Étude de cas

Maize-legume rotations improve soil health and crop productivity

A summary of findings from the "Best Bets" research project undertaken in Malawi.Excerpt:To...

Étude de cas

Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia - Improving crop yield and storing carbon. End report phase 1; October 2011

 A project report from the 'Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia' project by th...

Étude de cas

Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya: Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands

Abstract Dryland livestock production syst...

Étude de cas

Case Study: From Slash and Burn to ‘Slash and Mulch’

A case study adapted from an article published by ILEIA in Fa...

Guide

Sustainable Agriculture Land Management

A training manual designed for use with farmers, including information and activities. The i...

Étude de cas

Integrating scientific and farmers' evaluation of soil quality indicators in Central Kenya

Abstract A study was conducted to determine farmers' perceptio...

Poster

Building and Assessing Soil Health Across the CCRP Program: A cross-cutting soils effort within McKnight communities of practice

A poster summarising information about a project to implement a Soil Tool Kit which can be used by partners on...

Étude de cas

Soil Management And Agrodiversity: A Case Study From Arumeru, Arusha, Tanzania

A case study produced for the symposium on Managing biodiversity in agricultural systems, Montreal, 8-12 Novem...

Guide

Testing Your Soil With Plants

A short guide with instructions on how a farmer can analyse their soil by examining the plants growing in it,...

Guide

Brochure: Ngolo Cultivation Technology

A brochure containing information about the Ngolo or Matengo pit system. This is essentially a soil and water...

Guide

Living windbreaks to protect the soil

A short video explaining how 'live barriers' can be used by farmers in the Andes to protect find soil from bei...

Rapport

Explorando Opciones Agroecológicas para el Manejo de la Fertilidad del Suelo en Sistemas de Agricultura en pequeña escalade las Zonas Alto-andinas

Un informe producido por el CIAT para la Fundación McKnight que recopila información y recomendaciones sobre e...

Suelos Andinos

SuelosAndinos es una plataforma regional para mejorar el manejo de los suelos y paisajes agrícolas en las...

Article scientifique

Neem for Sustainable Pest Management and Environmental Conservation

An issue of ECHO Asia Notes featuring the article 'Neem for Sustainable Pest Management and Environmental Con...

Guide

The Food Spray Manual - Using the Food Spray Method to Enhance Biological Control in Cotton: A trainer's guide

A manual providing guidance on how to use the 'food spray method' as part of Integrated Pest...

Guide

Handbook on pesticidal plants

Handbook on pesticidal plants: Optimization of Pesticidal plants: Technology, Innov...

Présentation

Using Pesticidal Plants in Crop Protection

A presentation given by Professor Steven R. Belmain, University of Greenwich, Natural Resources Institute, dis...

Étude de cas

Case Study: Using Pesticidal Plants for Pest Management in Africa

A case study of the use of pesticidal plants for pest management. By Prof Steven R. Belmain, published by the...

Guide

Fall Armyworm in Africa: A Guide for Integrated Pest Management

This FAW IPM Guide is designed for use by professionals in plant protection...

Rapport

Fall Armyworm: Impacts and Implications for Africa - Evidence Note (Summary version)

This publication is a digest of an Evidence Note commissioned by the UK Department...

Guide

Integrated management of the Fall Armyworm on maize - A guide for Farmer Field Schools in Africa

A guide written to provide guidance on how to conduct Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on...

Guide

FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda): Identification, biology and ecology

A single-page pamphlet summarising information about identifying the fall armyworm. Produced by CABI and the F...

Guide

How to Manage Fall Armyworm

A single-page field guide providing information on how to manage fall armyworm.Produced by FAO and CABI.Note:...

Rapport

Fall Armyworm (FAW) in Africa: Key Messages

A summary of key messages from the FAO about the Fall Armyworm.Note: This resource was added to this database...

Guide

Fall Armyworm Management Factsheet

2-page factsheet summarising information about identification and management of fall armyworm. Produced by Fee...

Guide

Pictorial Explanation of Fall Army Worm

A collection of images depicting the lifecycle stages of the Fall Armyworm. Useful for identification.Note: Th...

Vidéo

Video: Integrated approach against striga

A video produced for ICRISAT about using multiple control methods to reduce striga and obtain a good yield of...

Vidéo

Video: Striga Biology

A video produced for ICRISAT about striga, a parasitic weed that causes great yield losses from cereal crops....

Vidéo

Video: Joining hands against striga

A video produced for ICRISAT about ways of managing and preventing the spread of the parasitic striga weed, an...

