ABSTRACT Women’s access to insurance contributes to the mandate of insurance supervisors to maintain a fair, […]
ABSTRACT Mali’s economic performance improved markedly following the economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. Between […]
ABSTRACT Guinea has considerable assets to protect its population from food and nutritional insecurity and to […]
ABSTRACT The current resident population in Cape Verde is estimated at 556,000 inhabitants, mostly rural (64%) […]
ABSTRACT ENGLISH BELOW Suite aux Ateliers Régionaux 2019 et 2020, tenus avec les projets des pays […]
ABSTRACT Agriculture is a key sector of the Gambian economy and contributes to 17% of GDP […]
ABSTRACT On top of a decade of exacerbated disaster loss, exceptional global heat, retreating ice and […]
FAO is analysing and providing updates on the emerging COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on agricultural markets—effects that […]
ABSTRACT This study examines the scope and depth of research on the five major types of […]
July 2017 | The final webinar in the FARMD + CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, […]
Droughts and floods during the past two seasons have slowed Malawi’s economic growth and made […]
Agriculture is still the mainstay of the Ugandan population. The sector contributes 22.5% to GDP (in 2013/14), […]
aWhere, Inc. is a data management company who has created a web based location intelligence platform, […]
This report documents the CCAFS Regional Scenarios Workshop – Exploring Key Research Opportunities and Development – […]
Sweet potato virus diseases (SPVD) are an important biotic constraint to sweet potato production in parts […]
Government strategies to promote social protection and agricultural development in Ethiopia are closely intertwined. Interventions such […]
The paper explores how social protection and agricultural policies interact, creating either synergies or conflicts between […]
This paper focuses on social protection programs in Kenya’s agriculture. A case study approach was used […]
This paper presents the political and economic processes governing Ethiopian cereal seed systems by analysing the […]
This paper aims to understand how Zimbabwe can rebuild a seed system appropriate to the post-land […]
Various explanations have been advanced for the persistent under?performance of agriculture in many African countries, where […]
With the ongoing food crisis, stagnating yields and burgeoning poverty, never has the need been greater […]
Transpiration efficiency (TE) has been recognized as an important source of yield variation under drought stress […]
Fusarium moniliforme, the imperfect stage of the ascomycete Gibberella fujikuroi, is an economically important pathogen with […]
Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) isolates were collected from crops of Phaseolus vulgaris (bean) and from […]
Interviews conducted with smallholder farmers in Cochabamba, Bolivia, to determine their knowledge of weeds and weed […]
Gray leaf spot [GLS, causal agent Cercospora zeae-maydis (Tehon and E. Y. Daniels)] is an important […]
Mosaic disease (MD) is more severe in cassava plants infected within the area of the current […]
Any decision-making by policymakers on HPAI prevention and control is challenged by the need to avoid […]
This Policy Brief outlines the scope and initial findings from the agricultural impacts assessments research conducted […]
Ultrastructural studies of the infection of susceptible and resistant cultivars of Sorghum bicolor by Colletotrichum sublineolum […]
The major antigenic protein 1 (MAP1) of the tick-borne rickettsial pathogen Cowdria ruminantium is encoded by […]
FAO and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) have jointly […]
This review summarises the available information on the viruses and virus diseases of cassava in Africa. […]
The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to determine the mating groups of several […]
This report combines the historical view and a unique moment in the story of agriculture – […]
The increase in extreme climate events that is expected to accompany climate change will have farreaching […]
The increase in extreme climate events that are expected to accompany climate change will have far-reaching […]
Mapping the flow of information along the poultry value chain is crucial for the identification of […]
This brief has been extracted from the inception workshop proceedings held in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and […]
This paper has been produced in the context of DFID-funded research on sustainable agricultural marketing initiatives […]
