Search Results - "developing world"

Dimensions of diversity in modern spring bread wheat in developing countries from 1965 by Smale, Melinda, Reynolds, M. P., Warburton, Marilyn L., Skovmand, Bent, Trethowan. R. M., Singh, R. P., Ortiz-Monasterio, J. Ivan, Crossa, J.

“…An estimated 77% of the spring bread wheat area in the developing world today is sown to CIMMYT‐related wheats, but this does not imply that they are genetically uniform. …”
Get full text

Livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in Africa: Beyond meat and milk by Lebbie, S.H.B.

“…The major underlying factors include inadequate food supply due to inadequate production and distribution, and low incomes. animal agriculture is crucial to the enhancement of food security and sustainable agricultural Development in Africa and in the rest of the "developing" world. Livestock provide high quality food in the form of meat, milk and eggs. …”
Get full text

Malnutrition and food insecurity projections, 2020 by Garcia, Marito

“…In 1990 a total of 780 million people out of 4 billion in the developing world are living on diets that are not sufficient to maintain a healthy life, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). …”
Get full text

What can food policy do to redirect the diet transition? by Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…The dietary transition in the developing world is accelerating toward an increased burden of chronic disease. …”
Get full text

Brazil: Maintaining the momentum by Beintema, Nienke M., Pardey, Philip G., Avila, Flavio

“…Consequently, developments in Brazilian agricultural R&D are of great significance to the rest of the region and to the developing world more generally.2 But agricultural research investment has grown much more rapidly in Brazil than in many other Latin American countries, reaching intensity ratios close to those found in the developed world.…”
Get full text

What can food policy do to redirect the diet transition? by Haddad, Lawrence James

“…The dietary transition in the developing world is accelerating toward an increased burden of chronic disease. …”
Get full text

International snap bean seed production and distribution by Emery, G.C., Belt, J, Henry, Guy

“…Low quality seed inhibits improved snap bean production throughout the developing world. The snap bean seed market in Colombia is used as a case study to probe the dimensions of the problem. …”
Get full text

Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography by Paarlberg, Robert L.

“…Farming is a threat to the natural environment in rich as well as poor countries, but the human stakes are now much higher in the developing world, where food needs are acute and growing rapidly. …”
Get full text

What can food policy do to redirect the diet transition? by Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…The dietary transition in the developing world is accelerating toward an increased burden of chronic disease. …”
Get full text

Synthesis of themes and policy issues by Alston, Julian M., Pardey, Philip G., Piggott, Roley R.

“…The developing world is not likely to benefit from rich-country agricultural research in the future as much as it has in the past, and so it will need to become more self-reliant in the provision of agricultural R&D. …”
Get full text

Justice in development?: an analysis of water interventions in the rural south by Venot, Jean-Philippe, Clement, Floriane

“…A constructive dialogue between development studies and environmental justice scholars can offer a fresh look on the society-environment nexus in the developing world.…”
Get full text

Impact of science on African agriculture and food security by Anandajayasekeram, P., Rukani, M., Babu, Suresh Chandra, Liebenberg, F., Keswani, C.L.

“…The need for agricultural research resources in the developing world cannot be underestimated, but the availability of such resources is often poor due to lack of funding and investment. …”
Get full text

Role of livestock in human nutrition and health for poverty reduction in developing countries by Randolph, Thomas F., Schelling, E., Grace, Delia, Nicholson, C., Leroy, Jef L., Cole, Donald C., Demment, M.W., Omore, Amos O., Zinsstag, Jakob, Ruel, Marie T.

“…Livestock keeping is critical for many of the poor in the developing world, often contributing to multiple livelihood objectives and offering pathways out of poverty. …”
Get full text

World Food Prospects: Critical Issues for the Early Twenty-First Century by Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…The IFPRI Director General was introduced by Henri Carsalade, FAO representative to the CGIAR Cosponsors, who described the FAO contribution to the report.Pinstrup-Andersen noted that a demand-driven livestock revolution was underway in the developing world. Food production was increasing in the developing world much faster than the developed world, but net cereal imports would almost double by 2020. …”
Get full text

Transforming the rural nonfarm economy by Haggblade, Steven, Hazell, Peter B. R., Reardon, Thomas

“…"Rural residents across the developing world earn a large share of their income—35–50 percent—from nonfarm activities. …”
Get full text

Water woes by Bahri, Akissa

Get full text

2024 ICARDA global barley breeding program International Nurseries by Sanchez-Garcia, Miguel, Bishaw, Zewdie, Kumari, Safaa, Niane, Abdoul Aziz

“…ICARDA has the CGIAR global mandate to breed barley varieties for the developing World. As such, more than 250 spring and winter 2-row, 6-row and naked barley varieties of ICARDA origin have been released in 46 countries, 51 of them in the last 10 years. …”
Get full text

Challenges for meeting the global food and nutrient needs in the new millennium by Khush, Gurdev S.

“…The proportion of the population in the developing world that is malnourished fell from 46·5 % in the early 1960s to 31 % in 1995. …”
Get full text

Index insurance for managing climate-related agricultural risk: toward a strategic research agenda by Nicola, F. de, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Carter, M., Choularton, R., Hansen, James, Osgood, D.

“…The workshop was designed to identify and address issues surrounding index‐based insurance for smallholder farmers and the rural poor in the developing world. Emphasis was placed on identifying key areas of research and learning for the academic and policy community to pursue. …”
Get full text

Excellence in Breeding: Full Proposal 2017-2022 by CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform

“…Examples in livestock include, in the developed world, the myostatin gene (Grobet et al., 1997) and increased milk yields in cattle and, in the developing world, the prolificacy Booroola genes in sheep (Nimbkar et al., 2005).…”
Get full text