Publications

The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs aspires to enhance its trade and investment programme in support of the agri-food sector of Nigeria. The Multi-Annual Country Strategy for Nigeria identifies the following main objective: to support Nigeria in its diversification strategy from reliance on oil revenues to economic growth and job-creation based on a sustainable and inclusive agri-food sector.

In Africa, irrigation is back on the agricultural development agenda. Major initiatives stress its importance. The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, for instance, has extension of the area under sustainable land management and reliable water control systems as one of its four central pillars (NEPAD, 2003).

Dans la zone d’intervention du projet Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks for agroecological intensification in Burkina Faso and Mali (FaReNe) au Burkina Faso, les processus d’amélioration des ratiques paysannes sont très variés et l’accompagnement des partenaires au développement des producteurs résente des caractéristiques différentes, adaptées au contexte. Des processus d’expérimentations conjointes de technologies agricoles et de gestion des ressources environnementales sont mises en place par les paysans innovateurs en collaboration avec leurs partenaires Voisins Mondiaux, la recherche et Diobass Burkina pour une promotion de l’intensification agro-écologique durable.

Les paysans innovateurs ont développé des solutions locales pour pallier aux contraintes de pauvreté et de dégradation des sols. Afin de faciliter l’accès au financement des paysans à faibles ressources pour promouvoir et améliorer leur innovation locale, un processus d’assistance reposant sur le fonds d’appui à l’innovation locale (FIL) a été mis en place. Il s’agit d’une initiative du projet Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks for agroecological intensification in Burkina Faso and Mali (FaReNe) dans les régions de Ségou (Nabougou et Nampasso) et de Mopti (Kiri et Pongonon).

This document describes the application of the Food Systems Decision-Support Tool, as developed by KIT Royal Tropical Institute and Wageningen University & Research, at the request of the Cluster Food Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. This document describes how the tool could be applied to support the Dutch Embassy in Ethiopia.

The European Commission project, “Taking gender transformative approaches to scale for impact on SDG2 – food security, nutrition and agriculture” aims to embed Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs) in policy dialogue, programs and working modalities of the United Nations Rome-Based Agencies (RBAs). It will do this by strengthening understanding of GTAs of relevant staff and partners; by increasing collaboration, complementarities and synergies between the RBA interventions around GTAs; and by promoting an “institutional mind- set” shift within each RBA to engage with these approaches.

In the area of intervention of the project Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks for Agroecological Intensification in Burkina Faso (FaReNe), farmers’ practices improvement methods are very various and assistance of producers’ development partners shows different characteristics, adapted to the context. Processes of joint experimentations of agricultural technologies and management of environmental resources have been set up by innovator farmers in collaboration with their partners World Neighbors, the researchers and Diobass Burkina for the promotion of a lasting agroecological intensification.

Le projet FaReNe a été conçu pour développer, tester et analyser une approche de recherche et développement basée sur le leadership des producteurs à faibles ressources en tant qu’innovateurs. Cette approche se focalise sur l’expérimentation conjointe basée sur des connaissances et des innovations locales pour trouver des solutions axées sur l’intensification agroécologique.

This report contains the results of the Yes I Do midline study conducted in Nametil, the capital of Mogovolas District, Mozambique between May and July 2018. The purpose of the study is to provide insight into possible changes in relation to child marriage and teenage pregnancy and their underlying causes since the start of the Yes I Do programme in 2016.

In December 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a stakeholder exchange on food & nutrition security in the Sahel region (notably Burkina Faso and Niger) as part of its initiative to develop of a new Sahel program focusing on food and water. KIT Royal Tropical Institute and Wageningen Economic Research were contracted to provide a descriptive overview of the food systems in Burkina Faso and Niger to support this policy process, through the partial application of the Food Systems Decision Support Tool. The descriptive analysis is based on secondary data and key informant interviews.

This publicaton draws lessons from the three years of experience in managing ‘Irrigaton Acceleraton Platorms (IAPs)’ established under the Smart Water for Agriculture project in Kenya.

Le Fonds d’appui à l’Innovation Locale (FIL) piloté au Burkina Faso est inspiré des projets pilotes conduits par Prolinnova (un Programme international de partenariat qui promeut l’innovation locale et le Développement Participatif des Innovations (DPI). C’est un mécanisme alternatif de financement qui permet aux paysans innovateurs d’accéder aux ressources leur permettant de poursuivre leurs propres recherches en collaboration avec d’autres professionnels.

In many developing countries, agribusinesses are highly engaged in providing services to smallholder farmers, including agricultural advisory services or extension. As private service providers depend on farmers’ choices, eliciting farmer feedback and learning from farmers’ demands are important.

This report is the result of a case study conducted in Bangladesh as part of the evaluation of Dutch policy on International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IOB).

When a study of child health in Afghanistan produced an inconsistent result, Sandra Alba realised that men and women can give very different answers to the same questions. She consulted gender experts Franz Wong and Yngve Bråten to understand why.

The Local Innovation Support Fund (LISF) led in Burkina Faso, took its example from pilot projects led by PROLINNOVA (an international program of partnership that promotes local innovation and Participatory Innovation Development – PID). It is an alternative mechanism of financing that permits innovative farmers to have access to resources allowing them to pursue their own research in collaboration with other professionals.