Determinants pedologiques, climatiques et socioeconomiques sur le choix des agriculteurs de la Casamance et du Senegal oriental a cultiver le riz de plateau
This paper investigates the determinants that may influence upland rice cultivation in Casamance and eastern Senegal. The main objective is to understand the climatic, pedological and socio-economic factors that explain the motivation of farmers in this southern zone of Senegal to grow upland rice. Various types of data were mobilized to highlight this study.
With and beyond sustainability certification: Exploring inclusive business and solidarity economy strategies in Peru and Switzerland
Certification of sustainability standards is an important governance strategy aimed at enhancing the human well-being outcomes of agri-food value chains. While the impacts of certification on well-being are positive for some farmers under certain conditions, they are insignificant or adverse for others. Many barriers can impede positive impacts of certification on well-being.
Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA): Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for Pilot of Climate Smart Agricultural Innovations and Climate Information Service Technologies in Kenya 2023
The Accelerating Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project activities in Kenya are focused on improving the quality of Climate Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices and information services in the Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) areas of Kenya.
Silvopastoral systems benefit invertebrate biodiversity on tropical livestock farms in Caquetá, Colombia
In the Colombian Amazon, there has been long-term and sustained loss of primary forest threatening biodiversity and climate change mitigation. Silvopastoral practices that integrate trees into livestock production could help address both local economic and wider environmental challenges.
Ukama Ustawi Baseline Survey Report for Zambia
A baseline survey for Zambia was undertaken November 2022. A total of 705 households were interviewed in this survey from 7th to 19th November, in 8 camps within 5 districts in Southern and Eastern provinces. These sites are earmarked for intervention by the UU initiative. The questionnaire focused on the October 2021-May 2022 rainy season targeting 5 main crops.
Validating high frequency deployment of the Diet Quality Questionnaire
In recent work, Manners et al. (2022) crowdsourced the Diet Quality Questionnaire (DDQ), assessing whether a lean and low-cost data collection system could be deployed for mapping of diet quality. In 52 weeks of data collection, the system generated responses from more than 80,000 unique respondents, collecting around 1800 respondents per week.
Rural underemployment and urbanization: Insights from a nine year household panel survey from Malawi
Rural labor markets in Africa are frequently characterized by underemployment, with farmers unable to fully deploy throughout the year one of their most important assets—their labor. Using a nine-year panel data set on 1,407 working-age adults from rural Malawi, we document changes in rural underemployment over this period and how they are associated with urbanization.
Generating Revenues and Opportunities for Women to Improve Nutrition in Ghana (GROWING) Project. Baseline Report
Mainstreaming Climate-Smart Agriculture and Climate Information Services into Universities’ Curricula: Training of West Africa University Lecturers
As part of the AICCRA project, the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) are mandated to develop curricula and training materials to accelerate the mainstreaming of climate information services (CIS) and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) into university curricula in Afr