Search Results - "South Asia"

Weather-based index insurance for climate risk management in agriculture by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…In the case of weather-based index insurance, spatial variability of weather, lack of historical data to develop appropriate insurance triggers at local level, and poor insurance delivery systems are the major constraints. CCAFS South Asia is working with the Agriculture Insurance Company of India to help them design insurance schemes that are better suited to farmers’ need in different locations.…”
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Low Carbon Development Workshop, New Delhi India by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Many governments in South Asia have focused their agricultural policies on increasing agricultural production to meed food security, with few of them including mitigation into their agricultural sector. …”
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National Adaptation Plans and Agriculture: A learning workshop by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The workshop discussed lessons from the CCAFS’ report, “Meta Synthesis of National Adaptation Plans and Policies: West and East Africa and South Asia,” testing an analytical framework to measure country needs and progress. …”
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Integrating straw yield and quality into multi-dimensional improvement of lentil (Lens culinaris) by Alkhtib, A., Wamatu, Jane, Ejeta, Taye Tolemariam, Rischkowsky, Barbara A.

“…Lentil straw is an important source of fodder for livestock in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. However, improvement programmes of lentil do not pay attention to straw traits, neither are straw traits considered in release criteria ofnew varieties. …”
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Stories Describing the Lessons Learnt on Developing Business Cases by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…As a contribution to the CCAFS project “Developing, adapting, and targeting portfolios of climate-smart agricultural practices for sustainable intensification of smallholder and vulnerable farming systems in South Asia” this project highlights two stories describing the Lessons Learnt on Developing Business Cases. …”
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Aligning Global Agricultural Research Investments with National Development Activities: the CGIAR Experience by CGIAR Secretariat, Anderson, Jock R.

“…Using case studies in several countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the study presents a number of lessons tied to Baum’s dozen factors and grouped by alignment domain.…”
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The power of the collective empowers women: Evidence from self-help groups in India by Kumar, Neha, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Arrieta, Alejandra, Jilani, Amir Hamza, Pandey, Shinjini

“…Women’s groups are important rural social and financial institutions in South Asia. In India, a large majority of women’s groups programs are implemented through self-help groups (SHGs). …”
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Gender and agricultural mechanization: A mixed-methods exploration of the impacts of multi-crop reaper-harvester service provision in Bangladesh by Theis, Sophie, Krupnik, Timothy J., Sultana, Nasrin, Rahman, Syed-Ur, Seymour, Greg, Abedin, Naveen

“…Farmer hiring of agricultural machinery services is common in South Asia. Informal fee-for-service arrangements have positioned farmers so they can access use of machinery to conduct critical, timesensitive agricultural tasks like land preparation, seeding, irrigation, harvesting and post- harvesting operations. …”
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Dynamics of informal cross-border trade in agricultural products between Nepal and India by Kharel, Paras, Singh, Dikshya, Bista, Roopali, Khadka, Bipin, Roy, Devesh, Pradhan, Mamata, Saroj, Sunil, Kamar, Abul, Gupta, Shalini

“…In this context, with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) has challenges arising from the Russia-Ukraine war, such as informal trade, in the leadership of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and in collaboration with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) and South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE). …”
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Institutions and economic policies for pro-poor agricultural growth by Dorward, Andrew R., Fan, Shenggen, Kydd, Jonathan, Lofgren, Hans, Morrison, Jamie, Poulton, Colin, Rao, Neetha, Smith, Laurence, Tchale, Hardwick, Thorat, Sukhadeo, Urey, Ian, Wobst, Peter

“…This paper draws together findings from different elements of a research project examining critical components of pro-poor agricultural growth and of policies that can promote such growth in poor rural economies in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural growth, a critical driver in poverty reducing growth in many poor agrarian economies in the past, faces many difficulties in today's poor rural areas in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Rethinking agricultural policies for pro-poor growth by Dorward, Andrew R., Fan, Shenggen, Kydd, Jonathan, Lofgren, Hans, Morrison, Jamie, Poulton, Colin, Rao, Neetha, Smith, Laurence, Tchale, Hardwick, Thorat, Sukhadeo, Urey, Ian, Wobst, Peter

