January 1, 2024
Tools for Field Staff›Manuals
Value Chain Toolkit
The Value chain tool kit provides methods to support male (♂) and female (♀) farmers in the “Build to Grow to Prosper” phases of the CRS Pathway to Prosperity (Figure 1). Through...More
July 26, 2023
Tools for Field Staff›Tool Kits
Rapid Seed System Security Assessment (RSSSA) Tools
In response to demand for a more rapid and less resource-intensive seed system assessment than the standard Seed System Security Assessment (SSSA), the CRS-led S34D project along...More
September 30, 2020
Research›Case Studies
The Farmer Entrepreneurship Program (FEP) Project Case Study
The Farmer Entrepreneurship Program (FEP) illustrates that poverty can be addressed through building local agricultural businesses. The FEP began in 2008 with the purpose of...More
October 17, 2019
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Improved stable conditions boost livestock productivity
AGRICULTURAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE: BRIEF 4 Livestock are important to almost all rural households in the highlands of Central Afghanistan. They are the main disposable asset of most...More
October 17, 2019
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Introducing social behavior change to agricultural development
While many approaches have been developed to promote agricultural development over the past 50 years, success has been localized and not readily scaled. Almost all initiatives...More
October 17, 2019
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Reduced seed rate and fertilizer adjustments build wheat resilience
AGRICULTURAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE: BRIEF 5 Risk reduction is a major factor influencing farmers’ perceptions and behaviors, and often leads to the inappropriate use of inputs...More
October 17, 2019
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Reallocation of feed doubles livestock productivity in a year
AGRICULTURAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE: BRIEF 3 Livestock productivity in pastoral and agro‑pastoral systems is based primarily on the production of young stock for sale and, to a lesser...More
October 17, 2019
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Improved storage transforms potato crop
AGRICULTURAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE: BRIEF 1 The potato is the only cash crop available to most households in the Central Highlands of Afghanistan. Production is restricted by an...More
May 3, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Manuals
Agricultural Fair and Voucher Manual
This manual provides the technical and operational knowledge for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating agriculture voucher fairs. The manual covers various types of...More
July 22, 2014
Research›Papers/Reports
Empowering Women Through Savings Groups
This gender study explores women’s participation and leadership in savings groups in the context of an integrated five-year USAID-funded Development Food Aid Program (DFAP)...More
