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Printer-friendly versionTo investigate the opportunities and constraints faced by resource-poor farmers in the humid lowlands of West Africa (HULWA) in investing in the planting and improvement of indigenous trees for income generation.
Region:
Africa
Country:
Cameroon
Country:
Ghana
Country:
Nigeria
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/2088/Default.aspx Description:
Povery of the rural resource-p
Project Date:
Mon, 01/12/1998
Organization:
Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association
Center for International Forestry Research, Cameroon
Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Developpment de Cameroun
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Cameroon
Natural Resources International Limited
Overseas Development Institute
- agriculture
- Agroforestry
- biodiversity
- commercialization
- crop domestication
- Crop Management
- Crop production
- crop varieties
- cultivation
- Dacryodes edulis
- development research
- economically disadvantaged
- exports
- Extension
- farmers
- farming
- Farming systems
- food production
- Food Products
- forest biodiversity
- forest products
- forestry
- fruit trees
- genetic variation
- improved livelihoods
- income generation
- indigenous crops
- indigenous fruits
- international trade
- Irvingia gabonensis
- land use
- livelihood security
- livelihoods
- lowland areas
- Marketing
- markets
- non-wood forest products
- organoleptic properties
- participatory management
- participatory research
- Plant Breeding
- plant genetic resources
- poor farmers
- poverty alleviation
- processing
- propagation
- rural livelihoods
- selection
- socioeconomics
- Trade
- Training
- tree crops
- tree fruits
- trees
- tropical fruits
- tropical trees
- vegetative propagation
The Research Into Use Programme (RIU)
Region:
Global
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/60328/Default.aspx Description:
Research into Use (RIU) is
Project Date:
Fri, 01/06/2006
Organization:
Research Into Results Ltd, University of Edinburgh
- Acacia
- access to information
- action planning
- advocacy
- aflatoxins
- African trypanosomiasis
- agricultural and rural development
- Agricultural Development
- agricultural information
- Agricultural Policy
- agricultural research
- agricultural sector
- agriculture
- Agroforestry
- agronomy
- anaemia
- animal diseases
- animal feeding
- animal feeds
- animal health
- animal husbandry
- animal nutrition
- animal power
- animal production
- animal welfare
- Aquaculture
- aquaculture development
- aquaculture techniques
- Arachis hypogaea
- armyworms
- baits
- banana bunchy top virus
- bananas
- barley
- Beans
- biodiversity
- biological control
- biological control organisms
- biopesticides
- Biotechnology
- botanical pesticides
- Breeding
- Cajanus cajan
- Capacity Building
- carp
- Case Studies
- cassava
- cassava mosaic virus
- catchment hydrology
- cattle
- cereals
- checklists
- chickens
- chickpeas
- children
- Climate
- coastal areas
- coastal fisheries
- Cocoa
- coconut oil
- coconuts
- Coffee
- commercialization
- communicable diseases
- communication
- communication technology
- communications media
- communities
- community forestry
- community involvement
- community-based organizations
- computer simulation
- computer software
- conflict
- consensus building
- Contract Farming
- Contracts
- cost benefit analysis
- costs
- Cotton
- cotton industry
- cowpeas
- crabs
- Credit
- crop losses
- Crop Management
- Crop production
- crop protection
- crop residues
- crop yield
- cropping systems
- crops
- cultivation
- dairy cattle
- dairy industry
- data analysis
- data processing
- databases
- decentralization
- decision making
- Development
- development planning
- development policy
- development projects
- diagnosis
- diagnostic techniques
- diet
- diet studies
- dietary supplements
- diffusion of information
- diffusion of research
- direct sowing
- disease control
- disease resistance
- disease transmission
- disease vectors
- dissemination of research
- Diversification
- dogs
- domestic markets
- Draught Animal Power
- draught animals
- drought resistance
- drying
- Early Warning Systems
- East Coast Fever
- economic analysis
- Economic Development
- Economic Growth
- economic plants
- education and training
- empowerment
- Environment
- environmental conditions
- equipment
- erosion
- erosion control
- Evaluation
- exports
- Extension
- extension activities
- extension services
- fallow
- farm storage
- farmer outreach
- farmer participatory research
- farmers
- farmers associations
- farmers income
- farming
- Farming systems
- feed crops
