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1 Dorai, K.; Hall, A.; Dijkman, J. 2015. Strategic study of good practice in AR4D [Agricultural Research for Development] partnership. Rome, Italy: CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC). 111p.
Agricultural research for development ; Good practices ; Strategy planning ; International organizations ; CGIAR ; Research programmes ; Multi-stakeholder processes ; Innovation platforms ; Agricultural innovation systems ; Partnerships ; Frameworks ; Policies ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Monitoring and evaluation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049065)
https://ispc.cgiar.org/sites/default/files/ISPC_StrategicStudy_Partnerships.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049065.pdf
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2 Erkossa, Teklu; Geleti, D.; Williams, Timothy O.; Laekemariam, F.; Haileslassie, Amare. 2022. Restoration of grazing land to increase biomass production and improve soil properties in the Blue Nile Basin: effects of infiltration trenches and Chloris gayana reseeding. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 37(S1):S64-S72. (Special issue: Restoring Degraded Landscapes and Fragile Food Systems) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170519000425]
Land restoration ; Grazing lands ; Biomass production ; Soil properties ; Chloris gayana ; Trenches ; Resowing ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Soil water content ; Soil quality ; Soil chemical properties ; Farmers ; Innovation platforms / Ethiopia / Blue Nile Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049501)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/EF93585DCF6E543CEA679E80E1AF381A/S1742170519000425a.pdf/restoration_of_grazing_land_to_increase_biomass_production_and_improve_soil_properties_in_the_blue_nile_basin_effects_of_infiltration_trenches_and_chloris_gayana_reseeding.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049501.pdf
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Degradation of crop and grazing lands is a pervasive problem that negatively impacts agricultural productivity and livelihoods of crop-livestock farmers in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia. Area enclosure together with a cut and carry livestock feeding system is often advocated as an approach for the regeneration of degraded grazing lands. This paper reports the results of a two-year farmer participatory study conducted to assess the effects of infiltration trenches (ITs) and Chloris gayana Kunth (Rhodes grass; cultivar Masaba; tetraploid; C4 grass species) reseeding on restoration of degraded grazing lands. A split plot design was used with IT as the main plot and C. gayana reseeding as a sub-plot on 28 private grazing plots under enclosure. The results showed that IT alone increased soil moisture content and prolonged the growing period. IT and C. gayana reseeding together significantly (P = 0.05) increased herbage dry matter yield and improved soil chemical properties. The highest mean herbage dry matter yield (21 Mg ha-1 per cut) was recorded for plots treated with IT and reseeded with C. gayana. The higher herbage dry matter yield was attributed to increased soil moisture and the resultant prolonged growing period induced by the trenches coupled with the ability of C. gayana to effectively utilize the retained water. The results suggest that an integrated land management approach involving enclosure, in-situ water conservation and C. gayana reseeding can rapidly increase biomass productivity on degraded grazing lands while also enhancing soil quality with concomitant livelihood benefits for farmers.
3 Seifu, M.; van Paassen, A.; Klerkx, L.; Leeuwis, C. 2020. Anchoring innovation methodologies to ‘go-to-scale’; a framework to guide agricultural research for development. Agricultural Systems, 182:102810. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102810]
Agricultural research for development ; Agricultural innovation systems ; Stakeholders ; Innovation platforms ; Frameworks ; Institutions ; Farmer participation ; Projects ; Strategies / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049698)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X19302732/pdfft?md5=1b7dfd2ad7035c522c04871ff57755e0&pid=1-s2.0-S0308521X19302732-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049698.pdf
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Research for development (R4D) projects increasingly engage in multi-stakeholder innovation platforms (IPs) as an innovation methodology, but there is limited knowledge of how the IP methodology spreads from one context to another. That is, how experimentation with an IP approach in one context leads to it being succesfully replicated in other contexts. To inspire development actors to consider the fit of an innovation methodology for a context, following work on anchoring for scaling, we developed a framework for networking-, methodological, and institutional anchoring and applied it to a R4D IP in order to test the value of such an anchoring approach for understanding the scaling of innovation methodologies such as IP. We selected a R4D project with a Farmer Research Group-Innovation Platform in Ethiopia, whose technical output and methodological approach were greatly appreciated by the actors involved. Using the anchoring framework, the executed or non-executed tasks were identified. Besides, the embedding of the methodological experiment the potential up-scaling and out-scaling were systematically analyzed. The analysis yielded the strengths and weaknesses of the anchoring work done so far to scale the innovation methodology used, and provided concrete suggestions of how to proceed if an innovation project considers ‘going to scale’. We recommend R4D projects to valorize their work and pay more explicit attention to anchoring. With a flexible, multi-pronged anchoring approach and continuous scanning of the progress made in context, more R4D projects and their associated innovation methodologies can ‘go to scale’.
