With the ongoing food crisis, stagnating yields and burgeoning poverty, never has the need been greater […]
This Policy Brief outlines the scope and initial findings from the agricultural impacts assessments research conducted […]
Variation in water availability is a major source of risk for agricultural productivity and food security […]
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 […]
In September 2007, a group of experts from the genetic conservation, climate science, agricultural development, and […]
This highlight report is associated with projects R6617 and R7492.
CCAFS carried out household baseline surveys in all its benchmark sites in 2010/2011. This report presents […]
The world’s poorest and most vulnerable farmers on the whole have not benefited from international agricultural […]
Diseases caused by Ganoderma boninense are considered the greatest threat to sustainable palm oil production in […]
A survey was conducted in three urban markets and three smaller rural markets. By talking to […]
This document represents the final report of project R6757, “Soil fertility management for sustainable hillside farming […]
This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
This series of two-page brief highlights some of the new technologies and processes available, in order […]
The purpose of this project was to benefit the poor by the application of new knowledge […]
This brief presents snapshots of the ways to minimize the public health risks from wastewater irrigation […]
As a follow up to the need analysis and subsequent capacity building on appropriate agronomic practices […]
The Rift Valley Products (RVP) company restored and took a long term lease on the disused […]
This study documents lessons from research on rice-based production systems that was funded by the United […]
This report on crop post-harvest research programme in Zimbabwe focuses on the institutional environment, farming systems, […]
This study on Rain-Fed Agriculture is one of two studies that were undertaken as part of […]
PETRRA was an agricultural research-management project which used a values-based approach in project design, planning, and […]
The purpose of the project was to contribute to making cotton more profitable for smallholders by […]
This project has successfully validated, through on-farm participatory trials, the application and use by farmers of […]
Specific project objectives in support of this Programme Output included improving livelihoods options of farmers; improving […]
The purpose of the project was the promotion of pro-poor strategies to reduce impact of key […]
The purpose of this project was to reduce poverty by increasing chickpea production through the adoption […]
This paper draws together information from three separate projects on the production of Dacryodes edulis (G.Don) […]
Farmers throughout Uganda are using new disease-resistant groundnut varieties—validated in on-farm trials—to overcome a rosette disease, […]
Yams are an important and valued food in West and Central Africa. Yet every year it […]
On-farm seed priming has been widely tested with a range of crops in Africa and Asia. […]
On-farm seed priming is a simple technique that involves little or no extra costs, no risk, […]
In Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, over 14 million hectares of fertile land lie fallow in […]
Yam is a popular staple crop in West Africa, providing vital food and income. Even more […]
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 […]
The present project was approved by CPWF for implementation in the KRB and was carried out […]
Environmental stresses represent the most limiting factors for agricultural productivity. Apart from biotic stresses caused by […]
Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]
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, […]
We present a preliminary crop growth simulation model-based characterization of the spatial and temporal distribution of […]
Afghanistan is gradually rebuilding; and the key will be improving the livelihoods of the rural poor, […]
Although farmers in developing countries are generally thought to be risk averse, little is known about […]
There is no one widely accepted method of managing international agricultural research and numerous different models […]
This study looked at the use and impact of Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) and Client-oriented Breeding […]
This is the report of the study conducted by Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology […]
The objective of this research was to assist in the development of a post-harvest strategy for […]
A DfID project that focused on on-farm trials and extension of new mung bean varieties during […]
The overall project purpose was to increase yields of small farmers through the development and implementation […]
Agricultural production in the coastal wetlands of Asia is often hindered by salinity intrusion caused by […]
Assessment on impact of climate change on major crops in ecologically sensitive areas, viz. the Western […]
For sustainable crop production in semi-arid environments with low and erratic rainfall (<800 mm), runoff must […]
Some 50,000 years ago it was used in cave paintings and 5000 years ago traders brought […]
In the upper catchments of the Mekong and Red River basins, improving the productivity of rice […]
To determine the most important production constraints and associated yield losses for six major food crops […]
Challenging climatic conditions, limited arable land, intense population pressures and a history of political upheaval have […]
This project addressed policy issues concerned with making more effective use of science, technology and innovation […]
This document represents the final report of project R5804, “Evaluating soil fertility constraints on smallholder agriculture […]
This was primarily a promotional project with the main purposes of a) evaluating crop protection practices […]
Optimizing a three-way pact comprising crop yields, fertility inputs and greenhouse gases may minimize the contribution […]
This project tested and promoted wild rice management methods on rice fields in southern Tanzania. Further […]
This project aimed to develop and promote improved techniques for dry season vegetable production and to […]
Crops for the Future is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of neglected and underutilised plant […]
Drought is a major threat to agricultural production and drought tolerance is a prime target for […]
This paper aims to engage in alternative perspectives of agricultural commercialisation to shift thinking and ways […]
Twenty-one members of the CoDI partners: BAIF Development Research Foundation, Center for Agrarian Systems Research and […]
This report investigates the climate of three target regions of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate […]
Until recently the chickpea harvests in Nepal were in decline. However, smallholder production is now being […]
Although Uganda is the world’s second-largest producer of bananas, productivity has declined markedly over the last […]
Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) deficiencies are well-documented public health issue and an important soil constraint […]
This was a short project to study the promotion and uptake of microbial pesticides in Thailand […]
This report sets out to assess the impact on the Caribbean of the reform – or […]
Roots and tubers provide an estimated average of 20% of the daily per capita calorie intake […]
This is an output prepared for the TECA database and is based upon the following RNRRS […]
Research has overcome a long-standing barrier to improved pigeonpea production by identifying the cause of the […]
This book contains 48 fact sheets (in Spanish) written during 4, five-day courses held in October […]
The AAS (Agricultural Advisory Society) surveyed farmer knowledge of plant health problems on behalf of the […]
The coastal zone of the Mekong river delta has experienced rapid economic and environmental changes during […]
This paper discusses the significance of traditional food systems (TFSs) and the impact of past 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 […]
This 2010 report highlights some of the convenient convergences and multiple-win projects implemented by IRRI, including […]
This paper examines the impacts of climate change on cassava production in Africa, and questions whether […]
This policy paper will assess the prospects and constraints for shifting the yield frontier in grain […]
This study evaluates new multi-scale, multi-indicator methods for assessing the vulnerability of crop production to drought […]