Improved sorghum and pearl millet forage cultivars for intensifying dairy systems

Integrating Crops and Livestock for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods in Zimbabwe (ZimCLIFS)

Almost 12% of rural households in Zimbabwe (more than 1 million people) rely directly on food aid. Past and present research activities by Australian, international and national institutions all strongly suggest that it is possible to address this situation of food-aid dependency by increasing...

Agricultural Innovation Program for Pakistan

Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan is working to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes in the agricultural sector through the promotion and dissemination of modern technologies/practices in the livestock, horticulture (fruits and vegetables) and cereals (wheat,...

Fodder markets in East Java: Identifying interventions to improve market performance and quality

Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos (Pestforecast)

A warmer, wetter world is likely to be sicker. The Mekong is a hotspot for human, animal and plant disease, and some of the most important are highly sensitive to climate and climate changes. These diseases impose enormous burdens on human health and the agricultural sector and hinder broader...

LegumeCHOICE: Realizing the underexploited potential of multi-purpose legumes towards improved livelihoods and a better environment in crop-livestock systems in East and Central Africa

Led by IITA, the Goal of the project is to improve food and nutrition security, reduce poverty, and enhance the production environment of smallholder farmers and rural populations, in particular women, through facilitation of the smart integration and use of multi-purpose legumes, providing food,...

N2Africa Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa

Enhanced community resilience to drought through innovative market based systems approaches

Project goal The overall goal of the project is to improve pastoral livelihoods through sustainable market systems. The project aims to promote pastoral livelihoods diversification, facilitate robust markets for livestock and livestock products and enhance consolidation of knowledge base to enhance...

N2Africa Phase II (Ethiopia)

The main objective of N2Africa project is to increase biological nitrogen fixation and productivity of grain legumes among African smallholder farmers, contributing to enhanced soil fertility, improved household nutrition and increased cash income. The legacy will be strong national expertise in...

Africa RISING: Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands

Our hypotheses are: That the potential trajectory for intensification – and therefore solutions to enhance sustainable intensification of smallholder crop livestock systems will vary depending on the initial level of intensification in the farming system, and the level of capital assets among farm...

Integrating crops and livestock for improved food security and livelihoods in rural Zimbabwe

The majority of rural dwellers in Zimbabwe depend on smallholder crop-livestock farming based on production of maize, other cereals and legumes along with small and large stock including goats and beef or dairy cattle. Crop yields and livestock off-take rates are presently low and declining, and,...

Integrating dairy goats and root crop production for increasing food, nutrition and income security of smallholder farmers in Tanzania

Project objectives To improve the milk production potential of indigenous goats through crossbreeding, improved management and control of major diseases To test and evaluate improved sweet potato and cassava varieties that have the dual purpose of improving food security and nutrition at household...