Category: Rural Development

Walking a Tightrope Under Covid-19

: Published: December 21, 2020:

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I have to admit, this is a somewhat attention-grabbing title for an experience report that attempts to describe the balancing act that my work as an advisor in the development sector in Mozambique in 2020 entailed. What do I mean here by tightrope walk?

I went to Mozambique at …

Good Practice: Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR)

Organisation: Symbiose; Country: Senegal: :  : : AT A GLANCE: Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR), a strategy for adaptation to climate change (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Regeneración Natural Asistida (RNA), una estrategia para la adaptación al cambio climático (Español): : EN UN COUP DOEIL: Régénération Naturelle Assistée (RNA), une stratégie d’adaptation aux changements climatiques (French): : EN DÉTAIL: Régénération Naturelle Assistée (RNA), une stratégie d’adaptation …

LEARNING FROM FAILURE: Not using demonstration plots

Organisation: Fundación Segundo Montes ; Country:  El Salvador: :  : : AT A GLANCE: Soil regeneration and water harvesting demonstration plots (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Parcelas demostrativas en regeneración de suelo y cosecha de agua (Español): : EN DETALLE: Parcelas demostrativas en regeneración de suelo y cosecha de agua (Español)

Good Practice: Combining fish farming with sustainable horticulture

: : : : : : : : Organisation: Kubatsirana; Country:  Mozambique: : AT A GLANCE: Combining fish farming with sustainable horticulture (English): : COM UM OLHAR : Combinação de piscicultura com horticultura sustentável (Portuguese): : EM DETALHE: Combinação de piscicultura com horticultura sustentável (Portuguese): : : : : : : :

Good Practice: Training on the use of bio-pesticides

Organisation: ESMABAMA; Country:  Mozambique: : AT A GLANCE: Training on the use of bio-pesticides in agricultural institutes and communities to combat and control pests (English): : COM UM OLHAR : Formação e uso de bio pesticidas nos Institutos agrários e

Good Practice: Integrated Fish and Poultry Farming

: : : : : : : : Organisation: DESECE – Development Education Services for Community Empowerment; Country:  Kenya: : AT A GLANCE: Integrated Fish and Poultry Farming​ (English): : EN UN VISTAZO: Cría integrada de peces y aves de corral (Español): : IN DETAIL: Integrated Fish and Poultry Farming

Good Practice: Conservation Agriculture for improved soils and increased production​

Organisation: SCORE – Spiritan Community OutReach; Country:  Ethiopia: : AT A GLANCE: Conservation Agriculture for improved soil quality and increased production​ (English): : EN UN VISTAZO Agricultura de Conservación

Good Practice: Organic Fertilizer based on Cow Dung

Organisation: Young Africa Agri-Tech, Dondo (YAAT); Country: Mozambique: : AT A GLANCE: Producing Organic Fertilizer based on Cow Dung (English): : COM UM OLHAR: Produçãode Adubo O

Good Practice: Sustainable Rainwater Management for Drinking Purposes

Organisation: Caritas Kaolack; Country: Senegal: : En un coup dœil: Gestion durable de leau de pluie pour la boisson (French): : AT A GLANCE: Sustainable Rainwater Management for Drinking Purposes (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Gestión sostenible del agua pluvial para beber (Spanish): : EN DÉTAIL: Gestion durable de leau de pluie pour la

Learning from Failure: Fight for Ban on Pesticides

Country: El Salvador; Organisation: Fundación Segundo Montes (FSM): : AT A GLANCE: Fight for Ban on Pesticides in El Salvador (English): : A UN VISTAZO: La lucha contra los agrotóxicos en El Salvador (Español): : IN DETAIL: La lucha contra los agrotóxicos en El Salvador (Español)

Good Practice: Participation as a Local Development Challenge

Country: Senegal; Organisation: Symbiose: : AT A GLANCE: Participation as a Local Development Challenge in Senegal (English): : En un coup dœil: La participation comme enjeu de developpement local au Senegal (French) : : IN DETAIL: La participation comme enjeu de developpement local au Senegal (French)

Learning from Good Practice: Training in Agroecological Market Gardening

Country: Senegal; Organisation: Symbiose: : AT A GLANCE: Training in Agroecological Market Gardening (English): En un coup dœil: Formation de relais en maraichage agro-ecologique (French): A UN VISTAZO: Capacitación para la horticultura agroecológica (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Formation de relais en maraichage agro-ecologique (French)

Learning from Failure: Control of the Pine Bark Beetle

Country: El Salvador; Organisation: Fundación Segundo Montes: : AT A GLANCE: Control of the Pine Bark Beetle in Morazán (English): : A UN VISTAZO: El Control del Gorgojo Descortezador en Morazán (Español): : Systematisation of the Learning from Failure experience: Control of the Pine Bark Beetle in Morazán (Español): :  : :  

Good Practice: Growing Tomatoes on Contaminated Soils

Country: Mozambique; Organisation: Young Africa Agri-Tech: : AT A GLANCE: Growing Tomatoes on Contaminated Soils (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Cultivando Tomates en Suelos Contaminados (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Growing Tomatoes on Contaminated Soils (English)

Good Practice: Collecting and Reusing Rainwater

Country: El Salvador; Organisation: FUNDESYRAM: : AT A GLANCE: Collecting and Reusing Rainwater (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Recoger y reusar aguas pluviales (Spanish): :  

Good Practice: Water Supply System for Salvadoran Community

Country: El Salvador; Organisation: ADES – Asociación de Desarrollo Económico Social: : AT A GLANCE: A water supply system for the community of Los Hernández, Cabañas in El Salvador (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Sistema de abastecimiento de agua para el caserío Los Hernández, Cabañas en El Salvador (Spanish)

Good Practice: Rainwater Management and Infrastructure

Country: Papua New Guinea; Organisation: Catholic Diocese Daru-Kiunga: : AT A GLANCE: Rainwater Management Integrated into Building and Infrastructure Projects (english): : A UN VISTAZO: La Gestión de Aguas Pluviales en Proyectos de Construcción e Infraestructura (spanischl): :  

Good Practice: Improving Market Access for South Sudanese Refugees

Country: Uganda; Organisation: PALM Corps: : AT A GLANCE: Improving Market Access for South Sudanese Refugees (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Mejora del acceso al mercado para los refugiados del sur de Sudán (Spanish)

Learning from Failure: Improving Agricultural Input Distribution

Country: Uganda; Organisation: PALM Corps: : AT A GLANCE: Improving Agricultural Input Distribution (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Mejora de la distribución de insumos agrícolas (español)

Good Practice: Enhancing Access to Land for Refugees in Refugee Settlements for Livelihood Transformation

Country: Uganda; Organisation: PALM Corps: : AT A GLANCE: Enhancing Access to Land for Refugees in Refugee Settlements for Livelihood Transformation (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Mejora del acceso a tierra cultivable en los asentamientos de refugiados para la transformación y desarrollo de los medios de vida (Spanish): :  : :  

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