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Item 2nd stakeholder dialogue meeting report - Ghana(Feed the Future, 2020) Minh, Thai Thi; Schmitter, Petra; Cofie, Olufunke; IWMI; ILSSI; USAIDItem Agricultural Technology Assessment for Smallholder Farms in Developing Countries: An Analysis using a Farm Simulation Model (FARMSIM)(Feed the Future, 2017) Bizmana, Jean-Claude; Richardson, James W.; USAID; The Borlaug Institute; Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Texas A&M University System; IFPRI; IWMI; ILRI; North Carolina A&T State UniversityThe rural population in developing countries depends on agriculture. However, in many of these countries, agricultural productivity remains low with episodes of famines in drought-prone areas. One of the options to increase agricultural productivity is through adoption and use of improved agricultural technologies and management systems. Being a relatively high risk business due to factors related to production, marketing and finance, agriculture requires to devise risk mitigating strategies. Several models used to evaluate the adoption of agricultural technologies focus mainly on assessing the ex-post impact of technology without necessarily quantifying the profit and risk associated with the adoption of technologies. This paper introduces a farm simulation model (FARMSIM) that attempts to evaluate the potential economic and nutritional impacts of new agricultural technologies before they are adopted (ex-ante). FARMSIM is a Monte Carlo simulation model that simultaneously evaluates a baseline and an alternative farming technology. In this study, the model is used to analyze the impact of adoption of small scale irrigation technologies and fertilizers on the farm income and nutrition of smallholder farmers in Robit kebele, Amhara region of Ethiopia. The farming technologies under study comprise water lifting technologies (pulley and tank, rope and washer pump, gasoline/diesel motor pump and a solar pump) and use of fertilizers. The key output variables (KOVs) are the probability of positive annual net cash income and ending cash reserves, probability of positive net present value and a benefit cost ratio greater than one. For nutrition, the KOVs relate to the probability of consumption exceeding average daily minimum requirements of an adult for calories, protein, fat, calcium, iron, and vitamin A. The application of recommended fertilizers on grain and vegetable crops, alongside the use of irrigation to grow vegetables and fodder using a motor pump had the highest net present value compared to other scenarios. Similar results were observed for the net cash farm income and the ending cash reserves. However, the most feasible and profitable scenario is the one under the pulley system which had the highest benefit cost ratio. Solar pump system had the lowest benefit cost ratio due most likely to high initial investment cost. As for the nutrition, the simulation results show an increase in quantities available to the farm family of all nutrition variables under all alternative scenarios. However, the daily minimum requirements per adult equivalent were met only for calories, proteins, iron and vitamin A but deficiencies were observed for fat and calcium.Item Annex to Mid-Term Report, 2014-2016 June 2017(Feed the Future ILSSI, 2017) Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture; IFPRI; ILRI; IWMI; NCA&T; Texas A&M AgriLife ResearchItem Annual Report October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016(Feed the Future ILSSI, 2016) USAID; The Borlaug Institute; Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Texas A&M University System; IFPRI; IWMI; ILRI; North Carolina A&T State UniversityItem Assessing Potential Land Suitability for Surface Irrigation using Groundwater in Ethiopia([2016?]) Worqlul, A. W.; Osorio, J.; Jeong, J.; Gerik, T.; Dile, Y. T.; Srinivasan, R.; Clarke, N.; Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture; TAMU; IDSS; ILSSIItem Beyond the drinking glass: Expanding our understanding of water-nutrition linkages. Field Exchange 54(February 2017).(2017) Mekonnen, D.K.; IFPRIWater access and management play central roles in determining nutritional outcomes. Water-for-nutrition is most often approached from a WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) perspective, where the aim is to improve water quality and practices for domestic water supply, thus reducing the burden of water-related diseases in a population. A WASH focus for improving nutritional outcomes is especially pertinent, given recent evidence highlighting the role of diarrhoeal disease and environmental enteropathy in determining child stunting. However, there are a number of water-nutrition pathways in addition to WASH that would benefit from greater attention in research and discussion. A session aimed at expanding our understanding of water-nutrition linkages was organised during the 2016 Stockholm World Water Week (26 August to 5 September, 2016). The session was organised by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in collaboration with the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn, USAID, and Texas A&M University.Item Ex Ante Analysis of Small-Scale Irrigation Interventions in Bihinaayili(Feed the Future, [2016?]) Bizmana, Jean-Claude; Clarke, Neville P.; Dile, Yihun T.; Gerik, Thomas J.; Jeong, Jaehak; Osorio Leyton, Javier M.; Richardson, James W.; Srinivasan, Raghavan; Worqlul, Abeyou W.; USAID; The Borlaug Institute; Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Texas A&M University System; IFPRI; IWMI; ILRI; North Carolina A&T State UniversityItem An example IDSS gap and constraints analysis for small scale irrigation systems in the Robit watershed(Feed the Future ILSSI, [2016?]) USAID; The Borlaug Institute; Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Texas A&M University System; IFPRI; IWMI; ILRI; North Carolina A&T State UniversityItem Feed the Future ILSSI – Ethiopia(Feed the Future ILSSI, 2015) ILSSIItem Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation(Feed the Future ILSSI, 2014) USAID; The Borlaug Institute; Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Texas A&M University SystemItem Indicator data([2019])Item A multi-stakeholder dialogue on farmer-led irrigation in Ethiopia: Engaging with Stakeholders from the Agricultural Water Management Task Force(Feed the Future, 2020) Minh, Thai Thi; Schmitter, Petra; Ludi, Eva; USAID; ILSSI; IWMIItem Semi -Annual Report October 1, 2016 – March 31st, 2017(Feed the Future ILSSI, 2017)Item Semi Annual Report April 1 – September 30, 2014(2014) ILSSIFeed the Future Innovation Lab on Small Scale Irrigation in Ethiopia, Tanzania and GhanaItem Semi-Annual Report April 1, - September 30, 2015(Feed the Future, 2015) ILSSI; USAID; The Borlaug Institute; Texas A&M University System; IFPRI; IWMI; ILPRI; North Carolina A&T State UniversityItem Semi-Annual Report October 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015(Feed the Future ILSSI, 2015) USAID; The Borlaug Institute; Texas A&M University System; IFPRI; IWMI; ILPRI; North Carolina A&T State UniversityItem Semi-Annual Report: April 30, 2014. Year 1(Feed the Future ILSSI, 2014) USAID; The Borlaug Institute; Texas A&M University System; IFPRI; IWMI; ILPRI; North Carolina A&T State UniversityItem Technical Advisory Panel: Irrigation Financing to Benefit Smallholder Farmers(Intellectual Venture Management, LLC, 2020) Global Good; ILSSI