International Agricultural Research List of bmz-funded projects
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University of Goettingen - Germany; University of Hohenheim - Germany; Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO); National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) - Uganda Region: East Africa Country: Kenya, Uganda Consortium Research Program: Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health Major Research Domain: Value chains, nutrition, food security, diet quality, sustainable food systems, gender multi-stakeholder, beans, amaranth, postharvest, processing Budget: 1,200,000 € Goal (as per proposal): To improve the diets of vulnerable rural and urban consumers at the base of the pyramid (BoP), specifically women of reproductive age and children 6-59 months old, in Kenya and Uganda. This will be achieved through increased consumption of more diverse, safe, and nutrient-dense foods sourced from multiple crops and delivered through market-based solutions, which improve the food and nutrition security, income, and livelihoods of actors along the value chain. Purpose (as per proposal): To facilitate participatory processes aimed at ensuring that nutrition-sensitive tools, methods, and technologies generated by the project for analyzing and upgrading bean-based value chains in Kenya and Uganda are used by project partners in national research and innovation systems, including the private sector, to improve the supply, price, and quality of more diverse, accessible, affordable, convenient and nutrient-dense bean-based processed complementary foods for vulnerable populations. Outputs (as per proposal): 1) Knowledge base established to understand why target nutrient-dense foods are or are not available to specific vulnerable consumer groups (specifically women of reproductive age and children 6-59 months old), why foods cost what they do, and how nutrient quality, quantity, and safety of foods change along the chain from production to final consumption. 2) Diets and consumption patterns of target vulnerable populations characterized to explain specific micro- and macronutrient deficiencies (the nutrition problem), and to identify opportunities for improving dietary quality by enhancing the supply of and demand for specific foods and identifying unmet market opportunities and 'value propositions' for increasing consumer acceptability of nutrient-dense products as well as 'willingness to pay' and demand 3) Nutritional value enhanced along bean-based value chains in Kenya and Uganda through the introduction of energy-efficient, low-cost solar drying technology 4) Support provided to private sector SMEs for developing, testing, and launching in informal markets novel bean-based products that are convenient, safe, and affordable 5) Chain-wide collaboration enhanced through new partnerships and more inclusive business models linking smallholder farmers to promising informal market segments for nutrient-dense processed products 6) Capacity of project partners and key actors in innovation platforms strengthened through training and mutual learning for participatory design and large-scale implementation of solutions aimed at increasing the availability, affordability, safety, and quality of selected nutritious foods in bean corridors of Kenya and Uganda 7) Impact documented through evaluations of supply and demand interventions that increase availability of, access to, and intake of micronutrient-rich, affordable, safe and diverse composite complementary processed foods made from beans, amaranth and other crops that are part of the bean-based production system (maize, sweet potatoes, and groundnuts), sourced from target farmer associations, especially among women of reproductive age and children under 5 years of age Major Results Achieved: not yet available Publications: none so far - new project CIFOR Contract No.: 81180343 04/2015 - 03/2018 Project Title: Forests in the global bioeconomy: developing multi-scale policy scenarios Project Coordinator: Dr. Pablo Pacheco - CIFOR Project Coordinator email: p.pachecho@cgiar.org Partner Institutes: ZEF (Center for Development Research), University of Bonn, Germany; University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies, Agricultural Institute (IPB), Bogor, Indonesia Region: Asia-Pacific (AP), South America Country: Brazil, Indonesia Consortium Research Program: Forests and Trees: livelihoods, landscapes and governance Major Research Domain: Bioeconomy, environmental and forest policies, sustainable use, natural resources, rural poverty reduction, industry safeguards, Budget: 1,200,000 € Goal (as per proposal): To contribute to the design of policies and measures that promote synergies between global bioeconomy development, forest ecosystem service provision, and poverty alleviation in tropical forests, specifically of Brazil and Indonesia. Purpose (as per proposal): To inform relevant international (European, German), Indonesian, and Brazilian policy dialogues and processes that promote synergies between global bioeconomy development, forest ecosystem service provision, and poverty alleviation at tropical forest margins. To be achieved through the generation and dissemination of knowledge on how bioeconomy related value chains, in key commodities, can translate into forest threats, featuring policy options on how to enhance forest conservation and opportunities for forest-dwelling smallholders in a growing global bioeconomy.
