ESRC - DFID Project: Assessing the impact of agricultural extension and input subsidies in Eastern DRC
Researchers from the Development Economics Group at Wageningen University teamed up with the N2Africa program to assess the impact of their program in Eastern DRC. The key research objectives are to (1) create an assessment of household characteristics and needs for improving agricultural yields in Eastern DRC (2) Assess the impact of the N2Africa agricultural extension services and access to subsidized inputs on knowledge, attitudes and adoption of new inputs for grain legumes.
The research project is a joint effort between Wageningen University and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA), Catholic University of Bukavu, and UNU-MERIT as well as the DRC based implementing organisations PAD, DIOBASS, WOMEN for WOMEN, SARCAF, IPLCI & CDC/Kiringye. Funding is provided by the Growth Research Program of ESRC - DFID.
Reports for this project (more to come):
- Farm Households in Eastern Congo, Baseline Survey.
- Social relationships, local institutions and the diffusion of improved variety seed and fiel management techniques in rural communities: six case studies in South Kivu, DRC.
- Research Summary Impact assessment of agricultural extension and input subsidies – research design for Eastern DRC.
- Research Summary Impact assessment of agricultural extension and input subsidies – baseline data for Eastern DRC.
- Research Summary Social relationships, local institutions, and the diffusion of improved variety seed and field management techniques in rural communities: six case studies in South Kivu, DRC.
- Research Summary Yield Gaps and Food Security.
Third party conferences, newsletters & reports
Conferences
- Conference "Transition and Local Development in Eastern DRC" 8-10 December 2016 at the Kalambo campus of the Catholic University of Bukavu, Dr Congo.
- The 17th African Association of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (AABNF) conference, Gaborone, Botswana from 17–21 October 2016.
- Second International Legume Society Conference (2ndILSC), 11-14 October 2016 at the Tróia resort, the vicinity of Lisbon, Portugal.
- 12th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 25-28 August 2016 at the Danubius Health Spa Resort in Budapest, Hungary.
- XXVII Latin-American Rhizobiology Meeting (XXVII RELAR) 2016, Londrina, Brazil, June 06-09 2016
- Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference, 28 February - 4 March 2016 at the AVANI Victoria Falls Resort in Livingstone, Zambia.
Reports & Newsletters
- Advance II Newsletter "Vol 6, Issue 1" March 2016.
- Newsletter Farm Radio International Making Waves "Issue 1" 2016.
- Newsletter Africa Soil Health Consortium "Lessons from Phase 1" December 2015.
- IITA Special Issue "Youth Entrepreneurs" December 2015.
- Soybean Innovation Lab Newsletter July 2015.
- Bulletin of Tropical Legumes 2015-03.
- Bulletin of Tropical Legumes 2015-02.
- Bulletin of Tropical Legumes 2015-01.
- Advance II Newsletter "Vol 3, Issue 1" June 2015.
- Newsletter Humid Tropics "Vol 2, Issue 2" April - June 2015.
- Journal Legume Perspectives 1-12 January 2013 - April 2016.
- Advance II Newsletter "Vol 2, Issue 1" March 2015.
- VFCR Report 2014/1 "Beneficial Organisms for Nutrient Uptake" January 2014.
- Online course announcement Africa Business Leadership Training Center "Marketing" April - June 2014.
- A Quarterly Bulletin of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa Project "DT Maize" December 2013.
- Bulletin of Tropical Legumes "Vol 19 featuring Chickpeas in Ethiopia" November 2013.
- Bulletin of Tropical Legumes "Vol 18 featuring Legumes in Mozambique" November 2013.
- Report of the SDSN Thematic Group 7 "Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems" September 2013.
- A Quarterly Bulletin of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa Project "DT Maize" September 2013.
- Bulletin of Tropical Legumes – Vol 17 "Legumes in Mali" January 2013.
- A Quarterly Bulletin of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa Project "DT Maize" December 2012.
- Monthly publication of the Tropical Legumes II project - “Cowpea farming in Ghana" December 2012.
- Monthly publication of the Tropical Legumes II project - “Grain Legumes of Burkina Faso" March 2012.
- Monthly publication of the Tropical Legumes II project - “Tropical Grain Legumes in Africa and South Asia" February 2012.
- Monthly publication of the Tropical Legumes II project - “Bulletin of Tropical Legumes" January 2012.
- Monthly publication of the Tropical Legumes II project - “Bulletin of Tropical Legumes" December 2011.
- Newsletter TechnoServe Inc, Mocambique - “Boletim Informativo SOJA-nr.2" March - April 2011. Boletim Soja Suplemento nr.2
- Newsletter TechnoServe Inc, Mocambique - “Boletim Informativo SOJA-nr.3" May - June 2011” (in Portuguese language).
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Newsletter TechnoServe Inc, Mocambique - "Boletim Informativo SOJA-nr.9" (in Portuguese language).