A sampling programme for incidence and phenology of H. armigera and its natural enemies was set […]
The project completed a survey and selection of sites for population and mortality studies in Phase […]
This article demonstrates the politics of the policy processes of adaptation using the case of crop […]
Bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV) was isolated from Centrosema pubescens, Crotalaria incana, Lablab purpureus, Phaseolus […]
This paper provides an overview of poverty levels, hydrology, agricultural production systems and water productivity in […]
This bulletin gives an overview of mung bean research (history of breeding research in Pakistan, and […]
Topics addressed in this presentation include: Overview of the agricultural sector; Phases of agricultural development; Decline […]
The effects of cassava mosaic virus disease (CMD) on yield in fully and partly infected stands […]
The effect on disease development of inhibiting the production of the sesquiterpenoid phytoalexin hemigossypol (HG) in […]
Subsistence-based and natural resource-dependent societies are especially vulnerable to climate change. In such contexts, food security […]
Whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses are the most important constraint to the production of common bean and vegetable crops […]
This briefing outlines the relationship between several risk factors and the occurrence of HPAI outbreaks in […]
This presentation was given at the 7th Interagency Meeting, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 15-16 May, 2006. […]
This report describes the main activities and outputs of the Future Agriculture Consortium (FAC) under the […]
This media briefing provides details of the 12 grants awarded to projects under the SARID programme. […]
Most of the planned activities were initiated in the July-September quarter of the 2008 work plan. […]
Forty-four local Ethiopian and Rwandan sorghums (Sorghum bicolor) were observed to remain free of ergot, or […]
A survey was carried out of African cassava mosaic geminivirus and cassava brown streak virus diseases […]
In 2007, a new disease was observed on cassava in fields in the north, south and […]
CCAFS carried out household baseline surveys in all its benchmark sites in 2010/2011. This report presents […]
Rakai District, in South Central Uganda, is predominantly agricultural, and people living here derive their livelihoods […]
This report presents the results of an analysis of the CCAFS baseline household survey carried out […]
This report summarizes the results of a baseline household-level survey, led by CCAFS, carried out in […]
This report summarizes the results of a baseline household-level survey, led by the Climate Change, Agriculture […]
Two pilot plant health clinics in Nepal were held in December 2008 in Lamjung District, one […]
In order to maximize polymorphism in the mapping populations for mapping loci for Fusarium wilt (FW) […]
An experiment was performed to investigate the spread of infection in maize streak virus epidemics. Four […]
The spread of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and populations of the whitefly vector (Bemisia tabaci) were […]
One thousand and forty-eight Phaseolus bean accessions were evaluated for resistance to six races of Pseudomonas […]
A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world’s current […]
Diseases caused by Ganoderma boninense are considered the greatest threat to sustainable palm oil production in […]
In this, the second of two review papers, we discuss potential management strategies for the soil […]
A survey was conducted in three urban markets and three smaller rural markets. By talking to […]
In this, the first of two review papers, we discuss the soil pest problems encountered in […]
Characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in candidate genes for drought tolerance is a promising approach […]
This Briefing summarizes the results of pilot surveys of poultry market participants (chicken farmers, chick producers, […]
This brief describes a pilot study for an alternative approach carried out in Northern Viet Nam: […]
This paper presents a brief overview of social and economic conditions in South Africa’s Eastern Cape […]
Increased understanding of the substantial threat climate change poses to agriculture has not been met with […]
Selenium (Se) is essential for humans and animals but is not considered to be essential for […]
The selection response of a complex maize population improved primarily for quantitative disease resistance to northern […]
Government subsidies for agricultural inputs such as seeds and fertilizers in Malawi are discussed.
