The first in Bioversity’s new series: ‘A fork in the road – meeting farmers on the road to Rio’ takes…
Archive for May, 2012
Africa Rice Breeding Task Force meeting
African rice breeders meet at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force in Benin.
The role of mangroves in the fight against climate change
Vietnam is one of the few tropical countries that has increased its forest cover over the past several years, so…
Soybean and oil palm expansion in South America
This paper examines trends associated with commercial agriculture expansion in South America. It emphasises soybean and oil palm expansion associated with food, feed and biofuel markets, paying particular attention to their economic, social and environ…
Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force
Podcast of the 4-day sessions of Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Rice Breeding Task Force held at AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin, 24-27 April 2012. Breeders from national agricultural research systems of 22 African countries, AfricaRice and the Interna…