- feeding systems
- feeds
- feedstuffs
- fermentation
- Fertilizers
- finger millet
- fish
- fish culture
- fish diseases
- fish farming
- Fish Genetics
- fish hatcheries
- fish industry
- fish processing
- fish products
- fisheries
- fisheries management
- fishermen
- fishery development
- fishery management
- fishery policy
- flours
- fodder
- fodder production
- food analysis
- food contamination
- Food Crops
- food hygiene
- food processing
- Food Products
- Food Safety
- Forecasting
- forest management
- forest policy
- forest products
- forest resources
- forestry
- forests
- fruit
- fruit crops
- fruit flies
- fruit vegetables
- Fruits
- fuelwood
- fungal diseases
- fungicides
- Fusarium
- gender
- genetic engineering
- genetic transformation
- GIS (geographical information systems)
- global warming
- Globalization
- GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)
- goats
- gossypium
- governance
- grain crops
- grain legumes
- grazing
- grazing lands
- green manures
- groundnuts
- Harvesting
- health
- herbicides
- highlands
- horticulture
- households
- human diseases
- hydrological models
- Hydrology
- hygiene
- ICTs (information and communication technologies)
- identification
- impact assessment
- implementation
- indigenous knowledge
- industrial crops
- infiltration
- information
- information dissemination
- information flow
- information management
- information needs
- information provision
- information services
- information sources
- Information systems
- information technology
- Infrastructure
- inland fisheries
- innovation
- innovation adoption
- innovation partnerships
- insect pests
- insect vectors
- insecticides
- insects
- institutional capacity
- institutional development
- institutional issues
- intensification
- intercropping
- intermediate means of transport
- internet
- introduced varieties
- invertebrate viruses
- IPM (integrated pest management)
- irrigated rice
- irrigation
- knowledge
- knowledge management
- knowledge sharing
- lake fisheries
- lakes
- land management
- land use
- land use change
- land use planning
- Learning
- legislation
- legumes
- lentils
- lessons learned
- liming
- livelihoods
- Livestock
- livestock development
- livestock farming systems
- livestock management
- livestock production
- livestock trypanosomiasis
- locusts
- losses
- Maize
- mangoes
- manuals
- manufacture
- market intelligence
- market research
- Marketing
- marketing channels
- markets
- mechanization
- medicinal plants
- Microcredit
- microirrigation
- milk production
- milk yield
- millet
- models
- Monitoring
- multipurpose trees
- mung beans
- mycotoxins
- natural drying
- natural resources
- nematode control
- nematode infections
- nematodes
- networking
- non-motorized transport
- non-wood forest products
- nutritive value
- nuts
- oilseeds
- Oryza sativa
- parasites
- parasitic diseases
- parthenium
- participation
- participatory development
- participatory research
- pearl millet
- peri-urban areas
- peri-urban communities
- pest control
- pest insects
- Pest Management
- pest resistance
- Pesticides
- Pests
- Phaseolus
- Phaseolus vulgaris
- Pheromone traps
- photography
- pigeon peas
- planning
- Plant Breeding
- plant diseases
- plant establishment
- plant genetic resources
- plant nematodes
- plant nutrition
- plant pathology
- plant pests
- plant protection
- plant viruses
- plantations
- plants
- Policy
- politics
- pollution
- ponds
- postharvest
- postharvest losses
- postharvest technology
- potatoes
- poultry
- poultry farming
- Poverty
- Poverty Reduction
- poverty reduction strategies
- presses
- Private Sector
- processing
- processing technology
- project evaluation
- Prosopis juliflora
- Prostephanus truncatus
- public finance
- public health
- public private partnerships
- quality control
- rabies
- radio
- rain
- rainfed farming
- rainwater
- Remote Sensing
- renewable natural resources
- renewable resources
- Research
- research methods
- research monitoring
- research networks
- research projects
- research uptake
- research workers
- resources
- restocking
- Rice
- rice field aquaculture
- rice tungro virus
- road infrastructure
- root rots
- root systems
- rooting
- rotational cropping
- rubber
- rural areas
- rural communication
- rural communities
- Rural development
- rural livelihoods
- seafoods
- seed certification
- seed industry
- seed potatoes
- seed production
- seed quality
- seed storage
- seed treatment
- Seeds
- self help
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- silos
- Simulation Models
- skills training
- small and medium enterprises
- small animal rearing
- small businesses
- small enterprises
- Smallholder farmers