The power of a seed is unlimited. As a powerful agent of change, seeds can be […]
This paper describes the critical role of seed production and distribution systems for scaling-out forage and […]
Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods, and a driver of poverty and hunger, […]
This meeting includes presentations from a wide range of projects and researchers, including an introduction to […]
This report includes briefing papers on five of the most important issues that African agricultural research […]
Based on a formal diagnostic survey and subsequent focus group discussions (FGD) with farmers, an improved […]
This report is an outcome of a recent study conducted in five areas, Mwea in Kirinyaga, […]
The germination of race 1 spores of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri was significantly inhibited by […]
The Department for International Development (DfID) has been a major supporter of natural resource research through […]
The Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation in Rwanda Phase II is a comprehensive document adopted by […]
As a follow up to the need analysis and subsequent capacity building on appropriate agronomic practices […]
The vision for RIU includes the empowerment of farmers through strengthening of smallholder farmer organisations to […]
This project aimed to establish the epidemiology of the Rhizoctonia species involved in the rice sheath […]
An understanding of farmers’ perceptions of pests and their existing pest control methods can make an […]
Agricultural input subsidies were a common element in agricultural development in poor rural economies in the […]
This report presents the results of baseline surveys conducted in households of seven villages in Tougou, […]
This report presents the results of baseline surveys conducted in households of seven villages in Kaffrine, […]
This report presents the results of baseline surveys conducted in households of seven villages in Fakara, […]
Ce rapport présente les résultats des enquêtes de base conduites au niveau des ménages de sept […]
The aim of the survey was to collate information, opinions and expert feedback across a wide […]
The approach adopted here is to develop scenarios for East Africa to 2030 using a qualitative, […]
The Senegalese grasshopper, Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), is a major grasshopper pest of subsistence crops […]
The relationships between carbon isotope discrimination (?) and some morphophysiological traits such as specific leaf dry […]
The relationship between grain yield and carbon isotope discrimination (?) was analysed in wheat grown under […]
In C3 plants, carbon isotope discrimination (?) has been proposed as an indirect selection criterion for […]
This document, divided into three sections, develops a conceptual framework for a project on livestock fodder […]
Comparing reform of agricultural policy in Bangladesh, Chile, China and New Zealand, this paper derives lessons […]
This paper is based on research work carried out the under auspices of the Politics and […]
F odder makes up 70 percent of livestock inputs and is crucial to the livelihood of […]
Since 2002, the Global Plant Clinic (GPC), Surrey, UK, has strengthened plant health advisory services for […]
This study on Rain-Fed Agriculture is one of two studies that were undertaken as part of […]
The objective of the present study was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) influencing agronomic performance […]
This Briefing considers the question: “What is the risk of re-introduction of HPAI H5N1 virus into […]
This study presents a detailed review of the poultry sector in Ghana with an aim to […]
This project has successfully validated, through on-farm participatory trials, the application and use by farmers of […]
It is increasingly recognised that agriculture must play a role in pro-poor economic growth in countries […]
This briefing paper on Agriculture and Social Protection outlines important interactions between social protection and agricultural […]
Agriculture’s major role in propoor economic growth in countries with large, poor rural sectors is increasingly […]
Jembrana disease virus (JDV) causes a potentially fatal infection of Bali cattle that is endemic on […]
Progress curves of cassava mosaic virus disease (CMD) and populations of the whitefly vector (Bemisia tabaci) […]
This proposal was prepared by the team leading the CGIAR Challenge Program on Climate Change, Agriculture […]
This brief presents the vision, programme design, and research themes of CCAFS. It also outlines the […]
In May 2004, following reports from local farmers of a devastating new banana disease, three authors […]
In September 2005, visits were made to five sites within the Gisenyi province in northern Rwanda […]
This document aims to provide a brief country economic overview of Myanmar; a review of the […]
This document is part of a series of documents that aim to provide comprehensive overviews of […]
This brief suggests that although income from poultry production is affected significantly by supply and demand […]
Typically, in rural areas of most developing countries, the vast majority of households, many of them […]
This briefing discusses what form a contemporary Ministry of Agriculture should take, and how it should […]
This presentation gives the results of regional consultations on agricultual issues and development in Ethiopia.
In a bid to return the country to food self-sufficiency, the Government of Kenya has been […]
This presentation gives an overview of agricultural policy and policy development in Kenya, and discusses the […]
CAEA is a participatory approach that enables local communities to improve decision making at the commune […]
The Basin Focal Project Niger was one of ten projects commissioned by the CGIAR Challenge Program […]
The main objective of the Nile Basin Focal Project (NBFP) is to identify high potential water […]
Development of the Karkheh’s water resources has contributed in important ways to Iran’s food security and […]
