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  1. Collaborative Foresight: Finding solutions to youth unemployment in East Africa through agriculture
    Agriculture accounts for almost 30% of the average GDP of the economies of East Africa countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia). It also provides employment and livelihood for more than 40% of people in the region. However, with a combined population of 249.9m people …
  2. UN Women Changing Lives series
    On Rural Women’s Day, the Gender Agriculture Partnership (GAP) and the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) celebrate the talents of women farmers around the world. First released in 2012, “Changing Lives in Africa”, tells inspiring stories of women and the communities whose lives have…
  3. For Smallholder Farmers, Tenure Makes a Crucial Difference in Livelihoods
    Written by: David Palmer (UNFAO) and Andrew Hilton (UNFAO) Millions of smallholders contribute to food security in ways that promote biodiversity and enhance natural resources, yet millions more lead livelihoods that are vulnerable to hunger and poverty. No single reason exists for…
  4. Call for concept notes: IFAD-CCAFS Learning Alliance
    Source: CCAFS   The IFAD-CCAFS Learning Alliance is calling for concept notes with the focus on economic valuation of climate risks and adaptation responses in agricultural development projects.   Closing date: 10 November 2014, 08h00 CET.   Rationale for the call…
  5. The 2nd Global Conference on Biofortification
    The 2nd Global Conference on Biofortification kicks off today in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Over 270 high-level stakeholders drawn from government, business and civil society will spend the next three days deliberating on how best to expand the delivery of nutritious foods to reach more of the…
  6. GCARD2. Breakout session C1.1 Public Investments – Speaker Brief - The L’Aquila Food Security Initiative (AFSI) - Managing for Development Results.
    Through the AFSI sub-group on Managing for Development Results (MfDR), a sub-set of AFSI participants is investigating the impact of funds spent in four partner countries: Bangladesh, Ghana, Rwanda, and Senegal. Led by Germany and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), this group…
  7. Union Of Agriculturists And Stockholders Of Rwanda
  8. Universite Nationale du Rwanda
  9. Development and dissemination of integrated pest management technologies for bean root rots in Eastern and Central Africa
    "Objectives: In the late 1980¿s and early 1990¿s much of Rwanda, western Kenya and southwest Uganda experienced recurrent bean crop failures, which resulted in a declining trend in bean production. The latter was associated with increase in incidence and severity of root rots. In response to…
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