Enquête

CCRP FRN Fall Army Worm Survey

An example of a short survey that could be used to identify and document local Fall Army Worm Management pract...

Guide

Killing fall armyworms naturally

A video explaining methods for managing the fall armyworm without the use of chemical pesticides, and the reas...

Guide

Scouting for fall armyworms

A video advising the practice of inspecting fields regularly in the first 6 weeks of growing crops to manage f...

Vidéo

Experiments with Farmers I - "Why?"

This video introduces the idea of Experiments with Farmers and explores five reasons to involve farmers in you...

Vidéo

Experiments with Farmers II - What happens to designs?

This video explores the details of the way in which experiments with farmers could be designed, using a variet...

Vidéo

Experiments with Farmers III - "From noise to information"

This video gives some examples of how to look at data from on-farm trials in a slightly different way, enablin...

Vidéo

Experiments with Farmers IV - "Farmers are not replicates!"

Replication is often a point of confusion for researchers. Often, researchers conducting on-farm trials will s...

Vidéo

Experiments with Farmers V - "Communicating the design"

Communication is vital when conducting experiments with farmers. This video discusses some of the issues of ho...

Webinaire

Designing Right-N Trials with Farmers - Week 1: "The Objectives"

This webinar was given to a group of CCRP West Africa Grantees as part of the Research Methods Support Project...

Webinaire

Designing Right-N Trials with Farmers - Week 2: "Design Details"

This webinar was given to a group of CCRP West Africa Grantees as part of the Research Methods Support Project...

Webinaire

Designing Right-N Trials with Farmers - Week 3: "Measurements"

This webinar was given to a group of CCRP West Africa Grantees as part of the Research Methods Support Project...

Webinaire

Designing Right-N Trials with Farmers - Week 4: "Implementation"

This webinar was given to a group of CCRP West Africa Grantees as part of the Research Methods Support Project...

Vidéo

Options by Context - The Concept

In this short video, Ric Coe introduces the concepts of options by context interactions by describing the more...

Vidéo

Options by Context - The Design

This video discusses some of the issues surrounding the design of experiments when considering options by cont...

Vidéo

Large N Trials - Practicalities

This video explores the practicalities of running a large-N trial, including how to overcome the bottlenecks o...

Étude de cas

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

A report on the impact of a reforestation project conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using an approach of 'farme...

Guide

Enclosures to protect and conserve for better livelihood of the West Pokot community

Field guide developed by the Regional Land Management Unit (RELMA), a part of the Swedish In...

Étude de cas

Integrating diverse grain legumes for increased land productivity on small farms in Malawi

Case study of a trial of 'doubled-up legume technology' conducted with smallholder farmers in Malawi. Produced...

Guide

Video: Grow Row by Row

A video produced by ICRISAT about planting methods and practices that can be used to help manage striga. Could...

Guide

Tumbukiza! A Better Way To Grow Napier Grass For More Milk

A short factsheet giving guidance on improved methods for growing napier grass to feed cows in low to medium a...

Guide

Fish Bean (Tephrosia vogelii) - Echo Plant Information Sheet

Fact sheet with guidance on growing Tephrosia vogelii, or 'fish bean', which is useful for pest management, er...

Guide

Tephrosia Vogelii Information Sheet

Information sheet with technical details about Tephrosia Vogelii, a tree with multiple uses, including pest ma...

Guide

Managing aflatoxins in groundnuts during drying and storage

A short video explaining the importance of, and methods for, managing aflatoxins in groundnuts. This informati...

Guide

Growing lupin without disease

A short video providing guidance on how to grow Lupin. This information may be useful for farmers and those wo...

Guide

Managing aflatoxins in maize during drying and storage

A video in which farmers in Tanzania explain and demonstrate how they dry and store their maize in order to...

Vidéo

Access Agriculture

Access Agriculture is an international NGO which showcases agricultural training videos in local languages. Th...

Vidéo

Presenting Research Results: Adapting to the Audience Part 2 - Adapting to Farmers

A video expanding expanding on a previous resource on adapting the way you present your results to suit the in...

Checklist

Checklist for Identification of Farmers to Participate in the FRN

An outline for conducting a meeting with farmers with the objective of selecting farmers to participate in a F...

Activité

FRN Diagnosis and designing/planning Exercise

A session plan for an exercise to be conducted with Farmer Research Networks (FRNs, researchers and extension...

Modèle

Protocole d'observation FRN

This protocol is for an instrument that can be implemented by facilitators of Farme...