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Market Watch
ArrayThe major market indicators are looking reasonably stable at this time, as the economic stimulus packages from around the world maintain market confidence. The Dow Jones, as with all major market indexes, has had a good run of late and appears to be firmly into the 9,000+ territory.
WARO rice and seed update
ArrayCRS has succeeded in staffing up, planning and implementing a rice seed voucher program in Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria and Mali, in collaboration with WARDA and others.
CRS/Burkina Faso is beginning a project that recognizes and embraces the farmer (especially women) as seed managers and creates an opportunity for CRS to engage with AGRA and WASA, both of whom take a formal sector approach to seed.
Collaboration with Cornell University moves CRS forward with trainings on key skill sets
ArrayGLCI’s collaboration with the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) produced tangible results in the field this summer 2009. A team of Cornell graduate students, in collaboration with 3 Kenyatta University students, visited East Africa and Central Africa GLCI partners.
First Agro-enterprise Learning Alliance in Southern and Eastern Africa: Summary of Workshop Outputs
ArrayFor the first time in Southern Africa, CRS and key partners held an Agroenterprise Learning Alliance workshop. The workshop, held 10-14 August 2009 in Mangochi, Malawi, brought together staff of 16 national and international organizations that are currently engaged in linking smallholder farmers to markets.
Seed System Security Assessment conducted in Zimbabwe
ArrayDonors in Zimbabwe have pledged approximately US$ 150 million to provide agricultural inputs to vulnerable farmers in Zimbabwe for the coming planting season (2009-10). The primary target of this assistance is the provision of seed.
CGIAR Reform Process Steams Ahead
ArrayAs part of the reform process and with specific note to the new funding being made available by the G8, the CGIAR met in Washington to discuss how to accelerate their reform process.
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- Strategies for Sustainable Coffee
Coffee production is important to both the economies and ecologies of the regions in which it is produced. This poster looks at how CRS is providing support for coffee-based livelihoods to
Increasing Smallholder Access to Finance
This poster looks at how increasing smallholder access to finance through saving and lending can lead to increased investment in agriculture.
Increasing Market Access for Smallhold…
CRS is helping farmers in the Phillipines organize into product clusters to supply quality produce at the right price and time. Download this poster to learn more about this approach.
A Holistic Livelihoods-based Approach …
CRS uses the Integral Human Development conceptual framework to help design programs in the field. The framework and how it works is presented in this poster.
Baby-Friendly Farms
This poster explains how CRS is helping women practice exclusive breastfeeding and improve their nutrition through baby-friendly farms to reduce infant morbidity and mortality in Sierra Leone.