Within the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), PN37 (Nile basin livestock water productivity) […]
The action research was further structured around a jointly developed MUS conceptual framework of ‘principles’ that […]
This publication, of the Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF), supports global efforts of the […]
The present project was approved by CPWF for implementation in the KRB and was carried out […]
Plant clinics get introduced in Nepal and taking up its momentum with technical guidance and help […]
Movement of live poultry via trade is a known risk factor for the introduction, spread and […]
Four cultivars of chickpea which differed in their reaction to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceri, the pathogen causing […]
Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]
Perspectives on Pests II contains profiles of research funded by DFID’s Crop Protection Programme between 2000 […]
Pseudomonas solanacearum-specific DNA sequences were identified by 16S rRNA sequencing and genomic subtraction experiments. Oligonucleotide primers […]
The paradox facing agricultural policy in Ethiopia was neatly encapsulated in a statement by Prime Minister […]
This document outlines the background, objectives, contexts and deliverables of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) […]
In May 2006, severe virus-like symptoms were reported on tomatoes by the plant health clinic in […]
Agriculture is both a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and a potential sink for carbon. […]
This booklet contains 280 easy-to-read summaries that describe key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s […]
This case study is an impact assessment of two rice varieties, Ashoka 200F and Ashoka 228. […]
Concern over declining biodiversity and the implications for continued provision of ecosystem services has led, recently, […]
Research was conducted on the biological control of the pest insect Helicoverpa armigera on small farms […]
The political and institutional dimensions of policy formulation and implementation are key determinants of the feasibility […]
Different ‘narratives’ – or storylines – about agricultural policies are being pushed by different actors in […]
This paper will concentrate on the hypothesis that the resource ‘water’ can be developed on many […]
Monitoring in banana pest management is an important activity for commercial and/or smallholder banana production. It […]
A partial sequence of 1114 nucleotides of a virus from cassava brown streak diseased (CBSD) material […]
Climate change and variability have undermined efforts to meet the livelihood needs of vulnerable smallholder communities […]
We present a preliminary crop growth simulation model-based characterization of the spatial and temporal distribution of […]
This report attempts to provide answers to the following questions: 1. What is the evidence that […]
This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by […]
This paper is aimed at suggesting common methodologies to assess the economy wide impact of avian […]
The objective of this study was to describe the spatial variation in the likelihood of (i) […]
This brief summarizes the methodology used to produce the maps for continental Africa and Indonesia, and […]
Maize genotypes may adapt to dry environments by avoiding desiccation by means of a deeper root […]
Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has a mandate to promote and accelerate broadbased and sustainable agricultural […]
This study aims to review and document the existing seed multiplication and delivery systems in four […]
This study looked at the use and impact of Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) and Client-oriented Breeding […]
This issue of insights is the result of a collaborative process involving experts working in policy, […]
The goal of CCAFS is to overcome threats posed by a changing climate to achieving food […]
The purpose of this project was to incriminate the vectors and improve our understanding of bovine […]
Session V of the Inception Workshop includes an introductory Overview and two other presentations, as follows: […]
Three presentations were made in Session II of the projects Inception Workshop. These are:- Overview presentation […]
Session III of the Inception Workshop includes 8 presentations as follows: Overview presentation – HPAI Risk […]
A DfID project that focused on on-farm trials and extension of new mung bean varieties during […]
New opportunities for farmers in the developing world to benefit from carbon payments for improved agricultural […]
In this paper we focus on the rural poultry producing households in Ghana. Our aims are […]
The potential impact of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in Ethiopia is assessed, specifically […]
The objective of this project was to investigate agricultural pollution of water in two large-scale irrigation […]
In Tanzania, banana xanthomonas wilt was first reported in the Kagera region of north west Tanzania […]
An RT-PCR based detection method for Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV)-infected cassava has been developed. The […]
Background: Worldwide, diseases are important reducers of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) yield. Sources of resistance against many […]
Isolates of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola from Africa and other bean growing areas were categorized into […]
Between 2000 and 2009, nine plant clinics in three agro-ecological areas of Bolivia (Andes, lowlands and […]
Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to embark on structural adjustment reforms. 25 […]
The tick-borne rickettsia Cowdria ruminantium has been propagated continuously for over 500 days in the Ixodes […]
This paper reviews social protection and agriculture policies in Malawi in order to explore the links, […]
This report summarizes the results of a baseline household-level survey, designed by the CCAFS team and […]
