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Climbing beans with acceptable color, resistances and fixing more than 50 kg/ha N tested in African production environments
Improved lines are both developed locally and received from CIAT headquarters in Colombia. Initial testing of lines has often been carried out with the national program of Rwanda, and in CIAT’s facilities within the campus ...
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 ...
Market Linkage between Community-Based Goat Breeding Cooperatives and Export Abattoirs
Small ruminant population of Ethiopia, including expert estimates of the pastoral areas, is about
66 million heads of which about 35 million is sheep (Negassa et al., 2011). Small ruminants
provide about 46% of the national ...
Developing new bean products in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda through private sector collaborations
One of the initiatives targeted “dry” precooked beans and the other “wet” precooked beans. The “dry” precooked bean is dehydrated after processing but retains the main character of the dry beans (colour, storage under ...
Scaling up multiplication of banana and plantain planting material
Scaling up multiplication of banana and plantain planting material
Developing and testing improved analytical tools for priority setting of livestock research
A quantitative assessment tool, previously developed for the prioritization of livestock research at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), was adapted for use in the phase II proposals of the CGIAR research ...
The current state on characterisation of indigenous breeds of sheep and goats in Ethiopia
From the beginning of domestication, the transportation of domestic animals resulted in genetic and demographic processes that explain their present-day global distribution, genetic diversity and structure. Animal genetic ...
Evaluation of Bush and Climbing Beans under different Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management Regimes in Linthipe and Kandeu, Malawi
Intensifying common bean cropping within maize based farming systems using ISFM framework
Gender Responsible Scaling (GRS) Tool workshop for Roots, Tubers and Bananas
Overall, feedback was very positive. Attendees felt that there was a definite need for a tool such as this, and that CGIAR project teams would benefit from sensitization and a methodological approach to gender inclusivity. ...
Livelihood type-specific determinants of household’s choices of land use and farm management practices, and crop productivity in Riviridzi catchment, Ntcheu Malawi
The study has found different impacts of socio-ecological factors on cropping, fertilizer use and soil and water conservation practices when analyses are done at whole sample or farm type specific. Household behaviour also ...