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- Practice notes
- This is background information and learning from SAIRLA
- Business models
- Where appropriate the SAIRLA lessons looked at the commercial viability of their interventions – the lessons are captured here.
- Digital tools
- These tools are designed to run on phones, tablets or laptops. They should be available for use or further adaptation in collaboration with the developers.
- Non-digital tools
- These tools are designed to run without the need for digital technology. They should be available for use or further adaptation in collaboration with the developers.
- Strategy & policy
- Where appropriate the SAIRLA lessons looked at the relationship to national policy – the lessons are captured here.
Trade-offs
Practice notes
IIED in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Malawi: Analysis of household, intra-household and community-level decision making processes on sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) based on 12 validated use cases.
Digital tools
SEI in Burkino Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania: Using the CLEANED tool, as part of the Transformation Game, to help decision-makers to better understand and manage the trade-offs between increasing livestock productivity, environmental impacts, and securing equitable benefits for those in different livelihood systems.
ICRAF in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia: The project’s SHARED tool incorporates an open access platform called the ‘SAI Dashboard’ connecting stakeholders to real-time data and evidence.
Non-digital tools
ICRAF in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia: Using the SHARED tool to increase understanding of and the quality of decisions relating to trade-offs between land management practices and livelihoods.
SEI in Tanzania: Using the CLEANED tool to help decision-makers to better understand and manage the trade-offs between increasing livestock productivity and environmental impacts.
Strategy & policy
SEI in Burkino Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania: Using the CLEANED tool, as part of the ‘Transformation Game’ to help decision-makers to better understand and manage the trade-offs between increasing livestock productivity, environmental impacts, and securing equitable benefits for those in different livelihood systems.
Livestock
Practice notes
Ghana NLA – Fodder development: Fly lavae as alternative sources of protein (fly lavae)
IIED in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Malawi: Analysis of household, intra-household and community-level decision making processes on sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) based on 12 validated use cases
Digital tools
SEI in Burkino Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania: Using the CLEANED tool, as part of the Transformation Game, to help decision-makers to better understand and manage the trade-offs between increasing livestock productivity, environmental impacts, and securing equitable benefits for those in different livelihood systems.
Bioversity in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania: Developing a tool for dealing enquiries to local extension offices through batched voice messages.
Non-digital tools
ICRAF in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia: Using the SHARED tool to increase the understanding of and the quality of decisions relating to trade-offs between land management practices and livelihoods.
SEI in Tanzania: Using the CLEANED tool to help decision-makers to better understand and manage the trade-offs between increasing livestock productivity and environmental impacts and a land conflicts game.
Strategy & policy
Ethiopia NLA: Supporting the development of government livestock feed strategy
SEI in Burkino Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania: Using the CLEANED tool, as part of the Transformation Game, to help decision-makers to better understand and manage the trade-offs between increasing livestock productivity, environmental impacts, and securing equitable benefits for those in different livelihood systems.
ICRAF in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia: Using the SHARED tool to increase understanding of and the quality of decisions relating to trade-offs between land management practices and livelihoods, which incorporates an open access platform called the ‘SAI Dashboard’ connecting stakeholders to real-time data and evidence.
Crops
Practice notes
CABI in Ghana: Increasing awareness and adoption of improved soybean practices and technologies
CABI in Tanzania: Increasing awareness and adoption of improved soybean and common bean practices and technologies
OPM in Malawi: Models for the delivery of sustainable markets and development of informal seed systems pigeonpea
OPM in Ethiopia: Development of informal seed systems for teff
OPM in Malawi: Value chain study and input supply study
OPM in Ethiopia: Value chain study and two input supply study
Bioversity in Tanzania: Together with extension services delivering ‘Ushauri’, a digital information service on SAI for farmers on Aflatoxin control in the groundnut value chain.
Ghana NLA: Raising concerns about an over-reliance on conventional synthetic pesticides rather than bio-rational pesticides to tackle fall armyworm
Bioversity in Tanzania: Study into 14 uncommon, “deviant” practices that plausibly contributed to the households’ superior outcomes.
IIED in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Malawi: Analysis of household, intra-household and community-level decision making processes on sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) based on 12 validated use cases
Business models
CABI in Tanzania and Ghana: Recommendations on
value chain projects design.
OPM in Ethiopia: Sustainable business models for teff intensification through provision of improved seed in exchange for 2 per cent of crop handed to the co-op.
OPM in Malawi: Sustainable business models for pigeonpea intensification through improved seed in exchange for 2 per cent of crop handed to the co-op.
CABI in Ghana: Recommendations on
value chain projects design.
OPM in Ethiopia: Risk assessment tools for rain fall and market prices
Digital tools
Bioversity in Kenya: Together with extension services delivering ‘Ushauri’, a digital information service on SAI for farmers on horticultural crops.
OPM in Malawi and Ethiopia: Risk assessment tools for rain fall and market prices
Bioversity in Kenya: Together with extension services delivering ‘Ushauri’, a digital information service on SAI for farmers dealing enquiries to local extension offices through batched voice messages in horticultural crops.
