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Gender research training needs: report on the assessment for the Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) use case teams
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Report of the rice outcome case study seed production of resilient rice varieties and the GEM parboiling system in Côte d’Ivoire
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Soil quality assessment and management plans for IITA research farms, Nigeria: IITA Ibadan campus, Ikenne and Kano (Minjibir) stations
(IInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2021-09)This document contains a summary of the observations and results of the IITA research farms soil assessment. This report also includes the proposed soil management plans for each of the research farms. The field observation data, soil and water laboratory results are presented in the Appendix. -
TAAT celebrates 143 interventions in 132 sites across Africa: Updates 2018, Issue 001
(Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, 2018)The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program was initiated by the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of its Feed Africa Initiative. TAAT’s main objective is to improve the business of agriculture across Africa by raising agricultural productivity, mitigating risks, and promoting diversification and processing in 18 agricultural value chains within eight Priority Intervention Areas (PIA). This issue covers the Program's first year of implementation under the ... -
TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to African conditions: TAAT news Vol. 3
(Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, 2019-07)The African Development Bank launched the Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT) programme as part of the Bank’s Feed Africa strategy that is harnessing elite scientific research/technologies and disseminating at scale to African farmers. TAAT’s main objective is to improve the business of agriculture across Africa by raising agricultural productivity, mitigating risks and promoting diversification and processing in 18 agricultural value chains within eight Priority Intervention ... -
Cassava baseline report under the agricultural transformation in the Nigerian Federal States and Togolese Regions towards achieving Zero Hunger Project
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2024-03)The socioeconomic characteristics of cassava farmers in Togo were assessed through a baseline survey conducted across the Maritime, Plateaux-Est, and Plateaux-Ouest regions. The distribution of gender varied, with females constituting 51.87% in Maritime, 50.25% in Plateaux-Est, and 45.45% in Plateaux-Ouest. Education levels differed across regions, with a notable percentage of farmers attending secondary school, ranging from 30.22% in Maritime to 44.76% in Plateaux-Ouest. Membership in associations ... -
TAAT builds resilience for maize productivity through scale out of Fortenza Duo seed treatment technology: TAAT news Vol. 2
(Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, 2019)The African Development Bank launched the Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT) programme as part of the Bank’s Feed Africa strategy that is harnessing elite scientific research/technologies and disseminating at scale to African farmers. TAAT’s main objective is to improve the business of agriculture across Africa by raising agricultural productivity, mitigating risks and promoting diversification and processing in 18 agricultural value chains within eight Priority Intervention ... -
TAAT clearinghouse establishment and first year operations: Clearinghouse technical report series 003
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Deployment of combined technologies to smallholder farmers in Kenya: Clearinghouse technical report series 002
(Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, 2019)The developmental objective of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program is to rapidly expand access of smallholder farmers to high yielding agricultural technologies that improve their food production, assure food security, and raise rural incomes. This goal is achieved by delivering regional public goods for rapidly scaling up agricultural technologies across similar agro-ecological zones. This result is achieved through three principal mechanisms; (i) creating an ... -
TAAT technology toolkits and their strategic delopyment: Clearinghouse technical report series 001
(Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, 2018)The African Development Bank recently launched Feed Africa: A Strategy for Agricultural Transformation in Africa. This loan program is intended to unlock Africa’s agricultural potential and boost job creation with a view to diversifying African economies and to better meet the Sustainable Development Goals related to poverty reduction and ending hunger and malnutrition. Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is a flagship program within the Feed Africa Strategy aimed at ... -
Goat and Sheep technology toolkit catalogue: Clearinghouse technical report series 017
(Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, 2022-09)This catalogue describes a series of proven livestock technologies that promote increased productivity and transformation of small ruminant production in Africa. It is developed through a collaborative effort from the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program that seeks to increase stakeholder use of proven agricultural technologies, and its Small Livestock Compact project partners. The TAAT Small Livestock Compact, led by the International Livestock Research Institute ... -
Aquaculture technology toolkit catalogue: Clearinghouse technical report series 012
(Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, 2022-04)This catalogue describes a series of technologies related to the modernization of aquaculture in Africa. It is developed through a collaborative effort from the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program from the African Development Bank that seeks to increase stakeholder usage of proven agricultural technology, and its Aquaculture Compact project partners. The compilation is also supported by the Project Platform for Agricultural Solutions (ProPAS), an information portal ... -
Wheat technology toolkit catalogue: Clearinghouse technical report series 011
(Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, 2021-09)This catalogue describes a series of technologies related to the modernization of wheat production in Africa. It is based on the combined efforts of the Project Platform for Agricultural Solutions (ProPAS), an information portal, and the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), a large collaborative program that is deploying agricultural solutions across the continent. Both activities are addressing the imperative to better connect proven technologies to those who need them, ... -
Designing gender- and youth-responsive agronomic solutions: accelerating the use of digital tools for delivering agronomic advice through a public-private partnership extension model in Rwanda
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2024-07)This report is part of a study series offering insights into the potential of Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) Use Cases to adjust the agronomic solutions offered through the Minimum Viable Products (MVP) to better reach, benefit, and empower women and youths, and to transform norms that cause gender and social inequalities. These efforts are guided appropriately by the Reach-Benefit-Empower-Transform framework that highlights the importance of not only reaching women and young people, but also making ... -
Farm typology for targeting fertilizer advisory – digital green and fertilizer Ethiopia use cases
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2024-05)The EiA Initiative is organized around Use Cases located in the Global South, including Cambodia, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe (CGIAR, 2023). The lessons learned on each Use Case will provide evidence to develop lessons at global application. Each Use Case has been working on the co-creation of Minimum Viable Products (MVP) ... -
IITA-Gender responsive breeding training report
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2022-09)On September 21st, 2022, scientists from various African countries specializing in plant breeding for cassava, yam, cowpea, maize, soybean, and plantain were welcomed to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan for a three-day training on Gender Responsive Breeding. The primary goal of this training was to highlight the significance of gender and social inclusion in plant breeding research. The training provided an introduction on the definition and the application of ... -
Agronomy R&D priorities for climate change adaptation with mitigation co-benefits: convening report 1st & 2nd February 2023
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Agricultural transformation through wheat: an outcome evaluation of TAAT wheat compact’s interventions in Ethiopia
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Forest Africa Zambia Ltd: Agri-Innovation Report
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2023)This report presents the consolidated outputs of the CGIAR researchers involved in the first cohort of the CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator. The first half of the report describes the methods that were applied, the second half presents the results. The Food Systems Accelerator was established to bolster Ukama Ustawi, a CGIAR initiative focused on transforming agri-food systems in East and Southern Africa (ESA). This program, spanning from 2022 to 2024, aligned scientists with agribusinesses to bring ... -
Combatting banana disease through digital innovation
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2022)
