Search Results - "Scientist"

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. …”
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The fight against taro blight by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…For Samoa, taro was a major export crop and national staple food until the crop was wiped out by taro leaf blight in 1993. Scientists at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Western Samoa, are currently trying to overcome the regional problem...…”
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Coffee pest resistant to common insecticide by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…A new strain of the coffee berry borer is threatening coffee production world-vvide because it is resistant to the most commonly used coffee insecticide. In 1989, scientists on the South Pacific Ocean island of New Caledonia found that the pest had...…”
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Progress in development of 'asexual' maize by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…A high-yielding maize variety that farmers can plant year after year without having to buy new seed sounds like an impossibledream. But scientists at the Centre for the Improvement of Wheat and Maize (CIMMYT) in Mexico have taken the first...…”
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Trees for food and fodder by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…When farmers in northern Nigeria clear their fields for planting there are two medium-sized trees that are never cut down: the locust bean trees Parkia clappertonia and Parkia filicoidea. Scientists are now confirming what local farmers have long...…”
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Thailand and the CGIAR Centers: A Study of Their Collaboration in Agricultural Research by Isarangkura, Rungruang

“…A description of the institutions of Thailand's national agricultural research system (NARS) and survey of Thai scientists' impressions of the CGIAR Centers and the services they provide. …”
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Agricultural Research Information System (ARIS) - India by International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…Agricultural research in India is at the point of major breakthroughs. Indian scientists are among world leaders in fields as diverse as molecular biology, dry land crop production, and agricultural engineering. …”
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The technopolitics of agronomic knowledge and tropical(izing) vegetables in Brazil by Nehring, Ryan

“…To support my argument, I draw on two contrasting cases of crop development spearheaded by Embrapa scientists: the tropicalization of the carrot and participatory research on non-conventional vegetables. …”
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Educating agricultural researchers: a review of the role of African universities by Beintema, Nienke M., Pardey, Philip G., Roseboom, Johannes

“…Nonetheless, much of the rapid growth in the number of national scientists working in national agricultural research institutes continues to rely on scientists trained to the postgraduate (and also BSc) level outside the region.…”
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New arrangements for forest science (discussion paper prepared for the intergovernmental panel on forests, fourth session, New York, Feb 97

“…As forest scientists widen their field of view and look at problems in a across-sectoral way, and with a sense of history, they start to ask, and aswer, more of the pressing questions. …”
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Forest biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem goods and services: translating science into policy by Thompson, I.D., Okabe, K., Tylianakis, Jason M., Kumar, P., Brockerhoff, E.G., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Parrotta, J.A., Nasi, Robert

“…Finally, we highlight barriers to the transfer of knowledge from scientists to decisionmakers and suggest that scientists can be much more effective at informing policy and improving resource management by asking policy-relevant questions and providing timely and consistent information to decisionmakers and the public on the linkages among biodiversity, ecosystem services, and their value to people.…”
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Sensitivity and specificity of antigen-capture ELISAs for diagnosis of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax infections in cattle by Eisler, M.C., Lessard, P., Moloo, D., Masake, R.A., Peregrine, A.S.

“…The FAO/IAEA Trypanosomiasis Direct Antigen-ELISA kit has been distributed to scientists holding research contracts under an IAEA Co-ordinated Research Programme in 14 sub-Saharan African countries. …”
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Kenya integrates Climate-Smart Agriculture into its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…CCAFS scientists at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the International Livestock Research institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), provided inputs into the development of Kenya’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Framework Program (CSA-FP), aimed at guiding investments into climate resilient and low carbon agriculture. …”
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Cutaneous Melanoma in the Grey Horse by Bengtström, Julia

“…Equine cutaneous melanomas arise much more often in horses with a grey coat color than in horses of other colors. Some scientists have in different studies come to the conclusion that the melanomas are neoplasms which can be classified by examining their histological and macroscopic features. …”
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Processing wet cassava peels into high quality feed ingredients: Making balanced rations by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…In 2015 CGIAR scientists developed an innovative processing method that reduces drying time to 6-8hrs, yielding high quality products that can be used to feed ruminants and monogastric. …”
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Introduction: On-Farm Genetic Resources and Economic Change by Smale, Melinda, King, Amanda

“…The research on which the briefs are based has been published as a collection of case studies geared toward agricultural and resource economists, applied researchers working in international and national organizations, and scientists involved in local plant breeding and genetics (Smale, 2006).…”
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Using bacteria to protect poultry by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…More than ten years ago, Finnish scientists...…”
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All male Tilapia by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Scientists at the University of Wales, Swansea, UK have developed a way to produce all male Tilapia fish biologically. …”
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New fruit crops for desert regions by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…By searching deserts around the world, Israeli scientists have found six fruit and nut trees that show promise as orchard crops for arid regions. …”
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The winner is nutrition by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In October 2000, the World Food Prize (see Spore 84) was awarded to CIMMYT scientists Dr. Evangelina Villegas and Dr. S K. Vasal for their lifetime s work on developing a higher-yielding, protein-rich maize. …”
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