for VC
development
2. Tools and metrics
for monitoring
innovation
processes and
outcomes
31. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes 1. Using methods 1. Testing packages
2. Identifying actors 2. Monitoring & learning
Research 1. Analytical 1. Review paper and policy brief on VCA and VC
Outputs framework innovation in aquaculture completed
2. Tools and metrics 2. Discussion paper on strategies for innovation in
for monitoring target VCs
3. Reflective analysis of action research and
monitoring methods employed
4. Policy brief on sheep VC innovation
5. Assessment of environmental benefits from crop-
livestock systems adapted to climate change
6. Analysis of sociocultural and economic factors
driving adoption of eco-efficient crop-livestock
systems
7. Implementation strategies and tools for adaptation
and dissemination of eco-efficient agroforestry
and livestock systems suitable for the sub-humid
tropics
8. Development of strategies for scaling up and out
32. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013 2014
Outcomes 1. Using methods 1. Testing packages
2. Identifying 2. Monitoring & learning
actors
Research 1. Analytical 1. Review paper and policy 1. Analysis of incentive systems and
Outputs framework brief in aquaculture strategies for mobilising private
2. Tools and 2. Discussion paper on sector participation and provision
metrics for strategies of BDS in VC development
monitoring 3. Reflective analysis 2. Analysis of innovation strategies
4. Policy brief on sheep VC that make VC development pro-
5. Assessment of poor and pro-women
environmental benefits 3. Lessons on process facilitation for
6. Analysis of adoption of mobilising collective action for VC
eco-efficient systems innovation
7. Strategies for eco- 4. Analysis of strategies for policy
efficient systems engagement for facilitating an
8. Strategies for scaling up enabling environment and policy
and out framework for livestock VC
development
5. A framework for scaling up and out
innovation for VC development
33. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Key Partners
Overall CRP 1.1, 1.2
India BAIF (and others depending on locations chosen)
Ethiopia ARARI, ??
Mali ECOFIL (IER), CIRAD
Tanzania Sokoine Univ of Agriculture, ASARECA
Vietnam ?
Uganda Makerere Univ., VEDCO, Kamuzinda Farm
Egypt ?
Nicaragua ?
Other Wageningen university, IDS
34. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
Priorities for Resource Mobilization
2012 2013 2014
Research 1. Using methods 1. Testing packages
Outputs 2. Identifying actors 2. Monitoring & learning
Priorities 1. Funds for cross-project evaluation of innovation process, development of
for new better metrics and guidelines
proposals 2. Source funding for work in Central America
35. 2.3 Value Chain Innovation
2012 Priorities for
Organisational, Capacity Development and
Communication Activities
Recruit:
1 additional post-doc (ILRI)
1 additional VC scientist, Egypt (WorldFish)
VC expert, Zambia (Uganda) (WorldFish)
Restructure team to match CRP needs
Identify and develop collaboration on innovation across 3.7 Centers
Develop strategy to fit within the overall 3.7 communication strategy
Develop a capacity building strategy on innovation for the CRP3.7
implementing staff and in target VCs based on a needs assessment
Capacity building workshops for R&D partners in IAR4D and IP
approaches, process and outcome monitoring
Seek further integration of ILRI led work in Uganda and Viet Nam with
CIAT led activities in SE Asia
Workshop and report to establish and train appropriate methodologies
for village-level data collection