Sustainable Pastoralism on the Borana Plateau: An Innovation Systems Approach
This study will test best-bet land and livestock interventions that can move the pastoral system bacy towards sustainability through a participatory framework that creates community action […]
- Start Date: 2013
- End Date: 2015
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Utah State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change
CRSP: Livestock-Climate Change (LCC)
Database: Project
Climate variability, pastoralism, and commodity chains in Ethiopia and Kenya
The CHAINS project aims to improve policy impacts on pastoral marketing and commodity chains through evaluation of interactions between climate, market access for pastoral livestock producers, […]
- Start Date: 2011/12/01
- End Date: 2015
- Project Code: CHAINS
- Lead University: Emory University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change, Markets
CRSP: Livestock-Climate Change (LCC)
Database: Project
Berhe Redda, Melaku
Country of Origin: Ethiopia- Start Date: 2011/08/01
- End Date: 2014/07/01
- University: Mekelle University
- Degree: PhD
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Livestock-Climate Change (LCC)
Database: Training
Degefu, Mekonnen
Country of Origin: Ethiopia- Start Date: 2011/08/01
- End Date: 2014/07/01
- University: Addis Ababa University
- Degree: PhD
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change
CRSP: Livestock-Climate Change (LCC)
Database: Training
Beyera, Sheleme
Country of Origin: Ethiopia- Start Date: 2011
- End Date: 2012
- University: Ambo University
- Degree: MS
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Training
Liben, Feyera
Country of Origin: Ethiopia- Start Date: 2010/10/01
- End Date: N.D.
- University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Degree: MS
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: Sorghum, Millet, and Other Grains (SMOG / INTSORMIL)
Database: Training
Hurisso, Tunsisa
Country of Origin: Ethiopia- Start Date: 2010/10/01
- End Date: 2013/10/01
- University: Colorado State University
- Degree: PhD
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change
CRSP: Livestock-Climate Change (LCC)
Database: Training
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
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
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
