Search Results - "South Asia"

Urbanisation and emerging economies: issues and potential solutions for water and food security by Kookana, R.S., Drechsel, Pay, Jamwal, P., Vanderzalm, J.

“…By 2050, it will increase from 55% to 68%, more than doubling the urban population in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Urbanisation has multifarious (positive as well as negative) impacts on the wellbeing of humans and the environment. …”
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Conservation Agriculture Effects on Soil Water Holding Capacity and Water-Saving Varied with Management Practices and Agroecological Conditions: A Review by Abdallah, Ahmed M., Jat, Hanuman Sahay, Choudhary, Madhu, Abdelaty, Emad F, Sharma, Parbodh Chander, Jat, Mangi Lal

“…CA-practices’ effects are more evident in arid and semi-arid regions; therefore, arable-lands in Sub-Sahara Africa, Australia, and South-Asia are expected to benefit more. This review enhances our understanding of the role of SOC and its quantitative effect in increasing water availability and soil resilience to climate change.…”
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Can fruit and vegetable aggregation systems better balance improved producer livelihoods with more equitable distribution? by Cooper, G.S., Shankara, B., Rich, Karl M., Ratna, N.N., Alam, M.J., Singh, N., Kadiyala, S.

“…This challenge is pertinent to the horticultural systems of South Asia, where the increasing purchasing power of urban consumers, lengthening urban catchments, underdeveloped rural infrastructures and inadequate local demands combine to undermine the delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables to smaller, often rural or semi-rural markets serving nutritionally insecure populations. …”
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Improving zinc and iron biofortification in wheat through genomics approaches by Wani, Shabir Hussain, Gaikwad, Kiran, Razzaq, Ali, Samantara, Kajal, Kumar, Manjeet, Velu, Govindan

“…The conventional breeding strategies have been successful in the introduction of novel alleles for grain Zn and Fe that led to the release of competitive Zn enriched wheat varieties in South Asia. The major challenge over the next few decades will be to maintain the rates of genetic gains for grain yield along with increased grain Zn/Fe concentration to meet the food and nutritional security challenges. …”
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Breeding increases grain yield, zinc, and iron, supporting enhanced wheat biofortification by Velu, Govindan, Atanda, Sikiru Adeniyi, Singh, Ravi P., Huerta Espino, Julio, Crespo-Herrera, Leonardo A., Juliana, Philomin, Mondal, Suchismita, Joshi, Arun Kumar, Bentley, Alison R.

“…Data from yield trials evaluated across multiple locations in South Asia and beyond showed that average annual increases in grain yield potential of ∼1.5% and 0.9% per year gains for grain Zn and Fe concentrations. …”
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Social protection: Designing adaptive systems to build resilience to climate change by Gilligan, Daniel O., Devereux, Stephen, Tenzing, Janna

“…For example, many national social protection systems in the poorest and most vulnerable countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia dating to the 2000s started with targeted standing safety net programs and then later integrated measures to provide humanitarian assistance, scale up temporary transfers to better respond to shocks, and promote household and community resilience — the ability to avoid or escape from chronic poverty in the face of myriad stressors and shocks. …”
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Comparing delivery channels to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh by Ahmed, Akhter, Coleman, Fiona M., Hoddinott, John F., Menon, Purnima, Parvin, Aklima, Pereira, Audrey, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Roy, Shalini

“…Our results suggest opposite-sex agents may not necessarily be less effective in providing training. In South Asia, where agricultural extension systems and the pipeline to those systems are male-dominated, training men to deliver nutrition messages may offer a temporary solution to the shortage of female extension workers and offer opportunities to scale promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture.…”
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How to build a pandemic resilient agrifood system? A review of policy lessons from COVID-19 in Bangladesh by Amjath-Babu, Tharayil Shereef, Timsina, Jagadish, Krupnik, Timothy J., Bhandari, Humnath

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Zinc and provitamin A biofortified maize genotypes exhibited potent to reduce hidden-hunger in Nepal by Dhakal, Krishna, Magar, Amar Bahadur Pun, Pokhrel, Keshab Raj, Baral, Bandhu Raj, Issa, Abdurahman Beshir, Shrestha, Hari Kumar, Vista, Shree Prasad

“…Zinc deficiency affects one third of the population worldwide, and vitamin A deficiency is a prevalent public health issue in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-Asia, including Nepal. Crop biofortification is the sustainable solution to these health—related problems, thus we conducted two different field trials in an alpha lattice design to identify zinc and provitamin A biofortified maize genotypes consistent and competitive in performance over the contrasting seasons (Season 1: 18 February to 6 July 2020 and Season 2: 31 August to 1 February, 2020/21). …”
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Identification of iron and zinc responsive genes in pearl millet using genome-wide RNA-sequencing approach by Goud, Chengeshpur Anjali, Satturu, Vanisri, Malipatil, Renuka, Viswanath, Aswini, Semalaiyappan, Janani, Kudapa, Himabindu, Rathod, Santosha, Rathore, Abhishek, Govindaraj, Mahalingam, Thirunavukkarasu, Nepolean

