CALS Global

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Browsing CALS Global by Subject "Africa"

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    2021 GAP Report Launch: Strengthening the Climate For Sustainable Agricultural Growth
    Steensland, Ann (Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2021-10-20)
    During the launch of the 2021 Global Agricultural Productivity Report (GAP Report), the newest data on agricultural productivity across the globe was revealed to be well below the Global Agricultural Productivity Index target. Through a solution-oriented discussion, experts across the globe discuss what we can do now to address the looming crisis.
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    Building Africa’s first “e-Extension Platform” for smallholder farmers
    Ryoya, Tasia; Steensland, Ann (Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative, Virginia Tech, 2021-02-24)
    Sasakawa Africa Association envisions an e-Extension Platform that provides smallholder farmers information about technology transfer, agricultural inputs, and markets at any time. The e-Extension Platform should not only improve agricultural productivity in the COVID-19 era, but also resolve the “information asymmetry” that can occur in agricultural extension throughout the value chain through the active use of ICT, even in the post-COVID-19 era.
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    Improving gender and nutrition outcomes of women poultry farmers
    Steensland, Ann (Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative, Virginia Tech)
    A program implemented by Tanager, an international development organization, is transforming the poultry sector in Burkina Faso.
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    International Women's Day: Hellen's story
    Steensland, Ann; Corder, Erica (Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative, Virginia Tech, 2021-03-02)
    Hellen Wanjiko Waweru, a Kenyan smallholder farmer, shares her farming practices, challenges, and hopes for the future in this documentary short.