A gendered assessment of crop traits to improve breeding product design and uptake: the case of potato in Kenya

Autor: Janet Mwende Mutiso, Sarah Mayanja, John Nyaga, Sophie Sinelle, Camille Renou, Charles Onyango, Guy Hareau, Vivian Polar, Jacqueline Ashby, Julius Juma Okello

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 8 (2024)

The study assesses the gender implications of a target product profile for table potato in Kenya. Breeding programs mostly emphasize farmers’ trait requirements and rarely pay attention to other value chain actors’ preferences. This partially con

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Targeting market segment needs with public-good crop breeding investments: A case study with potato and sweetpotato focused on poverty alleviation, nutrition and gender

Autor: Sylvester Okoth Ojwang, Julius Juma Okello, David Jakinda Otieno, Janet Mwende Mutiso, Hannele Lindqvist-Kreuze, Peter Coaldrake, Thiago Mendes, Maria Andrade, Neeraj Sharma, Wolfgang Gruneberg, Godwill Makunde, Reuben Ssali, Benard Yada, Sarah Mayanja, Vivian Polar, Bonny Oloka, Doreen M. Chelangat, Jacqueline Ashby, Guy Hareau, Hugo Campos

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol 14 (2023)

Crop breeding programs have often focused on the release of new varieties that target yield improvement to achieve food security and reduce poverty. While continued investments in this objective are justified, there is a need for breeding programs to

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Data-driven approaches can harness crop diversity to address heterogeneous needs for breeding products

Autor: Jacob van Etten, Kauê de Sousa, Jill E. Cairns, Matteo Dell’Acqua, Carlo Fadda, David Guereña, Joost van Heerwaarden, Teshale Assefa, Rhys Manners, Anna Müller, Mario Enrico Pè, Vivian Polar, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Svein Øivind Solberg, Béla Teeken, Hale Ann Tufan

Publikováno v: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (2023) 14
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(14)

This perspective describes the opportunities and challenges of data-driven approaches for crop diversity management (genebanks and breeding) in the context of agricultural research for sustainable development in the Global South. Data-driven approach

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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205771120

Using theory to understand how policy change happens: Insights from agricultural research for development

Autor: Boru Douthwaite, Claudio Proietti, Vivian Polar, Graham Thiele

Publikováno v: Research Evaluation

Influencing policy is an important scaling mechanism. However, if a program is to plausibly claim that it has or can influence policy, it needs to explain how. This is not straightforward because of the complex nature of policy change. Scholars sugge

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https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvac038

Innovation models to deliver value at scale: the RTB program

Autor: Helen Hambly, Michael Friedmann, Claudio Proietti, Vivian Polar, Sarah Fernandes, Graham Thiele

Publikováno v: Root, tuber and banana food system innovations : value creation for inclusive outcomes
Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations ISBN: 9783030920210

Collaborative programs that facilitate innovation to deliver value at scale require attention to effective program design, management, governance, and leadership. The CGIAR has experimented with different collaborative program design options over its

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http://agritrop.cirad.fr/601810/