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Using Social Networks to Promote New Agricultural Technologies in Nepal
Low productivity in agriculture is a pressing development challenge in Nepal where nearly 66 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture. To meet the needs of a growing population, agriculture...
The Impacts of Conservation Agriculture on Resilience to Weather Shocks in Zimbabwe
Smallholder agriculture is a driver of economic development, particularly for the 75 percent of the world’s poor who live in rural areas. While productivity improvements are required to feed a growing...
Farmer Adoption of Plot- and Farm-level Natural Resource Management Practices: Between Rhetoric and Reality
There is a significant gap between the rhetoric of claims about adoption of farm-level natural resource management practices and the reality. New empirical evidence of low adoption from several...
Impact of CGIAR’s Agricultural Research for Development: Findings and Lessons from the SIAC Program
This report characterizes and synthesizes the findings from 25 impact assessments funded under SPIA’s Strengthening Impact Assessment in CGIAR (SIAC) program between 2013 and 2017 (See Table 2 for...
Public Agricultural Research in an Era of Transformation: The Challenge of Agri-Food System Innovation
The ISPC of the CGIAR and CSIRO of Australia have published a study entitled "Public Agricultural Research in an Era of Transformation: The Challenge of Agri-Food system Innovation". The study...
Public Agricultural Research and Development in an Era of Transformation: The Challenge of Agri-Food System Innovation. Resource Document I: Case studies
The ISPC of the CGIAR and CSIRO of Australia have published a study entitled "Public Agricultural Research in an Era of Transformation: The Challenge of Agri-Food system Innovation". The study...
Meta-evidence Review on the Impacts of Investments in Agricultural and Rural Development on Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2
The interconnected nature of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) forces the development community to look broadly at solutions and outcomes. By drawing on evidence from systematic and...