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The Good Seed Initiative (GSI) – sharing the learning from CPP programmes into pro-poor seed systems in East Africa

Farmer-saved and farmer-traded seed (i.e. the informal seed sector) is, and for the foreseeable future will […]
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The Extent and Rate of Adoption of Modern Cultivars in India

How quickly cultivars are replaced indicates how effectively the seeds of new cultivars are supplied and […]
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Research and dialogue communication intervention for small and medium scale farmers to adopt research

PANOS Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) partnered with Research Into Use (RIU) Zambia Office with the aim […]
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Relevance of RIU Rwanda workplan vis-a-vis the national agricultural development policy framework

The Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation in Rwanda Phase II is a comprehensive document adopted by […]
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RIU Malawi. Status brief for farmer empowerment/organizations.

The vision for RIU includes the empowerment of farmers through strengthening of smallholder farmer organisations to […]
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Rainfed Rabi Cropping in Rice-fallows of Nepal

This case study is an impact assessment of Rainfed Rabi Cropping (RRC) technologies, developed in DFID […]
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Rainfed agriculture impact assessment cluster study synthesis report

This study on Rain-Fed Agriculture is one of two studies that were undertaken as part of […]
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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 8/10: Uptake pathways.

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]
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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 6/10: Communication – getting messages to stakeholders

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]
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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 10/10: Sub-project briefs.

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]
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Perspectives on Pests II: Achievements of research under UK Department for International Development Crop Protection Programme 2000-05

Perspectives on Pests II contains profiles of research funded by DFID’s Crop Protection Programme between 2000 […]
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Part 4: Scaling Up. Introduction.

The chapter describes activities conducted up to 1996. Since then, networking has extended to more organisations. […]
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Organised Retailing of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: Opportunities for Putting Research Into Use

A cross?cutting theme in the DFID-funded Research into Use (RIU) programme is the exploration of the […]
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New Upland Rice Varieties for India

This case study is an impact assessment of two rice varieties, Ashoka 200F and Ashoka 228. […]
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Institutional innovations in Nepal’s crop improvement system

This study looked at the use and impact of Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) and Client-oriented Breeding […]
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Innovation Challenge Fund Brochure 2: Nepal takes up the challenge

This brochure introduces four projects in Nepal, starting in 2008, under the Research into Use Programme. […]
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Farmers take the lead in learning – Validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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Exploring opportunity led innovation in agriculture value chain development efforts

Application of Innovation system conceptualization in agriculture development projects is rapidly growing in significance in the […]
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Effective policy advocacy. Learning from the Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy

This Brief shares insights from the 11-year DFID-funded Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) in the […]
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Analysing Farmer Decision-Making in Pest Management

This study was funded by the Crop Protection Programme (CPP) of the Department for International Development […]
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African parliamentary support for agriculture

This is the final report of a pilot programme that investigated how parliamentary agriculture committees can […]
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Kale seed multiplication schemes take off inKenya. Validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]