Category Archives: HUMIDTROPICSCRP

CRP on humid tropics

Africa / Animal Feeding / ASSP / CGIAR / CIP / Feeds / HUMIDTROPICSCRP / IITA / ILRI / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Nigeria / RTB / West Africa

Transforming cassava peel waste to quality feeds fast-tracked by private sector in Nigeria

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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Ibadan, Nigeria, recently developed a technology to process fresh cassava peels into high quality cassava peel products with better shelf life and nutrient profiles acceptable to the feed industry. The activity is an outcome of a multi-centre CGIAR collaboration including ILRI, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) … Continue reading →

Animal Feeding / Crop-Livestock / Feeds / HUMIDTROPICSCRP / ILRI / Livestock / Pigs / PIL / Research / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Pig and maize value chains in northwest Vietnam: Trends and opportunities for smallholders

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This research brief provides some insights into the pork and maize value chains in northwest Vietnam, highlighting the collaboration taking place between business partners in response to the lack of public support services for pig and maize production, processing and marketing. Continue reading →

CGIAR / East Africa / HUMIDTROPICSCRP / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pigs / Systems Analysis / Uganda / Value Chains

Linking farmers to value chains in Uganda

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ILRI and partners have been undertaking research into the factors influencing the successful inclusion of small farmers in modern value chains around the Lake Victoria Basin area in Uganda. This research is funded by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) as part of a research grant on inclusive value chains. Continue reading →

Event / HUMIDTROPICSCRP / ILRI / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Partnership / Value Chains / WLE

On partnerships, alliances and relationships to achieve impact at scale

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Following a session on partnerships organized at GCARD2, this side event at the ‘Celebrating FARA@15’ event looked into the secrets behind successful alliances and relationships (‘partnerships’) that bring development results at scale, and over time. Continue reading →

Capacity Development / Capacity Strengthening / Central America / CGIAR / CIAT / Communications / Crop-Livestock / Environment / Gender / HUMIDTROPICSCRP / Innovation Systems / Intensification / Knowledge & Information / Nicaragua / Value Chains / Women

The value of knowledge in rural development – ‘I also have a right to decide.’

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Increasing the productivity of small-scale production systems to make animal-source foods more readily available to poor consumers is a complex issue which requires a multi-faceted approach. With this concept in mind, scientists are working alongside territorial alliances to generate knowledge and initiatives to improve resource management through research. An example of this initiative, called the Learning Alliance. Continue reading →

ASSP / HUMIDTROPICSCRP / ILRI / Innovation Systems / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Report / Value Chains

Monitoring and evaluating innovation platforms in livestock value chains

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In recent years, innovation platforms have been promoted as mechanisms to stimulate and support multistakeholder collaboration in the context of research for development. They are recognized as having the potential to link value chain actors, and enhance communication and collaboration to overcome market failures. This paper sets out a monitoring and evaluation framework to understand and assess the performance of innovation platforms in the context of pro-poor value chains. Continue reading →