Conservation agriculture is spreading rapidly in West Asia – adoption has grown from near zero to more than 27,000…
Consortium News Archive for December, 2011
Can Agricultural Research Help Feed the World?
The successes of agriculture research have been many, but ‘why are people still hungry?’ remains the relentless question. To mark the…
A ‘C-Change’ in southern India: the chickpea revolution
New chickpea varieties adapted to warmer, short-season environments are bringing increasing prosperity to southern India and offer hope for…
Rubber bounces back in Indonesia with the help of Agroforestry Systems
Alternative rubber agroforestry systems are raising incomes, retaining biodiversity and increasing rubber production in Indonesia. Rubber production began in Indonesia…
Sri Lanka benefiting from GIFT
The genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) developed by The WorldFish Center and partners, is raising…