Government strategies to promote social protection and agricultural development in Ethiopia are closely intertwined. Interventions such […]
Farmer-saved and farmer-traded seed (i.e. the informal seed sector) is, and for the foreseeable future will […]
Most of the planned activities were initiated in the July-September quarter of the 2008 work plan. […]
CCAFS carried out household baseline surveys in all its benchmark sites in 2010/2011. This report presents […]
The smallholder coffee sector in Malawi has undergone major reforms in recent years. There is anecdotal […]
This market, close to Huancayo, is busy,even when it’s raining. Germ??n, Juan, Antonio and Rebecca are […]
This issue focuses on how local communities in six countries in south-east Asia are managing risk; […]
In a bid to return the country to food self-sufficiency, the Government of Kenya has been […]
Yams are an important and valued food in West and Central Africa. Yet every year it […]
This publication, of the Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF), supports global efforts of the […]
This video, in English and Bengali with English subtitles, promotes the work of the Global Plant […]
Smallholder farmers need information on plant diseases. Ten plant health clinics (Postas para Plantas) evolved in […]
This report describes the setting up of plant clinics in each of the 13 administrative districts […]
In early 2005, the Nicaraguan Foundation for Technological Development in Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry (FUNICA) began […]
This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
1. The goal of this DFID-funded project was to improve rural livelihoods through accelerated adoption of […]
Climate change and variability have undermined efforts to meet the livelihood needs of vulnerable smallholder communities […]
Although farmers in developing countries are generally thought to be risk averse, little is known about […]
This is the report of the study conducted by Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology […]
Recent developments in weather and seasonal rainfall predictions have increased the accuracy and reliability of the […]
In this paper we focus on the rural poultry producing households in Ghana. Our aims are […]
Tiraque is a small town in Bolivia, about two hours from Cochabamba on the road to […]
This report summarizes the results of a baseline household-level survey, designed by the CCAFS team and […]
Farmers all have a story to tell to the plant doctors of Bangladesh. Plant doctors have […]
Challenging climatic conditions, limited arable land, intense population pressures and a history of political upheaval have […]
The effects of white spot disease of shrimps on the livelihoods of poor farmers of the […]
This is the report of a study of knowledge and information systems of poor farmers in […]
FIPS Africa (Farm Input Promotions – Africa) is a further development of an effort which began […]
Cassava is grown throughout sub-Saharan Africa and increasingly is the main starch staple, particularly in West […]
Despite the achievements of smallholders in Asia during the green revolution, there is scepticism that Africa’s […]
The fact sheets in this collection were written by extension workers, farmers and researchers who attended […]
This DfID-funded project was implemented by scientists from CABI-Europe and CIMMYT South Asia, in collaboration with […]
This study was funded by the Crop Protection Programme (CPP) of the Department for International Development […]
This newsletter is an output of the linked projects R5719, R6051, and R6603. It focusses on […]
A survey of the importance of fish disease to 257 farmers from six districts in Bangladesh […]
In Uganda, sweet potato (SP) on-farm production has at least tripled as a result of many […]
Among the four largest cotton-producing countries, only Pakistan had not commercially adopted Bt cotton by 2010. […]
The implementation of agriculture industrial production can reduce the part of market risk but not eliminate […]