- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Potato Plant Research
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Agricultural Development and Management
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Agricultural pest management studies
International Livestock Research Institute
2021-2022
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
2021
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
2021
Conventional approaches to agricultural extension based on top–down technology transfer and information dissemination models are inadequate help smallholder farmers tackle increasingly complex agroclimatic adversities. Innovative service delivery alternatives, such as field schools, exist but mostly implemented in isolationistic silos with little effort integrate them for cost reduction greater technical effectiveness. This article presents a proof-of-concept develop an innovative,...
This article examines the potential role of agri-business SMEs in scaling climate resilient seed systems through inclusive business models Eastern and Southern Africa. Over last decade, donors policymakers have coalesced behind a private-sector agenda for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) which small-and-medium enterprises, multinational corporations financial institutions are recognized their to contribute effectiveness efficiency aid. has progressively adopted notions inclusiveness entailing...
There is consensus that climate variability and change impacting food security in Eastern Africa, conventional extension approaches, based on top-down model of information dissemination technology transfer, are too inadequate to help smallholder farmers tackle increasingly complex agro-climatic adversities. Innovative service delivery options exist but mostly operated silos with little effort explore blend them. efforts develop a blended Climate-Resilient Farmers Field School methodology...