Aug 4, 2021Adaptation and Agronomic Performance of Domesticated Moroccan Oat (Avena magna ssp. domestica) Lines under Subsistence Farming Conditions at Multiple Locations in Moroccoby Eric N. Jellen*, Eric W. Jackson, Thiam Elhadji, Lauren K. Young, Ayoub El Mouttaqi, Ilyass Al Halfa, Imane El Fartassi, Liouba Sanata Katile, Richard Linchangco, Kevin Klassen, Tiffany Agard, Mark Nelson, Will Rogers, Gweneth Gustafson, Jacob Taylor,Peter J. Maughan, David E. Jarvis, Sakina Soukrat, Ouafae Benlhabib 1-Plant Genetic Resources…Agronomy36 min readAgronomy36 min read
May 18, 2021The Importance of Protein in the Developing World– A Solution to Food and Nutrition Insecurity Originally published August 2018. Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RD, FAND Former President, Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics Senior Associate, The Context Network Tiffany Agard, Program Analyst, Context Global Development Executive Summary The next 30 years will be a time of incredible importance and change in the world’s history. Recent estimates project that…Nutrition14 min readNutrition14 min read
May 17, 2021Building Collaborative Partnerships in West AfricaOriginally published July 2018. Climate change, poverty, and hunger, habitat preservation — these are just some of the challenges facing the world today, and agriculture holds the key to unlocking their solutions. A creative, collaborative, and business-driven approach is necessary to tackle these challenges. …Agriculture4 min readAgriculture4 min read
Mar 25, 2021Yams — West Africa’s Corner on the MarketCommodity Report. Originally published June 2018. COMMODITY REPORT: Yam yields in Nigeria and Ghana are low, largely because the quality of seed yams sourced from the informal seed system is poor and disease pressure is high. A project funded by a multi-year grant to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) from the Bill & Melinda…Yam5 min readYam5 min read
Mar 25, 2021Farming on the Edge: Smallholders in Africa’s SahelSUMMER 2018 FARMER PERSPECTIVE: Getting his shoes dusty helped open Joe Funk’s eyes to the realities of Africa’s Sahel region. As a writer documenting Context Global Development®’s (CGD) work in evaluating agricultural development programs, it was Funk’s first time on the ground in the region. …Sahel4 min readSahel4 min read
Mar 25, 2021The Context Global Development® Receives Funding to Explore Productivity Gains for Two Key Crops in West Africa’s Low-Rainfall RegionsPress Release. Originally published November 2017. WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — (April 12, 2016) Context Global Development® (CGD) has received a $4 million USD grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a new program entitled, “Realizing Sorghum and Millet Agricultural Productivity Gains in the Sahel.” The two-year program…Development3 min readDevelopment3 min read
Mar 23, 2021Rare Plants Partnership Unlocks Nutritional Value Of Forgotten Plants: First Field Trials Underway In MoroccoOriginally published July 2017. In the clay soil of a creek bed in the arid foothills of Morocco’s Atlas Mountain range, a little-known wild species of oats is thriving, as it has for centuries. While some of the region’s native mammalian species have long since gone extinct, Avena magna, a…Agriculture4 min readAgriculture4 min read
Mar 11, 2021Context Global Development® and Partners Launch a Bold Initiative to Transform theYam Seed System in Nigeria and GhanaPress release. Originally published February 2017. WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — (February 6, 2017) Context Global Development® (CGD) and partners have launched a new program aimed at transforming the formal yam seed system in Nigeria and Ghana to enable smallholder farmers access to affordable, high quality seed yam tubers. The…Yam3 min readYam3 min read
Mar 11, 2021Partnering to Unlock the Potential of Nigeria's Cassava Value ChainOriginally published August 2016. Context Global Development® partners with Nigeria’s largest HQCF processor to establish an on-farm, commercial cassava seed multiplication system Context Global Development® (CGD) formed a partnership with Nigeria’s largest High-Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) processor, Flour Mills of Nigeria, to establish an innovative and commercially viable cassava stem…Agriculture4 min readAgriculture4 min read
Mar 11, 2021Context Global Development® Begins Initiative to Enhance Access to High Quality, Affordable Cassava Seed in NigeriaOriginally published April 2016. WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — (April 30, 2016) Context Global Development® (CGD) has begun work on a new initiative that aims to sustainably improve Nigerian farmers’ access to high quality and affordable cassava planting materials. The four-year project, entitled “Building and Economically Sustainable, Integrated Seed System…Cassava3 min readCassava3 min read
