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  • Revisión del estado del conocimiento y uso de fermentos líquidos y del biol en los Andes

    Se hizo una revisión del estado actual del conocimiento y del uso práctico de los fermentos líquidos en los Andes, a través de una amplia revisión de la literatura existente y de entrevistas con agricultores y promotores. La revisión bibliográfica se recopiló a través de búsquedas en literatura blanca y gris, incluyendo investigaciones revisadas por […]

    Source: Esta publicación fue realizada en el marco del proyecto de investigación "Estado del conocimiento y uso de los bioinsumos en los Andes", coordinada por investigadores de Rikolto y la Universidad de Michigan; con el apoyo de la Fundación McKnight.

    Date: 9/1/2022

    Resource Type: Program resource

    Andes

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  • A review of the state of knowledge and the use of liquid ferments and biol in the Andes

    Here we review the current state of knowledge and practical use of liquid ferments in the Andes, through an extensive literature review and interviews with practitioners. Literature was collected through searches in white and grey literature, including peer-reviewed research, academic theses and promotional material from non-governmental organizations and government ministries. Interviews were conducted in Bolivia, […]

    Source: This publication was produced as part of the research project "State of knowledge and use of bioinputs in the Andes", coordinated by researchers from Rikolto and the University of Michigan, with the support of the McKnight Foundation.

    Date: 9/1/2022

    Resource Type: Program resource

    Andes

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  • Advocacy in agroecology: the case of the Andes Community of Practice

    By Manuel Ruiz Muller This report seeks to define as precisely as possible the meaning of the term “policy advocacy” through the lens of the practical work of some of the organizations that form part of the Andes Community of Practice (CoP) of the McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program. Analysis is presented on how […]

    Date: 8/1/2022

    Resource Type: Program resource

    Andes

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  • Incidencia para la agroecología: a propósito de las experiencias de la Comunidad de Práctica Andes

    By Manuel Ruiz Muller Este informe busca delimitar de la manera más precisa posible el significado de la “incidencia política” desde la perspectiva del trabajo práctico de algunas de las organizaciones de la Comunidad de Práctica (CoP) del Programa Colaborativo de Investigación de Cultivos de la Región Andes de la Fundación McKnight. Se presenta un […]

    Date: 8/1/2022

    Resource Type: Program resource

    Andes

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    Food Systems Summit Dialogues

    In September 2021, the United Nations will hold its first Food Systems Summit. (Exact dates to be determined.) CCRP grantee Global Alliance for the Future of Food will contribute in multiple ways. Its executive director, Ruth Richardson, is among those leading the Champions Network and is a part of the executive committee. Across the CCRP […]

    Date: 2/15/2021

    Resource Type: Program resource

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  • FRN Timeline

    A graphic depiction of the progression of the Farmer Research Network

    Source: CCRP

    Date: 7/17/2020

    Resource Type: Program resource

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  • Future of Food: Seeds of Resilience

    Robust seed systems are central to sustainable food systems that are renewable, resilient, equitable, diverse, healthy, and interconnected. We also believe that there is an urgency to supporting community based and farmer managed seed systems in order to protect and enhance seed diversity. Recognizing this, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food commissioned experts […]

    Date: 1/29/2020

    Resource Type: Program resource

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  • Soil Health Tool Kit Manual

    The soil health tool kit assembles simplified methods to assess soil health in the context of projects and networks working with smallholder farmers. The tool kit website describes the protocols for soil pH, permanganate-oxidizable soil carbon (POXC or active carbon), particulate organic matter (POM), soil aggregate stability, and soil available phosphorus. In the downloadable manual […]

    Source: https://smallholder-sha.org/

    Date: 8/1/2019

    Resource Type: Program resource

    East & Southern Africa

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  • “What do farmers want to record?”

    The project has been using a checklist of principles of experimentation for the last 3 years.  However the principle of ‘Keeping good records of what you do and what you see’ has proved difficult to get accepted. What information do farmers consider valuable to their decision making processes? What information are farmers interested in? (what […]

    Source: Nuru Kipato & Daniel Nyambok

    Date: 6/6/2019

    Resource Type: Program resource

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  • CCRP Principles

    Guided by a series of principles, the CCRP works to ensure a world where all have access to nutritious food that is sustainably produced by local people. Download this resource to learn more.

    Source: CCRP

    Date: 5/15/2019

    Resource Type: Program resource

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  • Collaborative Crop Research Program History

    Report detailing the origins and history of the CCRP. The McKnight Foundation began funding crop research in 1983 with the Plant Biology Program and granted $18 million through the program from 1983 to 1992. The Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) began in 1993 with a $12 million, six-year effort to support agricultural research in developing countries. […]

    Source: CCRP

    Date: 5/15/2019

    Resource Type: Program resource

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  • CCRP Theories of Change

    The CCRP Program Theory of Change is a theory of pathways to transformation from unsustainable agriculture systems to agroecological systems. It is animated by an infinity loop diagram that shows how our program and regional grantmaking and assistance bridges local and global processes and action. CCRP also has thematic theories of change that get into more […]

    Source: CCRP

    Date: 5/15/2019

    Resource Type: Program resource