The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) in Bangladesh held its third planning meeting and annual retreat, attended by fifty-four CSISA employees and guests from India and Nepal.
Archive for September, 2012
Closing the income gap: Reflections from World Water Week
Back from Stockholm World Water Week, which for its 22nd edition was focused for the first time on “water and food security”, I feel a combination of satisfaction and frustration. Satisfaction because our findings on sustainable intensification and…
Dw.de: South Asia: Fertile ground for small-scale irrigation
A new study by the International Water Management Institute found that small-scale irrigation schemes could improve the lives of millions. In South Asia perhaps more than anywhere else, the benefits could be dramatic.
Branding and agricultural value chains in developing countries
Local brands are rapidly gaining agricultural market share in developing countries. However, it is not well understood how they reshape agricultural value chains and what the implications are for consumers and producers. In a detailed case study of the…
CleanWaterAmericaAlliance.org: Food for Thought
There’s no better time than now for the American public to appreciate the “water-energy-food nexus,” or as I like to call it, the “liquid triangle of life”. To farmers across the U.S., particularly the Midwest, it’s painfully obvious: The h…