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Threat of wheat blast to South Asia’s food security: An ex-ante analysis
New biotic stresses have emerged around the globe over the last decades threatening food safety and security. In 2016, scientists confirmed the presence of the devastating wheat-blast disease in Bangladesh, South Asia–its ...
Cactus is catching up in India
A blog about cactus as an option crop for most farmers, this climate resilient plant shows promising signs of becoming an important contributor to regional food and forage security. Cactus as a fodder crop can address the ...
Household Level Baseline Data for Dryland System Agricultural Production System Research in South Asian action Villages ( Rajasthan-State)
Household Level Baseline Data has been collected in action Villages of Rajasthan state of India for Dryland System Agricultural Production System Research
Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopic Approach for the Characterization of Soil Aggregate Size Distribution
Assessment of soil structure and soil aggregation remains a challenging task.
Routine methods such as dry- and wet-sieving approaches are generally time
consuming and tedious, which calls for a robust, fast, and ...
Quantification of the Land Potential for Scaling Agroforestry in South Asia
Trees are an integral part of the sustainable farming practices that can withstand extreme weather events, pest risks, and optimize land and water productivity to achieve food, fuel, fodder and nutritional security while ...
Phenotypic evaluation of the effect of high temperatures (2°C and 4°C above ambient temperature) on elite common bean lines
A heat tolerant trial of Andean beans was planted in Alvarado (Tolima) (July to November 2016). A total of 157 individual selections were planted. A total of 8 F1.3 and 31 F1.4 were selected under conditions of heat stress. ...
Effect of Variety, Soil Moisture Content and Cutting Depth on Performance of a Single Row Animal Drawn Groundnut Digger
The challenge of providing a more efficient and
cost-effective ways of harvesting groundnut
amongst the small holder farmers is imperative in
northern Nigeria as a result of intensity of labor
requirement in the task. It ...
Bhoosamrudhi: Improving Rural Livelihoods through Innovative Scaling-up of Science-led Participatory Research for Development_Progress Report
Progress Report of Bhoosamridhi is a flagship initiative to establish learning sites of scaling-up integrated and participatory research for development to benefit small and marginal farmers across four districts of Tumakuru, ...
Segregating populations developed and shared for evaluation at ICARDA India Platform.
Barley is a main staple crop and large areas in the world are devoted to the crop. In India, barley is an
important crop cultivated since ancient times. The major barley growing states in India are Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, ...
Dietary Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes: How Millet Comes to Help
Diabetes has become a highly problematic and increasingly prevalent disease worldwide.
It has contributed toward 1.5 million deaths in 2012. Management techniques for
diabetes prevention in high-risk as well as in affected ...