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Plant Breeding with Farmers: A technical manual
This manual on Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) is based primarily on the direct experience derived from several years of implementing PPB programmes in a number of countries and on a number of crops, and secondly, from ...
Seed Info No. 43
Seed Info is designed to stimulate information exchange and regular communication between seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. Its purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs ...
Improving food security and nutrition in Africa
Few regions present bigger development challenges than the African drylands – home to nearly 300 million people, and the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Food security and rural welfare in these areas are limited by a range ...
Seed Info No. 42
Seed Info is designed to stimulate information exchange and regular communication between seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. Its purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs ...
Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Program Framework 2012 - 2016
The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program comprises three research-for-development projects supported by the United States Agency for International Development as ...
Introducing new agricultural technologies and marketing strategies: A means for increasing income and nutrition of farm households in Ethiopia
Many developing regions have excellent potential agricultural resources. However, historically, the population has become so concentrated in these regions that acute poverty and malnutrition now predominate. The food ...
ICARDA and EIAR Success of Joint Barley-Breeding Program in Developing Food Barley Varieties for the Ethiopian Low-Moisture Areas
Collaborative work of international research institutes, like ICARDA and national agricultural research
centers in any developing country, such as Ethiopia, is important and has significant impact on improving the
livelihood ...
Caravan 27: Research integration in practice
This issue of Caravan describes the new program, and some of the research innovations it will build on. The issue begins with two ‘opinion pieces’ by scientists from partner organizations in the CRP. They share lessons ...
Caravan 28: Research that works for people and communities
Agricultural research for development: meeting the challenge of bringing science to farmers.
This issue of Caravan looks to the field to present approaches and examples that have been developed through our research with ...