4 Dixon, J.; Garrity, D.; Mburathi, G.; Boffa, J.-M.; Amede, T.; Williams, Timothy Olalekan. 2020. Ways forward: strategies for effective science, investments and policies for African farming and food systems. In Dixon, J.; Garrity, D. P.; Boffa, J.-M.; Williams, Timothy Olalekan; Amede, T.; Auricht, C.; Lott, R.; Mburathi, G. (Eds.). Farming systems and food security in Africa: priorities for science and policy under global change. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.562-588. (Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series)
Farming systems ; Food systems ; Agricultural development ; Food security ; Nutrition security ; Intensification ; Diversification ; Sustainability ; Innovation platforms ; Technology ; Policies ; Investment ; Market access ; Nonfarm income ; Farmers ; Population ; Social capital ; Strategies ; Energy / Sahel / Africa South of Sahara / West Africa / East Africa / Southern Africa / Central Africa / North Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049742)
http://apps.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/BC20010.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049742.pdf
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5 Garrity, D.; Dixon, J.; Mburathi, G.; Williams, Timothy Olalekan; Amede, T. 2020. Conclusions: implementation of the farming systems approach for African food security. In Dixon, J.; Garrity, D. P.; Boffa, J.-M.; Williams, Timothy Olalekan; Amede, T.; Auricht, C.; Lott, R.; Mburathi, G. (Eds.). Farming systems and food security in Africa: priorities for science and policy under global change. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.589-598. (Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series)
Food security ; Farming systems ; Food systems ; Diversification ; Intensification ; Nutrition security ; Sustainability ; Market access ; Innovation platforms ; Technology ; Rural development ; Strategies ; Policies ; Institutions ; Stakeholders ; Households / Sahel / Africa South of Sahara / West Africa / East Africa / Southern Africa / Central Africa / Middle East / North Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049743)
http://apps.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/BC20011.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049743.pdf
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6 Warinda, E.; Nyariki, D. M.; Wambua, S.; Muasya, R. M.; Hanjra, M. A. 2020. Sustainable development in East Africa: impact evaluation of regional agricultural development projects in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Natural Resources Forum, 44(1):3-39. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12191]
Sustainable development ; Agricultural development ; Development projects ; Water management ; Land management ; Commodities ; Agricultural productivity ; Milk production ; Livestock ; Food security ; Farm income ; Innovation platforms ; Capacity building ; Households ; Gender ; Women ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Policies ; Economic aspects / East Africa / Burundi / Kenya / Rwanda / United Republic of Tanzania / Uganda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049848)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1477-8947.12191
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049848.pdf
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Investments in agricultural technologies, capacity building and policy harmonization are needed to support sustainable development across Africa. Regional development projects can facilitate the adoption of agricultural technologies and innovations across nation-state borders and generate benefits for shared prosperity. This paper uses panel data from 1,160 smallholder households including beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries from five countries in East Africa - Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. From a pool of over 90 projects implemented over a span of 15 years, 23 regional projects are included in this study. The major economic benefits to smallholder participants are higher crop productivity and income, access to adaptable technologies, access to markets, higher livestock and milk production, gender equality, enhanced food security, resilience and capacity building for uptake and scaling up of future innovation platforms. For example, the adoption of low-cost tissue culture banana by the beneficiaries increased their incomes by 15% in Rwanda while the adoption of appropriate land and water management technologies increased the potato yields from 2.8 tons (USD 2,840/ha) to over 7.5 tons (USD 7,410/ha) in Kenya. The beneficiaries ensured value added to commodities like bananas (for export) and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (a nutrition-sensitive intervention for enhancing domestic intake of vitamin A) in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. Additionally, milk production increased from 6 to 11 L per cow per day in Uganda and from 6 to 8 L per cow per day in Tanzania, with increases in sales generating USD 115 per cow per month above the non-beneficiaries. These results are supported by previous studies on technology adoption, investments in agriculture and well-being outcomes. Our findings with the higher farm income Difference-in-Differences (DiD) estimator for the female beneficiaries compared to male beneficiaries might have important implications for investing in regional development projects that will close the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Africa. Regional projects can also support post-conflict development efforts for food security and peace in fragile contexts such as in Burundi. Our findings might serve as an input to the African Union's Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, localization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to food security and agriculture in Africa and an input to monitoring, evaluation and learning.
