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Item Regional Collective Action Wraps Up(Newsletter, 2011-05-31) Longley, K.; Otieno, Y.; Katingi, E.; Seré Rabé, Carlos; Sirengo, R.After four years, the Regional Collective Action Programme has come to an end. In this final issue of Collective Action News, we report on how Regional Collective Action activities have supported the work of the Consortium and the CRPs. The Regional Collective Action Programme has been described by Carlos Seré, Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), which has hosted the Programme since its inception in 2007, as ‘a bold experiment that achieved considerable success in promoting collaborative action in eastern and southern Africa that has now been overtaken by the process of CGIAR reform’. Many of the activities started under the Programme have now been incorporated into the CGIAR Consortium and the CGIAR Research Programmes (CRPs).Item Agriculture and Rural Development Day at the Cancún Climate Change Conference(Newsletter, 2010-12-15) Otieno, Y.Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) was held for the second time during the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which took place earlier this month at Cancún, Mexico. The day-long event, which drew hundreds of participants including policy makers, farmers, scientists and journalists, aimed to put agriculture on this year’s climate change agenda. In her opening speech, Inger Andersen, CGIAR Fund Council Chair and Vice President of Sustainable Development, World Bank talked about the intersection of agricultural development, food security and climate. She proposed agriculture as a solution that was a triple win of increased food security, resilience and reduction of emissions. The success of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in promoting the spread of Evergreen Agriculture in Africa was cited as an example of a climate-smart agricultural technique that can both increase crop yields and help to reduceItem Hope for the future: Sowing the seeds for agricultural research in Somalia(Newsletter, 2010-11-15) Haji, H.; Longley, K.The CGIAR Regional Collective Action for Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) recently supported the Somali Agricultural Technical Group (SATG) in organizing workshops in Hargeisa and Nairobi to identify ways to promote agricultural research in Somalia. The workshops were held under Flagship Program 4 which aims to enhance food security in ESA countries affected by natural disaster and/or conflict through research-related activities that contribute towards effective and appropriate emergency preparedness, relief and recovery interventions.Item Rwanda launches Irrigation Master Plan(Newsletter, 2010-09-30) Gachene, C.; Oduour, A.; Kipruto, C.; Malesu, M.Rwanda’s economy mainly depends on the agricultural sector, particularly food crop production. Poverty reduction therefore largely depends on efforts made on the modernisation of this sector. Although Rwanda possesses considerable water resources, they are not evenly distributed. For example, while water is abundant in the marshlands, facilities for storing it elsewhere for irrigation purposes are lacking. Farming during dry seasons is thus limited in most parts of Rwanda. Agriculture and livestock in the eastern parts of Rwanda, where rainfall is lowest, are especially affected. This situation created a need for a full, efficient and sustainable exploitation of water resources that can help to ensure the sustainable production of food, cash, export and industrial crops.Item South Africa to Burkina Faso: African agricultural innovation in a changing global environment(Newsletter, 2010-08-20) Katingi, E.; Seré Rabé, Carlos; Longley, K.; Otieno, Y.This was the theme that brought together more than 700 hundred diverse participants for the 5th Agriculture Science Week and Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) General Assembly, held 19-24 July 2010 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The FARA Science Week has become a major event in the African agriculture scene and has successfully expanded its stakeholder base beyond the national agricultural research systems to include NGO, government, farmer organization and some private sector participants, as well as several ministers of agriculture.Item Developing Africa's agricultural markets(Newsletter, 2010-07-06) Staal, Steven J.In May 2009, 150 of the world’s leading market experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya to consider how governments, donors and other stakeholders could improve Africa’s national and regional agricultural markets. Their goal was to identify and recommend priority actions for achieving more efficient and effective markets that would contribute to poverty reduction and economic development throughout the continent.Item 2010 International Day of Biodiversity celebrations(2010-05-30) Obel Lawson, E.; Otieno, Y.Item Online consultations to enhance agricultural research for development(Newsletter, 2009-09-15) Staiger Rivas, SimoneItem Biotechnology, bioinformatics and food security: hype or hope?(Newsletter, 2009-06-15) Mehta-Bhatt, Purvi; Villiers, Etienne P. deItem Food price rises: is regional trade the answer?(Newsletter, 2008-07-15) Waithaka, M.Item Disaster risk reduction: addressing the longer term issues(Newsletter, 2009-10-15) Longley, K.Item Agriculture and rural development in the Copenhagen climate change talks(Newsletter, 2009-12-15) Campbell, Bruce M.Item Food price rises: global smiles, regional frowns?(Newsletter, 2009-03-15) Karigia, J.; Waithaka, M.Item Where science and emergencies meet: as crises become more frequent, agricultural research finds a big new role(Newsletter, 2008-08-15) Longley, K.Item Rising food prices in eastern and southern Africa revisited: lifting trade barriers is still the answer(Newsletter, 2009-08-15) Karugia, Joseph T.Item Update on the CGIAR reform process(Newsletter, 2009-11-15) Longley, K.; Sere, S.; Garrity, Dennis P.Item Could 150 million thirsty livestock be efficient water harvesters? Nile Basin studies show how(Newsletter, 2008-11-15) Peden, Donald G.Item Priority actions on agricultural markets? Not easy at a market of ideas!(Newsletter, 2009-05-15) Barrett, Christopher B.; Dorward, A.Item Highlights from GCARD(Press Item, 2010-04-15) Otieno, Y.Item Connecting the dots: online maps for improved access to information on agricultural research projects(Newsletter, 2009-02-15) Porcari, Enrica M.; Postore, A.; Katingi, E.