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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2011
    Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Africa, Eastern Africa

    Climate-induced livelihood transitons in the agricultural systems of Africa are increasingly likely. There has been only limited study on what such transitons might look like, but it is clear that the implicatons could be profound in relaton to social, environmental, economic and politcal efects at local and natonal levels.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2011
  3. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2011
    Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa

    Climate related shocks are among the leading cause of

    production and efficiency losses in smallholder crop and

    livestock production in rural Africa. Consequently, the

    identification of tools to help manage the risks associated

    with climactic extremities is increasingly considered to be

    among the key pillars of any agenda to enhance agricultural

    growth and welfare in rural Africa. This paper describes the

    application of a promising innovation in insurance design –

    index-based insurance – that seeks to bring the benefits of

  4. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2011
    Burkina Faso, Ghana, Africa, Western Africa

    Les plateformes d'innovation sont une nouvelle approche pour une concertation entre acteurs en vue d'appréhender l'ensemble des facteurs affectant une chaîne de valeur agricole. Hubert Some de la SNV nous offre son point de vue sur les expériences en cours dans le bassin de la Volta. Cette entrevue fait partie du projet V2 ‘Gestion intégrée des eaux pluviales pour les écosystèmes agro-pastoraux’ du Programme de Défi pour l’Eau et l’Alimentation (CPWF) dans le Bassin de la Volta.

  5. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2011

    One of the 'learning to innovate' sessions in the 2011 Third International Forum on Water and Food looked at experiences within the CPWF with multi-stakeholder Platforms (MSP) and Innovation Platforms (IP). This video has the group reports that discussed: 1) How do we scale out such platform processes? 2) What are the most significant lessons and messages in this area for 'research for development'? 3) What is new and innovative in the experiences shared? and 4) What are the research questions on platforms that could be addressed across CPWF Basins?

  6. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2011
    Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa

    During the 2011 Third International Forum on Water and Food (in South Africa) Amare Haileselassie from ILRI reflected on ways that livestock can be integrated into rainwater management systems and strategies in Ethiopia. The overall aim is to improve 'livestock water productivity' through the adoption of various practices at farm and landscape levels.

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