The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is a research in development program which aims to foster innovation to respond to community needs, and through networking and social learning to bring about development outcomes and impact at scale. It aims to reach the poorest and most vulnerable communities that are dependent upon aquatic agricultural systems. AAS uses monitoring and evaluation to track progress along identified impact pathways for accountability and learning.
This brief provides an overview of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) and describes how the M&E system is designed to support the program to achieve its goals. The AAS program aims to improve the lives of 22 million people dependent upon aquatic agricultural systems by 2024 through research in development.
Based on eleven case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this report describes farmer-led research findings and their dissemination, and analyzes available evidence on the impact of farmer-led approaches to agricultural research and development on rural livelihoods, local capacity to innovate and adapt, and influence on governmental institutions of agricultural research and development.
Much of fish consumed by the poor are caught by household members and traded in local markets. These fish are rarely or poorly included in national statistics, and it is therefore difficult to estimate precisely the real contribution of fish to the rural poor households. This report is the first global overview of the role played by fish in improving nutrition. Fish consumption patterns of the poor, the nutritional value of fish, and small-scale fisheries and aquaculture activities are considered. It also highlights the gap in knowledge where more research is needed.
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue caracterizar a los actores e identificar factores restrictivos asociados a la producción de fresa en el municipio de Zamora, Michoacán, y sus implicaciones en su rentabilidad y competitividad, con la metodología de redes de innovación
Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar y discutir qué tecnologías tradicionales utilizan los campesinos de pequeño porte y si en las últimas siete décadas se ha realizado investigaciones y transferencias de nuevas tecnologías para estos agricultores.
El objetivo general de este estudio fue evaluar la competitividad de la cadena productiva del arroz en el área de influencia del molino de arroz “San José”, en la región sur del estado de Morelos, México, mediante el enfoque CADIAC bajo el análisis de cadena, el diálogo y la concertación entre actores.
Con el propósito de evaluar el efecto de tecnologías aplicadas de manera participativa, en un marco de conservación de los recursos naturales sobre la productividad de pequeños rumiantes, se probaron seis tecnologías. El enfoque de sistemas participativos permitió diseñar actividades apropiadas, incrementando la productividad y promoviendo la conservación de recursos naturales
La presentación explica qué tipo de indicadores se pueden usar para valorar la extensión rural.
This working paper represents work‐in‐progress of the CBFC project (Community‐based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains and Irrigation Systems), a research project supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), with the aim of increasing productivity of seasonally occurring water bodies through aquaculture.The project has been implemented in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Mali and Vietnam, where technical and institutional options for community based aquaculture have been tested. The project began in 2005 and was completed in March 2010.