Search Results - "South Asia"

Baseline survey of CCAFS sites: monitoring and planning for climate-smart interventions by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Baseline surveys, designed by CCAFS, were carried out as part of the process in setting up Climate-Smart Villages in the Indo-Gangetic Plains in South Asia. This survey aimed to provide baseline information at the village level about socio-economic indicators, natural resource utilisation, organisational landscapes, information networks for weather and agricultural information and mitigation baseline information. …”
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CCAFS Village Baseline Study 2010-11 by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This study contains files produced for and generated by the CCAFS Village Baseline Study which was run in core sites in East & West Africa and South Asia. The study includes several activities involving members of the local communities; photos and maps from these activities are available in this archive. …”
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CCAFS Agriculture Monitor (CAM) by Aggarwal, Pramod K., Shirsath, Paresh Bhaskar, Vyas, Shalika, Arumugam, Ponraj, Goroshi, Sheshakumar

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Developing Resilient Agriculture to Climate Change in India by Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Sahin, Shehnab, Yadav, Akhilesh

“…This brochure highlights the aspects of a project collaboration between CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) South Asia and a private sector giant in India, ITC Limited. …”
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Climate Services for Resilient Development: Success Stories by Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…The CSRD consortium in South Asia is led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in partnership with the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), Bangladesh Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), International Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), University de Passo Fundo (UPF), and the University of Rhode Island (URI).…”
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CCAFS informed tools and approaches mainstreamed in Indian national program for targeting and scaling climate smart multi-commodity smallholder farming systems by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The case studies from this outcome will help other NARS in South Asia (Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan) for targeting multi-commodity climate smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming systems…”
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New tools shine a light on solar irrigation in Asia and Africa by Verma, Shilp, Xie, Hua

“…Solar irrigation holds huge promise for food security, income generation and climate resilience in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. But the rise in solar pumping also carries some risks. …”
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Chapter 13: Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal [Nourishing Millions] by Cunningham, Kenda, Singh, Akriti, Headey, Derek D., Rana, Pooja Pandey, Karmacharya, Chandni

“…DESPITE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC growth, South Asia remains notorious for its alarmingly high rates of undernutrition. …”
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Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: An assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies by Tyagi, N. K., Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Aggarwal, Pramod Kumar, Pandey, Divya

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The impact of agricultural extension on production of paddy in three states of India by Kishore, Avinash, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Dasgupta, Sunipa, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

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Can microplots contribute to rural households’ food security? Evaluation of a gender-sensitive land allocation program in West Bengal, India by Santos, Florence, Fletschner, Diana, Savath, Vivien, Peterman, Amber

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Sustainability of improvements in irrigation management by Gopinath, C., Kalro, A. H.

“…India, in common with the rest of South Asia, has seen rapid strides in irrigation development in the past few decades. …”
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Integrated business model for bio-fortified rice and diversified crops in Bangladesh by Ahmed, Sharif, Miajy, Abu Abdullah, Alanuzzaman Kurishi, A.S.M., Krupnik, Timothy J., Veettil, Prakashan Chellatan

“…This brief shows TAFSSA’s (Transforming Agri-food System in South Asia) market linkage activities for biofortified rice and diversified crops in different districts which were selected as the learning landscape location in Bangladesh. …”
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2020 News & Views: The changing outlook for food aid (Featured article) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…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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Converting policy research into policy decisions: The role of communication and the media by von Grebmer, Klaus

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Centre Commissioned External Review (CCER) of pastoral systems by Little, P.D., Dube, Sikhalazo

“…This report reviews key issues in pastoral systems research in tropical areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with the goal of identifying a ten-year research strategy for pastoral systems research for ILRI. …”
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Water productivity of irrigated agriculture in India: potential areas for improvement by Kumar, M. Dinesh, Singh, Om Prakash, Samad, Madar, Turral, Hugh, Purohit, Chaitali

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Wells and ill-fare: impacts of well failures on cultivators in hard rock areas of Madhya Pradesh by Bassi, Nitin, Vijayshankar, P. S., Kumar, M. Dinesh

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Towards evolving groundwater rights: the case of shared well irrigation in Punjab by Malik, A.K., Junaid, M., Tiwari, Rakesh, Kumar, M. Dinesh

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Factors influencing farmers? willingness to protect groundwater from nonpoint source of pollution in the Lower Bhavani River Basin, Tamil Nadu by Mukherjee, Sacchidananda

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