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Mobile phones and agricultural extension services in Tanzania
S.Y. Nyamba / Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2012
In Africa, there has been a large increase in the use on mobile phones. The project “The role of mobile phones towards improving coverage of agricultural extension services: a case study of maize value chain” is looking in...
Coping strategies for improved resilience of agro-pastoral communities: a case study of Monduli and Longido Districts
N. Mwalukasa / Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2012
Livestock and agriculture are identified as some of the sectors most vulnerable to climate change. The project “Establishing livestock-based coping strategies for improved resilience of pastoral and agro pastoral communities to ...
Integrated farming system for dairy farmers in Njombe
E. Borge / Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2012
The project “Application of Value Chain and Innovation Systems Approaches for Up-scaling and Out-scaling Technologies for Enhancing Integrated Dairy Production System in Njombe District” is up scaling and out scaling the b...
Claims on improper use and counterfeit inputs in the tomato value chain: are they real?
I. Busindi / Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2012
The project “Innovative communication pathways in dissemination of agricultural technologies and improving market information in Tanzania: A case of tomato value chains”, aims to understand the nature of communication and ...
People in crises: tackling the root causes of famine in the Horn of Africa
H.A. Terefe 2012
In mid-2011 the world became witness to a widespread food crisis in the Horn of Africa, which has escalated into acute shortages of food notably in the regions of southern Somalia, northern Kenya, southeastern Ethiopia and Djibouti. T...
Input subsidies and improved maize varieties in Malawi: -What can we learn from the impacts in a drought year?
S. Holden; J. Mangisoni / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013
After six years with a large scale Farm Input Subsidy Program that enhanced national and household food security high costs resulted in a cut-back of the program in 2011/12 at the same time as the country was hit by a more seriou...
Input subsidies and demand for improved Maize: relative prices and household heterogeneity matter!
S. Holden / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013
This study uses simple non-separable farm household models calibrated to household, market, farming and policy context conditions in Central and Southern Malawi. The models are used to simulate how household characteristics, design an...
The 2010 Global Consultations on Farmers' Rights: Results from an Email-based Survey
R. Andersen; T. Winge / Farmers' Rights, 2011
This report presents the results of the e-mail based survey on Farmers? Rights. The consultations were organized in response to Resolution 6/2009 of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food an...
Global Consultations on Farmers' Rights in 2010
R. Andersen; T. Winge / Farmers' Rights, 2011
This report presents the results and proceedings of the Global Consultations on Farmers. Rights carried out in 2010. Consisting of both an e-mail based survey and an international consultation conference with regional components held ...
Workshop on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Benefit–sharing in the Multilateral System
G. Evjen / Farmers' Rights, 2010
This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and recommendations of a workshop, co-hosted by the Indonesian Center for Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research and Development, Ministry of Agriculture and the...
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