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    Socioeconomic determinant of microdose adoption and impact on food security and household incomes
    (2014-06) BACO, Mohamed Nasser; AKPONIKPE, P. B. Irénikatché; DJENONTIN, André Jonas; OUATTARA, Badiori; IBRO MADOUGOU, Abdoulaye; KIMARO, Anthony Anderson; KOALA, Saïdou; PEAK, Derek; NATCHER, David; FATONDJI, Dougbedji; SOKPON, Nestor
    Adoption of micro-dosing can help poor rural men and women farmers to increase crop yields by 44-120% and net profit by 50 to 130%. The presentation shows results of on-farm trials for fertilizer micro-dosing and rainwater harvesting. It compares inputs of labour under different methodologies relative to agricultural outcomes. Women allocate percentage-wise more land for micro dosing technique than men. The micro-dosing technique adoption reduces the length of food shortages for one month among men and three months among women. Increasing the productivity of rainfed crops is a necessity.
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    Integrated nutrient and water management for sustainable food production in the Sahel
    (2014-06) Kimaro, A.; Akponikpè, A.; Ouattara, P.B.I.; Baco, B.; Peak, M.; Koala, S.
    The symposium (2014) focused on the challenges of crop production faced by farmers in the Sahel region. The presentation covers a three-year fertilizer micro dosing (MD) project that was combined with rainwater harvesting (RWH). The techniques are assessed in terms of effects on crop production and family income. It also explores the “warrantage” or inventory credit system where harvested crops are stored and used as collateral to access loans and credit. With improving crop varieties, MD and RWH can increase yields up to 200%. There is no evidence that the process caused land degradation or yield decline, suggesting long term sustainability.
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    Integrated microdose and rain water harvesting to improve crop productivity in low fertility and eroded soils in Sub-Saharan West Africa
    (2014-06) Akponikpè, PBI.; Baco, MN.; Djènontin, AJ.; Ouattara, B.; Fatondji, D.; Kimaro, A.; Peak, D.; Koala, S.; Sokpon, N.
    The presentation details the fertilizer microdosing technique of planting and applying fertilizer. Using this technique, one farmer can sow and fertilize crops; whereas previously, three people would be needed to first open the planting mounds; second, place the seed; and third, apply microfertilizer and close the mounds. The performance of microdosing and rainwater harvesting are assessed in terms of field demonstrations, soil fertility and crop yields.
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    Scaling up the production of more nutritious yellow potatoes in Colombia : project story
    (2020-03-13)
    Farmers, breeders and scientists collaborated on the development and selection of three new varieties of yellow potatoes (Criolla Ocarina, Criolla Sua Pa and Criolla Dorada) with higher nutritional content, increased resistance to late blight disease, and higher yields. Building local capacity has been key to the project’s sustainability. This includes a sustainable business model for local production; availability of high-quality seeds which increase crop yields for farmers, as well as creating new jobs and improving the health of Colombian consumers. The project’s Shagras para la vida strategy strengthened a communal ancestral relationship with the land and food production.
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    Improving food security in Africa with novel livestock vaccines : project story
    (2020-02-18)
    A single-dose vaccine was successfully developed that is heat-stable and can potentially provide livestock with long-term protection against five diseases: lumpy skin disease (LSD), sheep pox (SPP), goat pox (GTP), Rift Valley Fever (RVF), and peste des petits ruminants (PPR). Once registered, scaling up use will require training farmers and working with government agencies and companies to facilitate licensing, manufacturing, and distribution. The benefits of the vaccine platform have attracted the interest of the biotechnology industry and professional animal health consortia. This project brief provides background, key outputs, and supporting references.
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    Development of a vaccine for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Africa : project story
    (2020-02-18)
    Researchers in Kenya and Canada collaborated with vaccine manufacturers, government regulators, and pan-African organizations to clear the way for mass production of a practical and affordable vaccine for small-scale livestock keepers in Kenya and other African countries, the majority of whom are poor and women. The Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) vaccine is safe, highly effective, prolongs immunity, reduces side effects, and can be easily stored and transported, with no cooling required. The disease now occurs only in Africa and affects only cattle, mostly in pastoral communities.