7 Bjornlund, H.; van Rooyen, A.; Pittock, J.; Parry, K.; Moyo, M.; Mdemu, M.; de Sousa, W. 2020. Institutional innovation and smart water management technologies in small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa. Water International, 31p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2020.1804715]
Water management ; Technology ; Agriculture ; Innovation platforms ; Institutions ; Small scale systems ; Irrigation schemes ; Communal irrigation systems ; Soil moisture ; Monitoring ; Stakeholders ; Infrastructure ; Decision making ; Models / Southern Africa / Zimbabwe / Mozambique / United Republic of Tanzania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049982)
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049982.pdf
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This paper reports on the introduction of SWM technology, soil moisture and nutrient monitoring tools, alongside Agricultural Innovation Platforms (AIP) in three small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa. Quantitative and qualitative data are presented on the changes and benefits that have resulted, including increased yield and profitability. The findings emphasize that information prior and subsequent to adoption is needed, and the importance of understanding and enhancing the incentive framework for behavioural change, including both economic and physical returns. The findings illustrate SWM technology is strengthened when introduced with credible multi-stakeholder processes, such as an AIP, that facilitate institutional innovation.
8 Parry, K.; van Rooyen, A. F.; Bjornlund, H.; Kissoly, L.; Moyo, M.; de Sousa, W. 2020. The importance of learning processes in transitioning small-scale irrigation schemes. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 36(S1):S199-S223. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1767542]
Irrigation schemes ; Small scale systems ; Agricultural innovation systems ; Innovation platforms ; Learning activities ; Government managed irrigation systems ; Irrigation practices ; Agricultural research for development ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Training ; Knowledge ; Monitoring ; Social aspects ; Households / Africa South of Sahara / Mozambique / United Republic of Tanzania / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050067)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07900627.2020.1767542?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050067.pdf
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Many small-scale irrigation schemes are dysfunctional, and learning, innovation and evaluation are required to facilitate sustainable transitions. Using quantitative and qualitative data from five irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa, we analyze how learning and change arose in response to: soil monitoring tools, which triggered a deep learning cycle; and agricultural innovation platforms, which helped develop a social learning system. Knowledge generation and innovation were driven by the incentives of more profitable farming. Learning and change spread to farmers without the tools, and learning at different levels resulted in extension and governance stakeholders facilitating profound institutional change.
9 Minh, Thai Thi; Schmitter, Petra. 2020. Co-identification of value chain-based pathway for scaling of irrigation technologies and services: cases in Basona Worana and Lemo woredas in Ethiopia. Nairobi, Kenya: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 29p.
Agricultural value chains ; Irrigation practices ; Technology ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation equipment ; Water management ; Irrigated farming ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Innovation platforms ; Extension activities ; Market access ; Marketing channels ; Water lifting ; Water user associations ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Innovation scaling / Ethiopia / Basona Worana / Lemo
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050262)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/110592/IWMI_case%20study_2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050262.pdf
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10 van Paassen, A.; Osei-Amponsah, Charity; Klerkx, L.; van Mierlo, B.; Essegbey, G. O. 2022. Partnerships blending institutional logics for inclusive global and regional food value chains in Ghana; with what smallholder effect?. European Journal of Development Research, 34(5):2179-2203. (Special issue: Policies for Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-022-00530-4]
Value chains ; Smallholders ; Partnerships ; Innovation platforms ; Public-private partnerships ; Governance ; Cocoa / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051239)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/s41287-022-00530-4.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051239.pdf
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We witness a promotion of hybrid partnerships, where actors with different competences and resources collaborate for smallholder inclusive value chain development. To better understand the functioning of these partnerships, we used institutional theory and studied the context of a global and emerging regional food value chains in Ghana, the blending of logics by key actors in Innovation Platforms and Public Private Partnerships, and their effect on value chain relations of smallholder farmers. In the global value chain of cocoa, partnerships adhered to ‘green revolution’ and ‘free-market’ logics, and provided all farmers material support. In the more informally organised regional food sector, local executing partners selectively coupled their logics with those of poor smallholders, who rely on low-input agriculture and solidarity logics to make ends meet. This improved the position and transaction costs of smallholders to participate in the value chain. Hence, it is more likely for partnerships to create smallholder inclusive governance in informally organised regional food value chains, than highly structured global value chains controlled by international buyers. To gain insight in the variety of political effects this triggers in different social–historical shaped farmer communities, households and actors, we recommend complementary local research from a critical institutional perspective.
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