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Proceedings of the Third RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference on Partnerships and Networking for Strengthening Agricultural Innovation and Higher Education in Africa, Extended Abstracts Part 2: Cover, Contents, and Forward
The 2012 RUFORUM Biennial Conference is the third in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while...
Guide for developing and using the FAO-Thiaroye processing technique (FTT-Thiaroye)
Owing to its devices that are the ember furnace, the fat collection tray, the indirect smoke generator system and the hot air distributor, the FAO-Thiaroye processing technique (FTT-Thiaroye), focus of this methodological guide, strengthens the functions of existing improved smoking...
Flash flood risk management: a training of trainers manual
Unstable geological conditions and steep topography, combined with frequent extreme weather conditions, make the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region prone to many natural hazards. Among these, flash floods -- severe flood events that occur with little warning -- are particularly challenging...
Corporate social responsability: the role of public policy
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) focuses on creating social and environmental value in addition to economic performance: people, planet and profit (or Triple P). Public authorities are increasingly supporting companies that choose to do so. What has become of the Dutch...
EAHMI Conference 2013
The livestock sector is one of the fastest-growing subsectors in agriculture. Its development has greatly contributed to economic growth and poverty reduction in Southeast Asia. At the same time, the unprecedented increase in emerging and re-emerging animal diseases has had...
Consortium approach for capacity building in watershed management in Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand : experiences and learning
The Comprehensive Assessment (CA) of watershed programs in India undertaken by the ICRISATled consortium showed that large scope exists to improve the impact for 66% of the watershed projects by addressing the issues of productivity enhancement, technical back stopping, collective...
Global Plan Action for the conservation, sustainable use and development of forest genetic resources
Forest genetic resources (FGR) are the heritable materials maintained within and among tree and other woody plant species that are of actual or potential economic, environmental, scientific or societal value. They are crucial to the adaptation and protection of our...
FMIS research: a reflection on IWMI's 25 years in Nepal
International Water Management Institute, the then International Irrigation Management Institute (IWMI) began its activities in Nepal since 1986 with a Memorandum of Understanding with His Majesty’s Government of Nepal, now the Government of Nepal. The primary objectives were to strengthen...
SCARDA Change Management Approaches Used in the Project ‘Strengthening Capacity For Agricultural Research and Development In Africa’ and the Lessons Learned from their Application
In 2005, the Forum for Agricultural Research for Africa (FARA) commissioned an assessmentof the human and institutional capacity for research management in the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) in sub-Saharan Africa. The assessment identified significant weaknesses limiting relevance and responsiveness...
Net returns: a human development capacity building framework for marine capture fisheries management in South East Asia
Interventions necessary in capacity building in existing water organizations to improve productivity and access to water
Enhancement of capacity of farmer organizations for sustainable irrigation systems in Anuradhapura and Kurunegala districts
Over the past decades public investment in major, medium and minor irrigation systems has not yielded the expected results. The solution to the growing water crisis lies in the institutional reform of existing social systems so as to manage the...