- smallholders
- social capital
- socioeconomic development
- socioeconomics
- soil conservation
- soil erosion
- soil fertility
- soil management
- soil pollution
- soil quality
- solar energy
- Sorghum
- Soybeans
- Spodoptera
- Spodoptera exempta
- stakeholders
- starch
- starch crops
- starch industry
- Statistics
- Storage
- storage losses
- storage structures
- stored products pests
- straw
- Striga
- Striga asiatica
- subsistence farming
- sustainability
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainable Development
- sustainable livelihoods
- sweet potatoes
- tannins
- technological innovations
- Technology transfer
- Tectona grandis
- television
- testing
- tilapia
- tillage
- tillage equipment
- timber
- tissue culture
- tomatoes
- toolkits
- tools
- trace elements
- trade policy
- traditional medicines
- Training
- training packs
- training programmes
- transgenic plants
- transport
- trapping
- traps
- tree crops
- tree fodders
- trees
- tropical coastal aquaculture
- tropical forests
- tropical fruits
- tropics
- Trypanosoma
- trypanosomiasis
- tuberculosis
- tubers
- urban agriculture
- urban areas
- urban development
- urban planning
- urbanisation
- vaccination
- vaccines
- varieties
- variety trials
- vegetable crops
- vegetable growing
- Vegetables
- veterinary services
- video
- Vigna mungo
- vigna subterranea
- Water
- water conservation
- water development
- Water harvesting
- water management
- water pollution
- water resources
- Water use
- watershed management
- watersheds
- websites
- weed control
- weeds
- Wheat
- whiteflies
- women
- working animals
- Xanthomonas
- yams
- youth
- Zea mays
- zoonoses
The Management of Weedy Rices in Asia
Region:
East Asia and Pacific
Country:
Bangladesh
Country:
China
Country:
Malaysia
Country:
Vietnam
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/2227/Default.aspx Description:
The term 'weedy rices' refers
Project Date:
Mon, 01/04/1999
Organization:
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
China National Rice Research Institute
Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
International Rice Research Institute
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute
Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, Vietnam
Rothamsted Research
Rural Livelihoods Department, Department for International Development (UK)
University of Liverpool
- agriculture
- Crop Management
- Crop production
- direct sowing
- farmers
- gender
- Rice
- weed control
- weed management
- weed science
- weeds
- yields
The population ecology of Helicoverpa armigera in smallholder crops in Kenya with emphasis on its natural enemies
Region:
Africa
Country:
Kenya
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/85/Default.aspx Project Date:
Sun, 01/04/1987
Organization:
International Institute of Biological Control - IIBC
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kakamega
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kibos
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kisii
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Makueni
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Msabaha
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Mtwapa
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Mwea Tebere
Natural Resources Institute
Rural Livelihoods Department, Department for International Development (UK)
University of Wales, Cardiff
- agriculture
- Beans
- biological control
- Cajanus cajan
- cash crops
- Cotton
- crops
- entomology
- extension workers
- farmers
- feed crops
- Helicoverpa armigera
- Identification guides
- insect pests
- integrated control
- IPM (integrated pest management)
- larvae
- Maize
- natural enemies
- oil crops
- Parasitoids
- pest control
- pest insects
- pigeon peas
- plant pests
- plant protection
- predators
- sampling
- Smallholder farmers
- Sorghum
- Zea mays
The Good Seed Initiative - sharing the learning from CPP programmes into pro-poor seed systems in East Africa
Region:
Africa
Country:
Kenya
Country:
Uganda
Country:
Tanzania
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/3969/Default.aspx Description:
In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), s
Project Date:
Mon, 01/03/2005
Organization:
CABI Bioscience
Kenya Plant Health Inspection Service
Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute
Natural Resources International Limited
Sokoine University of Agriculture
- crop varieties
- dissemination of research
- farmers
- information dissemination
- kale
- research projects
- research uptake
- seed production
- seed quality
- Seeds
- small farms
The effectiveness of micro-insurance in helping small-holders manage weather-related risks.