Non-digital tools
ICRAF in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia: Using the SHARED tool to increase understanding of and the quality of decisions relating to trade-offs between land management practices and livelihoods
Strategy & policy
CABI in Ghana: Study on the inclusion of ISFM input into subsidy scheme (inoculant)
CABI in Tanzania: Registration of a new bean variety
ICRAF in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia SHARED tool – to increase understanding of and the quality of decisions relating to trade-offs between land management practices and livelihoods, which incorporates an open access platform called the ‘SAI Dashboard’ connecting stakeholders to real-time data and evidence.
CABI in Ghana: Successfully advocating for the inclusion of inoculant into the pool of inputs to subsidise
Ghana NLA: Briefing for National Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan on gender dimensions of Climate Smart Agriculture.
Ghana NLA: Pushing for a more flexible input subsidy scheme
IIED in Ghana: Successfully advocating for the inclusion of ISFM inputs organic fertiliser
SITAM and Ghana NLA: Pushing for a more flexible input subsidy scheme
Equity: women and youth
Practice notes
CABI in Ghana: Increasing awareness and adoption of improved soybean practices and technologies – using village-based screenings to support women and young farmers first-hand access to information.
Digital tools
Tanzania NLA: Budgetary analysis to test delivery of youth spending against priorities.
Non-digital tools
ICRAF in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia: Using the SHARED tool to increase understanding of and the quality of decisions relating to trade-offs between land management practices and livelihoods.
IITA in Ghana and Malawi: Introducing a participatory decision-making tool that help address barriers to SAI for women and youth
Strategy & policy
Tanzania NLA: Budgetary analysis to test delivery of gender spending against priorities.
Malawi NLA: Reforms to customary land rights
Ghana NLA: Briefing for National Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan on gender dimensions of Climate Smart Agriculture
Lund in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: Analysis of SAI which pays particular attention to women and youth’s access to labour, land and agricultural technologies and the resources that enable their participation with rural institutions in a bid to improve equity. Also studies the consequences of impacts of local policies on women and youth over time.
Improving agricultural services for SAI
Practice notes
CABI in Ghana: Increasing awareness and adoption of improved soybean practices and technologies – augmenting extension with village-based screenings
NLA Zambia: Review of agricultural extension delivery models in three districts in partnership with the Zambian Forum for Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (ZAFAAS)
Lund in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: Analysis of SAI which pays particular attention to women and youth’s access to labour, land and agricultural technologies and the resources that enable their participation with rural institutions in a bid to improve equity. Also studies the consequences of impacts of local policies on women and youth over time.
IIED in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Malawi: Analysis of household, intra-household and community-level decision making processes on sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) based on 12 validated use cases
Digital tools
Bioversity in Kenya: Together with extension services delivering ‘Ushauri’, a digital information service on SAI for farmers dealing enquiries to local extension offices through batched voice messages in horticultural crops.
Tanzania NLA: ICT extension policy
Ethiopia NLA: ICT extension policy and coordination between ICT service providers to agricultural sector.
Non-digital tools
SEI in Burkino Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania: Using the CLEANED tool, as part of the Transformation Game, helped decision makers to better understand and manage the trade-offs between increasing livestock productivity, environmental impacts, and securing equitable benefits for those in different livelihood systems.
Bioversity in Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia Communication tools to support extension services to provide customised voice messages.
Strategy & policy
Tanzania NLA: ICT extension policy
Tanzania NLA: Budgetary analysis to test delivery of spending against priorities.
Ethiopia NLA: ICT extension policy and coordination between ICT service providers to agricultural sector.
SEI in Burkino Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania: Using the CLEANED tool, as part of the Transformation Game, to help decision-makers to better understand and manage the trade-offs between increasing livestock productivity, environmental impacts, and securing equitable benefits for those in different livelihood systems.
ICRAF in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia: Using the SHARED tool to increase understanding of and the quality of decisions relating to trade-offs between land management practices and livelihoods, which incorporates an open access platform called the ‘SAI Dashboard’ connecting stakeholders to real-time data and evidence.
Malawi NLA: Reforms to customary land rights
Ghana NLA: Briefing for National Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan on gender dimensions of Climate Smart Agriculture
Lund in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: An analysis of SAI pays particular attention to women and youth’s access to labour, land and agricultural technologies and the resources that enable their participation with rural institutions in a bid to improve equity. Also studies the consequences of impacts of local policies on women and youth over time.
Ethiopia NLA: Supporting a technical working group to support the MoA’s Extension Directorate.
Malawi NLA: Action-research based study generating evidence of processes influencing the District Agricultural Extension Services System (DAESS) and support the strategy development
IIED in Ghana: Successfully advocating for the inclusion of ISFM inputs organic fertilizer
Zambia NLA: Working with a coalition of NGOs to strengthen the NGO contribution to the Government of Zambia’s CAADAP process.
SITAM and Ghana NLA: Pushing for a more flexible input subsidy scheme
Zambia NLA: A review of agricultural extension delivery models in three districts in partnership with the Zambian Forum for Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (ZAFAAS)