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PIPA (Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis)
Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) is a practical planning, and monitoring and evaluation approach developed for use with complex projects in the water and food... -
Humidtropics Situational Analysis Checklist
There are 3 primary objectives for the Humidtropics situational analysis (SA): 1. To characterize broadly all important system aspects that are relevant to the CRP within the... -
RAAIS (Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems)
Agri-food systems are complex webs of people, organisations, technologies and rules. In such complexity, it is essential to identify entry points for innovation that are... -
ICRAF Local Knowledge Toolkit (AKT5)
Over recent years, there has been increasing awareness that local knowledge and practices should be recognised in developing initiatives aimed at sustaining and improving the... -
EXTRAPOLATE (EX-ante Tool for RAnking POLicy AlTErnatives)
EXTRAPOLATE (EX-ante Tool for RAnking POLicy AlTErnatives) arose out of the need for a decision support tool to assess the impact of different policy measures. By disaggregating... -
Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index
The Women Empowerment Index in Agriculture (WEAI) is used to measure women's empowerment, agency and inclusion in agriculture in five domains: - decisions about agricultural... -
Gender and Value Chain
We have developed and used a quasi-experimental design and index to measure women's intra-household bargaining position. We hope this tool can capture women's perceived... -
Value-chain Assessment Tools - Version 1
This tool is a producer level for Value Chain Assessment as part of the diagnostic phase of the Value Chain Development theme of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and... -
Tool for Monitoring and Evaluation of Innovation Platforms
The conceptual framework for monitoring and evaluation of innovation platforms is based on elements from new institutional economics and marketing relationship management to... -
FEAST (Feed Assessment Tool)
Feed for livestock is often cited as the main constraint to improved productivity in smallholder systems. Overcoming this constraint often seems an elusive goal and technical... -
Happy Strategies
The Happy Strategies game is a participatory communication tool to engage discussion and learning around integrated rainwater management. It can be adjusted to be played with... -
Rapid Integrated Assessment of Food Safety and Nutrition Research Opportuniti...
Rapid integrated assessment (RIA) of food safety, zoonoses and nutrition in informal animal source food (ASF) value chain -
TAGMI (Targeting AGwater Management Interventions)
The Targeting AGwater Management Interventions (TAGMI) is a decision support tool that facilitates targeting and scaling-out of three different Agricultural Water Management... -
River Basin Game (aka The Water Marbles Game)
The River Basin Game is an effective simple-to-operate common-pool game using glass marbles and a sloping table or board. It promotes mutual understanding of different people’s... -
Livestock and Fish Site Selection Guidelines
The Livestock and Fish site selection guideline provide a framework to select the site within the selection value chains in a consistent way across all countries we work in. The... -
TOA-MD (TradeOff Analysis for Multi-Dimensional Impact Assessment)
The Tradeoff Analysis Model for Multi-dimensional Impact Assessment (TOA-MD) is a parsimonious, generic model for analysis of technology adoption (e.g. adaptation strategies),... -
DAPA’s Linking Farmers to Markets Research Group (formerly CIAT's Tool for Ag...
How can market linkages be achieved through comprehensive processes that promote rural agribusiness development? Finding answers to this question is part of our work as a... -
Agricultural Biodiversity 4-Cell Focus Group Methodology
Using a 4-Cell participatory tool - we can identify and rank species regarding their availability and use i) on-farm ii) in the wild iii) in the markets and iv) in the diet. The... -
LINK Methodology
The LINK Methodology aims to promote the engagement of small holder producers with modern markets by guiding a multi-stakeholder process of shaping or upgrading inclusive... -
Area-based Approach for Rural Agroenterprise Development
This guide provides the starting point for applying the strategy developed by CIAT’s Rural Agroenterprise Development Project (RAeD), to address the entrepreneurial development...