This project generates knowledge on how to best facilitate the conversation of smallholders from predominantly subsistence farming to market-oriented agriculture. The goal is to identify the right mix of crop-livestock strategies to strengthen inclusive market-oriented development, enhance resilience, and sustain livelihoods. Because advisory services have had mixed impact in the past, we experiment with ways to ?nudge? farmers? market-orientation, which had been an expressed interest of farmers in the past. We employ an open IP Approach to better understand and effectively facilitate the change processes.
Contact Person
Sabine Homann <s.homann@cgiar.org>
Partners
BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, MASA - Ministério da Agricultura e Segurança Alimentar (Mozambique) / Ministry of Agriculture and Food SecurityRelated contents
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Related publications
Connections between poverty, water and agriculture: evidence from 10 river basins.
Kemp-Benedict, E.; Cook, Simon; Allen, S. L.; Vosti, S.; Lemoalle, J.; Giordano, Mark; Ward, J.; Kaczan, D. 2012. Connections between poverty, water and agriculture: evidence from 10 river basins. In Fisher, M.; Cook, Simon (Eds.). Water, food and poverty in river basins: defining the limits. London, UK: Routledge. pp.363-378.
Managing water: Exploring groundwater sources for sustainable smallholder agricultural production in Northern Uganda: The case of Agago district
Okwir, G. 2015. Managing water: Exploring groundwater sources for sustainable smallholder agricultural production in Northern Uganda: The case of Agago district. In: Nicol, A., Langan, S., Victor, M. and Gonsalves, J. (eds), Water-smart agriculture in East Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI and CGIAR research program on WLE; Kampala, Uganda: GWI EA. PP. 173-176.
Conserving soils: An assessment of the cost effectiveness of soil and water conservation techniques in Otuke district, Uganda
Anyoni, G.O., Alinda, V., Imalingat, M., Okello, R. and Otim, S. 2015. Conserving soils: An assessment of the cost effectiveness of soil and water conservation techniques in Otuke district, Uganda. In: Nicol, A., Langan, S., Victor, M. and Gonsalves, J. (eds), Water-smart agriculture in East Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI and CGIAR research program on WLE; Kampala, Uganda: GWI EA. PP. 215-222.
Managing water: Low-cost drip irrigation systems for smallholder farmers in Tanzania
Kahimba, F., Ishengoma, E.K. and Tarimo, A.K.P.R. 2015. Managing water: Low-cost drip irrigation systems for smallholder farmers in Tanzania. In: Nicol, A., Langan, S., Victor, M. and Gonsalves, J. (eds), Water-smart agriculture in East Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI and CGIAR research program on WLE; Kampala, Uganda: GWI EA. PP. 165-172.