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Gender Research within a Systems Approach in the Dry Areas
Gender Research within a Systems Approach in the Dry Areas
Impact of Improved Maize Adoption on Welfare of Farm Households in Malawi: A Panel Data Analysis
This paper assesses rural households’ decision to use improved maize varieties in Malawi and examines its impact on household welfare using a three-year household panel data. The distributional effect of maize technology ...
Seed Info No. 47
Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and regular communication among seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region and beyond. Its purpose is to help strengthen national seed programs ...
Lebanon and ICARDA. A three-decade partnership in research for development for improved livelihoods
Lebanon is ICARDA’s second host country and the country that witnessed the launch of the center in the mid-1970s through the ALAD program of the Ford Foundation. This process culminated in 1977 with a host country agreement ...
Sustaining family farmers in the Dry Areas
The estimated 500 million family farmers worldwide are often the main food producers in many regions, making vital contributions to the variety and quality of local diets. Paradoxically, many also struggle on marginal lands ...
Training Report on Food security and healthy diet for a population living in Fergana province_September 2014
The Training on “Food security and healthy diet for a population living in Fergana
province” was conducted in Kuva district Fergana Province on 9 September 2014 with
the active support of local government (Khokimiyat) and ...
Frost tolerance in winter wheat genotypes evaluated in Aral Sea cold zone in Central Asia
Winter wheat production is directly linked to food security in Central Asia. Frost is an important constraint to winter wheat in Aral Sea zone of Central Asia encompassing parts of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. ...
CAC News No 59-60. January-June 2014
In this issue
a) Saving Georgia’s biodiversity for food security of future generations
b) New ‘super’ pearl millet approved for countrywide cultivation in Uzbekistan
c) Changing face of agriculture in northern Tajikistan
d) ...
International Scientists and Policymakers Gather to Tackle Endemic Disease Threatening Global Wheat Production and Food Security
In an urgent response to the endemic threat that wheat stripe rust now poses to global wheat production, a partnership of leading international agricultural research centers, national research institutions, and policy ...
Seed production of wheat, barley, chickpea and mungbean in Action Sites in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan_CRP DS 4.5 Activity Report
Establish a seed systems platform compatible with existing agro-ecological
environments to supply farmers with high quality seed and planting materials so as to
improve livelihoods, food security and incomes of smallholders