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    Promoting locally fortified sunflower oil in Tanzania : project story
    (2020-02-18)
    Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have demonstrated for the first time that unrefined sunflower oil can be fortified on a small scale and can increase nutrition for the most vulnerable people, particularly lactating mothers and children. More than 142,000L of fortified sunflower oil was produced by SMEs and sold by a network of 319 retailers reaching nearly half a million people. The project supports Tanzania’s national food fortification policy, which is making fortification of edible oil mandatory. The results demonstrate how a locally produced crop, processed at local businesses and sold by local retailers can improve food security and stimulate local economic growth.
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    Fighting lethal yellowing disease for coconut farmers : project story
    (2020-02-18)
    A new technology (using loop-mediated isothermal amplification, or LAMP) to detect the disease early and fast in the field was transferred to the National Centre of Agronomic Research and the University Nangui Abrogoua in Côte d'Ivoire. The research team demonstrated that field schools, plant clinics, Women Coconut Fairs and Women Groups are the most effective tools to raise disease awareness among farmers, stakeholders and policymakers; to manage and control Côte d'Ivoire lethal yellowing (CILY) disease; and to improve the livelihoods of coconut smallholder farmers, particularly women.
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    Nepal terrace farmers and sustainable agriculture kits : project story
    (2020-02-18)
    Sustainable Agriculture Kit (SAK) innovations reached more than 60,000 smallholder farming households (benefiting ~260,000 people) in nine districts in Central Nepal. A package that combines plastic greenhouses, drip irrigation and tarpaulin-lined ponds (CAD $187) increased incomes CAD$100-$250 per household for a season. Local government agencies have included this intervention in their annual plans for longer-term scaling up. Terrace farmers live in remote regions that are less accessible to NGOs and government extension workers, and are mostly cultivated by women. Free or low-cost interventions exist but are usually inaccessible to poor farmers as existing distribution networks are underutilized.
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    Enhanced preservation of fruits using nanotechnology : project story
    (2020-02-18)
    More than 12,000 farmers in India have adopted the Enhanced Freshness Formulation (EFF), which contains hexanal as an active ingredient; 80% report benefiting from the delayed harvest and increased income. Huge quantities of fruit can be treated by smallholder farmers in 5 minutes, making adoption easy. These innovations improve supply management by extending the growing and marketing season, helping prevent a market glut, which enables farmers to sell their produce at a higher price. The next challenge is scaling up these solutions. Once patents are issued, the “green nanotech” technology will be commercially produced and made available to packers in India and other countries.
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    Scale up of homestead food production for improved nutrition in Cambodia : project story
    (2020-02-18) Canadian International Food Security Research Fund
    Fish ponds, home gardens and poultry raising improve incomes, health and family cohesion in Cambodia. The project assisted over 4,600 households in 4 provinces in developing or improving a combination of vegetable gardens, poultry farms, and fishponds, in addition to another 3,500 non-targeted households (for a total of 17,500 family members). Women’s autonomy over food-crop and cash-crop farming increased. The enhanced homestead food production (EHFP) model provided initial inputs (quality seeds, fingerlings, chicks), technical assistance, and training on sustainable agriculture that created year-round food systems.
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    Scaling up fertilizer micro-dosing and indigenous vegetables production and utilisation in West Africa : project story
    (2020-02-18) Canadian International Food Security Research Fund
    The project results include a 768% increase in average land area under vegetable production in Nigeria and 161% in Benin. People farther away from a water source, and therefore less likely to grow vegetables were able to increase their farm size by over 350% (0.02 ha to 0.71ha). Production of indigenous vegetables doubled as a result of fertilizer micro-dosing and incomes increased more than three-fold. The project worked with nearly 340,000 farmers to demonstrate that cooperation with various players in the value chain is the most effective way to scale up.
