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Crop Case Study: GMO Golden Rice in Asia with Enhanced Vitamin A Benefits for Consumers

Golden Rice is genetically modified to provide beta-carotene in the rice grain and it could potentially […]

Breeding for improved drought tolerance in maize adapted to southern Africa

The difficulty of choosing appropriate selection environments has restricted breeding progress for drought tolerance in highly-variable […]

ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANT RICE & WHEAT: SOUTH ASIA

Improving the productivity of cereal crops in South Asia, specifically rice and wheat, has become a […]

Climate Change Climate and Variability in Southern Africa: Impacts and Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector

This paper proposes to discuss the current vulnerability of the southern African region to climate variability, […]

Agricultural Drought Indices Proceedings of an expert meeting

WMO, together with the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) and the School of Natural Resources of the […]

Desertification, Drought, Poverty, and Agriculture

Desertification, drought, and poverty create a scenario of misery and insecurity across the drylands of Africa and […]

Drought Response – Agriculture Water Management Alternative

This discussion is designed to help producers decide what to do with available water resources. For simplicity, […]

Ecological farming: agriculture Drought-resistant agriculture

Human-induced climate change is resulting in less and more erratic rainfall, especially in regions where food security […]

La vulnerabilidad del sector agricola frente a los desastres Reflexiones generales

Los desastres se incrementan en frecuencia e intensidad, según afirmaciones de centros cien- tíficos especializados. En […]

Regional Cooperation for Food Security: The Case of Emergency Rice Reserves in the ASEAN Plus Three

After the food price crisis in 2008, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) endorsed the establishment […]

Rice Crisis and Climate Risk Management: The CURE Approach

This paper is an attempt to remind us that the maxim “RICE IS LIFE” does not show […]

Pesticide Risk Assessment in Rice Paddies: Theory and Practice

Rice is cultivated throughout the world under submerged conditions. The high water requirements and the heavy […]

Innovaciones en Modelos de Seguro de Riesgo

Los pequeños agricultores enfrentan una serie de riesgos relacionados con la producción, las transacciones y los […]

El riesgo en la agricultura

La estrategia comercial de Chile requiere de un sector silvoagropecuario que utilice en forma más eficiente […]

Afghanistan – Drought impact Emergency Food Security Assessment, November 2011

The two phases of the Rapid EFSA in Afghanistan were carried out in different districts of […]

Monthly Coffee Market Report – ICO

Coffee prices in October were subject to significant downward corrections in the broader context of the […]

Crops and Drops: Making the Best Use of Water in Agriculture

Water and food security are intimately connected. Many of the over 800 million people in the […]

Achieving food security in the face of climate change: Summary for policy makers from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change

The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change has reviewed the scientific evidence to identify a […]

Wheat Outlook – Report from the Economic Research Service

World wheat production is projected up 2.1 million tons this month to a near-record 683.3 million, […]

Drought and Retribution: Evidence from a Large Scale Rainfall Index Insurance in Mexico

This presentation details some basic information about index insurance, followed by a review of the Mexico […]