Bean golden yellow mosaic virus (BGYMV) is a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus of the Begomovirus family that causes important yield losses […]
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is crucial for both food security and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa […]
Basidiospores are implicated in the distribution and genetic diversity of Ganoderma boninense, cause of basal stem rot […]
Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, with per capita gross domestic product […]
This paper presents the multiple pathways, visions, scenarios, trajectories of encouraging local debate and dialogue about […]
This paper explores different options and scenarios for the future of food aid in Ethiopia, especially […]
Ethiopia has been structurally in food-deficit since at least 1980. Today, Ethiopia is the world’s most […]
A 3-year project implemented in India and Nigeria addressed the issue of improving the livelihoods of […]
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) caused by the H5N1 strain was first reported in Southeast Asia […]
Pawpaw is the major cash crop in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo Republic, where it […]
In 2006, citrus fruit and leaves affected by dark brown lesions were noticed in orchards around […]
Surveys of organoponics (organic and hydroponic systems) in Matanzas, Las Tunas and Stgo de Cuba provinces […]
In February 2006, pawpaw leaves with various symptoms, including yellow dots along the veins, yellow mosaic […]
Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is one of the most important vegetables in Sri Lanka. In 1999, a […]
During surveys conducted in October 2010, plants of Sauropus androgynus growing in small plots in Poring […]
During a survey in 2003 at San Isidro, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, peach trees showed symptoms similar […]
In October 2008, coconut plantations in the villages of Tobenam, Pupun and Dugumor, located in the […]
During a survey in 2003 in Limon Pampa, Rio Chico, Bolivia, lucerne (Medicago sativa) plants showing […]
Recently, symptoms of leaf size reduction and yellowing, proliferation, and shortening of internodes were observed in […]
Phytoplasmas of the 16SrII and 16SrXII groups were first reported to cause mosaic, yellow crinkle and […]
This is the first record of phytoplasmas associated with die-back diseases of papaya and citrus in […]
In a survey conducted at Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia, during 2003-05, leaf samples were collected from dates […]
A widespread and economically important epidemic of sugary disease in irrigated production of F1, hybrid seed […]
In March 2007, researchers at the Ethiopian Sugarcane Research Services Station observed an unrecorded disease in […]
This chapter describes obstacles to financing mitigation in smallholder agricultural systems, and provides recommendations to overcome […]
In November 2006, orange fruits showing black spot symptoms were brought to the rural plant clinic […]
This project successfully tested the efficacy of a dual vaccine against rinderpest and lumpy skin disease […]
This project continued testing a dual vaccine against rinderpest and lumpy skin disease in cattle, and […]
Addressing issues of animal feed scarcity has the potential of raising incomes and improving the lives […]
The predominantly rural population in the Volta Basin depends on rainfed crops, a practice which becomes […]
A survey of 174 tomato farmers in five districts of Karnataka State, South India, was conducted […]
This is a practical toolkit aimed at helping smallholder farmers and providers of farm mechanisation services […]
This paper investigates the relationship between food security and commercialisation using data from a household survey […]
Proceedings from a conference of Fodder Innovation Project (FIP) II 5-6 May 2010.
Protein production encoded by the avirulence gene avrPphB from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola was examined. Incorporation […]
Application of Innovation system conceptualization in agriculture development projects is rapidly growing in significance in the […]
Antibodies directed against two bovine lentiviruses, Jembrana disease virus (JDV) and bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), were […]
Weed scientists, agronomists and an anthropologist in Bolivia surveyed farmers’ practices and studied the ethnobotany of […]
This report evaluates the 2006/7 Malawi Government Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme (AISP). The main objective of […]
This report describes the characteristics of a trade policy analysis database constructed for the International Trade […]
In Latin America, as in Africa and Asia, 15-25% of the population lives in semi-arid areas, […]
Community-based adaptation (CBA) is a fairly new approach where communities are empowered to find their own […]
Optimizing a three-way pact comprising crop yields, fertility inputs and greenhouse gases may minimize the contribution […]
The primary goal of this paper is to provide a quantitative assessment of the economywide impact […]
This briefing looks at the economic aspects of avian influenza and its control. An economic framework […]
Thailand and Viet Nam have both experienced several epidemic waves of HPAI H5N1 between 2004 and […]
The unpredictability of drought patterns and the complexity of the physiological responses involved have made it […]
How do international agencies concerned with agricultural development see the role of agriculture? What is the […]
This handbook was prepared as part of extension materials for veterinary extension staff under a project […]
Crop residues from groundnut and sorghum constitute important fodder resources for dairy production and fodder trading […]
The physiological response to drought was measured in two common bean varieties with contrastive susceptibility to […]
This presentation looks at the effects of different HPAI disease scenarios on livelihoods, and at possible […]
In order to effectively control and eliminate rinderpest, a method is required to allow serological differentiation […]
