وسائل ٹیگ کردہ: East Africa

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  1. Improving nutrition among the food insecure

    26 نومبر 2019 Session: Activities will be shared which have impacted the marginalized in Kondoa town by improving nutrition for the most insecure. A multi-sectoral approach was used involving staff from agriculture, health and community development departments. Dorice Munisi has a BSc in Home Economics and...
    Food Security East Africa

  2. Tailoring rural advisory services for family farms

    26 نومبر 2019 Session: The presentation contains the impact of integrating rural farmers and creation of awareness of group lead farmers in food security. Gabriel and Ernestine Kamarora, is a Food security project manager at AEBR-CFGB and has a five years in food security project and community development
    East Africa

  3. Biofortified beans contribution to improved nutrition

    26 نومبر 2019
    East Africa

  4. Perennial Vegetables, Indigenous Nutrient-Dense Greens and Simple Ways to Preserve Them

    26 نومبر 2019 Session: The presentation will discuss perennial vegetables, traditional nutrient dense vegetables, and their important role in improving nutrition at the household level. This presentation will focus on multiplication and distribution of plants that are very nutritious for human consumption....
    East Africa Nutrient Density Nutritious Food Edible greens Food Preservation ECHO Conference East Africa

  5. Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach to food security

    26 نومبر 2019 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...
    Food Security East Africa

  6. Initiatives by IITA and Partners to Mitigate Banana Diseases in the Great Lakes region

    26 نومبر 2019 Session: Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. Musacearum (Xcm) and Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) caused by banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) (genus Babuvirus, family Nanoviridae) are two most important banana diseases threatening food security in the...
    East Africa

  7. Good news for farmers: Development of CBSD and CMD tolerant cassava varieties to alleviate hunger in Southern Province

    26 نومبر 2019 Session: Cassava production is faced with increased pressure from pests and diseases (CMD and CBSD). The management of these virus diseases requires the development or breeding for resistant/tolerant cassava varieties with high yield and preferred by farmers. Cassava research program in...
    East Africa

  8. Long Miles Coffee’s approach to making markets to work for farmers

    26 نومبر 2019 Session: Coffee farmers in Burundi have been dogged in recent years by low prices and poor input availability. Can best practices in coffee farming realistically lead to profitable farms, given the small land size and capital constraints of small-scale coffee farmers? We will look at empirical...
    East Africa

  9. Highland food security options

    26 نومبر 2019 Leonidas Niyongabo is the Provincial Development Officer for the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi. It coordinates a broad food security and environmental program in the province and at the national level. Prior to that, he worked with Concern Worldwide Burundi on their livelihoods...
    Food Security East Africa

  10. Research on green manure cover crops in 6 districts of Rwanda

    26 نومبر 2019 Session: Permanent ground cover is one of the fundamental principles of conservation agriculture. This coverage can be achieved by keeping crop residues on the ground, but if the time between harvest and installation of the next crop is large, it may be necessary to install other cover plants...
    East Africa