• Socioeconomic determinant of microdose adoption and impact on food security and household incomes 

  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 (2014-06)

  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 ...
• Integrated nutrient and water management for sustainable food production in the Sahel 

  Kimaro, A.; Akponikpè, A.; Ouattara, P.B.I.; Baco, B.; Peak, M.; Koala, S. (2014-06)

  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 ...
• Integrated microdose and rain water harvesting to improve crop productivity in low fertility and eroded soils in Sub-Saharan West Africa 

  Akponikpè, PBI.; Baco, MN.; Djènontin, AJ.; Ouattara, B.; Fatondji, D.; Kimaro, A.; Peak, D.; Koala, S.; Sokpon, N. (2014-06)

  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 ...
• Scaling up the production of more nutritious yellow potatoes in Colombia : project story 

  Unknown author (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 ...
• Improving food security in Africa with novel livestock vaccines : project story 

  Unknown author (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 ...
• Development of a vaccine for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Africa : project story 

  Unknown author (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 ...
• Promoting locally fortified sunflower oil in Tanzania : project story 

  Unknown author (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 ...
• Fighting lethal yellowing disease for coconut farmers : project story 

  Unknown author (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 ...
• Nepal terrace farmers and sustainable agriculture kits : project story 

  Unknown author (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 ...
• Enhanced preservation of fruits using nanotechnology : project story 

  Unknown author (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 ...
• Scale up of homestead food production for improved nutrition in Cambodia : project story 

  Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (2020-02-18)

  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, ...
• Scaling up fertilizer micro-dosing and indigenous vegetables production and utilisation in West Africa : project story 

  Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (2020-02-18)

  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 ...
• Scaling-up pulse innovations for food and nutrition security in southern Ethiopia : project story 

  Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (2020-02-18)

  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 ...
• Amazon fish for food : project story 

  Unknown author (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 ...
• Fermented food for life : project story 

  Unknown author (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 ...
• JóvenES movimiento 

  del Pilar Hernádez Velandia, Yalile; Muñoz Umaña, Anyi Paola; Serna Lombo, Anyi Paola; Olaya, Ecuaris (María Cecilia Delgado Niño, 2018)
• Scaling up the production and distribution of double-fortified salt in India : project story 

  Lawes, Debbie (2020)

  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 ...
• Scaling up small-scale food processing for complementary food for children in Vietnam : project story 

  Rocha, Cecilia (2020)

  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 ...
• Farm Shop - Scaling access to agricultural inputs in Kenya : project story 

  Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (2020-02-18)

  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 ...
• 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 

  Olaya, Eucaris; Serna Lombo, Ambar Oriana; Campo Daza, María Victoria; Caicedo Bolaños, Nora del Carmen (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2018)

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