Publications by catherine longley
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Participatory Impact Assessment of Emergency Seed Interventions
This report presents the findings of a Participatory Impact Assessment (PIA) of emergency seed interventions implemented by World Vision in the Adjumani District of Northern Uganda. The assessment’s aim was to generate evidence on the impacts of selected emergency seed interventions on community...More
Participatory Impact Assessment of Emergency Seed Interventions
This report provides a synthesis of three Participatory Impact Assessments of emergency seed interventions in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The interventions were implemented by World Vision, Lutheran World Federation and CRS respectively, and the assessments were undertaken under...More
Participatory Impact Assessment of Emergency Seed Interventions
This report presents the findings of a PIA of emergency seed interventions implemented by Lutheran World Federation in Adjumani District, Northern Uganda. The assessment explored the impact of seed interventions implemented by LWF under two projects.More
Participatory Impact Assessment of Emergency Seed Interventions
This report presents the findings of a participatory impact assessment (PIA) of emergency seed interventions implemented by CRS in Kasai Central province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The aim of the assessment was to generate evidence on the impacts of selected emergency seed interventions...More
A Framework for Resilient Seed Systems
The seed system resilience framework presented in this report offers a structured conceptualization of seed system resilience and the types of seed-related support that are appropriate in the face of climate change and in protracted crisis contexts. In contrast to earlier frameworks (which have...More
Designing and implementing seed fairs
Nine specific actions to promote seed market linkages were proposed as part of the design and implementation of agricultural fairs that took place in March 2020 in Eastern Uganda in response to flooding at the end of 2019. This report describes the ways in which some of these actions were...More
Role of Seed Vouchers and Fairs Promoting Seed Market Development
The report suggests multiple ways to address the challenges to support seed market development over time with or without seed fairs. More
Six Lessons for Seed Sector Development in Fragile States
Existing models for seed sector development are not viable in fragile states. Based on case studies in Haiti, Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, combined with literature review and first-hand experience, six lessons for seed sector development in fragile states have been...More
Review of Cash Transfers for Seed Security in Emergency Contexts
While there has been an increase in the uptake of cash transfers for seed security in recent years, experience is still somewhat limited. This report provides an analytical review of eight cash transfer for seed security interventions and offers lessons and recommendations to guide the use and...More
Emergency Seed Interventions, Subsidies and Seed System Development
In collaboration with the global Food Security Cluster (gFSC), S34D has developed a set of innovative tools to rapidly assess local seed situations. These tools identify seed security issues, determine if seed security is an issue at farm level, and apply a gender, youth, and PWD lens during the...More
Uganda Seed Sector Profile
This report focuses on four aspects of the seed sector in Uganda and the interactions between them – the (i) formal seed system, (ii) semi-formal or Quality Declared Seed system, (iii) informal seed system, and (iv) emergency seed provisioning. It examines current strategies for seed sector...More