Bioversity International is participating in sessions at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Highlights include HRH Prince Charles delivering an introductory video to open the session ‘From Competition to Collaboration between Agriculture and C…
Archive for September, 2012
Fisheries and aquaculture: The importance of fish for food and nutritional security
This working paper is an attempt to distil what is known currently about the likely impacts of climate change on the commodities and natural resources that comprise the mandate of CGIAR and its 15 Centres. In this WorldFish contribution, a summary is g…
Cattle ranching and law enforcement key areas of action to slow Bolivia’s deforestation rate
Policy makers seeking to slow the pace of deforestation in lowland Bolivia need to prioritise two key areas of action, say experts: reduce the expansion of cattle ranching, which accounts for nearly a third of all forest loss but has a lower per-hectar…
Nutritional quality and health benefits of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): a review
Jukanti, A K and Gaur, P M and Gowda, C L L and Chibbar, R N (2012) Nutritional quality and health benefits of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): a review. British Journal of Nutrition, 108 (S1). S11-S26. ISSN 1475-2662
US Senate, USAID team in monitoring visit to Africa RISING program in Ghana
AfricaRising–The team also visited the joint rice seed multiplication and variety trials by SARI and AfricaRice with funding from Africa RISING and the Rice Sector Support Project.