Water, Land and Ecosystems - 5.1 Evidence, tools and expertise for decision support for sustainable agricultural landscapes

Targeting Agricultural Innovation in the Northern Volta Basin

Amanda — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:56:00 +0000

ICRAF's work package in this project used decision analysis methods to anticipate the impacts of implementing conservation measures around a water reservoir in Burkina Faso. During a participatory workshop, prospective impacts from implementing three interventions ? dredging, check dams and buffer strips ? were explored together with local stakeholders. Workshop results were translated into a probabilistic decision model that aimed to capture all important aspects of the interventions? impact pathways and to consider all major uncertainties. These activities contributed to the establishment and refinement of decision analysis methods, and allowed exploring them in a case study related to WLE's thematic interest.

Contact Person

Luedeling, Eike and Winowiecki, Leigh Ann <l.a.winowiecki@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Donors

CGIAR

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Partners

ICRAF - World Agroforestry Centre, SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation, University of Bonn

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2015 — December 31, 2017

Research ThemeEnhancing Sustainable Agriculture

Cluster

5.1 Evidence, tools and expertise for decision support for sustainable agricultural landscapes

Countries

Burkina Faso, Ghana

Probabilistic Causal Models for Nutrition Outcomes of Agricultural Actions

Amanda — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:51:00 +0000

This project uses Bayesian Network to model impact pathways for interventions. Two interventions, on fruit trees in Kenya and on agricultural policy in Uganda, are evaluated as to their impact on human nutrition. Models are produced during participatory workshops and refined through iterations of modification and feedback. The project will produce a refined methodology, to be described in detail in a methods guide. This is a key activity for CoA5.2, because it explores the use of a new modeling approach, which appears to be a good fit for ex-ante impact assessment, but has not yet been used in development research.

Contact Person

Luedeling, Eike and Winowiecki, Leigh Ann <l.a.winowiecki@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Donors

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom

Partners

Agena, ICRAF - World Agroforestry Centre, JLU - Justus Liebig University Giessen, QMUL - Queen Mary University of London, University of Bonn

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2015 — February 01, 2018

Research ThemeEnhancing Sustainable Agriculture

Cluster

5.1 Evidence, tools and expertise for decision support for sustainable agricultural landscapes

Regions

Global

Countries

Kenya, Uganda

Community management of common pool land resources and conservation of biodiversity at landscape scales

Amanda — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:15:00 +0000

This activity consists of Bioversity's research through 3 projects:

International Treaty: Strengthening community resilience in two Reserves of the Biosphere of Cuba through the efficient use of genetic resources of corn and beans. This project is due to start in 2020 pending signature of the Terms of Reference from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investments of Cuba.
Italian Agency for Development Cooperation: Improving Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change in the East of Cuba. This project is due to start in 2020 pending signature of the Terms of Reference from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investments of Cuba
National Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Ecological mechanisms of species diversity in maintaining the stability of yields and soil fertility in rice-farming systems

Contact Person

Bergamini, Nadia <n.bergamini@cgiar.org>

Donors

CGIAR

Government of Italy

Government of Netherlands

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Partners

Bioversity (Alliance) - Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT - Headquarter (Bioversity International), CISP - Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli / International Committee for the Development of Peoples , INIFAT - Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical, ITPGRFA - International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (governing body), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Italy), WBA - World Biodiversity Association, Zhejiang University

Completed

Start/End dateJuly 01, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeEnhancing Sustainable Agriculture

Cluster

5.1 Evidence, tools and expertise for decision support for sustainable agricultural landscapes

Regions

Global

Countries

China, Cuba