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.
The project Empowering Women Fish Retailers (EWFIRE) Project. Funded by the European Commission (EuropeAid), the project supports vulnerable women retailers and processors to develop their businesses in five urban areas across the Sharkia governorate, lower Egypt (Zagazig, Faous, Belbeis, Al-Hussainyaand Abu-Kebeer).
The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying responses to mitigate this global health crisis have resulted in substantial disruptions to demand, production, distribution and labor in fisheries, aquaculture and food systems. These disruptions have severely impacted women processors and traders, who play a critical role in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors and associated food systems in sub-Saharan Africa. And yet, COVID related data and responses have tended to be gender-blind or overly representative of men’s experiences and needs in the sector.
An evidence policy brief on the contribution of small-scale fisheries to a healthy and sustainable food system in Malawi.
Este trabajo propició que a fines de 2006, productoras y productores demandaran un lugar para mostrar las producciones logradas. Para ello, el objetivo fue crear espacios para que los productores y productoras intercambiaran, aprendieran y comercializaran sus productos en la comunidad los que se denominaron Festivales de Innovación Local o Expoferias
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar el nivel de integración de la cadena agroalimentaria de la panela, producto tradicional de la región Amazónica Ecuatoriana. Se aplica el procedimiento en la cadena de panela en el cantón Puyo, ciudad de Pastaza. El enfoque en cadenas agroalimentarias impacta de forma positiva en la satisfacción de los clientes. Como aporte técnico, se propone una propuesta de un plan de negocio conjunto para la cadena en estudio, que se centra en la mejora de la calidad del producto y la integración entre los actores de la red local
Los objetivos del presente trabajo fueron: implementar actividades participativas con enfoque de género, que permitieran el desarrollo de la mujer dentro de los contextos agrícolas en estudio; generar capacidades y utilizar habilidades ya existentes en estas, que permitieran su incorporación a las labores productivas y con ello a la obtención de nuevas fuentes de ingresos familiares y el mejoramiento de la alimentación, así como potenciar de manera general, una mayor participación e impacto femenino en el funcionamiento de la comunidad.
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.
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.