Author: Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9706481125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The Seed Industry for Dryland Crops in Eastern Kenya
Author: Seed Provision and Dryland Crops in the Semiarid Regions of Eastern Kenya
Author: Latha Nagarajan, Patrick Audi, Richard Jones, and Melinda SmalePublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Food Security, Gender and Resilience
Author: Leigh BrownhillPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317596587
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Through the integration of gender analysis into resilience thinking, this book shares field-based research insights from a collaborative, integrated project aimed at improving food security in subsistence and smallholder agricultural systems. The scope of the book is both local and multi-scalar. The gendered resilience framework, illustrated here with detailed case studies from semi-arid Kenya, is shown to be suitable for use in analysis in other geographic regions and across disciplines. The book examines the importance of gender equity to the strengthening of socio-ecological resilience. Case studies reflect multidisciplinary perspectives and focus on a range of issues, from microfinance to informal seed systems. The book’s gender perspective also incorporates consideration of age or generational relations and cultural dimensions in order to embrace the complexity of existing socio-economic realities in rural farming communities. The issue of succession of farmland has become a general concern, both to farmers and to researchers focused on building resilient farming systems. Building resilience here is shown to involve strengthening households’ and communities’ overall livelihood capabilities in the face of ongoing climate change, global market volatility and political instability.
Seed Trade in Rural Markets
Author: Leslie LipperPublisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1844077845
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Towards Effective and Sustainable Seed Relief Activities
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251052150
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This report contains papers given to a FAO workshop meeting, held in Rome in May 2003, organised to consider how to improve the effectiveness of seed relief schemes to promote sustainable development and food security, to identify gaps in the development of tools, guidance and methodologies, and to make recommendations for further collaborative work. It includes case studies of seed relief activities in several African countries.
Supply of Pigeonpea Genetic Resources in Local markets of Eastern Kenya
Author: Latha Nagarajan, Patrick Audi, and Richard JonesPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Dryland Opportunities
Author: Michael MortimorePublisher: World Conservation Union
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Drylands cover 41 percent of the earth' s terrestrial surface. The urgency of and international response to climate change have given a new place to drylands in terms both of their vulnerability to predicted climate change impacts and their potential contribution to climate change mitigation. This book aims to apply the new scientific insights on complex dryland systems to practical options for development. A new dryland paradigm is built on the resources and capacities of dryland peoples, on new and emergent economic opportunities, on inward investment, and on the best support that dryland science can offer.
Maize research for stress environments
Author: Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789686923513
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Farmers' Maize Seed Systems in Western Oromia, Ethiopia
Author: Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9706480757
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Mainstreaming efficient legume seed systems in Eastern Africa
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251310181
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Legumes are important components of sustainable farming systems. They are useful to diversify and intensify cropping systems; fix atmospheric nitrogen and improve soil health; act as rotation crops; increase and diversify smallholder incomes; and lower the carbon footprint, mitigating climate change. Legumes can therefore play a critical role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, as this publication points out, their production is challenged by various policy, regulatory, institutional and technical factors, including a lack of attention from the public sector and limited opportunity to attract private sector investment.