Search Results - Development assistance.

School meals are evolving: Has the evidence kept up? by Alderman, Harold, Bundy, Donald, Gelli, Aulo

“…But in each domain, program objectives have evolved: schooling is recognized to be more about learning than grades obtained; nutrition goals include healthy diets that reduce risks of non-communicable diseases and are more environmentally responsible; social protection programs aim to respond to acute crises and address chronic poverty. In addition to assisting in these sectors, school meal programs are tasked with creating food systems that assist smallholder farmers, an endeavor that has yet to be extensively studied. …”
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Biotechnology Priorities, Planning, and Policies: A Framework for Decision Making by Cohen, Joel I.

“…National agricultural research systems in many developing countries are evolving programs that use biotechnology to address constraints on productivity and to meet pressing agricultural needs. …”
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Characterizing the Saltol quantitative trait locus for salinity tolerance in rice by Thomson, Michael J., de Ocampo, Marjorie, Egdane, James, Rahman, M. Akhlasur, Sajise, Andres Godwin, Adorada, Dante L., Tumimbang-Raiz, Ellen, Blumwald, Eduardo, Seraj, Zeba I., Singh, Rakesh K., Gregorio, Glenn B., Ismail, Abdelbagi M.

“…Analysis of a series of backcross lines and near-isogenic lines (NILs) developed to better characterize the effect of the Saltol locus revealed that Saltol mainly acted to control shoot Na+/K+ homeostasis. …”
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Fine-mapping of a major QTL controlling angular leaf spot resistance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Keller, Beat, Manzanares, Chloe, Jara, Carlos E., Lobaton, Juan David, Studer, Bruno, Raatz, Bodo

“…A major QTL for angular leaf spot resistance in the common bean accession G5686 was fine-mapped to a region containing 36 candidate genes. Markers have been developed for marker-assisted selection. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important grain legume and an essential protein source for human nutrition in developing countries. …”
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Applications of tagging and mapping insect resistance loci in plants by Yencho, G.C., Cohen, M.B., Byrne, P.F.

“…This review examines how molecular markers can be used to increase our understanding of the mechanisms of plant resistance to insects and develop insect resistant crops. We provide a brief description of the types of molecular markers currently being employed, and describe how they can be applied to identify and track genes of interest in a marker-assisted breeding program. …”
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Introduction [in Future directions for Indian irrigation: research and policy issues] by Svendsen, Mark

“…The larger aim of the meeting was to assist in developing an agenda of research issues to receive attention as part of the recently initiated program of collaborative agricultural policy research being undertaken by IFPRI and selected Indian research institutions.…”
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Spatial trypanosomosis management: From data - layers to decision making by Hendrickx, G., Rocque, S. de la, Reid, Robin S., Wint, W.

“…Here, Guy Hendrickx and colleagues review approaches being used to develop reliable data layers and to incorporate these data into GIS models. …”
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Single‑ and multi‑trait genomic prediction and genome‑wide association analysis of grain yield and micronutrient‑related traits in ICARDA wheat under drought environment by Tadesse, Wuletaw, Zakaria, EL Gataa, Rachdad, Fatima Ezzahra, El-Baouchi, Adil, Kehel, Zakaria, Alemu, Admas

“…Globally, over 2 billion people sufer from malnutrition due to inadequate intake of micronutrients. Genomic-assisted breeding is identifed as a valuable method to facilitate developing new improved plant varieties targeting grain yield and micronutrient-related traits. …”
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ICRISAT component, Kenya - Annual Technical Report 2022 by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

“…Pre-season and in-season agro-advisories were developed and broadcasted among more than 22,000 smallholder farmers to assist them with an on-farm decision- making. …”
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Genomics-integrated breeding for carotenoids and folates in staple cereal grains to reduce malnutrition by Ashokkumar, Kaliyaperumal, Govindaraj, Mahalingam, Adhimoolam, Karthikeyan, Gnanapanditha Mohan, Shobhana V., Warkentin, Tom

