Search Results - "South Asia"

Economic, equity, and political trade-offs in energy transition in irrigation in Bihar, India by Durga, N., Gaurav, S.

“…Affordable and reliable energy is an important driver for improving access to irrigation in South Asia. Policies for improving electricity access and augmenting supply are likely to impact affordability and equity in irrigation access, especially in regions where agriculture is the mainstay of the economy. …”
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Does social capital build women's assets? Disseminating agricultural technologies to individuals versus groups in Bangladesh by Kumar, Neha, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…It is hoped that these results will help policymakers, donors, and other stakeholders to effectively evaluate different interventions thereby contributing to the design of future anti-poverty programs in South Asia. Many of the best-studied programs targeting women in Bangladesh- particularly microfinance programs directed toward poor women-have operated through women's groups. …”
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The medium-term impact of the primary education stipend in rural Bangladesh by Baulch, Bob

“…It is hoped that these results will help policymakers, donors, and other stakeholders to effectively evaluate different interventions thereby contributing to the design of future anti-poverty programs in South Asia.The Primary Education Stipend (PES) program aims to increase school enrollments and attainments by providing cash incentives for poor parents to send their children to school. …”
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Adaptation to drought/delayed rainfall in rice cultivation, Bihar, India. by Munshi, Sugandha, Samaddar, Arindam, Srivastava, Amit, Urfels, Anton, Patil, Vikram, Sherpa, Sonam, Bhanjdeo, Arunditha, Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan, Malik, R. K., Craufurd, Peter Q., Kumar, Virender

“…The study was conducted as part of the Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) initiative use case on “Managing time in the rice-based cropping systems of South Asia”. FGDs were conducted with three groups of farmers in each of the seven districts: Demonstration or Demo farmers, non- Demo farmers and JEEViKA farmers to capture their varied perspectives on challenges and opportunities in rice-wheat cropping systems. …”
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Studies on monsoon season options for sustainable intensification of annual cereal-based rotations towards nutritional outcomes and resource use efficiency in North-West India by Choudhary, Nisha

“…The trial was part of a larger project entitled ―Transforming Agri-Food Systems in South Asia‖ (TAFSSA), which was a collaborative effort between CGIAR-CIMMYT and ICARCSSRI. …”
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Groundwater markets in Pakistan: participation and productivity by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Although selling water from private wells is a long-standing practice in South Asia, these informal arrangements are only now being examined in detail. …”
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Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This transformation will initially focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and will hopefully be rolled out to other regions in the near future.…”
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An operational tool for evaluating poverty outreach of development policies and projects by Zeller, Manfred, Sharma, Manohar, Henry, Carla, Lapenu, Cecile

“…The paper concludes with a summary of results from four country case studies (two in Sub-Saharan Africa, one in South Asia, and one in Central America).…”
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Market conditions for circular bioeconomy in emerging economies by Taron, Avinandan, Bhandarkar, Supriya, Bodach, Susanne, Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.

“…Wastewater reuse is most advanced in water-scarce MENA nations, where treated water supports irrigation and landscaping. However, South Asia and Latin America struggle with low treatment coverage and public resistance. …”
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Genomic prediction from multi-environment trials of wheat breeding by Garcia Barrios, Guillermo, Crespo Herrera, Leonardo A., Cruz-Izquierdo, Serafín, Vitale, Paolo, Sandoval-Islas, José Sergio, Gerard, Guillermo Sebastián, Aguilar Rincón, Víctor Heber, Corona-Torres, Tarsicio, Crossa, José, Pacheco Gil, Rosa Angela

“…In this study, genomic prediction models were implemented in three target populations of environments (TPE) in South Asia. Four models that incorporate genotype x environment interaction (G x E) and genotype x genotype (GG) were tested: Factor Analytic (FA), FA with genomic relationship matrix (FA + G), FA with epistatic relationship matrix (FA + GG), and FA with both genomic and epistatic relationship matrices (FA + G + GG). …”
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Screening of CIMMYT and South Asian bread wheat germplasm reveals marker-trait associations for seedling resistance to Septoria nodorum blotch by Mandal, Rupsanatan, Xinyao He, Singh, Gyanendra, Kabir, Muhammad Rezaul, Joshi, Arun Kumar, Singh, Pawan Kumar

“…In the current study, a total of 174 bread wheat accessions from South Asia and CIMMYT were assessed for SNB reactions at the seedling stage in three greenhouse experiments at CIMMYT, Mexico. …”
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Genetic diversity for grain nutrients content in finger millet (Eleusine Coracana (L.) Gaertn.) germplasm by Ojulong, H., Manyasa, E.O., Patrick, S., Oduori, C.A., Adikini, S., Nyaligwa, L., Mushoriwa, H., Solanke, A.U., Kole, C.