Region:
Global
Country:
Global
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/60808/Default.aspx Description:
The risk of unfavourable weath
Project Date:
Tue, 01/05/2010
Organization:
Harvard Business School
- agriculture
- crop losses
- Crop production
- crop yield
- crops
- Economic Growth
- farmers
- Insurance
- low income countries
- Microfinance
- Microinsurance
- middle income countries
- Risk Management
- rural livelihoods
- systematic review
- Weather
Sweet potato cultivars with improved keeping qualities for East Africa
Region:
Africa
Country:
Tanzania
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/2390/Default.aspx Description:
The major needs addressed by t
Project Date:
Mon, 01/11/1999
Organization:
Centro Internacional de la Papa, Kenya
Crops Research, Ukiriguru Agricultural and Training Research Institute
Natural Resources Institute
Natural Resources International Limited
Silsoe College, Cranfield University
- biochemistry
- carbohydrate metabolism
- Constraints
- consumer behaviour
- consumer surveys
- crop varieties
- drought stress
- enzymes
- farmers
- food processing
- Food Quality
- Food Security
- handling
- histology
- income generation
- Ipomoea batatas
- keeping quality
- lignification
- literature reviews
- mannitol
- Marketing
- markets
- on-farm research
- organoleptic properties
- osmotic pressure
- pest insects
- pest resistance
- Plant Breeding
- postharvest
- postharvest decay
- postharvest losses
- postharvest physiology
- relative humidity
- roots
- rots
- selection
- Storage
- storage losses
- storage physiology
- storage structures
- stored products pests
- stores
- surveys
- sweet potatoes
- transport
- tropics
- urban areas
- varieties
- variety trials
- ventilation
- wounds and injuries
Sustainable uptake of cassava as an industrial commodity
Region:
Africa
Country:
Ghana
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/3638/Default.aspx Description:
The major livelihood problems
Project Date:
Wed, 01/01/2003
Organization:
Amasa Agro-Processing Company Limited
Association of Productive Entrepreneurs in Development
Bakers Associations in Atebubu District
Cassava Farmers in Atebubu District
Cassava Processing Groups in Atebubu District
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana
Feed and Flour Ghana Limited
Food Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Sunyani, Ghana
Natural Resources Institute
Natural Resources International Limited
Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, National Board for Small Scale Industries (Ghana)
ROSEAFRIK Limited
Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Programme (SSA CP)
Region:
Global
Country:
Global
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/60686/Default.aspx Description:
A study of Africa's ARD ini
Project Date:
Fri, 01/04/2008
Organization:
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
- agricultural research
- agriculture
- agronomy
- baseline surveys
- budgets
- Capacity Building
- cereals
- communities
- Coordination
- Crop Management
- Crop production
- crop yield
- Data collection
- data management
- Development
- documentation
- Evaluation
- experimental design
- farmer participatory research
- farmers
- Food Security
- grain legumes
- horticulture
- households
- impact assessment
- innovation
- integrated crop management
- irrigated farming
- Learning
- legumes
- livelihoods
- Livestock
- Maize
- Market Access
- Methodology
- Monitoring
- natural resources
- nutrients
- plant nutrition
- project management
- rainfed farming
- recruitment
- Research
- research programmes
- research uptake
- Rice
- rural livelihoods
- seed production
- skills
- Smallholder farmers
- smallholders
- social networks
- soil fertility
- soil management
- soils
- Sorghum
- surveys
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Technology transfer
- Training
- Value Chain
- Vegetables
- villages
- Water
- workshops
Strategies for improved diagnosis and control of bacterial disease in small-scale fresh-water aquaculture
Region:
East Asia and Pacific
Country:
Vietnam
Country:
Thailand
Website Link:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/2364/Default.aspx Description:
Continuous low level losses fr
Project Date:
Sat, 01/08/2000
Organization:
Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute
Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling
West East South Laboratory, CanTho Agricultural University
- Aeromonas hydrophila
- Aquaculture
- bacteria
- bacterial diseases
- cage aquaculture
- catfish
- chemical control
- chemicals
- Clarias gariepinus
- Clarias macrocephalus
- Developing Countries
- disease control
- disease diagnosis
- disease prevention
- environmental management
- farmers
- fish culture
- fish diseases
- fish farming
- fishery management
- fishery production
- floods
- fresh water
- freshwater fishes
- hybrids
- income generation
- lagoon fisheries
- losses
- macrophages
- mortality
- opportunistic infections
- Pangasius
- ponds
- Risk factors
- rural communities
- rural livelihoods
- small scale enterprises
- small scale fishing
- stocking density
- stress
- sustainable livelihoods
- water quality