Bioscience project helps Kenyan regions that often suffer total crop loss
A Bio-Innovate project is working on sorghum that is well suited for western Kenya where few other crops can grow. Sorghum growing in western Kenya is held back by weeds, low soil fertility, drought and disease. Crop loss can be total in bad years. First results suggest this new breeding approach co...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
International Livestock Research Institute
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3373 |
Similar Items: Bioscience project helps Kenyan regions that often suffer total crop loss
- Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population
- Supporting AIDS sufferers
- Helping poor women farmers improve their livelihoods in rice areas suffering from sodicity: Acase in eastern Uttar Pradesh India
- Bioscience-based projects like Bio-Innovate are vital for Kenya’s future
- Bioscience for crop improvement
- Africa Biosciences Challenge Fund