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Gendered Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions of Climate Change, and the Barriers to its Adaptation in Mopti Region in Mali
The current study presents the farmer and community perceptions of the causes and effects of climate change, the barriers to adoption
of the resilient practices, and the present level of practices adoption in Mopti region ...
CRP Dryland Systems - ICRISAT - 2015 Technical and Financial Report - Final
The research for development efforts at DS sites in India used multi-disciplinary and systems approaches that build on the indigenous coping and adaptation strategies to achieve enhanced resilient and sustainable intensification ...
Baseline survey of orange-fleshed sweet potato knowledge, farming and consumption, and dietary practices among households with children aged 6-59 months in selected districts of Morogoro, Iringa and Mbeya regions of Tanzania
Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) as a staple food besides providing necessary body energy in human diet
provides significant amounts of Vitamin A addressing both Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and body energy
needs. The Viable ...
Mainstreaming Gender and Empowering Women in Agriculture in the Thar Region of India
Social inequities based on gender norms reinforce nonparticipation of women in decision making at various levels, consequently
depriving them of the benefits arising out of any technological advances. These advances could ...
Establishment of Seed Plots by Participatory Entrepreneurs
Wheat and lentil are important crops to ensure food and nutritional security in dryland region. However, yield of these crops is quite low. Farmers plant local varieties using their own unimproved seeds. Low crop yield ...
Piloting the G+ customer and product profile tools for gender-responsive cassava breeding in Nigeria
The G+ tools developed by the CGIAR Crosscutting Research program, ‘Roots Tubers and Bananas’ through the Gender and Breeding Initiative provide a first attempt in streamlining a systematic social/gender inclusive customer ...
Involvement of Rural Women in Field Activities
Women are an actively involved component of rural life in dryland areas. They play key role in various agricultural operations such as harvesting of fodder and it’s feeding to livestock, milking of animals, making farm ...
Gender Perspectives on the Dynamics of Lentil and Chickpea Production: the Case of Gimbichu and Minjar-Shenkora Districts, Ethiopia
Ethiopia has different agro-ecologies conducive for producing different crops. The country is the home of different pulse grain production and it was increased between 2000-2012 (Vincent and Jason 2013). Twelve pulse types ...
Agenda of Group meetings on women’s role in use and management of water resources in Turkistan region - russian
Agenda of Group meetings on women’s role in use and management of water resources in Turkistan region - russian
Better understanding the realities, viewpoints, aspirations and challenges of rural youth living in the agricultural dryland areas of Midelt, Morocco
This workshop report has been written jointly by Alessandra Giuliani, HAFL, by Courtney Paisley, YPARD, and Karin Reinprecht, Dryland Systems; the workshop has been organized on the basis of a strong recommendation by CRP ...