Access Agriculture is an international NGO which showcases agricultural training videos in local languages. Here you can […]
Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) isolates were collected from crops of Phaseolus vulgaris (bean) and from […]
The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to determine the mating groups of several […]
This report combines the historical view and a unique moment in the story of agriculture – […]
Variation in water availability is a major source of risk for agricultural productivity and food security […]
The project completed a survey and selection of sites for population and mortality studies in Phase […]
This article demonstrates the politics of the policy processes of adaptation using the case of crop […]
Forty-four local Ethiopian and Rwandan sorghums (Sorghum bicolor) were observed to remain free of ergot, or […]
CCAFS carried out household baseline surveys in all its benchmark sites in 2010/2011. This report presents […]
The world’s poorest and most vulnerable farmers on the whole have not benefited from international agricultural […]
An experiment was performed to investigate the spread of infection in maize streak virus epidemics. Four […]
A simulation model of the dynamics of rice tungro virus disease (RTVD) was developed to assess […]
ShujaazFM is a multimedia youth communication initiative which combines monthly comic books, daily radio programmes, and […]
Increased understanding of the substantial threat climate change poses to agriculture has not been met with […]
Markets are where we buy and sell. We take them for granted: every day – in […]
Comparisons are drawn between the decision-making processes used in the management of two major pests of […]
An understanding of farmers’ perceptions of pests and their existing pest control methods can make an […]
The aim of the survey was to collate information, opinions and expert feedback across a wide […]
This report on crop post-harvest research programme in Zimbabwe focuses on the institutional environment, farming systems, […]
The Senegalese grasshopper, Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), is a major grasshopper pest of subsistence crops […]
This issue focuses on how local communities in six countries in south-east Asia are managing risk; […]
On-farm seed priming has been widely tested with a range of crops in Africa and Asia. […]
On-farm seed priming is a simple technique that involves little or no extra costs, no risk, […]
Development of the Karkheh’s water resources has contributed in important ways to Iran’s food security and […]
The present project was approved by CPWF for implementation in the KRB and was carried out […]
This video, in English and Bengali with English subtitles, promotes the work of the Global Plant […]
Smallholder farmers need information on plant diseases. Ten plant health clinics (Postas para Plantas) evolved in […]
This report describes the setting up of plant clinics in each of the 13 administrative districts […]
Environmental stresses represent the most limiting factors for agricultural productivity. Apart from biotic stresses caused by […]
Four cultivars of chickpea which differed in their reaction to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceri, the pathogen causing […]
In early 2005, the Nicaraguan Foundation for Technological Development in Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry (FUNICA) began […]
This report attempts to provide answers to the following questions: 1. What is the evidence that […]
Although farmers in developing countries are generally thought to be risk averse, little is known about […]
There is no one widely accepted method of managing international agricultural research and numerous different models […]
Tiraque is a small town in Bolivia, about two hours from Cochabamba on the road to […]
This report summarizes the results of a baseline household-level survey, designed by the CCAFS team and […]
To determine the most important production constraints and associated yield losses for six major food crops […]
Farmers all have a story to tell to the plant doctors of Bangladesh. Plant doctors have […]
Basidiospores are implicated in the distribution and genetic diversity of Ganoderma boninense, cause of basal stem rot […]
Challenging climatic conditions, limited arable land, intense population pressures and a history of political upheaval have […]
Phenological development is the single most important attribute of crop adaptation to shifting climates. Climate change […]
In October 2008, coconut plantations in the villages of Tobenam, Pupun and Dugumor, located in the […]
A widespread and economically important epidemic of sugary disease in irrigated production of F1, hybrid seed […]
This document represents the final report of project R5804, “Evaluating soil fertility constraints on smallholder agriculture […]
This publication provides an insight into the work of the projects managed by NR International on […]
Crops for the Future is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of neglected and underutilised plant […]
Plant genomes contain numerous disease resistance genes (R genes) that play roles in defense against pathogens. […]
The incidence and severity of foliar anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, were recorded for seven fields […]
This paper aims to engage in alternative perspectives of agricultural commercialisation to shift thinking and ways […]
Twenty-one members of the CoDI partners: BAIF Development Research Foundation, Center for Agrarian Systems Research and […]
This report investigates the climate of three target regions of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate […]
The fact sheets in this collection were written by extension workers, farmers and researchers who attended […]
There is a growing consensus that agricultural growth is critical to meet the ambitious Millennium Development […]
Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) deficiencies are well-documented public health issue and an important soil constraint […]
A great deal of effort on behalf of governments and the international community goes into helping […]
This paper reports the main conclusions of a series of experiments concluded at Adiopodoume in the […]
In the context of arid and semi-arid climates, where water resources are scarce and where multiple […]
This study investigates the processes of negotiation undertaken to gain access to the sandbars. In so […]
Research has overcome a long-standing barrier to improved pigeonpea production by identifying the cause of the […]