1. Improved understanding of how global biomass-related trade flows (with emphasis on soy, sugarcane, palm oil, and woody biomass value chains) translate into forest threats, such as deforestation and degradation, 2. Better knowledge about emerging tradeoffs between bio-based economic transformations in biomass-importing countries versus poverty alleviation and ecosystem service provision in tropical forest landscapes, 3. Cost-effective and equitable national policy options devised to regulate forest access, use, conversion, and restoration vis-à-vis increasing global demand for forest-based biomass, 4. Identification and dissemination of sustainable technological innovations in biomass producing and consuming sectors, 5. Best practice business guidelines for forest-biomass related international commodity value chains developed. Major Results Achieved: State of project implementation as of: 02/29/2016: Preliminary results of research on biomass trade related tropical forest threats and related policy recommendations have been produced. The project made progress in improving understanding of how global biomass related trade flows translate into forest threats, such as deforestation and degradation. These insights have led the project to move from a pure Multi-Regional Input-Output modelling approach to a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) framework, which is better suited to account for substitution effects on output and factor markets, which are expected to be the result from changes in bioeconomy policy parameters. Furthermore, the project could improve understanding on the influence that changing political and institutional contexts in Brazil and Indonesia have for shaping policy changes and investments in agricultural crops and timber that may influence in significant ways to social and environmental trade-offs associated with bioeconomy (including bioenergy) development. The project is collecting secondary information that will be used to assess how cost-effective are national policy options to regulate land use and forest access and use vis-à-vis national and global demand, and how to address the challenges associated with smallholder integration. Research done so far identified what factors constitute the main policy and institutional challenges for the two cases in Brazil and Indonesia. Publications: - Hoffmann, M. (2015). Biomass procurement in selected industries: Implications for a sustainable bioeconomy. Master's Thesis. University of Bonn CIFOR Contract No.: 81182265 02/2015 - 08/2017 Project Title: Measuring carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems in Indonesia Project Coordinator: Dr. Christopher Martius (CIFOR), Indonesia Project Coordinator email: c.martius@cgiar.org Partner Institutes: Prof. Christian Borgemeister, ZEF - University of Bonn, Germany; GIZ Indonesia: FORCLIME Forests and Climate Change Programme (TC Module) Region: Asia-Pacific (AP) Country: Indonesia Consortium Research Program: Forests and Trees: livelihoods, landscapes and governance Major Research Domain: Climate change mitigation, adaptation, carbon and biomass assessments, agroforestry, sequestration Budget: 80,000 €
To provide decision makers at sub-national (provincial or else) level with tested tools for their needs of monitoring carbon sequestration in forest and agroforestry systems in Indonesia.
To test available carbon measurement tools on a variety of sites, conditions and land use / production systems, and identify the best available option for the specific use in the Indonesian land use context and the framework of the needs of the FORCLIME project. FORCLIME is asking for guidance on landscape level tools to measure and verify actual carbon sequestration, e.g. to assess a projects' or jurisdictions' contribution towards national climate change mitigation targets in the context of REDD+, NAMAs, LAMAs and Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS). Outputs (as per proposal): • Analysis of tools, (a) under a set of pre-defined criteria and using the stakeholder workshop results; and (b) using the datasets from three districts to check for reliability and variability/error estimation • 2 submissions in peer-reviewed scientific journals (results of the assessment, applicability) summarizing the results • 1 policy brief (2-4 pages) with recommendations on tools, in English • Translation of the policy brief and publication in Indonesian Major Results Achieved: State of project implementation as of: 03/04/2016: The project aims to identify and to test measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) tools to investigate agro-forestry systems in Indonesia. Tool identification has been completed and testing is planned to be finished until October 2016. Literature survey and database development have been completed, too, and a report has been prepared. Publications: - None so far - CIFOR Contract No.: 81194990 01/2016 - 12/2018 Project Title: Understanding migration and remittances to improve forest management projects and policies Project Coordinator: Christine Padoch - CIFOR Indonesia Project Coordinator email: c.padoch@cgiar.org Region: Central Asia and the Caucasus, LATIN AMERICA, Southeast Asia and Pacific Country: Indonesia, Peru, Tajikistan Consortium Research Program: Forests and Trees: livelihoods, landscapes and governance Major Research Domain: Migration, remittances, forest management, livelihoods, g ender Budget: 1,200,000 € Goal (as per proposal): Improved implementation of development projects and policies leading to sustainable management of forests, improved livelihoods and reduced poverty in forest-dependent communities