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N2: On integrated rainwater management strategies – technologies, institutions and policies
Integrated rainwater management strategies combine technologies, policies and institutions. Work in this project will aim to integrate land and water management, crop component technology, crop management, crop livestock systems, pastoral systems and even agroforestry systems so as to raise productivity and incomes and enhance resilience, while slowing land degradation and reducing downstream siltation. It is clear, however, that the shape of policies and institutions can foster or discourage farmer adoption of productivity-increasing, resource-conserving strategies.
Modelling vector-borne and other parasitic diseases. Proceedings of a workshop
Session one of this report highlights ILRAD's research programs and the modelling needs of ILRAD and FAO. Session two deals with vector and helminth population dynamics with particular reference to ticks, tsetse and helminth. Parasite transmission and host parasite interaction are discussed in sessions three and four respectively. These two sessions deal with theileria, trypanosomes and leishmania. Parasite variations and polymorphism is the topic of session five. Session six discusses the effect of disease control programs and session seven reviews modelling systems.
Nature Benefits in Kenya: an Atlas of Ecosystem and Human Well-Being
Nature’s Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being integrates spatial data on poverty and the environment
in Kenya, providing a new approach to examining the links between ecosystem services (the benefits derived from nature)
and the poor. This publication focuses on the environmental resources
most Kenyans rely on to earn their livelihoods, such as soil, water, forest,
rangeland, livestock, and wildlife. The atlas overlays georeferenced
statistical information on population and household expenditures with
N3: On targeting and scaling out
This project is about matching technologies (or whole strategies) with environments. It has been shown that “blanket” RMS are often inappropriate. One size does not, as they say, fit all. Strategies for upper slopes are likely to be different than those for lower slopes.
Most Significant Change Stories from the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF)
The following stories were collected from CPWF project and theme leaders in two rounds. The first round of stories were collected in January 2007 based on the following two questions:
What has been the most significant technical development or advance made by your 1) CPWF project / theme / basin since the start?
What has been the most significant partnership change (significant in terms of making 2) scientific progress and/or developmental impact more likely) that has taken place since the start of your CPWF project (or theme or basin)?
Nature's benefits in Kenya. An atlas of ecosystems and human well-being
This report provides a new approach to integrating spatial data on poverty and ecosystems in Kenya. It is endorsed by five permanent secretaries in Kenya and with a foreword by Wangari Maathai (recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize). It provides a new approach to examining the links between ecosystem services (the benefits derived from nature) and the poor. Through a series of maps and analyses, the authors focus on the environmental resources most Kenyans rely on such as soil, water, forest, rangeland, livestock, and wildlife.
Notes from an expert consultation to develop a comprehensive livestock environmental assessment framework, Stockholm, 23-24 October 2013
New Dual-Purpose Sorghums for the Savannah Zone of Western Africa: Establishing the Basis for Enhanced Dry-season Feeding and Increased Crop-Livestock Integration: CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme, Concept Note for Research Grant
On-farm performance evaluation of indigenous sheep and goats in Alaba, southern Ethiopia
A flock monitoring study on 60 households as undertaken from October 2008 to September 2009 to measure productive and reproductive performances; determine socioeconomic benefits and husbandry practices; and identify production barriers and suggest intervention options in Alaba Special Woreda. The Woreda was stratified on the basis of sheep and goat densities and the respective sites and households were selected using multistage (purposive and random) sampling techniques. Mean land holding per household was 1.5 ha.