Scientists at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have successfully transferred genes from green pepper to bananas, conferring…
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“Millions fed”: Proven successes in agricultural development
Humanity has made enormous progress in the past 50 years toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. Some five billion people–more…
Sweet Potato, Sweet Success
A program integrating nutrition education and distribution of orange-fleshed sweet potato vines within prenatal care is reaching target audiences at…
‘Mixed’ farmers to the fore
A hitherto disregarded vast group of farmers – those mixing crops with livestock on ‘in between’ lands (neither high-potential farmlands…
Green light for groundwater scheme
An innovative solution to ground water over-exploitation, based on IWMI research, is to be rolled out nationally in India Gujarat…