affected by migration and remittance flows. Purpose (as per proposal): Policy makers, development practitioners, and rural households have accurate information on patterns of migration and remittances and how they influence changes in livelihoods, gender roles, natural resource use, and income distribution enabling them to systematically integrate this knowledge into policies, programs and livelihood strategies. Outputs (as per proposal): 1) Understanding and access to accurate and up-to-date information on migration and remittances, as well as related change in labor patterns, population composition (by gender and age) in Indonesia, Tajikistan and Peru at national and subnational scales is improved 2) Patterns of change in forest cover, forest resource management, and their relationship to migration and remittance flows are identified and documented through research in selected communities 3) Strategies to encourage and facilitate investment of remittances in sustainable forest and tree-based actions are identified and recommendations for implementation are developed 4) Lessons learned and best practices for monitoring local patterns and effects of migration and remittances are documented and disseminated to communities, project managers, and policy makers on several levels. This is knowledge that will be co-produced in close collaboration with policy and decision makers and communities throughout the project, in order to increase the relevance for policy and practice Major Results Achieved: not yet available Publications: none so far - new project CIFOR Contract No.: 81195001 01/2016 - 12/2017 Project Title: Low-cost methods for monitoring water quality to inform upscaling of sustainable water management in forested landscapes in Kenya Project Coordinator: Dr Mariana C. Rufino - CIFOR Kenya Project Coordinator email: m.rufino@cgiar.org Partner Institutes: Justus Liebig University Giessen - Germany; GIZ Water Sector Reform Programme Kenya Region: East Africa Country: Kenya
Forests and Trees: livelihoods, landscapes and governance
Water, ecosystems services, land use planning, resource Budget: 100,000 € Goal (as per proposal): To analyze alternative options to calibrate low cost measurements with on-going high resolution monitoring. Research conducted in 18 countries suggests that citizen science is successful to gather large datasets. The project aims to calibrate both the analytical method to determine water quality parameters, and an upscaling approach using spatial statistics and alternative extrapolation methods. Purpose (as per proposal): To develop low-cost methods to monitor water quality and quantity to assist water resource managers to make sound decisions on water management at large scale. Outputs (as per proposal): 1) Scientific assessment of the low cost method against high resolution water monitoring 2) Communication product describes low-cost method 3) Material to inform policy making at national level 4) Material to train people to do water monitoring in areas different that the project site. Major Results Achieved: not yet available Publications: none so far - new project CIMMYT Contract No.: 81194991 01/2016 - 12/2018 Project Title: Climate resilient maize for Asia for ensuring food security and enhancing income for resource-poor farming communities in the tropics Project Coordinator: Dr P.H. Zaidi - CIMMYT India Project Coordinator email: phzaidi@cgiar.org Partner Institutes: University of Hohenheim - Germany; National Agricultural Research System (NARS): Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR) - India; Anand Agricultural University (AAU) - India; Banaras Hindu University (BHU) - India; Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI); National Maize Research Institute (NMRI) - Vietnam; Nakhon Sawan Field Crops Research Center - Thailand; Seed companies Region: South Asia, Southeast Asia and Pacific Country: Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Viet Nam Consortium Research Program: MAIZE - Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource-poor in the Developing World Major Research Domain: Climate resilient, maize, stress-prone, genomic selection, breeding, value chains, public-private partnership, gender equity, food security, livelihoods Budget: 1,200,000 € Goal (as per proposal): Enhance resilience of resource-poor maize-based farming families and consumers in South and Southeast Asia to the changing climates, and improve their food security and livelihoods. Purpose (as per proposal): Develop and disseminate high-yielding and abiotic stress tolerant maize varieties in drought- and waterlogging-prone rainfed agro-ecologies in South and Southeast Asia, towards diversification and sustainable intensification of maize-based systems. Outputs (as per proposal): 1) Stress-resilient hybrids from ATMA licenced for deployment in rain-fed stress-prone ecologies of South & Southeast Asia 2) Next-generation climate-resilient hybrids and trait donors developed from selected stress-resilient lines from ATMA and deployed in target ecologies 3) Stress-resilient version of elite Asia-adapted maize lines developed through introgression of validated genomic regions 4) New climate-resilient germplasm developed through integration of genomic selection and double haploid technologies 5) Product deployment through public-private partnership and understanding seed value chains and product adoption, including gender and social inclusiveness 6) Technical capacity of NARS, development partners and seed companies in the region strengthened for accelerated development and deployment of climate-resilient hybrids in stress-prone maize production