• ICT4Scale in smallholder agriculture : contributions and challenges 

  Shilomboleni, Helena; Pelletier, Bernard; Gebru, Berhane (2020)

  This article presents the main findings from a study of 15 agricultural development projects that employed a diversity of information and communications technology (ICT) tools. Interactivity in the use of ICT tools and ...
• Gender and youth strategy for the market driven agri-mechanization solutions for small women farmers and youth entrepreneurs in Kenya 

  Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization; Farm Concern International (2019-10-07)

  As men increasingly seek paid work away from home farm labour, women and youth become “the farmers of tomorrow.” Evidence shows that enabling women to have equal access to inputs, services, and land improves yields. They ...
• Canadian international food security fund (CIFSRF) : final event report 

  Unknown author (2018-10-04)

  The report provides a comprehensive summary/ review of the event, including aims and achievements of the Canadian international food security fund (CIFSRF) programme in terms of food security, overview of sessions, roundtable ...
• #ICT4Scale stakeholder meeting 

  Unknown author (2019-04)

  The presentation reviews dimensions of scaling up projects, including case studies, methodologies and participatory approaches, with a special focus on Farm Radio. Feedback to the Farm Radio programming happens through ...
• Adoption of agricultural innovations through non-traditional finance 

  Yoon, Clara (2019-03)

  The report provides a brief overview and country study outlines for a project that will enable better financial services in support of agricultural innovation uptake in East Africa (Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda); South Asia ...
• A customer centric lens for good agricultural practices 

  Ramsing, Nick (2019-09)

  Adaptive Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) requires buyers and implementers to take a customer-centric approach. This paper advocates understanding the underlying incentives for farmers and the fundamental business decisions ...
• Innovate webinar : a customer-centric lens for good agricultural practices : MEDA innovate learning series 

  Delwaide, Anne-Cécile; Ramsing, Nick (2019-09-26)

  The presentation presents the Chithumba model to illustrate adaptive good agricultural practices (GAP), and how some applications and innovations are more supportive and more readily adopted by farmers. It focuses on the ...
• Innovate side event : learning journeys of smallholder finance and innovation adoption : MEDA innovate learning series 

  Miller, Calvin; Munialo, Hillary Yiminyi; Mingate, Vyone; Habiyaremye, Jean de Dieu (2019-09-30)

  Analysis of market segments and their characteristics can help define action areas for organizations that offer financial products and services to smallholders. Some parameters are: subsistence smallholder farmers; those ...
• NTF4Ag : emerging lessons and new frontiers 

  Yoon, Clara (2020-04)

  The Non-Traditional Finance for Agriculture (NTF4Ag) project “NTF4Ag: Emerging Lessons and New Frontiers” brings together key results, insights from the case studies, pilot projects, and cross-cutting research conducted ...
• Impact of gender integration on household income and women’s control of income : a case of Nyandarua County, Kenya 

  Martins, Odendo; Waswa, Reuben; Kawira, Josephine; Mugambi, Crispus; Nekesa, Cynthia (2017-09-28)

  This one-page bulletin reviews an interim survey that assesses impact of project activities on household income levels and women’s control and use of income in Central Kenya. Inequalities in access and control of resources ...
• Promoting nutrition co-benefits of climate smart agriculture in Myanmar : modules for village-level nutrition education sessions 

  International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (2017-12-15)

  This collection of modules is developed to guide field implementers in facilitating nutrition education sessions linking agriculture and nutrition. Malnutrition is the final outcome of a combination of determinants clustered ...
• Modules for farmer learning sessions 

  International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (2017-12-15)

  The farmer learning sessions are interventions directed at increasing the knowledge and skills of target farmers in the climate smart villages (CSV) about climate smart practices in agriculture production. These sessions ...
• Nutrition co-benefits of climate-smart agriculture in Myanmar 

  International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (2020-01-31)

  The presentation provides background to Myanmar’s agricultural economy and the men and women who grow and process food. Climate change vulnerability adds to the instability of food security and human nutrition. A pilot ...
• Participatory gender analysis for identifying discriminatory household and community norms and practices preventing young women from participating equally in agriculture in Kasese and Ntoroko districts of Western Uganda 

  Unknown author (2020-02)

  Between 2012 – 2018, YiA, a youth in agriculture and livelihood program was implemented to improve agricultural livelihood opportunities for girls and boys in four districts in Uganda that were heavily affected by conflict ...
• Improving agricultural productivity and resilience with satellite and cellphone imagery to scale climate-smart crop insurance 

  Kramer, Berber (2020-08)

  The presentation covers challenges in scaling up agricultural insurance. It proposes development of novel climate-smart crop insurance contracts and tools. “Picture-based” insurance would integrate data from farmer produced ...
• Food convergent innovation webinar series : pulse program 

  Dubé, Laurette; Bacon, Gordon (2017-03)

  Convergent innovation (CI) for food, refers to the point of convergence of food, targets for sustainable development, and affordable healthcare. The article describes this “sweet spot” in terms of: what consumers want; ...
• MotherFood International policy brief 

  Baikowitz, Jeffrey (2013-03-13)

  MotherFood International is a social enterprise that provides access to nutritional food for the world’s most vulnerable people. Through local partnerships along with adapting products to local contexts, it focuses on ...
• Urban-rural linkages : guiding principles : framework for action to advance integrated territorial development 

  Sietchiping, Remy; Loose, Stephanie; Forster, Thomas; Githiri, Grace; Egal, Florence; Escudero, Arthur Getz; Fraile, Ramsés Alejandro Grande; Suri, Shipra Narang (UN-Habitat, 2019-08-02)

  This in-depth report is a framework for action using mechanisms adaptable at multiple levels of governance, research and planning. The Guiding Principle and Framework for Action is an integrated approach, drawing from ...
• Cómo nos reconciliamos? : el papel de la violencia, la participación social y política, y el estado en las actitudes frente a la reconciliación 

  Fergusson, Leopoldo; Hiller, Tatiana; Ibáñez, Ana María; Moya, Andrés (2018-11)
• Climate smart villages (CSVs) : platforms for scaling out climate smart agriculture and community-based adaptation in Myanmar 

  Barbon, Wilson John (2017-12-15)

  The presentation reviews background and some specifics of projects undertaken in Myanmar with regard to climate smart agriculture. Farm-level, homestead and school level testing sites are covered. The projects move toward ...

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