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    Scaling-up pulse innovations for food and nutrition security in southern Ethiopia : project story
    (2020-02-18) Canadian International Food Security Research Fund
    Farmers increased their incomes by planting pulses on land that was often left idle after the cereal harvest. A rhizobium bacteria was isolated that helps pulses fix nitrogen from the air and improves the extremely degraded Ethiopian soil. This also increases yields of cereals—the main staple crop of farmers. Recipe demonstrations and nutritional education produced nutritious dishes that people want to eat. More than 3,810 educational materials (manuals, quick guides and posters) on dietary diversity and household pulse processing techniques were disseminated to caregivers, households and communities.
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    Amazon fish for food : project story
    (2020-02-18)
    Incomes for family-based fish farmers increased to USD$19,079/year (2018) from USD$7,705/year (2015); production increased 6-fold. A multi-sector partnership has shown that indigenous and urban fisheries and small privately-owned fish farms are more equitable and sustainable. Appropriate technical assistance provided better resource management and hygiene and handling practices, financial services, and legal environments. The main beneficiaries have been small-scale enterprises, particularly those owned by women and indigenous families. New financial instruments (loan guarantees, leasing, credit contracts, insurance) were introduced, especially targeted towards women and indigenous groups.
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    Fermented food for life : project story
    (2020-02-18)
    Researchers developed a probiotic yogurt strain found to improve weight gain in malnourished adults and children, reduce skin rashes, fight diarrhea, enhance immunity in HIV patients, and reduce adsorption of heavy metals and aflatoxins in women and children. Producing 45,000 litres of probiotic yogurt per week, 262 production units have been established in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. “Pro-poor” value chain-based business models have improved food and nutritional security through local production, distribution, and consumption of affordable and healthy probiotic fermented foods. The project has helped create new markets for farmers’ milk, and increase jobs and additional income for women and youth.
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    JóvenES movimiento
    (María Cecilia Delgado Niño, 2018) del Pilar Hernádez Velandia, Yalile; Muñoz Umaña, Anyi Paola; Serna Lombo, Anyi Paola; Olaya, Ecuaris
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    Scaling up the production and distribution of double-fortified salt in India : project story
    (2020) Lawes, Debbie
    Canadian and Indian research collaborators have produced a double-fortified salt (DFS) containing iron and iodine that can be produced on a mass scale. The manufacture and sustainable distribution system provides DFS for regular daily use to more than 50 million people in three Indian states. It costs less than CAD$0.25/person/year to add iron to salt. The project brief includes details of this successful project development and implementation. Iron deficiency is the most widespread form of malnutrition in the world, afflicting nearly two billion people globally, primarily women and children.
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    Scaling up small-scale food processing for complementary food for children in Vietnam : project story
    (2020) Rocha, Cecilia
    The project established and scaled up a sustainable value chain for fortified foods using locally grown crops, local manufacturing facilities, and local distribution channels in the remote mountainous regions of northern Vietnam (Lao Cai, Lai Chau, and Ha Giang). Among children who consumed the fortified complementary foods, results indicate that child underweight rate has been reduced to 13.9% from 17.2% and the rate of anemia reduced from 61.3% to 16.1%. Almost 3,000 kg of instant fortified porridge has been provided to date during mid-morning meals to 2,550 children in 21 pre-schools in Lao Cai region, Vietnam.
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    Farm Shop - Scaling access to agricultural inputs in Kenya : project story
    (2020-02-18) Canadian International Food Security Research Fund
    This commercially viable and scalable franchise model brings supplies, knowledge, jobs and profits to rural farming communities in Kenya, and is a more profitable model for local agro-dealers. Farm Shop serves 34,998 smallholder farmer customers (54% women) through a network of 75 franchised agricultural input shops. This project brief details the success of a programme where women and youth are adopting an innovative and field-tested business model that can boost retail revenues by 500% in the first six months. Rural smallholder farmers are the backbone of many sub-Saharan African countries, including Kenya where 80% of farms are run by women.
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    Entretejiendo el género en el surco : propuesta de formación y diálogo colectivo para la construcción de nuevas relaciones comunitarias y familiares desde el enfoque de género
    (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2018) Olaya, Eucaris; Serna Lombo, Ambar Oriana; Campo Daza, María Victoria; Caicedo Bolaños, Nora del Carmen; María Cecilia Delgado Niño; McGill Univeristy