In the midst of a drought-induced food crisis affecting millions in the Horn of Africa, an innovative insurance program…
Consortium News Archive for October, 2011
Searching for adaptive traits; like finding a needle in a haystack?
Plant breeders are always looking for new genotypes with valuable traits, such as drought, salinity and disease resistance. But they…
Plastic barriers combat major potato pest
A simple sheet of plastic is proving to be an effective alternative to expensive, harmful insecticides for controlling a major…
Water harvesting reshapes farming in Nicaragua
All of his neighbors have dusty, unproductive land, but Victor Beltran has a field of maize over five feet…
Neglected and underutilized crops empowering women in Bolivia and India
Modern agriculture generally focuses on the cultivation of three major staple crops (rice, maize and wheat), which provide about…