The knowledge is made available by the collaboration between the African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (AI-CD), the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), its partners and the CGIAR.

We use Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) to bring up useful information, the collaborative online platform for knowledge employed by five CGIAR Research Centers and three Research Programs – ICARDA, CIP, IITA, ICRAF, WorldFish, ICRISAT, GLDC, RTB, FISH – to manage their activities and results. The knowledge shared in partnership with the AI-CD is indicative of the research for development efforts made by the Centers with the aim of improving livelihoods and ecosystems services, enhancing local capacities, support gender equality and endorse the role of youth in transforming the African countries.
To access the knowledge in full, please visit MEL (https://mel.cgiar.org/).

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MEL Research Fellow August 2023 Report

2023-08-25

This report is submitted as a requirement of MEL research fellowship

MEL Research Fellow July 2023 Report

2023-08-01

This report is submitted as a requirement of the MEL research fellowship.

Report of Seed production, Planning, Processing, Storage and Quality Assurance 20-23 June 2023, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2023-06-30

The Technical Assistance for Agricultural Transformation in Countries in Transition is a capacity building project that intends to effectively contribute to agricultural transformation in Africa’s transition contexts. The project supports capacity development and technical assistance activities to deliver innovative, highly impactful, a...

MEL Research Fellow June 2023 Report

2023-06-20

Monthly Report submitted as a requirement for MEL Research fellowship.

MEL Research Fellow May 2023 report

2023-05-31

This report is a routine requirement for the MEL research fellowship

AI-Driven Climate-Smart Beekeeping for Women (AID-CSB) Environmental Health For Human Rights | 2022 Report Brief

2023-05-12

The AID-CSB project works to narrow the gender digital divide and support rural women’s livelihoods and biodiversity. In 2022, the AID-CSB project piloted a localized hive management app in new regions, raised awareness on the linkages between beekeeper activities and environmental health, and tested new features based on user feedback;...

MEL Research Fellow April 2023 report

2023-04-26

This monthly report is a requirement for the MEL Research Fellowship

MEL Research Fellow March 2023 Report

2023-03-28

Monthly periodic report as a requirement for MEL fellowship at ICARDA

MEL Research Fellow February 2023 Report

2023-02-27

This is a monthly report, prepared as a requirement for the MEL Research fellowship.

MEL Research Fellow January 2023 Report

2023-01-29

This is a monthly (January 2023) report prepared as part of or contributions required for MEL research fellowship.

Integrated management of parasitic weeds ad insect pests of food legumes

2022-12-31

Different IPDM innovations were tested to manage insect pests and parasitic weeds on fab ban, chickpea and lentil. The results showed that biopesticides can give good control of aphids and pod borers. In addition IPDM option can manage parasitic weeds on faba bean and can double crop yield.

SKiM - Rural Champions Portal

2022-12-31

As part of the Procasur-ICARDA collaboration under the SKIM project, the identification and profile of local champions has been undertaken with the main purpose of stocktaking part of the local knowledge shared by Local Champions who have performed across the three SKIM Learning routes as knowledge service providers. The Local champions a...

Using accurate detection tools to develop a successful management strategy for lentil and chickpea viruses in farmers' fields in the highlands of Ethiopia

2022-12-01

Since 2019, farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia are losing their chickpea and lentil crops because of virus epidemics, and lentil production area in Ethiopia was reduced due to the virus infection. Based on FAOSTAT, lentil production (tonnes) and Area Harvested (ha) in Ethiopia decreased from 166,274 tonnes and 113,685 ha during 2016 to ...

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Plan: Development and Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Africa (FASA) project 2022-2027

2022-11-28

The “Development and Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Africa (FASA)” project is a 5-year project funded by NORAD and implemented by WorldFish. The project is focused in three Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, where the aquaculture sector is expanding and demand for fish is increasing. The growth of...

USAID | Creating a GIFT seed supply chain and piloting GIFT-seed-based aquaculture business/industry in Nigeria: Quarterly Progress Report: Sept - Nov 2022

2022-10-12

Quarterly progress reported highlights the results and accomplishments of project achieved during the reporting period. Key implementation areas and indicators progress has been highlighted as per workplan.

USAID | Creating a GIFT seed supply chain and piloting GIFT-seed-based aquaculture business/industry in Nigeria: Quarterly Progress Report: June - August 2022

2022-10-09

Quarterly report highlights results and accomplishments of project during the reporting period. Key implementation areas, challenges, and indicator progress has been highlighted per workplan.

Demonstration and training of fish farmers on Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cage culture and sex reversal in Cameroon

2022-09-29

This file contain the training attendance sheet for the demonstration and training of fish farmers on Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cage culture and sex reversal in Cameroon.

AI-CD Mali Short Film

2022-08-01

Introduction of activities to combat desertification in Mali by AI-CD Focal Point in Mali

Group photo of the participants of the F2R-CWANA inception workshop for Egypt and Sudan

2022-06-30

Group photo of the participants of the F2R-CWANA inception workshop for Egypt and Sudan.

ACIAR Lentil project June 2022: ICARDA Progress report (July 2021 to June 2022)

2022-06-30

Thirty-five elite lentil lines were evaluated for rust resistance at Merchouch, ICARDA Breeding Station in Morocco during the 2021/22 cropping season. The lines were planted in two replications in an alpha lattice design. Disease was developed from natural infection and percent disease severity was recorded for each line. Ten lines showed...