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Social Protection and Agricultural Development in Kenya

This paper focuses on social protection programs in Kenya’s agriculture. A case study approach was used […]
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Participation, Commercialisation and Actor Networks: The Political Economy of Cereal Seed Production Systems in Ghana

This FAC Working Paper is part of the first phase of a collaborative research project of […]
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The Political Economy of Cereal Seed Systems in Zimbabwe: Rebuilding the Seed System in a Post-Crisis Economy

This paper aims to understand how Zimbabwe can rebuild a seed system appropriate to the post-land […]
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Seeds and Subsidies: The Political Economy of Input Programmes in Malawi

This paper provides a critical account of the cereal seed systems in Malawi both in a […]
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Ultrastructure of developing pod wall and seed coat tissues in Medicago truncatula

Medicago truncatula has gained much attention as a genomic model species for legume biology, but little […]
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The status of ‘on-farm’ seed priming and related work under DFID Plant Sciences Research Programme

A ten page review of ‘on-farm’ seed priming projects funded by DFID. The projects reviewed were […]
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The quality of farmer saved seed in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania
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The Good Seed Initiative (GSI) – sharing the learning from CPP programmes into pro-poor seed systems in East Africa

Farmer-saved and farmer-traded seed (i.e. the informal seed sector) is, and for the foreseeable future will […]
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Showcase 18: Oiling the wheels of groundnut production.

This series of two-page brief highlights some of the new technologies and processes available, in order […]
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Seed production environment, time of harvest and the potential longevity of seeds of three cultivars of rice (Oryza sativa L).

Changes in seed quality (assessed by potential longevity, i.e. the value of the seed lot constant […]
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Seed priming boosts legume crops in South Asia. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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Seed priming in wheat, barley, sorghum, pearl andfinger millet in South Asia and Africa. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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Report on a visit to Ghana from 11-29 October 1994. Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, UK.
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Pre-treatment of Prosopis seeds to break dormancy

Seeds of most Prosopis species exhibit hard seed coat dormancy which must be broken to permit […]
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Preliminary study to investigate possibilities for a vegetable seed industry. Report on a visit to Ghana from 17-28 February 1995. Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, UK.
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Poor farmers in Uganda boost their income with new groundnut varieties – Validated RNRRS Output

Farmers throughout Uganda are using new disease-resistant groundnut varieties—validated in on-farm trials—to overcome a rosette disease, […]
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Policy Brief No. 45. Can agro-dealers deliver the Green Revolution in Kenya?

In a bid to return the country to food self-sufficiency, the Government of Kenya has been […]
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Improving farmers’ access to quality seed

Most farmers in sub-Saharan Africa plant their own or locally traded maize seed. So, both informal […]
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PETRRA – an experiment in pro-poor agricultural research. Book 3/10: PETRRA Policy Briefs

Under PETRRA there were 45 sub-projects (SPs) commissioned for technology development, uptake methods research and policy […]
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Oiling the wheels of groundnut production. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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Mitigation of the impact of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods through low-labour input agriculture and related activities

This report attempts to provide answers to the following questions: 1. What is the evidence that […]
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Innovation Challenge Fund Brochure 2: Nepal takes up the challenge

This brochure introduces four projects in Nepal, starting in 2008, under the Research into Use Programme. […]
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Inheritance of seed condensed tannins and their relationship with seed-coat color and pattern genes in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Condensed tannins are major flavonoid end products that affect the nutritional quality of many legume seeds. […]
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Improving access to good quality agri-inputs
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Genetic diversity for seed mineral composition in the wild legume Teramnus labialis

Teramnus labialis (L.) Spreng. is a wild, tropical legume whose seeds are collected and used as […]
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Enhancing smallholder livelihoods reducing costs and adding value to agricultural production
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Don’t neglect rainy season legumes in India – Validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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Lesson learning study from the Vegetable Cluster with special emphasis on the links with the private sector

A lesson learning study on the Crop Protection Programme’s cluster of vegetable projects in East Africa […]
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Concentration and localization of zinc during seed development and germination in wheat

In a field experiment, the effect of foliar Zn applications on the concentration of Zn in […]
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Bangladesh’s Final Report to DFID

This DfID-funded project was implemented by scientists from CABI-Europe and CIMMYT South Asia, in collaboration with […]
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A-maize-ing partnerships

Maize is the most important food crop in Kenya, providing on average 44% of peoples’ calorie […]
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48 Nuevas Ideas para Agricultores Bolivianos

This book contains 48 fact sheets (in Spanish) written during 4, five-day courses held in October […]
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Promoting Adoption of New Rice Varieties: Addressing the Costs of Early Adoption in Sierra Leone

Agricultural productivity has stagnated in much of sub-Saharan Africa, while many other regions of the world […]
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Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was founded in 2006 on the belief that […]