This project tested and promoted wild rice management methods on rice fields in southern Tanzania. Further […]
Jembrana disease virus (JDV) is a lentivirus that causes an acute, severe disease syndrome in infected […]
Crops for the Future is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of neglected and underutilised plant […]
A number of empirical and theoretical contributions for analyzing costs and benefits of control and prevention […]
During the recent outbreaks of HPAI in West Bengal about 6.65 million poultry have been culled […]
This project was directly concerned with the development and evaluation of an operator-safe fungicide and application […]
Drought is a major threat to agricultural production and drought tolerance is a prime target for […]
The incidence and severity of foliar anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, were recorded for seven fields […]
This presentation details research, using surveys, on the commercialization of smallholder agriculture in the coffee and […]
Topics addressed in this presentation include: Objectives of the study on agricultural commercialization in Ethiopia; What […]
This paper aims to engage in alternative perspectives of agricultural commercialisation to shift thinking and ways […]
Topics addressed in this presentation include motivations for and definitions of commercialization of smallholder agriculture, discussion […]
This project should have provided scientific support to coconut rehabilitation programmes by refining, validating and supporting […]
Twenty-one members of the CoDI partners: BAIF Development Research Foundation, Center for Agrarian Systems Research and […]
To achieve food security for many in low-income and middle-income countries for whom this is already […]
For a country like Kenya, in which agriculture is so central to the economy, climate change […]
This report investigates the climate of three target regions of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate […]
This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying […]
Drought stress causes yield loss in rice by inhibiting panicle exsertion which is driven by peduncle […]
In July 2005, a new disease was found on Cupressus lusitanica in St. Lucia, West Indies. […]
Smallholders have important roles to play in both the prevention of dangerous climate change by reducing […]
This paper reviews the state of current scientific knowledge on the links between climate change, agriculture […]
The history of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)1 can inform agricultural climate change mitigation. […]
This study was coordinated by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security […]
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is an important subsistence food crop in Africa where it is affected by […]
Despite the achievements of smallholders in Asia during the green revolution, there is scepticism that Africa’s […]
This DFID-organised workshop included presentations of avian influenza research in Cambodia from a range of interested […]
A weakening dependence on rain-fed agriculture has been a hallmark of the economic transformation of countries […]
This paper presents the first report of Candidatus phytoplasma (16SrI group) on broad bean and sweet […]
Within the CCAFS programme, inter-organizational regional scenarios of the future are being developed. The development and […]
Upland rice, produced by smallholder farmers, is the lowest-yielding rice production system. Drought stress is the […]
Transgenic methods offer a complementary approach for classical breeding to improve the tolerance of plants toward […]
The recognition that innovation occurs in networks of heterogeneous actors and requires broad systemic support beyond […]
Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) deficiencies are well-documented public health issue and an important soil constraint […]
A great deal of effort on behalf of governments and the international community goes into helping […]
Project R8478 sought to underpin promotion of sustainable control of bean root rots through resistant varieties […]
During a survey in 2005 of weeds from the Alamar organoponic in Havana, Cuba, typical phytoplasma-symptoms […]
Transpiration efficiency (TE) is an important trait for drought tolerance in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). The […]
Rainfed agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the mainstay of the continent’s food and feed production. […]
This report discusses a) the role of the synthesis analysis and the steps that will take […]
This was a short project to study the promotion and uptake of microbial pesticides in Thailand […]
This presentation outlines work conducted to assess the level of compliance of poultry value chain actors […]
Mounting evidence that climate change will impact food security demonstrates the need to adapt food systems […]
This brief is produced by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), in partnership […]
Ethiopian agriculture is the focus of both local and international attention. Ethiopia has drafted a second […]
Policies for agriculture consist of government decisions that influence the level and stability of input and […]
This Briefing Paper was written as a summary of a workshop report, written by Stephen Devereux […]
This Briefing Paper argues that agricultural and social protection policies in Ethiopia have become increasingly synergistic, […]
Despite impressive progress on poverty reduction at the national level in Ghana, chronic poverty and livelihood […]
AgClim Letters is a monthly analysis that introduces a key policy topic via an interesting recent […]
This paper considers alternative perspectives on agricultural commercialisation. The paper attempts to get away from the […]
This document briefly discusses issues including the flagging growth of agricultural production in Kenya, current agricultural […]
The main question behind the work presented here is: How can agricultural greenhouse gas emissions be […]
