Role-playing games and institutional engagement for modeling land and water management in a northern Thailand watershed
Report of the regional workshop on sustainable intensification of mixed crop-livestock farming systems in Northern Ghana, Tamale, Ghana, 27-28 August 2012
Report on Ganges BDC Reflection Workshop
Phase II of the CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) is a multi-institutional and inter-disciplinary research for development initiative focused on increasing the resilience of social and ecological systems through better water management for food production.Phase II in the Ganges Basin began in 2011 and is scheduled to end in 2014.
Report on the crop-livestock farming systems training course, Tamale, Ghana, 19-22 September 2012
Research on farm and livestock productivity in the central Ethiopian highlands: Initial results, 1977-1980
Describes the Ethiopian highlands assessing their potential for improved agricultural production; reports ILCA's studies on the traditional smallholder production system of the highlands; and analyzes productivity aspects of the system's crop and livestock components. Discusses the approach to farming systems research (FSR) along with the implications for adoption of the approach and its results by a national agency, some research experiences and the outlook for future research.
Research with a farming systems perspective at ILCA
Discusses the historical context of ILCA's research, the principal types of animal production systems and the stages in ILCA's farming systems research. Describes the smallholder farming in the Ethiopian highlands & humid zone, the agropastoralists of the sub-humid zone, systems research in pastoral areas of eastern Africa (Kenya & Ethiopia), characteristics of the arid and semi-arid zones of West Africa and the role of modelling in the system. Ends with a summary of past experience.