Search Results - "Nobel Prize
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The influence of the 2019 Nobel prize winners on agricultural economics
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Peter Doherty on zoonotic plagues
Published 2016“…Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physiology or Medicine–1996, and ILRI patron, on zoonotic plagues. …”
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Peter Doherty on poultry genetics and the importance of eggs in African diets
Published 2016“…Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physiology or Medicine–1996, and ILRI patron, speaks on ILRI's work on poultry and eggs, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. …”
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Peter Doherty on international livestock research and ILRI
Published 2016“…Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physiology or Medicine–1996, and ILRI patron, speaks about his earlier work with ILRAD, ILCA and ILRI and their contributions to livestock research in Africa. …”
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Peter Doherty on genomics, trypanosomosis disease resistance, and increased yields
Published 2016“…Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physiology or Medicine–1996, and ILRI patron, on genomics, trypanosomiasis disease resistance, and increasing yields. …”
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Peter Doherty on challenges and opportunities of pig production in Southeast Asia
Published 2016“…Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physiology or Medicine–1996, and ILRI patron, speaks about challenges and opportunities of pig production in Southeast Asia. …”
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Peter Doherty on the role of science supporting Africa's food production
Published 2016“…Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physiology or Medicine–1996, and ILRI patron, speaks about Africa's potential in food production and the role of research and capacity development in supporting more productive agriculture. …”
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2020 News & Views: The changing outlook for food aid (Featured article)
Published 1998“…Table of Contents:; The Changing Outlook for Food Aid; 2020 In Brief : The Future of Pest Management and Food Production / Revitalizing Agricultural and Rural Development; Sub-Saharan African Networks Meet to Set 2020 Vision Priorities; 2020 Vision Committee Member Wins Nobel Prize; 2020 Views : The World Food Programme: On the Front Lines of the Fight against Hunger; 2020 Vision for South Asia Workshop; New Members Join 2020 International Advisory Committee…”
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Technical assistance from the PIM-supported Program for Biosafety Systems facilitated the development of scientifically sound genome editing oversight guidelines for improved appli...
Published 2021“…The PIM-supported Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) assisted four African countries in developing oversight guidelines for genome editing that accurately reflect the science and evolving regulatory trends for this game-changing, Nobel-prize winning technology. This outcome capitalizes on PBS’s nearly two decades of technical assistance aimed at enhancing the skills of decision makers in agricultural biotechnology regulations.…”
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1994-1995 CGIAR Annual Report
Published 1995“…Financial information is provided in the form of a summary of the 1994 CGIAR Financial Report.A review of current research activities and accomplishments in the CGIAR is followed by three chapters on issues: Nobel Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug on the impacts and challenges of agricultural research; IFAD President Fawzi H. …”
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2017 IFPRI audited financial statements
Published 2018“…IFPRI's Director General, Shenggen Gan, received the 2017 Fudan Management Excellence Award- known as the "Nobel Prize for Management" in China. This highly prestigious award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of management. …”
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Zinc-biofortified wheat: Harnessing genetic diversity for improved nutritional quality
Published 2017“…Wheat is a widely- consumed food staple in South Asia, a close second to rice.Thanks to the pioneering activities of the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug in the 1950s, which led to the creation of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)in1966,Mexicohasserved as a hub to breed wheat for improved grain yield and disease resistance. …”
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Nature's benefits in Kenya. An atlas of ecosystems and human well-being
Published 2007“…It is endorsed by five permanent secretaries in Kenya and with a foreword by Wangari Maathai (recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize). It provides a new approach to examining the links between ecosystem services (the benefits derived from nature) and the poor. …”
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The impacts of climate change on tropical and subtropical horticultural production
Published 2012“…Global warming and climate change is now perceived to be the greatest threat to agriculture production and food security in the 21st century. Nobel Prize winner, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by means of the four assessment reports that have been released to date (IPCC 1990, 1995, 2001, 2007), has shown scientific evidence that i) temperatures have been increasing during the second half of the 20th century, and that ii) these changes are driven to a considerable extent by increases in the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. …”
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Revisiting the adequacy of the economic policy narrative underpinning the Green Revolution
Published 2022“…A main policy narrative underpinning the Green Revolution was first expounded in Transforming Traditional Agriculture (TTA), a book published in 1964 by Nobel Prize-winning economist Ted Schultz. He famously argued that traditional farmers were ‘poor but efficient’. …”
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Progress update: Crop development of biofortified staple food crops under Harvestplus
Published 2017“…In 2008, a panel of noted economists that included five Nobel Laureates ranked biofortification fifth among the most cost-effective solutions to address global challenges such as reducing hidden hunger. …”
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