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	CIAT in Africa pursues a progressive programme of research on technology and processes important for development, that helps rural communities build sustainable livelihoods, through competitive agriculture, healthy agroecosystems, and rural innovation. In pursuit of these goals, we work closely with national institutions, NGOs, and the private sector, and we use participatory methods that offer rural people an active role in devising better ways to improve crops, build rural agroenterprises, and manage soil fertility, pests, and plant diseases. (more information)

For further information contact: Robin Buruchara
	Last update: 6 April 2008

CIAT in Africa Highlights Series New Additions Five new briefs (No. 36 to No. 40) in the CIAT in Africa Highlights series are now available online. This research brief series, initiated in 2003, summarises research results and policy implications from the work of CIAT and its partners in Africa. CIAT in Africa Highlights No. 1 to No. 40 CIAT in Africa Highlights No. 1 to No. 40 (in French) CIAT in Africa Highlights No. 13 to No. 40 (in Portuguese) Contact: Robin Buruchara Report on Long Term Seed Aid in Ethiopia Emergency Seed Aid is widely implemented as a way of linking disaster relief with development. However, there are still few critical evaluations of the effects of seed aid. This report reviews 34 years of emergency seed assistance in Ethiopia, and compares diverse approaches in four key regions. A result of two year’s research, it draws upon the perspectives of government and non-governmental implementers, formal seed suppliers, traders, and farmer recipients of aid. Download the full report (1.8 mb) Download the summary report (273 kb) Contact: Louise Sperling New Translations New additions to CIAT in Africa Highlights Series Eight new briefs in the CIAT in Africa Highlights series are now available in French and in Portuguese. This research brief series, initiated in 2003, summarises research results and policy implications from the work of CIAT and its partners in Africa. Download CIAT in Africa Highlights No. 13 to No. 35 (in French) Download CIAT in Africa Highlights No. 13 to No. 35 (in Portuguese) Contact: Robin Buruchara New Publication in Ecology and Society Journal Social Capital and Conflict Management in Multiple Resource Regimes -A Case of the Southwestern Highlands of Uganda. Pascal C. Sanginga, Rick N. Kamugisha and Andrienne M. Martin. Social capital is seen as an important asset which people rely on to manage natural resources. This article uses empirical data to examine the role, strengths and limits of social capital in managing conflicts in the use and management of natural resources. Results show that while social captial mechanisms do have a role to play in resolving conflicts they are not always effective in every situation and may need to be supported by local policies as well as more formal conflict management approaches. Better understanding of how the relationship between social capital and local policy can be strengthened is crucial to resolving natural resource management conflicts. Full article Summary - Institute of Development Studies, UK Contact: Pascal Sanginga Organic Agriculture in Uganda : New Publication Pamela Pali, a Ph.D. student with University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria and CIAT Uganda has recently published an article (with B. Freyer, S. Kaaria and R. Delve) on people's capacity for income generation and organic market linkages in Uganda in the open access journal Organic Eprints. Full article Download poster (1 mb) Contact: Pamela Pali On-line: 2007 Newsletter - PABRA PABRA Outlook: New Varieties, New Partnerships PABRA Outlook 2007, the newsletter of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) is now available on-line. This 4 page bulletin has feature articles on outcomes and achievements in bean research and development in sub-Saharan Africa as well as news items, and information on previous and forthcoming courses and conferences. Download PABRA Outlook 2007 (375 kb) Download PABRA Outlook 2007 in French (352 kb) Download PABRA Outlook 2007 in Portuguese (358 kb) More information on PABRA Contact: Robin Buruchara New Translations French and Portuguese Versions of Seed Aid for Seed Security: Practice Briefs These ten Practice Briefs, that offer advice on how to sustain and strengthen seed systems during disaster response and recovery periods, are now also available in French and Portuguese. The briefs were prepared by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS), with CARE–Norway. Download the full set of Practice Briefs in French, Portuguese, and English. Visit the Seed Systems Under Stress Programme website Contact: Louise Sperling, CIAT and Tom Remington, CRS for more information TSBF-CIAT Poster wins first prize at GFAR conference A poster on promotion of soybean in Africa has won first prize in the poster competition held at Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR) conference in Delhi, India in December 2006. The competition is open to agricultural research and development projects that have tangibly made an impact in achieving one or more millennium development goals. The poster presents a model to address past failures in the promotion of soybean in Africa which involves intervention at household level, community level, and industrial level soybean market development. Contact: Jonas Chianu for more information More News