Household-Level Impacts of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Haiti: An SRI intervention with training, insured credit, and coordination by irrigation bloc
Haiti is one of the poorest and most food insecure countries in the world, and improvements in productivity for staple crops such as rice are crucial […]
- Start Date: 2013/06/01
- End Date: 2016/12/31
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Capacity Building, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Tailoring Contract Farming to Smallholders: Experimental Evidence on Enrollment Impact, Insurance Provision, and Communication Technologies
The research proposes three field experiments in Kenya to evaluate the potential of contract farming schemes to increase smallholder welfare. In the first intervention, a large […]
- Start Date: 2013/06/01
- End Date: 2017/11/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Stanford University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Evaluating the Socio-Economic Impacts of Western Seed’s Hybrid Maize Program
This study will evaluate the impact of Western Seed Company’s (WSC) hybrid maize program on the welfare of smallholder farmers in Kenya’s mid-altitude regions. This locally-based […]
- Start Date: 2013/06/01
- End Date: 2016/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Complementarities of Training, Technology, and Credit in Smallholder Agriculture: Impact, Sustainability, and Policy for Scaling-up
Programs of training and time-limited subsidization of inputs or capital are often pursued to overcome barriers to farmers’ technology adoption. How successful is this model in […]
- Start Date: 2013/06/01
- End Date: 2017/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: George Washington University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Food Security, Policy
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Promoting Adoption of Improved Production Technologies among Smallholders in Ghana via Coupled Credit and Index Insurance Contracts
The Ohio State University and the African Center for Economic Transformation, in collaboration with the University of Ghana, propose to undertake a three-year program of research, […]
- Start Date: 2013/06/01
- End Date: 2016/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Ohio State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Development and implementation of robust molecular markers and genetic improvement of common and tepary beans to increase grain legume production in Central America, Haiti and Tanzania
TBD
- Start Date: 2013
- End Date: N.D.
- Project Code: S01.A4UPR
- Lead University: University of Puerto Rico
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Productivity
CRSP: Grain Legumes (Legume)
Database: Project
Genetic improvement of cowpea to overcome drought and biotic constraints to grain productivity
TBD
- Start Date: 2013
- End Date: N.D.
- Project Code: S01.A5UCR
- Lead University: University of California - Riverside
- Topic: Climate Change, Innovation
CRSP: Grain Legumes (Legume)
Database: Project
IPM-omics: Scalable and sustainable solutions for pest management of insect pests of cowpea in Africa
TBD
- Start Date: 2013
- End Date: N.D.
- Project Code: S01.B1UIUC
- Lead University: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Grain Legumes (Legume)
Database: Project
Farmer Decision Making Strategies for Improved Soil Fertility Management in Maize-Bean Production Systems
TBD
- Start Date: 2013
- End Date: N.D.
- Project Code: S02.1ISU
- Lead University: Iowa State University
- Region: Global
- Topic: Productivity
CRSP: Grain Legumes (Legume)
Database: Project
Enhancing Pulse Value-Chain Performance through Improved Understanding of Consumer Behavior and Decision-Making
TBD
- Start Date: 2013
- End Date: N.D.
- Project Code: S02.2KSU
- Lead University: Kansas State University
CRSP: Grain Legumes (Legume)
Database: Project