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Emerging Patterns in the Capacity Development Puzzle
Many capacity development (CD) programs and processes aim at long‐term sustainable change, which depends on seeing many smaller changes in at times almost invisible fields (rules, incentives, behaviours, power, coordination etc.). Yet, most evaluation processes of CD tend to focus...
The “New Extensionist”: Roles, Strategies, and Capacities to Strengthen Extension and Advisory Services
Extension and advisory services (EAS) 1 play an important role in agricultural development. However, these services need new capacities to address the current challenges in agriculture and to contribute better to agricultural innovation – a process that that requires interactions...
Enhancing farmers’ capacity for botanical pesticide innovation through video-mediated learning in Bangladesh
Applying innovation system concept in agricultural research for development: A learning module
Improving Productivity and Market Success of Ethiopian Farmers (IPMS)
Extreme temperatures and violence Making the most of climate impacts ensembles
CCAFS Theory of Change Facilitation Guide
Strengthening Partnerships in Rural Innovation to generate knowledge, build capacity and facilitate institutional change - ICRA's role
The flyer points up an overview of:
- new approaches to capacity building and institutional change
- ICRA’s role in the South
- ICRA’s role in the North and in linking South and North. ...
Research into use: Investigating the relationship between agricultural research and innovation
This paper sets out an analytical framework for doing research on the question of how to use agricultural research for innovation and impact. Its focus is the Research Into Use (RIU) Programme sponsored by the UK’s Department for International Development...
Performance testing for the smallholder sector in South Africa
Capacity Assessment Handbook – Project Management for Realizing Capacity Develpment -
Organization analysis and development (Learning module 4)
Learning Module 4 is the fourth in the FAO capacity development series. It aims to create a basic understanding of OD and system thinking approaches, as even a basic understanding can cultivate a new way of working. It reflects the...
