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Harmonization of extension messages on climate smart agriculture in Malawi : Do we speak with one voice, and to whom?
Academic Journals, 2017Poor access to extension services has been one of the major challenges that smallholder farmers in Malawi face. Dissemination of agricultural technologies is mainly done through field level extension workers and lead farmers; however, such workers are few in number. In addition to this, there is lack of harmonization of messages, approaches and methods in extension delivery at field level.DocumentFrom Genebanks to Farmers. A study of approaches to introduce genebank material to farmers’ seed systems
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2017Genebanks conserve key resources for increasing global food security and adapting to environmental change. The conventional way genetic resources are deployed to farmers goes through a linear pathway of breeding, delivery and adoption (BDA) of improved varieties. However, over the past 30 years a number of other pathways from genebanks to farmers’ fields have been tested and operationalized.DocumentSocial protection or humanitarian assistance: Contested input subsidies and climate adaptation in Malawi
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017The purpose of this article is to assess factors that contributed to the apparent success of the Farm Input Support Programme (FISP) in the period 2005–15, and discuss the lessons that can be learned from this experience in relation to climate change adaptation.DocumentEvaluation of growth, milk and manure production in Norwegian dairy goats in one highland of Tanzania 30 years after introduction
South African Journal of Animal Science, 2017Dairy goats have been imported into Tanzania since the 1960s to improve the milk production of Small East African (SEA) goats through crossbreeding. The SEA goats have poor genetic potential for milk.DocumentCommunity training manual: greening the honey and chyura products value chains
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017About Transboundary Landscape Initiatives in the Hindu Kush Himalaya:DocumentPackage of Practices for promoting climate resilient cardamom value chains in Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017Traditional cultivation practices of large cardamom serve as an example for harnessing a local mountain niche that is sympatric to agro-climatic ranges between 400 and 2,300 m elevations.DocumentRural poverty in Malanje, Angola
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2017This report is part of the research programme “Cooperation on Research and Development in Angola” between Centro de Estudos e Investigação Científica (CEIC) at the Catholic University in Luanda, Angola and Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, Norway. The objective of the programme is to increase the quality, quantity and availability of relevant research-based knowledge on Angola.DocumentThe vulnerability and resilience of smallholder-inclusive agricultural investments in Tanzania
Taylor and Francis Group, 2017This paper compares and contrasts two cases of smallholder-inclusive agricultural investment in Tanzania and investigates the factors that shape their vulnerability and resilience to risks and uncertainties that influence their performance and viability as a development strategy.DocumentThe indigenous honeybee, Apis cerana – a pollen robber or pollinator of large cardamom? Studies on the pollinators and pollination of large cardamom with a particular focus on the role of Apis cerana in Sikkim
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017Large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) is the main cash crop and an important livelihood option for farming communities in the eastern Himalayas – especially Sikkim, parts of West Bengal, eastern Nepal, and southern Bhutan. The crop is self-fertile but requires cross pollination for production of capsules.DocumentEnabling more inclusive and efficient food and agricultural systems in Africa: FAO session at the IFAMA World Forum 18 June 2014, Cape Town, South Africa
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2016FAO organized a workshop during the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association's World Forum 2014, focusing on themes covered by Strategic Objective 4 that place greater emphasis on supporting national policies that enhance inclusiveness and promote efficiencies along agri-food value chains.Pages