The first tracking system for habitat loss across Latin America, Terra-i, illustrates the contrasting scenarios surrounding deforestation on the Guatemala-Belize border between 2004 and 2010.
Archive for August, 2012
Combating Gray Leaf Spot with high-yielding and QPM maize varieties in Bhutan
Maize is one of the major staples in Bhutan and is cultivated by about 70 percent of households throughout the country. Poor farmers sustain their families by consuming maize as a staple food, using it as animal feed, and selling it for further income….
Effectively Responding to the Drought in the United States Can Prevent another Global Food Crisis
Press Statement by Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) August 06, 2012. Below-normal rainfall and above-normal temperatures have contributed to the most severe and extensive drought in the United States …
Toronto Star features CIAT/CCAFS cassava & climate change work
The Toronto Star – Canada’s largest daily newspaper – has just published a piece about the great potential of cassava as a climate-smart crop. The article which features research from the “Rambo root” scientific article by CIAT & CCAFS e…
Enhancing Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change in Arid and Semi-Arid Agriculture of India: Evidences from Indigenous practices: Developing International Public Goods from Development-oriented Projects.Working Paper Series no. 32.
Jodha, N S and Singh, N P and Bantilan, M C S (2012) Enhancing Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change in Arid and Semi-Arid Agriculture of India: Evidences from Indigenous practices: Developing International Public Goods from Development-oriented Proj…