“…This paper draws together findings from different elements of a research project examining critical components of pro-poor agricultural growth and of policies that can promote such growth in poor rural economies in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural growth, a critical driver in poverty reducing growth in many poor agrarian economies in the past, faces many difficulties in today's poor rural areas in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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A mis-splicing early flowering 3 (elf3) allele of lentil is associated with yield enhancement under terminal heat stress by Roy, Anirban, Reddy, M. Hemakumar, Sarkar, Moutushi, Sagolsem, Diana, Murmu, Sumit K., Das, Camellia, Roy, Debarati, Ganguly, Shamba, Nath, Rajib, Bhattacharyya, Prabir K., Sarker, Ashutosh, Bhattacharyya, Somnath

“…There is a vast scope of area expansion of lentils after harvesting wet rice in South Asia. However, due to the photoperiod effect and terminal heat, the existing short-duration varieties failed to minimize yield loss under late-sown conditions. …”
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D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 1a: Agriculture and food security & nutrition pathways by Khanam, Taznoore Samina, Singh, Tushar, Kumar, Shalander, Uddin, Md Amin, Burrone; Sara, Scognamillo, A., Poudel, D., Rub, A., Song, C., Jogi, Krishna, Headey, Derek D., Joshi, Ramesh, Sharma, Indu

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Depth of soil compaction predominantly affects rice yield reduction by reproductive-stage drought at varietal screening sites in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal by Singh, Suresh Prasad, Jain, Abhinav, Anantha, M.S., Tripathi, Santosh, Sharma, Subarna, Kumar, Santosh, Prasad, Archana, Sharma, Bhawana, Karmakar, Biswajit, Bhattarai, Rudra, Das, Sankar Prasad, Singh, Shravan K., Shenoy, Vinay, Chandra Babu, R., Robin, S., Swain, Padmini, Dwivedi, J.L., Yadaw, Ram Baran, Mandal, Nimai P., Ram, T., Mishra, Krishna Kumar, Verulkar, S.B., Aditya, Tamal, Prasad, Krishna, Perraju, Puvvada, Mahato, Ram Krishna, Sharma, Sheetal, Raman, Anitha K., Kumar, Arvind, Henry, Amelia

“…# Aims Drought is the major constraint to rainfed rice productivity in South Asia, but few reports provide detailed characterization of the soil properties related to drought stress severity in the region. …”
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Identification of resistance sources and genomic regions regulating Septoria tritici blotch resistance in South Asian bread wheat germplasm by Kumar, Manjeet, Xinyao He, Sudhir Navathe, Kamble, Umesh, Patial, Madhu, Pawan Kumar Singh

“…Currently, STB is not important in South Asia. However, STB expanding and wider adaptability, changing climatic conditions, and agronomic practices can create a situation of concern. …”
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Water resources, water productivity, and poverty in the Indus-Ganges River Basin by Sharma, Bharat R., Amarasinghe, Upali A., Xueliang Cai, Scott, Christopher A.

“…The Indus and Ganges river basins (collectively called the Indus-Ganges Basin) in South Asia covers 2.20 million km2 and is inhabited by a population of more than a billion people, many living in poverty with livelihoods based on waterdependent agriculture. …”
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Two states in Nepal implement Climate-Smart Villages, aiming to reach 6,000,000 farmers by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The CCAFS South Asia Regional Program piloted the Climate-Smart Village approach of generating evidence on the utility of climate-smart agricultural technologies, practices and services in building resilient agricultural production systems in Nepal. …”
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An integrated assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation in maize-based smallholder crop-livestock systems in Kenya by Claessens, Lieven, Valdivia, Roberto O., Gummadi, Sridhar, Kilavi, M., Recha, John W.M., Dickson, C., Antle, J.M.

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Recent trends in animal source food production and consumption in Bangladesh and Myanmar, and their implications for nutrition by Belton, Ben, Farook, Sami, Scott, Jessica

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Mapping Nepal’s agrarian transition by Sugden, Fraser, Dhakal, Suresh, Rai, Janak

“…The TAFSSA CGIAR Initiative is hosting a series of webinars to highlight research from South Asia on food security, sustainable healthy diets, farmer livelihoods and resilience, and land, air, and groundwater conservation. …”
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