Crop production seeds and fertilizers
- RiceClima
- The main goal of the RiceClima project is to develop an integrated adaptation framework for the sustenance of rice production under different climate change scenarios in Bangladesh.
- Alleviating climate change impacts in rural Bangladesh through efficient agricultural interventions
- RiceClima, 2013
- Rice is the staple food in Bangladesh and crucial for the food security in the country. The alluvial soil deposits, through an extensive river network across Bangladesh, have contributed to a fertile land with high rice productivity p...
- African Crop Science Society (ACSS)
- African Crop Science Society (ACSS) is a society for investigators, producers, business people and technicians around the world with the overall goal of promoting crop production and food security in the continent of Africa.
- Well-designed IPR legislation is critical for small-scale farmers to continue as stewards of agro-biodiversity
- R. Andersen / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2007
- Farmers’ rights are about enabling farmers to continue as stewards and innovators of agro-biodiversity, and about rewarding them for their contribution to the global genetic pool. This policy brief outlines central challenges an...
- Avoiding possible conflict between seed and plant-variety-protection laws
- S.B. Ravi / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2009
- The Indian seed policy and related laws and regulations are stand-alone domestic devices for setting and enforcing national seed standards. This policy brief is an analysis of the complementarities and contradictions between the legis...
- Making the most of fertilizer use in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire
- F. Ruf (ed) / IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, 2012
- Fertilizer use on degraded farms with mature trees has shown a clear positive impact on the productivity of cocoa. This is the main conclusion from this pilot study on the impact of fertilizer, based on Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. ...
- Can cassava stocks be the regional food-security shock absorber in East Africa?
- C. Donovan; S. Haggblade; V.A. Salegua / AgEcon Search, 2011
- Cassava has historically served as Mozambique’s key food security crop. This paper examines the commercial dynamics in Mozambique’s cassava value chain as well as the food security implications of growing cassava commercia...
- Fertilizer Requirement for Boro Rice Production in Bangladesh
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2012
- Boro rice is one of the major cereal food grains in Bangladesh which contributed more than 55% to the total rice production during 2008-09. Hybrid Boro rice yield depends on a considerable part on irrigation and fertilizer management ...
- Future Fertiliser Demand for Sustaining Rice production in Bangladesh: A Quantitative Analysis
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2012
- This research report has been developed, based upon the historical data on the last few years rice production and consumption, demand and supply of fertilisers and cropping intensity in Bangladesh. In this study, the total requirement...
- Report on the necessity of a holistic framework for agricultural climate change adaptation
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- Climate change poses severe threats on agriculture. Even though some countries may experience beneficial change to agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), the majority, particularly developing countries, will experience significant...
- Alleviating climate change impacts in rural Bangladesh through efficient agricultural interventions
- RiceClima, 2013
- Rice is the staple food in Bangladesh and crucial for the food security in the country. The alluvial soil deposits, through an extensive river network across Bangladesh, have contributed to a fertile land with high rice productivity p...
- Well-designed IPR legislation is critical for small-scale farmers to continue as stewards of agro-biodiversity
- R. Andersen / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2007
- Farmers’ rights are about enabling farmers to continue as stewards and innovators of agro-biodiversity, and about rewarding them for their contribution to the global genetic pool. This policy brief outlines central challenges an...
- Avoiding possible conflict between seed and plant-variety-protection laws
- S.B. Ravi / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2009
- The Indian seed policy and related laws and regulations are stand-alone domestic devices for setting and enforcing national seed standards. This policy brief is an analysis of the complementarities and contradictions between the legis...
- Making the most of fertilizer use in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire
- F. Ruf (ed) / IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, 2012
- Fertilizer use on degraded farms with mature trees has shown a clear positive impact on the productivity of cocoa. This is the main conclusion from this pilot study on the impact of fertilizer, based on Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. ...
- Can cassava stocks be the regional food-security shock absorber in East Africa?
- C. Donovan; S. Haggblade; V.A. Salegua / AgEcon Search, 2011
- Cassava has historically served as Mozambique’s key food security crop. This paper examines the commercial dynamics in Mozambique’s cassava value chain as well as the food security implications of growing cassava commercia...
- Fertilizer Requirement for Boro Rice Production in Bangladesh
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2012
- Boro rice is one of the major cereal food grains in Bangladesh which contributed more than 55% to the total rice production during 2008-09. Hybrid Boro rice yield depends on a considerable part on irrigation and fertilizer management ...
- Future Fertiliser Demand for Sustaining Rice production in Bangladesh: A Quantitative Analysis
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2012
- This research report has been developed, based upon the historical data on the last few years rice production and consumption, demand and supply of fertilisers and cropping intensity in Bangladesh. In this study, the total requirement...
- Report on the necessity of a holistic framework for agricultural climate change adaptation
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- Climate change poses severe threats on agriculture. Even though some countries may experience beneficial change to agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), the majority, particularly developing countries, will experience significant...
- Adapting to climate change and increasing food production through climate smart agriculture
- C. Pye-Smith / Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2011
- This paper places agriculture at the heart of climate change policy stating that climate change is already changing the face of farming. Increases in temperature, changing patterns of rainfall, more extreme droughts and floods, and th...
- Claimed benefits of GM RR soy have not been realised, but anticipated problems have been confirmed
- M. Antoniou; P. Brack; A. Carrasco 2010
- Awareness is growing that many modern agricultural practices are unsustainable. This report assesses the scientific evidence on GM RR (genetically modified to tolerate the herbicide Roundup) soy and asks whether it can be defined as s...
- RiceClima
- The main goal of the RiceClima project is to develop an integrated adaptation framework for the sustenance of rice production under different climate change scenarios in Bangladesh.
- African Crop Science Society (ACSS)
- African Crop Science Society (ACSS) is a society for investigators, producers, business people and technicians around the world with the overall goal of promoting crop production and food security in the continent of Africa.
- Food Security Research Project (FRSP)
- Zambian food security research network
- Africancrops.net
- Information on use of GM crops and seed systems in Africa
- Bunda College of Agriculture
Provides training in food production, food security, conservation and natural resource management
- Africa Rice Center (WARDA), Benin
- Africa Rice Center (WARDA) is an autonomous intergovernmental research association of African member states.