“…Our results will assist in developing Fe and Zn-efficient pearl millet varieties in biofortification breeding programs and precision delivery mechanisms to ameliorate malnutrition in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.…”
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SNP discovery using BSR-Seq approach for spot blotch resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), an essential crop for food security by Saxesena, Ravi Ranjan, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Chand, Ramesh, Kumar, Uttam, Chowdhury, Apurba Kumar, Bhati, Jyotika, Neeraj Budhlakoti, Joshi, Arun Kumar

“…The pathogenic fungus, Bipolaris sorokiniana, that causes spot blotch (SB) disease of wheat, is a major production constraint in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia and other warm, humid regions of the world. …”
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Water savings potentials of irrigation systems: global simulation of processes and linkages by Jägermeyr, J., Gerten, Dieter, Heinke, Jens, Schaphoff, S., Kummu, M., Lucht, W.

“…We find pronounced regional patterns in beneficial irrigation efficiency (a refined irrigation efficiency indicator accounting for crop-productive water consumption only), due to differences in these features, with the lowest values (< 30 %) in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and the highest values (> 60 %) in Europe and North America. …”
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Spatial targeting of adaptation efforts in the livestock sector by Kimani, Lucy, Hoek, Rein van der, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer

“…Regions identified as the most vulnerable to climate change, such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, also rely heavily on livestock for food, income, and livelihoods. …”
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Association mapping of resistance to tan spot in the Global Durum Panel by Szabo-Hever, Agnes, Singh, Gurminder, Peters Haugrud, Amanda, Running, Katherine, Seneviratne, Sudeshi, Zhang, Zengcui, Shi, Gongjun, Bassi, Filippo, Maccaferri, Marco, Cattivelli, Luigi, Tuberosa, Roberto, Friesen, Timothy L, Liu, Zhaohui, Xu, Steven, Faris, Justin

“…Overall, susceptible durum lines were most prevalent in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Genome-wide association analysis showed the resistance locus Tsr7 was significantly associated with tan spot caused by races 2 and 3, but not races 1, 4, or 5. …”
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Heat-tolerant maize for rainfed hot, dry environments in the lowland tropics: from breeding to improved seed delivery by Zaidi, Pervez Haider, Vinayan, Madhumal Thayil, Nair, Sudha K., Kuchanur, Prakash H., Kumar, Ramesh, Singh, Shyam Bir, Tripathi, Mahendra Prasad, Patil, Ayyanagouda, Ahmed, Salahuddin, Hussain, Aamir, Kulkarni, Atul Prabhakar, Wangmo, Passang, Tuinstra, Mitchell R., Prasanna, Boddupalli M.

“…It is one of the major factors in low productivity of maize in rainfed stress-prone environments in South Asia, affecting a large population of smallholder farmers who depend on maize for their sustenance and livelihoods. …”
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Genomic-regions associated with cold stress tolerance in Asia-adapted tropical maize germplasm by Shikha, Kumari, Vinayan, Madhumal Thayil, Shahi, J. P., Zaidi, Pervez Haider, Seetharam, Kaliyamoorthy, Nair, Sudha K., Singh, Raju, Tosh, Garg, Singamsetti, Ashok, Singh, Saurabh, Sinha, B.

“…Maize varieties directed for growing in the winter season of South Asia must have cold resilience as an important trait due to the low prevailing temperatures and frequent cold snaps observed during this season in most parts of the lowland tropics of Asia. …”
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Research for a new world: Critical thinking for the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus (work packages) by McCartney, Matthew P., Ringler, Claudia

“…A scoping study provided a foundation for capacity strengthening activities in Nepal, the hub for South Asia, while our African hub in South Africa implemented an online nexus masterclass and a physical winter school that saw the participation of more than 100 African students and professionals. …”
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Prospects and challenges of emerging yam formal seed systems in West Africa by Aighewi, B., Aihebhoria, D., Balogun, M., Mignouna, D.

“…Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is a staple tuber crop produced in parts of tropical Af rica, the Caribbean, Oceania, and South Asia. Typically, the crop is grown in traditional systems where there are no dedicated seed producers and farmers use seed f rom informal sources. …”
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Protocol for evidence synthesis of market intelligence: Application to rice in the global South by Custodio, Marie Claire, De Steur, Hans, Demont, Matty

“…In terms of geographical regions, we found that peer-reviewed publications on farmer evaluation of seed products and consumer preferences for rice are underrepresented in South Asia and in Africa. In terms of value chain stakeholders, we found limited evaluation by midstream stakeholders (i.e., processors). …”
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Unequal coverage of nutrition and health interventions for women and children in seven countries by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Singh, Nishmeet, Scott, Samuel P., Neupane, Sumanta, Jangid, Manita, Walia, Monika, Menon, Purnima

“…Conclusion: Co-coverage of health and nutrition interventions is far from optimal and disproportionately affects poor households in south Asia. Policy and programming efforts should pay attention to closing coverage, equity and opportunity gaps, and improving nutrition delivery through health-care and other delivery platforms.…”
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