“…Local cultivars and varieties released in the East and South Asia (ESA) region had significantly lower levels of the main essential nutrients (Ca, Fe, and Zn) found in finger millet, most likely as a result of farmers selecting for varieties with brown-colored grain. …”
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Understanding decision processes in becoming a fee-for-hire service provider: A case study on direct seeded rice in Bihar, India by Brown, Brendan, Samaddar, Arindam, Singh, Kamaljeet, Leipzig, Ava, Kumar, Anurag, Kumar, Pankaj, Singh, Deepak Kumar, Malik, Ram, Craufurd, Peter, Kumar, Virender, McDonald, Andrew

“…While Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) has numerous potential benefits to smallholder farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia, it's out-scaling has been limited by both a lack of demand by farmers and limited supply of DSR services by machinery owners. …”
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Geographic and research center origins of rice resistance to Asian planthoppers and leafhoppers: implications for rice breeding and gene deployment by Horgan, Finbarr G., Srinivasan, Thanga, Bentur, Jagadish, Kumar, Ram, Bhanu, K., Sarao, Preetinder, Chien, Ho, Almazan, Maria, Bernal, Carmencita, Ramal, Angelee, Ferrater, Jedeliza, Huang, Shou-Horng

“…Phylogenetic analysis of the varieties using single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) indicated a clade of highly resistant varieties from South Asia with two further South Asian clades of moderate resistance. …”
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Local differentiation amidst extensive allele sharing in Oryza nivara and O. rufipogon. by Banaticla-Hilario, Maria Celeste N., van den Berg, Ronald G., Hamilton, Ruaraidh Sackville, McNally, Kenneth L.

“…At the regional scale, the two species seem more differentiated in South Asia than in Southeast Asia as revealed by FST analysis. …”
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Proceedings of National Seminar on Regulations and Governance Issues in India’s Seed Sector by Dadlani, Narendra

“…A National Seminar on ‘Regulations and Governance Issues in Indian Seed Sector’ was organized on 26-27 September 2023 at New Delhi by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, in collaboration with CGIAR Initiative on Seed Equal, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi and the Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII), New Delhi. …”
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Association mapping unveils favorable alleles for grain iron and zinc concentrations in lentil (Lens culinaris subsp. culinaris) by Singh, Akanksha, Sharma, Vinay, Dikshit, Harsh Kumar, Aski, Muraleedhar, Kumar, Harish, et al.

“…Lentil is a major cool-season grain legume grown in South Asia, West Asia, and North Africa. Populations in developing countries of these regions have micronutrient deficiencies; therefore, breeding programs should focus more on improving the micronutrient content of food. …”
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Generic algorithm for multicriteria ranking of crop technological options based on the “Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution” using ShinyApps by Frija, Aymen, Ouerghemmi, Hassen, Ismail, Firas, Gbegbelegbe, Sika, Swamikannu, Nedumaran

“…We apply this method for ranking different crop technological products of grain legumes and dry cereals based on their respective impacts on poverty, child malnutrition and economic benefits in more than 40 countries in eight different geographic zones across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The developed algorithms and interface can help rank different options based on the weights (preferences) of their respective outcome indicators. …”
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Nutritionally enhanced wheat for food and nutrition security by Velu, Govindan, Michaux, Kristina D., Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H.

“…Novel alleles for grain Zn and Fe in competitive, profitable, Zn enriched wheat varieties have been accomplished using conventional breeding techniques and have been released in South Asia and Latin America, providing between 20% and 40% more Zn than local commercial varieties and benefitting more than four million consumers. …”
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Bangladesh’s groundwater trade-offs from decarbonizing irrigation through solar-powered pumps by Alam, Mohammad Faiz, Mitra, Archisman, Mahapatra, Smaranika, Pavelic, Paul, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Habib, A., Saha, T. K., Haque, A., Sikka, Alok

“…Solar-powered irrigation systems are being scaled globally, especially in South Asia, to mitigate agriculture’s carbon emissions while addressing water–energy–food nexus challenges. …”
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