CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals - GLDC

Overview: FP3-3.14 - Analyzing the impact of GLDC innovations for managing abiotic and biotic stresses in the agro-ecosystems

FP3-3.13 - FP3-3.16


Leader: Jules Bayala, World Agroforestry Center - ICRAF
Coleader: Quang Bao Le, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA

Team members: 4
Partner organizations: 3

Budget 2026
USD : 0

Outputs: 2

  Activity/Product Description
    
Additional Activity Co-Leaders: Bao Quang Le (ICARDA) Co-Leader), Safa Kumari (ICARDA Co-Leader), Seid Ahmed Kemal (ICARDA Co-Leader) This activity aims at assessing farmer knowledge of management practices and combination arrangements that address both biotic and abiotic stress in smallholder farming systems in the three countries. It will also attempt to understand how these approaches perform in terms of yield and sustainability as well as their limits and the desired improvements. Some of the GLDC-based innovations are already being implemented by some on-going development projects like DryDev. What are the intended reasons behind promoting such innovations with farmers and what is farmers’ view about their role in meeting their daily needs including food but also the sustainability of their farming systems (and livelihoods). Some of the information generated in this activity will also support the on-going efforts in defining clear indicators of sustainable intensification for which GLDC has some activities. The methods will combine individual interviews, focus group discussions and field observations. DryDev has already characterized the households (HHs) and developed a data base of the HHs together with their wealth status. We will take advantage of the data and randomly select 30 HHs per wealth class given a total of 90 HHs. Within these selected HHs, both the husband and the wife will be interviewed separately using a questionnaire. A sample of unmarried youth both male and female of 30 people each will also be interviewed using the same questionnaire as above. The results of these individual interviewed will be synthesized as served as materials for focus group discussions composed of male, female and youth. The consolidated information will be feedback in a village assembly in each site of the three countries. Through such triangulation we are expecting to rigorously check the validity of the information collected while validating it. Field observations will be made on plots where the target crops have been used or combined for any of the above-mentioned stresses. Wherever possible, yield measurement of with and without situations will be conducted to support the findings of the interviews. We will make sure that wealth status, women plots, youth groups are all represented in the sample of fields where measurements will be realized.
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  Outputs
    
Code Type Output Name Leader Co-leader Deliverables Commodity View
FP3-3.14.1 Reasons of the use of GLDC options and their combinations identified Jules Bayala Patrice Savadogo 4 Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Lentil, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Peanut, Pigeonpea
FP3-3.14.2 Analysing the impact of GLDC innovations for managing abiotic and biotic stresses in the agro-ecosystems in Central Highland of Ethiopia Quang Bao Le Safaa G. Kumari 4 Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Lentil, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Peanut, Pigeonpea, Finger millet, Maize, Sorghum, Lentil, Chickpea, Cotton, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Groundnut, Peanut, Pigeonpea
  Training
    
Training Type Title Subject From To
Individual Non Degree Mali trainee on PostDoc to support the data collection and analysis PostDoc to support the data collection and analysis 2018-10-01 2018-12-31
Individual Degree Mali MSc on Impacts of GLDC options on the resilience of farming systems Impacts of GLDC options on the resilience of farming systems 2019-01-01 2020-12-31
Other Training Regional Face to face Workshop on Evidencing impacts of CRP-GLDC intervention in (Kenya , Nairobi) (Male: 010, Female: 10) Evidencing impacts of CRP-GLDC intervention 2019-11-28 2019-11-30
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