“…This review synthesizes the available literature on folates, provitamin A, and carotenoids in rice, wheat, maize, and pearl millet, including genetic variation, trait discovery, QTL identification, gene introgressions, and the strategy of genomics-assisted biofortification for these traits. Recent evidence shows that genomics-assisted breeding for grain nutrition in rice, wheat, maize, and pearl millet crops have good potential to aid in the alleviation of micronutrient malnutrition in many developing countries.…”
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FAO/IPGRI Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors [MCPD] by Alercia, A., Diulgheroff, S., Metz, T., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…The List of Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD) is a reference tool developed jointly by IPGRI and FAO to provide international standards to facilitate germplasm passport information exchange across crops. …”
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An SSR-based molecular genetic map of cassava by Okogbenin, Emmanuel, Marín, J.A., Fregene, Martin A.

“…A set of 472 SSR markers, previously developed from cassava genomic and cDNA libraries, were screened for polymorphism in K150 and its parents TMS 30572 and CM 2177-2. …”
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FAO's Review on the Future of Root and Tuber Crops, Bananas and Plantains by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Bonte-Friedheim, Christian F.

“…A review of constraints to increased productivity and utilization of roots, tuber crops, bananas, and plantains in developing countries presented at CGIAR International Centers Week in 1987 by FAO Agriculture Department Assistant Director General C.H. …”
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Relationship between quality attributes of backslopped fermented gari and the sensory and instrumental texture profile of the cooked dough (eba) by Awoyale, W., Oyedele, H.A., Adenitan, A.A., Adesokan, Michael, Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, Maziya-Dixon, Busie

“…The information provided in this study may assist the breeders in developing varieties with good textural attributes for eba. …”
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Participatory methods for planning the future in forest communities by Evans, K., Jong, W. de, Cronkleton, P., Nghi, Tran Huu

“…In Bolivia and Vietnam we tested four adaptations of scenario-based methods to assist forest communities to develop these skills. …”
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Linking urban consumers and rural farmers in India: A comparison of traditional and modern food supply chains by Minten, Bart, Reardon, Thomas, Vandeplas, Anneleen

“…Food supply chains are being transformed in a number of developing countries due to widespread changes in urban food demand. …”
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Positive interactions of major-effect QTLs with genetic background that enhances rice yield under drought by Sandhu, Nitika, Dixit, Shalabh, Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, Vikram, Prashant, Venkateshwarlu, Challa, Catolos, Margaret, Kumar, Arvind

“…To improve the grain yield of the lowland-adapted popular rice variety Samba Mahsuri under reproductive-stage drought (RS) and to understand the interactions between drought QTLs, two mapping populations were developed using marker-assisted selection (MAS) and marker-assisted recurrent selection (MARS). …”
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Molecular mapping of genes for resistance to the bean pod weevil (Apion gomani Wagner) in common bean by Blair, Matthew W., Muñoz, J., Garza García, Ramón, Cardona Mejía, César

“…Given unreliable infestation by the insect, the use of marker-assisted selection is desirable. In the present study, we developed a set of nine molecular markers for Apion resistance and mapped them to loci on chromosomes 2, 3, 4 and 6 (linkage groups b01, b08, b07and b11, respectively) based on genetic analysis of an F 5:10 susceptible × resistant recombinant inbred line population (Jamapa × J-117) and two reference mapping populations (DOR364 × G19833 and BAT93 × JaloEEP558) for which chromosome and linkage group designations are known. …”
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Influence of stochastic capital budgeting and real options valuation method on strategic investment decision : investment appraisal of synthetic firm producing algae based fuels in... by Gannoshyna, Inna, Volkivskyy, Valentyn

“…This is for the purpose to assist investment managers in the case when net present value appraisal is not enough for objective decision "to invest now or wait".…”

CTA Project Completion Report: VALUE4HER - Strengthening women's agribusiness enterprises in Africa by Dido Bashuna, Sabdiyo, Shiri, Mejury, Adedeji, Oluwaseun

“…Several masterclasses were held alongside key events to assist acquire additional skills necessary to run their businesses for success.…”
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