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Impact Case Studies

A series of case studies have been made available to EIARD showcasing the impact of investments in Agricultural Research for Development (ARD). Agricultural research is seen as a key building block in the research-development continuum and as crucial part in the impact pathway.

A first set of case studies had been commissioned in 2010 by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and of DFID's funding to agricultural research. A further set of studies was recently commissioned by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and published by EIARD in 2013.

 

published 2013

  1. AfricaRice - Improving post-harvest technology in Senegal
  2. AVRDC - The great pyramid: Ty tomatoes resist disease
  3. Bioversity - African leavy vegetables come out of the shade
  4. CABI - Improving access to quality seeds in Africa
  5. CIAT - A bean revolution in sub-Saharan Africa
  6. CCAFS - Influencing climate change policy in Africa
  7. GCP - Rooting for more phosphorus
  8. HarvestPlus - Improving nutrition through better staple food crops 
  9. ICARDA - Empowering women
  10. ICRAF - EverGreen agriculture
  11. ICRISAT - Conservation agriculture and micro-dosing in Zimbabwe
  12. IITA - Healthy yam seed production
  13. ILRI - Getting superior Napier grass to dairy farmers in East Africa
  14. IWMI - Getting to grisps with India's groundwater
  15. IFPRI - The challenge of hunger
  16. icipe - Linking insects to forest conservation through honey and silk
  17. IITA - Tackling killer aflatoxins in African food crops
  18. IRRI - Smart water technique for rice
  19. SSA CP - Improving smallholder incomes through intensification of upland rice
  20. WorldFish - Building resilient community fisheries in Cambodia

published 2010

  1. A farmer-friendly approach to prevent avian flu in Vietnam
  2. A harmonious approach to eggplant borer control in India and Bangladesh
  3. An evidence-based response to the global food crisis
  4. Ashoka rice: Selecting for success with farmer participation
  5. Creating genetic markers to breed downy mildew and drought resistant pearl millet
  6. Ending Striga's reign with IR maize
  7. Fodder trees for more food and income
  8. Linking farmers and science
  9. Liquid assets: community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh
  10. Making a GIFT selection: improved tilapia in the Philippines
  11. Planting without ploughing: zero-till takes root
  12. Policy change: milking the benefits for smallscale vendors
  13. Protecting African cattle from East Coast fever
  14. Protecting farms from costly whiteflies
  15. Ridding the world of rinderpest
  16. Scuba rice: breeding flood-tolerance into Asia's local mega rice varieties
  17. Taking plants to the doctor: plant health clinics from Bolivia to Bangladesh
  18. The impact of research on policy and practice in Indonesia's pulp and paper sector


In less than 12 months ShujaazFM has become the largest circulation publication in East Africa.  Support from the DFID-funded Research Into Use programme has ensured stories based on agricultural research are regularly included. So far over 5 million comics, each read by up to 5 readers, have been circulated. Around a thousand young people a week contact ShujaazFM for further information or to comment on the stories. Photo: DFID, UK.


Young girl with child in Laos – System Wide Programme on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis. Project co-funded by Italy. Photo: CIAT