environments Major Results Achieved: not yet available Publications: none so far - new project CIMMYT Contract No.: 81180344 01/2015 - 12/2017 Project Title: Understanding gender in wheat-based livelihoods for enhanced WHEAT R4D impact in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Ethiopia Project Coordinator: Dr. Kristie Drucza - CIMMYT Project Coordinator email: k.drucza@cgiar.org Partner Institutes: GIZ Baghlan Agricultural Project (BAP); Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), Kabul; National Institute of Pakistan Studies (NIPS), Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad; CABI Pakistan, Rawalpindi; GIZ projects in Ethiopia under the sector focal area 'Sustainable Land Management, Addis Ababa; Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) Region: Central Asia and the Caucasus, East Africa Country: Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Pakistan Consortium Research Program: WHEAT-Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource-poor in the Developing World Major Research Domain: Gender analysis, wheat, livelihoods Budget: 1,200,000 € Goal (as per proposal): Reduction in rural poverty and increased food security by shaping and targeting research and development activities related to wheat, in ways that increase the empowerment of poor women and youth in wheat-based systems and helps unleash their potential. Purpose (as per proposal): Wheat research and development partners appreciate gender integration as an opportunity to enhance impact, and diligently address gender considerations in relation to improved wheat technology development, adaptation and diffusion. Outputs (as per proposal): 1: Scoping studies: gender and wheat R4D, 2: Case studies: Gender norms and agency in wheat based systems and livelihoods, 3: 'Reverse engineering' studies: analysis of R&D interventions that have successfully promoted gender equality either in wheat or more broadly in agriculture, 4: Analytical overview: opportunities for gender in wheat R&D, 5: Validation workshops: Collaborative analysis with stakeholders at local and national levels, 6: Publications: Research papers, policy briefs and guidelines, 7: Capacity building workshops: training key partners on findings and guidelines. Major Results Achieved: State of project implementation as of: 02/29/2016: Five teams of local researchers were trained in the GENNOVATE (the cross CRP collaborative research initiative on the interactions between gender norms, agency and innovation in agriculture and natural resource management) methodology, which combines key informant interviews, sex-specific semi-structured focus group discussions, semi-structured individual innovation trajectory interviews, and life story interviews with women and men of different social groups and ages. GENNOVATE data collection instruments were translated into local languages. Field activities for 14 case studies applying the GENNOVATE research methodology and instruments were completed. Systematic content analysis using GENNOVATE coding framework has been initiated. Publications: - None so far - CIMMYT Contract No.: 81182266 03/2015 - 02/2017 Project Title: Understanding cross pollination ability to improve seed production for future hybrid wheat Project Coordinator: Susanne Dreisigacker (CIMMYT), Mexiko Project Coordinator email: sdreisigacker@cgiar.org Partner Institutes: Prof. Jochen Reif, IPK Gatersleben, Germany Region: Central America Country: Mexico
WHEAT-Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource-poor in the Developing World
Hybrid wheat, sequencing, yield, cross pollination, food security, genetic resources Budget: 80,000 €
To reassess the genetic variation for cross pollination ability (specifically the degree and dimensions of anther extrusion) across CIMMYT and German advanced breeding lines and un-adapted genetic resources and to understand the underlying genetic architecture of these traits to improve seed production in the context of hybrid wheat breeding.
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Outcome 1: Germplasm exchange and predicted variation of cross pollination ability in wheat
During the first year of the project, large scale phenotyping could reveal large phenotypic variation for cross pollination ability in CIMMYT spring and German winter wheat representing elite breeding lines and genetic resources. A total of 1813 spring and winter wheat entries have been evaluated for anther extrusion in two environments. Large phenotypic variation has been found, demonstrating that cross pollination ability in wheat can be genetically improved for hybrid wheat development. A genome wide association study in 313 spring wheat lines suggested anther extrusion to be quantitatively inherited with a medium to high heritability. More than 100 quantitative trait loci (QTL) were detected when phenotypic screens were combined with 15K single nucleotid polymorphism (SNP) array data. This number of small effect QTL precludes marker-assisted selection and will require genome-wide prediction approaches. Publications: - A peer reviewed publication specifying the genome wide association study is in preparation. CIP Contract No.: 81182267 04/2015 - 09/2016 Project Title: Introduction of Heat Tolerant Potato to Mid-Altitude Cropping Systems in Western Kenyan Action Sites of the CGIAR Consortium Research Program Humidtropics Project Coordinator: Dr. Elmar Schulte-Geldermann (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya Project Coordinator email: e.schulte-geldermann@cgiar.org Download 276.56 Kb. Share with your friends:
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