Jim Hammond

Agriculture, land use, environment. People. Systems thinking. Occasional fun stuff.

[CGIAR @CGIAR]

Today, @RishiSunak announced the launch of the UK’s first CGIAR center, at the Global Food Security Summit #GFSS23. The event brought together governments, scientists, NGOs and the private sector for action on global food security. #UKCGIAR

Read more⤵ https://t.co/HvwmZ59WF5

[FCDO Research, Science and Technology @FCDOResearch]

"We have to work together, we can't just talk about working together."

“The biggest need that we need to address is: how do we get technologies to farmers through institutional innovation?”

@Agnes_Kalibata, @AGRA_Africa #GFSS23

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@SouthYeoEast Emmaculate

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@EnviroEm I wrote an essay on Nepalese community forest management 15 years ago when studying at uni. The examiner gave me a top grade, but then replaced it with a lower grade, saying "if my assessment was correct, why wasn't everybody doing it?".
I'm chalking this up as a win.

[Jim Hammond @JimHam18]

Fascinating graphic! Nations meeting human needs Vs environmental damage

[Kate Raworth @KateRaworth]

Seeking Twitter hive mind! Names matter - so to get beyond erroneous 'developed / developing' countries, we're proposing new country clusters, in terms of their journey towards living in the Doughnut. For starters: Rise-Shift-Fulfil-Reduce. What else do you suggest?...

[Jim Hammond @JimHam18]

A new piece of research looking at changing incomes amongst farmers in East Africa. Agriculture can help some escape poverty, but doesn't help the poorest. Something else is needed to escape the extreme poverty trap. But what?
https://t.co/OSRri7wcyS

[Michael Victor @khaosanlao]

Did #africarising have impacts on livelihoods? Check this out - one estimate showed there was a 7:1 return with 146 million in farmers pockets vs $19 million of project cost @ILRI @JimHam18 @CGIARAfrica @CGIAR @USAIDAfrica @USAIDEthiopia

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@DrHenaSyedSabir Sure this is very useful when folks are feeling towards the red... But there should be more shades of green. Functioning, thriving, flying... Let's not forget about the good moods which are possible.

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@TyRBeal @foodpolicy_JHU @l_haddad @AnnaWHerforth @GAINalliance @JohnsHopkinsAHW @RockefellerFdn @CGIAR @IDRC_CRDI @CIFFchild @MaximoTorero Well this totally negates my last six months of work, developing a framework for food system diagnosis and intervention selection... Unless... Hmm, 🤔 any interest in adapting this for local level decision support? @TyRBeal

[Edward Joy @edward_joy1]

📢We're hiring! New post working with the MAPS and IMMANA projects @LSHTM @mnd_support @ANH_Academy #data #survey #R 🌽🍠🧮📋https://t.co/wIV3fPT0SM

[Jim Hammond @JimHam18]

Anything we can learn here, CGIAR colleagues?
IMHO We like to apply systems thinking in our models and analysis, but not in our project management

[K4DD @K4D_info]

How can #SystemsThinking be applied to #InternationalDevelopment? 💭

In this report, Jacky Hicks ( @IDS_UK) looks at examples of various applications of the approach by @USAID, @wateraid, @FCDOGovUK & others.

Take a look:👉 https://t.co/2yXcyj06ga

@SusanDavisWASH @oxfamgb

[Jim Hammond @JimHam18]

Want to see more legumes in Ethiopia? All you need to know https://t.co/UC82GNIIPL

[Jim Hammond @JimHam18]

Any PhD students want a funded 6 month placement with our group? Improving assessment GHGs from African cattle, based on high freuqnecy & crowd sources survey data. See page 47 https://t.co/malBMAXFUt and info here: https://t.co/VLrLAs0lA0

[@[email protected] (Jacob van Etten) @Jacobvanetten]

During the lock-down I finalized something I have been working on for a long time: a critical article about the economic narrative behind the Green Revolution. Comments welcome! https://t.co/ytYBHOJo99

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@Timothaki It's a wonder forests were allowed to exist for so long before climate change was invented

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We interviewed nine thousand farmers in Africa and Asia about how COVID-19 affected their lives. Massive income loss, reduced food consumption. No government support schemes.
😬😬😬
https://t.co/skOqUAjBao

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@shaunwkeaveny I found it hard to stay on top of the dirty pots and pans until I took advice from Snoop Dogg to "wash it while it's hot".

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The news anchor demonstrates the need for direct action on climate change admirably

[Talk @TalkTV]

Mike's interview with Insulate Britain spokesman Cameron lasts less than a minute.

@Iromg | @InsulateLove

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Nice paper showing that crop and livestock integration opens up possibilities for lower environmental impact. #rhomis data fed into the #farmdesign model. Tidy.

[Birthe Paul @BirthePaul]

Crop-livestock integration provides opportunities to mitigate environmental trade-offs in transitioning smallholder agricultural systems of the Greater Mekong Subregion - open access https://t.co/r0qaAiNido

@BiovIntCIAT_eng @Livestock_CGIAR @ETH @agroscope

[Jim Hammond @JimHam18]

@timgmclellan I've got another one.... The circular hell of 2020 (when can we leave?)