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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 ...
Bhoochetana: Process Documentation, A program that helped farmers come out of low productivity and poor economic status
To Kick start agricultural Growth rate for improving the livelihoods of 60% of population dependent on Agriculture, Government of
Karnataka undertook a mission project to unlock the potential of rainfed Agriculture across ...
Report of the ninth meeting of the imGoats Inhassoro Innovation Platform (IP)
This report provides an account of the ninth meeting of the imGoats Innovation Platform (IP) held on
13th of June in Vulanjane, Inhassoro district of Mozambique. Due to project ending at the 30st of
June, this was the last ...
Report of the second meeting of the imGoats India National Advisory Committee, 10-11 February 2012
The goal of the “Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique (imGoats)” project is to increase incomes and food security in a sustainable ...
WELFARE IMPACTS OF INDEX INSURANCE IN THE PRESENCE OF A POVERTY TRAP
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of an index-based livestock insurance (IBLI)
product designed to compensate for area average predicted livestock mortality loss in
northern Kenya, where previous work has established ...
Improved crop productivity and rural livelihoods through balanced nutrition in the rainfed semi-arid tropics
Diagnostic soil analysis in targeted clusters of eight districts in Andhra Pradesh revealed critical deficiencies of sulphur (61 to 98%),
boron (23 to 98%) and zinc (45 to 85%) in addition to that of soil carbon (25 to ...
Report of the fifth meeting of the imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform, Vuca Interior, Mozambique, 10 May 2012
The goal of the “Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique (imGoats)” project is to increase incomes and food security in a sustainable ...
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 ...
Participatory mapping of livestock routes in Samburu county, Kenya
In November 2014, a workshop was held in Samburu, Kenya, to carry out an exercise on participatory mapping
of livestock routes in the county. This workshop attracted 54 participants representing different stakeholders
including ...
An insight on farmers’ willingness to pay for insurance premium in South India: hindrances and challenges
Farmers are vulnerable to substantial weather risks in many parts of the country. In recent years, weather-based crop insurance has been promoted in India for rain-fed crops to provide insurance against risks and losses ...