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Financing mitigation in smallholder agricultural systems

This chapter describes obstacles to financing mitigation in smallholder agricultural systems, and provides recommendations to overcome […]

Finding Missing Markets (and a Disturbing Epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya.

Farmers may grow crops for local consumption despite more profitable export options. DrumNet, a Kenyan NGO […]

First confirmed report of citrus black spot caused by Guignardia citricarpa on sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis) in Uganda

In November 2006, orange fruits showing black spot symptoms were brought to the rural plant clinic […]

A low-cost haemoglobinometer as a decision support tool for bovine disease diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa

The developmental problem addressed in this project is the low productivity of livestock, particularly cattle, in […]

Final Technical Report. The Delivery of Veterinary Services to the Poor: a framework for analysis.

The original objective of the project was to analyse the uptake and impact of veterinary services […]

The potential for integrating DFID-funded Crop Post-Harvest Programme outputs into small-scale food production systems in South Africa’s Northern Province

This study aims to improve household food security in rural South Africa by analysing the postharvest […]

Research on the incidence, economic importance and causal agent(s) of bovine cerebral theileriosis in semi-arid pastoral livestock systems in Ngorongoro, Monduli and Simanjiro District in Northern Tanzania

Bovine cerebral theileriosis (BCT) has been ranked as the highest disease priority by pastoralist communities in […]

Small-scale farmer-managed aquaculture in engineered water systems: critical design and management approaches

The purpose of the project was to identify the major social and bioeconomic constraints to the […]

Final Technical Report. New insights into promoting rural innovation: Learning from civil society organisations about the effective use of innovation in development.

This project addressed policy issues concerned with making more effective use of science, technology and innovation […]

Improving small Holder Marketing of Potatoes and Groundnuts in Eastern Uganda

Farmers’ collective marketing has successfully been implemented in Western Kenya, but the potential has remained unexploited […]

Community-based goat productivity improvement in Central and South Meru Districts of Kenya

The project purpose was sustainable and replicable mechanisms and pathways for assembling, disseminating and promoting information […]

Development of Pheromones for Management of Coffee White Stemborer, Xylotrechus Quadripe

The Purpose of the project was to develop improved methods for the management of priority pests […]

Groundnut Rosette Disease Epidemiology

The project’s purpose was to improve the productivity of smallholder, groundnut production in sub-Saharan Africa through […]

Sample of Constitution for the Farmers Marketing Groups

Smallholder farmers are always trapped in the “good season” poor market dilemma. This discourages production of […]

Field Trials of the Capripox/Rinderpest Recombinant Virus

This project successfully tested the efficacy of a dual vaccine against rinderpest and lumpy skin disease […]

Evaluating soil fertility constraints on smallholder agriculture in semi-arid tropics

This document represents the final report of project R5804, “Evaluating soil fertility constraints on smallholder agriculture […]

Field trialling of the capripox/rinderpest recombinant virus

This project continued testing a dual vaccine against rinderpest and lumpy skin disease in cattle, and […]

Field studies of drug-resistant cattle trypanosomes in Kénédougou Province, Burkina Faso

Field studies were conducted to assess the occurrence of resistance to isometamidium chloride and diminazene aceturate […]

Feeding livestock through partnerships

Addressing issues of animal feed scarcity has the potential of raising incomes and improving the lives […]

Farmlime: Low-cost lime for small-scale farming

Agricultural lime is a farming input taken for granted in developed countries; however this does not […]