Credit Reporting Bureaus and the Deepening of Financial Services for the Rural Poor in Latin America
This project assessed how credit reporting systems could improve smallholder farmers’ access to formal loans in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Peru.
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2005/06/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Berkeley
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF RURAL FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE WELFARE OF THE RURAL POOR: A Comparative Study in Peru and Mexico
This project investigated how post-liberalization financial markets in Peru and Mexico promoted efficient resource use and asset accumulation by the rural poor.
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2005/08/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Not Available
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
ENAM : Enhancing Child Nutrition through Animal Source Food Management
In response to the primary constraints to the quality of young children’s diets, the ENAM project is implementing micro-credit programs and entrepreneurial and nutrition education interventions […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: ENAM
- Lead University: Iowa State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
GOBI : Forage Monitoring Technology to Improve Risk Management by Herders in the Gobi Region of Mongolia
The GOBI FORAGE project was initiated in 2004 to adapt Livestock Early Warning System (LEWS) technologies developed by the GL-CRSP in east Africa for Mongolia to […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2008
- Project Code: GOBI
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building, Innovation
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
HNP : Increasing Animal Source Foods in the Diets of HIV-infected Kenyan Women and their Children
The HIV Nutrition Project is researching the use of food as means of enhancing and preserving the immune status, lean body mass and quality of daily […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: HNP
- Lead University: Indiana University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
LINKS : Livestock Information Network & Knowledge System for Enhanced Pastoral Livelihoods in East Africa
The LINKS project developed from the GL-CRSP Livestock Early Warning System (LEWS) project, which was established in 1997. The LEWS project developed and applied a suite […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: LINKS
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
LITEK : Livestock Trade in Ethiopia and Kenya
The LITEK project was developed to synthesize results of recent research about livestock marketing in eastern Africa. The project produced the book, ”Pastoral Livestock Marketing in […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2008
- Project Code: LITEK
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
BEEF : Beef as a Source of Vitamin B-12, Iron and Zinc to Improve Development of Infants Fed Low Amounts of Animal Products
The BEEF Project was developed to address identified vitamin B-12 deficiencies in infants aged 7 to 12 months in a low-income area of Guatamala City. Conclusions […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2006
- Project Code: BEEF
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
WOOL : Developing Institutions and Capacity for Sheep and Fiber Marketing in Central Asia
The culmination of three small grants developed by the GL-CRSP Management Entity, the WOOL Project brought a diverse array of talented scientists from the U.K. and […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2006
- Project Code: WOOL
- Lead University: University of Wyoming
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
Regional IPM Program for East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
The East Africa regional project (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) developed a shared IPM strategy to improve the productivity of higher value marketed horticultural crops in the […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Ohio State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
