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  • Is seed aid distribution still justified in South Sudan?

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    Seed aid—or free distribution of seeds to farmers—is a popular intervention to simultaneously reduce food insecurity and dependency on food aid in fragile countries. However, seed aid distribution also has the potential to hinder or distort the development of local seed markets. This study analyses the targeting and impact of seed aid across the green […]

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  • KIT Knowledge Management Focal Points for the Land-at-Scale Programme

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    KIT is the Knowledge Management Focal Point for the partners in the 12 countries included in Land-at-Scale. As the Focal Point we also work to promote exchange between the partners across countries and regions, enhancing the learning within the programme at large.

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  • All in on Millet?

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    This article explores the re-emergence of millet in domestic value chains and its use by private actors with innovative business models – using fortification or biofortification – to highlight millet’s smart food properties. While millet has been in the shadow of rice and wheat production for decades, recently there has been renewed interest in millet […]

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  • An external review of the PlantwisePlus proof-of-concept phase, 2021-2023

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    Launched in mid-2020, CABI’s PlantwisePlus programme builds on the organization’s previous Plantwise and Action on Invasives initiatives. It comprises new elements developed from the learnings of these two earlier programmes, which are designed to fill in any gaps and respond to identified opportunities PlantwisePlus is striving to help sustainably produce more and safer food for […]

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  • Connecting the Concepts of Frugality and Inclusion to Appraise Business Practices in Systems of Food Provisioning: A Kenyan Case Study

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    Small and medium size business enterprises (SMEs) are the linchpin in systems of food provisioning in sub-Saharan Africa. These businesses occupy the middle of the agri-food chain and face a food security conundrum: they must ensure that smallholder producers of limited means can operate under fair terms while low-income consumers are supplied with affordable and […]

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  • Impact of hybrid potato

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    This book describes the potential impact of the innovative hybrid breeding technology in potato. Conventional potato production is based on cumbersome breeding and multiplying of seed tubers. Seed tubers degenerate during the many generations of slow multiplication. Their bulkiness makes them difficult to store and transport. These issues are solved by hybrid true potato seed. […]

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  • Gender Integration and Intersectionality in Food Systems Research for Development

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    This Guidance Note highlights key points for gender integration in the research for development (R4D) project cycle. It uses an intersectional lens to recognise how aspects of social identity such as age or life stage, class, caste, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation and so forth crosscut and shape gender and power. It provides an overall introduction, guide and set of signposts to help […]

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  • Accelerating Agriculture and Agribusiness in South Sudan

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    A3-Seed The seed sector in South Sudan is currently dominated by seed aid. The A3-Seed project seeks to reduce the country’s dependancy on foreign-sourced seeds, and humanitarian support, with the aim to transform the seed sector into a commercially viable one.  “The yield was not good” As part of the project, we recently held an […]

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  • Projet de Développement Intégré des systèmes semenciers au Sahel – Niébé – Mali

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    Rapport de la collecte des données primaires pour l’évaluation du secteur des semences ISSD/Sahel

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  • Projet de Développement Intégré des systèmes semenciers au Sahel – Légumes – Mali

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    Rapport de la collecte des données primaires pour l’évaluation du secteur des semences ISSD/Sahel

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  • Projet de Développement Intégré des systèmes semenciers au Sahel – Méthodologie

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    Rapport de la collecte des données primaires pour l’évaluation du secteur des semences ISSD/Sahel

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  • Projet de Développement Intégré des systèmes semenciers au Sahel – Riz – Niger

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    Rapport de la collecte des données primaires pour l’évaluation du secteur des semences ISSD/Sahel

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