Resources

• Publications related with RIPAT

1. Farmers’ Choice: Evaluating an approach to agricultural technology adoption in Tanzania. Edited by Helene BieLilleor, and Ulrik Lund Sorensen. Rockwool Foundation Research Unit.
2. The RIPAT Manual: Rural Initiatives for Participatory Agricultural Transformation by Vesterager, J.M., Ringo, D., Maguzu, C. W., Ng’ang’a, J.N. (2013) The RIPAT manual – Rural Initiatives for Participatory Agricultural Transformation, Copenhagen: The Rockwool Foundation, Denmark.
3. Can Agricultural Interventions Improve Child Health? Evidence from Tanzania by Anna Folke Larsen &HellenBieLilleor
4. Agricultural technology adoption, food security, poverty and child health; Assessments of an agricultural intervention in Tanzania by Anna Folke Larsen – PhD Series No. 174 – 2015
5. Poster on Rural Agricultural Development Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security – Findings From a Study in Tanzaniaby Jens M. Vesterager, Helene B. Lilleør; The Rockwool Foundation, Denmark; Dominick Ringo;  RECODA, Tanzania
6. How introduction of dairy goat production affects smallholder farmers – A case study Of an agricultural development project in Karatu district, Tanzania by MajbritTerkelsen Aarhus University Master’s Degree Programme: Agrobiology.

• 
  Other Publications

The organization was consulted by FAO in 2007 to undertake a case study on Conservation agriculture in Karatu and Arumeru district. The results were documented in a book called Conservation Agriculture as practised in Tanzania: three case studies – www.fao.org/ag/ca/doc/Tanzania_casestudy.pd

Through implementing her projects, RECODA participated in the documentation of the Conservation Agriculture manual for farmers and extension workers in Africa, published 2005 by the international Institute of Rural Reconstruction and the African Conservation Tillage Network

• References

Banerjee, A. and Duflo, E. (2011) Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, Public Affairs, New York.

Lilleør, H.B. and Lund-Sørensen, U. (eds).Farmers’ Choice – Evaluating an approach to agricultural technology adoption in Tanzania Practical Action Publishing, 2013. 168p.

Vesterager, J.M., Ringo, D., Maguzu, C. W., Ng’ang’a, J.N. (2013) The RIPAT manual – Rural Initiatives for Participatory Agricultural Transformation, Copenhagen: The Rockwool Foundation, Denmark. 142p.

The RIPAT Manual: Rural Initiatives for Participatory Agricultural Transformation

By Jens M. Vesterager, D Ringo, C.W Maguzu and J.N Ng’ang’a

To Download click the link:  http://www.ripat.org/downloads/

• Presentations

RECODA participates and presents papers in different workshops, symposium and seminars to educate and popularize results from the researches, implementation of CED projects and community development approaches.

CONSULTANCY

The consultancies are conducted in the areas of Organizational Development, Social economic research, project cycle management, capacity building to social issues.

• Consultancy services in the following areas
  • Project Cycle Management services including:
    • Baseline surveys
    • Needs assessments and building its capacity accordingly
    • Project design and implementation
    • Midterm evaluations
    • End of project evaluations
    • Impact Assessment of projects
  • Organizational capacity building including
    • Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA),
    • Strategic planning (SP),
  • Fundraising and resource mobilization
  • Capacity development – Training on various related with agriculture and community development
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
  • Participatory methodologies and management
  • Grant and proposal writing

Baseline Studies

Midterm Project Evaluation

End of Project evaluation

Impact Evaluation

Organizational Capacity Building Assignments

Other Assignments