Publications

Innovative farmers have developed local solutions aimed at overcoming the constraints of poverty and land degradation. A support process based on the Local Innovation Support Fund (LISF) was established to facilitate low-income farmers’ access to financing as well as to promote and improve their local innovation. It is an initiative from the project aimed at strengthening the Farmers’ Research Networks (FaReNe) in the regions of Ségou (Nabougou and Nampasso) and Mopti (Kiri and Pongonon).

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).

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.

The findings of this study highlight the importance of national policy dissemination and collaboration between local government, health providers and CHWs to overcome the barriers in providing MH services at PHC level.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from an infectious disease, causing 1.6 million deaths in 2017 [1]. Although improved access to and quality of TB care have reduced TB-related mortality since 1990, more than one third of an estimated 10 million new cases of active TB remain undiagnosed every year, which is a major reason for the slow decline in TB incidence

These are preliminary guidelines. They were first developed internally by KIT epidemiologists and were then presented to global health experts from all over the world for validation through a Delphi consultation process.

Climate change, unpredictable weather / rainfall patterns has increased demand of irrigation water to ensure crop/agricultural productivity.

To achieve universal health coverage, the scale-up of high impact public health interventions is essential. However, scale-up is challenging and often not successful. Therefore, a systematic review was conducted to provide insights into the factors influencing the scale-up of public health interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

In June 2017, FAO, Twin and KIT organized a multi-stakeholder workshop on “Promoting Inclusive and Gender-Sensitive Producer Organizations and Agricultural Investments in Cocoa and Coffee Value Chains”. A range of actors from coffee and cocoa value chains came together to share experiences of their work in investing in gender-sensitive policies and activities and incorporating these into their sectors.

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).

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.

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.

In 2019 the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) embarked on an initiative that aims to strengthen the capacity of 10 national societies of obstetrics and gynecology (ObGyn) in advocacy for safe abortion. In 2018 needs assessments that entailed a desk study, interviews, and stakeholder workshops were conducted in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Panama, Peru, Uganda, and Zambia. The general aim of the needs assessments was to gain a deeper understanding of the contextual situation and identify the needs of ObGyn societies in relation to safe abortion advocacy. This paper provides a cross- country analysis of the outcomes of the needs assessments and reflects on the capabilities, barriers, and opportunities to strengthen this role of ObGyn societies.

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.

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.

The LSP model has gained some popularity in Bangladesh in recent years and has been implemented by several projects. This assessment focuses on the LSP models implemented by Aquaculture for Income and Nutrition (AIN) and Improving Food Security and Livelihoods (IFSL), specifically. This study intended to (1) describe how the models were implemented, (2) what the outcomes were, and (3) what could be done in the future to use the LSP model for scaling, especially for improving the involvement of women as LSPs. This includes understanding the enabling conditions and obstacles women LSPs face in running a business as well as playing the role of extension agents.

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).