Integrated model systems that simulate land use and land cover change (LUCC) and associated changes of ecosystem services (ES) are increasingly important for supporting policies and management decisions. However, only few ...

Due to rapid population growth and urbanization, paddy rice agriculture is experiencing substantial changes in the spatiotemporal pattern of planting areas in the two most populous countries—China and India—where food ...

Accurate information on the gross primary production (GPP) of paddy rice cropland is critical for assessing and monitoring rice growing conditions. The eddy co-variance technique was used to measure net ecosystem ex- change ...

Release and Adoption of Improved Cultivars in Southeast Asia Study realized within the framework of SIAC 2.1: Strengthening Impact Assessment in the CGIAR Presented at: 9th ASAE International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand

Cooperation-88 (C88) is a late blight resistant potato variety that was formally released in China in 2001 and has become popular in China’s Yunnan Province. The International Potato Center (CIP) and Yunnan Normal University ...

Context: Recent conceptual developments in ecosystem services research have revealed the need to elucidate the complex and unintended relationships between humans and the environment if we are to better understand and ...

This document presents the Strategic Plan of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas for the period from 2017 to 2026. ICARDA’s mission is to enhance food, water, and nutritional security and ...