KYEEMA was founded in 2003 by a group of Australian veterinary and agricultural scientists who wanted to continue promoting a model of sustainable Newcastle disease control that is an effective solution for alleviating poverty for the most vulnerable in resource-poor regions. After many years of...
Key Resource2012-01-01 2 Copies At 4:00 am, Leonida Wanyama lit a lantern in her house made of sticks and mud. She was up long before the sun to begin her farm work, as usual. But this would be no ordinary day, this second Friday of the new year. This was the day Leonida and a group of smallholder farmers in western...
Abstract, 2013, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development -- Gill, T. B., Bates, R., Bicksler, A., Burnette, R., Ricciardi, V., & Yoder, L. (2013). Strengthening informal seed systems to enhance food security in Southeast Asia.J. Agric., Food Syst., Commun. Dev,3,...
2019-11-26 Session: Farmer to farmer follow up is playing a complementary role to formal extension services in facilitating the spread of agriculture technologies and the improvement of food security across rural village, Kiramutse, Southern Province of Rwanda. This session will discuss the importance of...
2019-11-26 Session: The Farmer Field School approach has been used all over the world to transfer technologies to farmers in a sustainable, participatory and experiential way. As communities are increasingly faced with food insecurityand climate change, there’s a need to involve farmers in validating...
African Food and Peace Foundation (AFPF) is a501(c)3 that promotes community-initiated rural development projects with established partner organizations. We do this by contributing financial and strategic resources. Based out of the Greater Boston area for nearly 35 years, AFPF has been...
TheIntegrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)is a set of standardized tools that aims at providing a "common currency" for classifying the severity and magnitude of food insecurity.This evidence-based approach usesinternational standards,which allow comparability of situations across...
ReliefWeb is the leading humanitarian information source onglobal crises and disasters. It is a specialized digital service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). We providereliable and timely information, enabling humanitarian workers to make informed decisions and...