The roles of women in seed-sector development in South Sudan.
This brief addresses two dimensions of women and seed systems development ̶ what women do for seed systems development, and what seed systems interventions could do for women ̶ in the context of South Sudan. In South Sudan, women play key roles in seed systems, as custodians and managers of seeds and seed related information, but these roles are not always recognized, respected, supported and rewarded. The brief proposes a number of seed interventions to empower farmers, with special attention paid to women.
Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA): Environment and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for Pilot of Climate Smart Agricultural Innovations and Climate Information Service Technologies in Senegal
This Environment and Social Management Pan (ESMP) has been developed by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to clarify (i) the measures that will be taken during the implementation of project activities to eliminate or offset adverse E&S impacts, or to reduce them to acceptable levels; and (ii) actions needed to implement these measures during the implementation of the Accelerating Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project activities in Senegal.
Empowering smallholder wheat farmers with NextGen Agroadvisory in Ethiopia: A tailored, season-smart, and scalable approach
This technical report presents a comprehensive overview of the pilot initiative for site-specific and season-smart fertilizer recommendations (SSFR) implemented during the 2022/2023 wheat farming season in Ethiopia. The initiative, led by key demand partners such as Digital Green in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), utilized the advisoryintegrated with the Ethiopian Digital Agro-Climate Advisory Platform (EDACaP), targeting smallholder farmers through various dissemination channels.
Does access to improved grain storage technology increase farmers' welfare? Experimental evidence from maize farming in Ethiopia
Seasonal price variability for cereals is two to three times higher in Africa than on the international reference market. Seasonality is even more pronounced when access to appropriate storage and opportunities for price arbitrage are limited. As smallholder farmers typically sell their production after harvest, when prices are low, this leads to lower incomes as well as higher food insecurity during the lean season, when prices are high. One solution to reduce seasonal stress is the use of improved storage technologies.
Model farm services centers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Evaluation and the way forward
The sub-national Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan enacted Farm Services Centers Act, 2014, to establish Model Farm Services Centers (MFSCs) and Farm Services Centers as “one stop-shop†based on public-private partnership principle to strengthen extension system.
Development of a Climate Smart Financing Bundle for Sorghum in Kenya
This report builds off the pre-feasibility study by AICCRA & FACS entitled ‘Sorghum Business Case Development’. The report aims to provide an overview of the post-feasibility and implementation phase activities being undertaken by AICCRA under The Aggregator Growth Development & Investment Program in Kenya to co-design a comprehensive scalable climate-smart bundled finance solution targeting the Sorghum Value Chain
Policies, laws, and regulations in support of farmer-managed seed systems: still a long way to go. A review of 14 countries in Africa
The main finding of this review report of seed (related) policies and laws in 14 African countries is that, although in most countries there is some form of acknowledgment that farmer-managed seed systems exist, there are not many positive results related to recognition of and concrete support for farmer-managed seed systems (policy, legal, technical, operational, and financial support).