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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... -
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... -
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... -
Dietary Diversity and Quality Scores
The dietary diversity questionnaire consists of 2 parts: 1) the part in which the respondent is asked about all the foods (and ingredients) (s)he consumed the previous day and... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Livestock Geo-Wiki
The Livestock Geo-Wiki is an online geo-data tool, that allows not only for visualisation of geo-data but also allows for crowd-sourcing. The Geo-Wiki is used to provide a... -
Innovation Platforms
What is an innovation platform (IP)? How is it relevant to agricultural problems? What does it bring to the table that other approaches do not? How does one go about setting up,... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
COMPASS (Co-innovation and Modeling Platform for Agro-eco System Simulation)
"The COMPASS (Co-innovation and Modeling Platform for Agro-eco System Simulation) framework that integrates modeling tools at field, farm and landscape scales has been developed... -
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... -
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... -
CIAT's Method for Value Chain Assessment
This tool describes a strategy developed by CIAT’s Rural Agroenterprise Development (RAeD) project, to address the entrepreneurial development needs of institutions that support... -
Identifying Market Opportunities for Rural Smallholder Producers
This guide is the third in a series designed to support agencies implementing a Participatory approach to rural agroenterprise development. These guides are designed for use by... -
Polyscape
Polyscape is an ecosystem service mapping approach that uses both local and expert knowledge to generate a representation of local landscape structure showing areas of potential... -
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...