Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) as foods have the potential to decrease micronutrient deficiency while providing the social and cultural benefits of traditional food systems. Commercialising NTFPs may also lead to increases in income, but will this …
Archive for August, 2012
IWMI Water Matters: Issue 7 – 2012: News of IWMI Research in Sri Lanka
Ripples on Water (p.2) / Wells and cells invigorate village agriculture (p.3) / IWMI hosts SARCRH office (p.4) / Urban agriculture gets policy-level support in Sri Lanka’s Western Province (p.5) / Opinion: Local cultivators know this country’s clim…
All you need to know about Cassava… but were too afraid to ask
Handbook passes the baton of cassava knowledge to a new generation of researchers That’s right: everything you need to know about cassava, in a single book. But that should in no way belittle this 800-page tome.
International agric chiefs commend high quality of research at IITA
The Chair of the Consortium Board of CGIAR, Dr Carlos Pérez del Castillo has commended the high quality of research work being undertaken by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), emphasizing that this is needed now more than ever…
Vacancy: Communications Specialist, East Africa
Deadline: 13 August, 2012. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) seeks a Communications Specialist, to be based in Nairobi, Kenya. For Kenyan nationals only.