Grants for agricultural innovation are common but grant funds specifically targeted to smallholder farmers remain relatively rare. Nevertheless, they are receiving increasing recognition as a promising venue for agricultural innovation. They stimulate smallholders to experiment with improved practices, to become proactive and to engage with research and extension providers. The systematic review covered three modalities of disbursing these grants to smallholder farmers and their organisations: vouchers, competitive grants and farmer-led innovation support funds.
Nouvel instrument communautaire mobilisant la politique de recherche et la PAC, le PEI entend susciter des partenariats entre les acteurs du développement, de l’enseignement agricole, les agriculteurs, les chercheurs et les entreprises. En cela, il reflète l’évolution récente du cadre de pensée des institutions internationales, qui voient dans l’innovation agricole moins le produit de la recherche et du transfert de connaissances que le résultat d’interactions entre acteurs au sein de réseaux plus ou moins formels.
Este libro trata de la gestión de la innovación y da respuesta a la demanda para difundir, divulgar y transferir el conocimiento científico y tecnológico en ambientes marginados con potencial no aprovechados, procurando aprendizajes como medios de apropiación social de la ciencia y la tecnología, la articulación institucional y organizativas, así como la promoción y el fortalecimiento del sistema científico, tecnológico y de innovación local, y de esa forma contribuir al mejoramiento de la competitividad del sector rural productivo de la región sur sureste de México.
La propuesta metodológica incluida en esta guía busca apoyar a las organizaciones de productores y productoras en sus procesos de elaboración de planes de negocio, o de revisión y/o ajuste de su plan de negocio actual, de manera que cuenten con un plan detallado para el desarrollo de su negocio central, al igual que de otros negocios complementarios; pero sobretodo, que le permita a la organización avanzar hacia su sostenibilidad, no sólo económica, sino también social y ambiental.
This paper discusses a methodology to model precipitation indices and premium prices for index-based drought insurance for smallholders. Spatial basis risk, which is borne by the insured, is a problem, especially in variable topography. Also, site-specific drought risk needs to be estimated accurately in order to offer effective insurance cover and ensure financial sustainability of the insurance scheme. We explore farmers' perceptions on drought and spatial climate variability and draw conclusions concerning basis risk with regards to the proposed methodology.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the use of food insecurity as coercive tool or a weapon during conflict, providing a case study on Gaza. The authors aim at proving that Food insecurity in Gaza is not merely a product of conflict, but rather a systematic policy of control. The paper includes the presentation of community-based innovations that were created in the extremely intricate case of Gaza, in order to retain certain economic and political agency over food and farming systems.
El propósito del presente documento es evidenciar de manera gráfica la propuesta metodológica y conceptual de gestión del conocimiento del Programa Agroambiental Mesoamericano (MAP). Se ilustra el proceso de implementación de las ECAS en tres diferentes proyectos del MAP: Cacao Centroamérica (PCC), Manejo Sostenible de
The poster was prepared for Tropentag 2012: Resilience of Agricultural Systems against Crises, Gottingen, Germany, 19-21 September 2012. It briefed the objective, approaches, achievements and lessons of the Improving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) project.
LenCD has prepared a joint statement on results and capacity development (presented in this publication), which stresses that meaningful, sustainable results are premised on proper investments in capacity development and that these results materialize at different levels and at different times, along countries’ development trajectory. To provide evidence in support of this statement, LenCD launched a call for submission of stories.
Interest in farmland is rising. And, given commodity price volatility, growing human and environmental pressures, and worries about food security, this interest will increase, especially in the developing world. One of the highest development priorities in the world must be to improve smallholder agricultural productivity, especially in Africa. Smallholder productivity is essential for reducing poverty and hunger, and more and better investment in agricultural technology, infrastructure, and market access for poor farmers is urgently needed.