Indigenous African Leafy Vegetables (ALV) for Enhancing Livelihood Security of Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
This project enhances the potential for production, utilization and marketing of African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) in Eastern Africa. Important species consumed include spider plant (Cleome gynandra), […]
- Start Date: 2010/02/01
- End Date: 2011/02/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Food Security, Markets
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Project
Fuller, Kate
Country of Origin: US- Start Date: 2010/01/10
- End Date: 2014/01/06
- University: University of California - Davis
- Degree: PhD
- Region: US and Canada
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Horticulture
Database: Training
Chilala, Cornard
Country of Origin: Zambia- Start Date: 2010/01/04
- End Date: 2013/01/01
- University: University of Zambia
- Degree: MS
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)
Database: Training
Chiona, Susan
Country of Origin: Zambia- Start Date: 2010/01/03
- End Date: 2011/01/03
- University: University of Zambia
- Degree: MS
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)
Database: Training
Samboko, Chimuka
Country of Origin: Zambia- Start Date: 2010/01/02
- End Date: 2010/01/02
- University: University of Zambia
- Degree: BS
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)
Database: Training
Sunga, Chalwe
Country of Origin: Zambia- Start Date: 2010/01/02
- End Date: 2011/01/02
- University: University of Zambia
- Degree: BS
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)
Database: Training
Livestock, Livelihoods and Climate Change Interaction: Collaborative Research in the Mountains of Nepal
This project seeks to identify key vulnerabilities of livestock-based livelihoods to climate change in the Solukhumbu and Humla districts of the Mountain region of Nepal. This […]
- Start Date: 2010
- End Date: 2015
- Project Code: LLCCI
- Lead University: Arizona State University
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Climate Change, Markets
CRSP: Livestock-Climate Change (LCC)
Database: Project
Insuring Against the Weather: Addressing the Challenges of Basis Risk in Index Insurance using Gap Insurance
This research considers the following question: how can generic weather index products be designed and combined with network based savings, gifts and loans to insure some […]
- Start Date: 2010
- End Date: 2013/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Colorado
- Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Adaptation and Innovations for Ethiopia
The Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Ethiopia pilot project builds on lessons learned from a highly innovative pilot venture underway in northern Kenya, adapting that pilot to […]
- Start Date: 2010
- End Date: 2014/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Interlinking weather index insurance with credit to alleviate market failures and improve agricultural productivity in rural Ethiopia
Smallholder farmers are beset by an interlocking set of market failures. Credit, insurance, and therefore the very use of costly inputs such as fertilizer can remain […]
- Start Date: 2010
- End Date: 2013/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - San Diego
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
