Browsing by Author "Douthwaite, B."

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    • A Bayesian method to support global out-scaling of water-efficient rice technologies from pilot project areas 

      Rubiano M. J.E.; Cook, S.; Rajasekharan, M.; Douthwaite, B. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      This article present a Bayesian probabilistic method to support out-scaling of technologies from pilot projects. The method is applied to aerobic rice, a water-saving technology with probable global potential. The method ...

    • A new professionalism for agricultural research for development 

      Douthwaite, B.; Apgar, J.M.; Schwarz, A.M.; Attwood, S.; Sellamuttu, S.S.; Clayton, T. (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      There have been repeated calls for a 'new professionalism' for carrying out agricultural research for development since the 1990s. At the centre of these calls is a recognition that for agricultural research to support the ...

    • Capacity to innovate from a system CGIAR research program perspective 

      Leeuwis, C.; Schut, M.; Waters-Bayer, A.; Mur, R.; Atta-Krah, K.; Douthwaite, B. (2014)
      Type: Brief
      The three system CGIAR research programs on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics, Dryland Systems and Aquatic Agricultural Systems have included "capacity to innovate" as an intermediate development outcome in their ...

    • Evaluating complex interventions: A theory-driven realist-informed approach 

      Douthwaite, B.; Mayne, J.; McDougall, C.; Paz-Ybarnegaray, R. (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      There is a growing recognition that programs that seek to change people's lives are intervening in complex systems, which puts a particular set of requirements on program monitoring and evaluation. Developing complexity-aware ...

    • Exploring the impact of farmer-led research supported by civil society organisations 

      Waters-Bayer, A.; Kristjanson, P.; Wettasinha, C.; van Veldhuizen, L.; Quiroga, G.; Swaans, K.; Douthwaite, B. (2015)
      Type: Journal Article
      This paper synthesises the main findings about the impacts of a wide range of farmer-led research initiatives in terms of food security, ecological sustainability, economic empowerment, gender relations, local capacity to ...

    • Monitoring and evaluations strategy brief 

      Douthwaite, B.; Apgar, M.; Crissman, C. (2014)
      Type: Brief
      This brief provides an overview of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) and describes how the M&E system is designed to support the program to achieve ...

    • Outcome evidencing: A Method for enabling and evaluating Program intervention in complex systems 

      Paz-Ybarnegaray, R.; Douthwaite, B. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      This article describes the development and use of a rapid evaluation approach to meet program accountability and learning requirements in a research for development program operating in five developing countries. The method ...

    • Participatory Action Research in the CGIAR research program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems 

      Apgar, M.; Douthwaite, B. (2013)
      Type: Brief
      The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) aims over the next six years, to improve the lives of 15 million poor and vulnerable people who depend upon diverse livelihood strategies in aquatic agricultural ...

    • Research in development: Learning from the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems 

      Douthwaite, B.; Apgar, J.M.; Schwarz, A.; McDougall, C.; Attwood, S.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, S.; Clayton, T. (eds.) (2015)
      Type: Working Paper
      This working paper aims to synthesize and share learning from the experience of adapting and operationalizing the Research in Development (RinD) approach to agricultural research in the five hubs under the The CGIAR Research ...

    • Research in development: the approach of AAS 

      Dugan, P.; Apgar, M.; Douthwaite, B. (2013)
      Type: Working Paper
      The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is pursuing a Research in Development approach that emphasizes the importance of embedding research in the development context. Reflecting this emphasis the ...

    • Strengthening capacities for research in development in aquatic agricultural systems 

      Apgar, M.; Ekong, J.; Sarapura, S.; Douthwaite, B. (2015)
      Type: Working Paper
      The research-in-development (RinD) approach to agricultural research focuses on working closely with communities through multistakeholder engagement to strengthen capacities to design, plan, implement and adapt research ...

    • Towards a complexity-aware theory of change for participatory research programs working within agricultural innovation systems 

      Douthwaite, B.; Hoffecker, E. (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      Agricultural innovation systems (AIS) are increasingly recognized as complex adaptive systems in which interventions cannot be expected to create predictable, linear impacts. Nevertheless, the logic models and theory of ...

    • Using theory of change to achieve impact in AAS 

      Douthwaite, B.; Kamp, K.; Longley, C.; Kruijssen, F.; Puskur, R.; Chiuta, T.; Apgar, M.; Dugan, P. (2013)
      Type: Working Paper
      The CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework sets out four system level outcomes (SLOs), namely: reducing rural poverty, improving food security, improving nutrition and health and sustainable management of natural resources. ...