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Effective storage for grain by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Professor Denash Giga, a pest management and crop storage specialist in Zimbabwe, explains the principles of good storage for grain crops, to minimize damage by insects, rodents and fungi.…”
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Q&A: ICTs, agrometeorology and farmers by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Making agricultural meteorology more operational is not enough to help farmers. According to Professor Kees Stigter, the knowledge gap is very real and only strong policies can overcome it.…”
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Demanding innovation in technology for economic development by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…There is a clamour of increasing intensity among today´s young generation in Africa, and probably in all ACP regions, about the lack of discernible industrial and economic development in their countries. Professor Chetsanga argues in this contributi…”
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Review Procedures: Secretariat Note by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Mashler of UNDP, and Professor Vernon Ruttan.…”
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Spore 194: Digitalising extension - Smart advisory services for farmers by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The issue also contains an interview of Professor Frederike Praasterink, who emphasises the urgent need to transform food systems, and an article on trading opportunities.…”
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Economic growth and agricultural development: What roles for food price and trade policies? by Anderson, Kym

“…Presentation by Kym Anderson, Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide and Australian National University, and IFPRI Board Chair delivered on May 13 at Peking University. …”
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Assessing Models of Public-Private Partnership for Irrigation Development in Tanzania by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Presented by IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Ruth Meinzen-Dick and University of Dar Es Salaam Professor Faustin Maganga at Workshop on “New Directions for Irrigation in Tanzania: The Context of Public Private Partnership” on September 2, 2016. https://www.ifpri.org/event/new-directions-irrigation-development-tanzania…”
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Bioeconomy: the new transformation of agriculture, food, and bio-based industries by von Braun, Joachim

“…Joachim von Braun, Director, Center for Development Research (ZEF) and Professor, Economics and Technical Change, University of Bonn POLICY SEMINAR Bioeconomy – the new transformation of agriculture, food, and bio-based industries – implications for emerging economies OCT 24, 2017 - 12:15 PM TO 01:15 PM EDT…”
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Agricultural growth and food imports in developing countries: a reexamination by Bautista, Romeo M.

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Irrigation tanks: a new way forward?: focus on tanks in South India by Kuppannan, Palanisami

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Fertilizers - a benefit or a hazard to agriculture? by Olembo, R. J.

“…R J Olembo Professor R J Olembo Is a Kenyan geneticist currently serving at the United Nations Environment Programme as Deputy Assistant Executive Director. …”
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The desert shall blossom and produce ....tomatoes by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Two Israeli scientists have proved that tomatoes can be grown on sand with saline water irrigation, and that there need be no reduction in yield. Professor Dov Pasternak and Joel de Malack have used the vast saline aquifers deep under the Negev...…”
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Coffee research in Africa by Coste, Rene

“…Professor René Coste is a member of the French Académie des Sciences d'Outre-mer and is also a founder and former Director of France's Institut de Recherche du Café, du Cacao et des autres plantes stimulants (IRCC). …”
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Save cash with termite soil by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Erik Petersen of ASAL Consultants in Kibwezi, Kenya, has been prompted to exchange experience with Professor Gupta of the Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media in India, whose use of termite soil as a cleansing agent was described in Spore 94....…”
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Making sorghum 'pop'ular by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…'Sorghum is readily available and healthier than the popcorn we buy at silly prices,' says Professor Babatunde Obilana, a sorghum breeder in...…”
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The big question by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Professor Ajaga Nji spent more than 25 years travelling to some of the most under-privileged corners of the world to ask the question that has been puzzling him ever since he was a young man in Cameroon: why do poor people remain poor?…”
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The future of plant virology in Africa by Thresh, Michael

“…Dr Michael Thresh is Honorary Professor of Plant Virus Ecology at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK. …”
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Plant virology in Africa [1] by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Plant virology in AfricaProfessor Roger Hull, of Norwich, England, writes in support of the Viewpoint article by Dr M Tresh published in Spore 76 entitled The future of plant virology in Africa. …”
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Recognizing Africa's forgotten citizens: the rural poor by Sinkam, Nana

“…Professor Nana Sinkam is Director of the Joint Agricultural Division of the Economic Commission for Africa and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. …”
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Relationship between Plant Breeding, Germplasm Collection and Plant Breeders' Rights by Aberg, Ewart

“…TAC Secretariat note covering a paper written for the IBPGR by Professor Ewart Aberg. The Secretariat suggests methods that might be used by TAC to prepare a position paper on plant breeders' rights for the CGIAR. …”
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