The poor in rural areas face economic risks that differ substantially from groups with other economic, […]
This is an output prepared for the TECA database and is based upon the following RNRRS […]
This is the final report of a pilot programme that investigated how parliamentary agriculture committees can […]
Agriculture needs to feed 9 billion people by 2050. This will require a 70–100% increase in […]
This study systematically reviewed the literature to evaluate how suitable existing farm and farm household models […]
A new competitive enzyme immunoassay technique has been developed for the determination of concentrations of the […]
Napier or elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum ) is a perennial grass grown widely in East Africa as […]
Since 2003, community-based plant health clinics have been established in several developing countries as a new, […]
The agent of sterility mosaic, a disease that is a major constraint on pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) […]
Identification of Rhizoctonia solani, R. oryzae and R. oryzae-sativae, components of the rice sheath disease complex, […]
This pictorial guide contains information on the major insect and mite pests causing damage to eggplant in South […]
Plant disease resistance governed by quantitative trait loci (QTL) is predicted to be effective against a […]
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is predicted to experience considerable negative impacts of climate change. The IPCC Fourth […]
Improved dual-purpose food-feed crops have potential to raise income and improve the lives of smallholder farmers […]
Hebe (Veronica scutellata) is a herbaceous ornamental perennial widely grown throughout the UK and elsewhere. In […]
Research has overcome a long-standing barrier to improved pigeonpea production by identifying the cause of the […]
This brief presents the results of a contingent valuation (CV) study that aimed at capturing farmers’ […]
This book contains 48 fact sheets (in Spanish) written during 4, five-day courses held in October […]
Cob rots are a major cause of crop loss in areas such as western Kenya that […]
A review of a book of 50 pages, which is extremely useful in clarifying certain concepts […]
Momentum is growing to address agriculture as part of climate change mitigation efforts. This policy brief […]
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) has gained significant policy momentum as an international mechanism […]
This policy brief summarizes key findings from the report, “Linking forests and food production in the […]
In order for REDD+ carbon emission mitigation targets to be reached, the primary driver of forest […]
This policy paper will look at land issues in general and the argument that smallholder agriculture […]
An experiment was carried out to determine the concentrations of the trypanocidal drug isometamidium chloride in […]
This brief summarizes a study that (i) investigated factors that affect participation in small-scale poultry production […]
The objective of Project R7942 was to develop a management strategy for the priority pests and […]
Over the last several years, IRRI has made excellent progress in developing a common vision with […]
There are many exciting research achievements to report on for 2009, including our “assault” on salt […]
Drought is one of the main constraints for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in Latin […]
This report discusses the implementation and management of the Fodder Innovation Project in Ikire, South West […]
This brief uses nationally representative Nigeria Living Standards Survey data (NLSS 2003-2004) and econometric models to […]
This policy paper will assess the prospects and constraints for shifting the yield frontier in grain […]
This briefing outlines the key research highlights to date on the impacts of climate change on […]
A basic integrated assessment model is presented in order to assess the likely impacts of greenhouse […]
Concerns about the sustainability of conventional agriculture have prompted widespread introduction of integrated pest management (IPM), […]
Remote sensing instruments in Earth orbit provide a rich source of information about current agricultural conditions. Observed over […]
The agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to be confronted with multiple shocks and crises, threatening […]
Improving the productivity of cereal crops in South Asia, specifically rice and wheat, has become a […]
The Cotton Institute of Mozambique (IAM in its Portuguese acronym) was created in 1991 to promote […]
ICARDA is an international organization undertaking research for development. We provide innovative, science-based solutions for countries […]
Drought is one of the major constraints for soybean production in Brazil. Seed yield of ten […]
An understanding of the socio-economic impact of drought and of farmers’ coping mechanisms is essential in […]
In spite of improved supply prospects and weakening demand, agricultural commodity market conditions remain fairly tight, […]
This USAID- funded project report is in response to a request from the Minister of Agriculture […]
The World Bank Group works with countries, providing innovation, infrastructure and resources so that the food […]
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law by President Obama on January […]
Numerous explanations have been given for the food price crisis. Soil quality is deteriorating, water is […]
Food prices are reaching record highs, which raises concerns about spending capacity, hunger, political turmoil and […]
This PowerPoint presentation from Swiss Re introduces the issues relating to weather risk management in agriculture […]
This publication is designed to help farmers develop their own integrated risk management strategies, ones appropriate […]
This article concludes that with the true extent, magnitude and impact of climate change on agricultural […]
This document describes the strategic directions that will guide CIAT’s work in the coming years. They […]