Search Results - "developing world"

Review: Improving global food security through accelerated plant breeding by Lenaerts, Bert, Collard, Bertrand C. Y., Demont, Matty

“…With an expected 9 billion people by 2050 and average income on the rise in the developing world, meeting future food demand will be a challenge. …”
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Water and poverty in two Colombian watersheds by Johnson, Nancy L., García, J., Rubiano Mejía, Jorge Eliécer, Quintero, Marcela, Estrada, R.D., Mwangi, E., Peralta, A., Granados, S.

“…Watersheds, especially in the developing world, are increasingly being managed for both environmental conservation and poverty alleviation. …”
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The economic and poverty impacts of animal diseases in developing countries: new roles, new demands for economics and epidemiology by Rich, Karl M., Perry, Brian D.

“…These impacts are multidimensional and not always well understood, complicating effective policy response. In the developing world, livestock diseases have broader, more nuanced effects on markets, poverty, and livelihoods, given the diversity of uses of livestock and complexity of livestock value chains. …”
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Participatory scenarios as a tool to link science and policy on food security under climate change in East Africa by Chaudhury, M., Vervoort, Joost M., Kristjanson, Patricia M., Ericksen, Polly J., Ainslie, A.

“…How effective are multi-stakeholder scenarios-building processes to bring diverse actors together and create a policy-making tool to support sustainable development and promote food security in the developing world under climate change? The effectiveness of a participatory scenario development process highlights the importance of “boundary work” that links actors and organizations involved in generating knowledge on the one hand, and practitioners and policymakers who take actions based on that knowledge on the other. …”
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The status of crop-livestock systems and evolution towards integration by Iiyama, Miyuki, Kaitibie, S., Kariuki, P., Morimoto, Y.

“…Mixed crop-livestock systems are one of the dominant agricultural systems in the developing world. While crop-livestock systems tremendously vary across different biophysical and demographic settings, agro-pastoralists face challenges such as population growth and globalisation. …”
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Reframing technical change: Livestock fodder scarcity revisited as innovation capacity scarcity - A conceptual framework by Hall, A., Sulaiman, R., Bezkorowajnyj, P.G.

“…Livestock is important to the livelihoods of poor people in many regions of the developing world. A generic problem found across this diverse range of production and marketing contexts is the shortage of fodder. …”
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Improving livestock water productivity by Wright, Iain A.

“…Demand for livestock products is increasing rapidly in the developing world as a consequence of population growth, rising incomes, urbanization, and changes in dietary preferences. …”
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The International Water Management Institute's work on climate change and possibilities for Myanmar: seeking solution for the measure of adaptation and mitigation against the impac... by Inada, Yoshiaki

“…As water is perhaps the most important element in climate change adaption, in particular as related to agriculture, IWMI has focused considerable resources on the topic of climate change and has been at the forefront of climate change science as related to agricultural adaption in the developing world. IWMI's climate work has been focused on 1) better information to understand the impacts of climate change on farmers, 2) understanding the range of storage options-from natural wetlands, groundwater aquifers, and ponds to large scale dams-that can help farmers adapt to changing water supply as well as extreme events, and 3) understanding how changes in water governance can increase farmer options and improve outcomes. …”
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Who gets the information? Gender, power and equity considerations in the design of climate services for farmers by Tall, Arame, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Chaudhury, M., McKune, Sarah, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Many contend that improved climate forecasts since the late 1990s have had limited impact on smallholder farming communities in Africa and across the developing world. However, power and privilege may determine who has access to appropriate climate and advisory services within those communities. …”
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Snap bean international trade: present status and future prospects by Peterson, W, Henry, Guy

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Strategies for management of pests and diseases of snap beans in Latin America by Cardona, C., Pastor Corrales, Marcial A.

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CIAT's role in international snap bean research by Kornegay, Julia L.

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Discrimination of sweetpotato virus disease resistant and tolerant clones by Mwanga, Robert O.M.

“…Sweetpotato is an important source of calories and pro-vitamin A in the developing world. However, the crop suffers major diseases resulting in significant yield losses. …”
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Tools for controlling a major global food and feed safety risk: Non-biological post-harvest procedures to decontaminate mycotoxins in food and feeds by Temba, Benigni A., Sultanbawa, Y., Kriticos, D.J., Fox, Glen P., Harvey, Jagger J.W., Fletcher, M.T.

“…Particular consideration is given to the application of such methods in the developing world, where mycotoxin contamination is a serious food safety issue in staple crops such as maize and rice.…”
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Genetic basis and breeding perspectives of grain iron and zinc enrichment in cereals by García Oliveira, A.L., Chander, S., Ortíz, R., Menkir, A., Gedil, Melaku A

“…The inherently low Fe and Zn content and poor bioavailability in cereal grains seems to be at the root of these mineral nutrient deficiencies, especially in the developing world where cereal-based diets are the most important sources of calories. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Tenth Meeting, 22-26 July 1975: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…On the recommendation of its Subcommittee on Plant Nutrition, TAC endorsed CGIAR support to IFDC with the qualifications that field testing of new products be carried out through existing centers in the developing world, and that research on marketing and distribution of fertilizers be planned in consultation with the FAO and World Bank. …”
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Challenge of virus disease threats to ensuring sustained uptake of vitamin-A-rich sweetpotato in Africa by Kreuze, Jan F., Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose, Low, Jan W.

“…Orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes (OFSP) are a rich source of pro-vitamin A and can alleviate vitamin A deficiency in the developing world. In Africa, traditional varieties have been almost exclusively white-fleshed and introduction and breeding of orange-fleshed varieties into Africa has been severely hampered by virus diseases to which many varieties are susceptible. …”
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Dairy development for the resource poor. Part 1: a comparison of dairy policies and development in South Asia and East Africa by Staal, Steven J., Pratt, A.N., Jabbar, M.A.

“…This study examines dairy development in two key dairy producing regions in the developing world: East Africa and South Asia. The aim of the study is to analyse the trends in dairy development in these two regions and identify their key determinants, to assess the impact of policy interventions on those trends and to identify impacts of dairy development, particularly on the poor. …”
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Assessing Poverty Impacts of Agricultural Research: Methods and Challenges for CGIAR by Gollin, D., Probst, L. T., Brower, E.

“…For more than 50 years, the international community has viewed agricultural research as a key instrument in the quest to improve livelihoods in the developing world. The work done by CGIAR and its partners has been hugely important; probably the best measure of its impact is the sheer extent of the adoption of CGIAR technologies by farmers and by governments. …”
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Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa by Ignowski, Liz, Minten, Bart, Swinnen, Johan, Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Vandevelde, Senne

“…Agricultural value chains, particularly in the developing world, have been going through drastic changes over the past decades. …”
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