Central Africa is known for its substantial reserve of clean water. This reserve is unfortunately declining with climate changes. While forests, another natural resource of the zone has up to now been the focus of most efforts, mainly for biodiversity …
Archive for February, 2013
A bout with drought and disease: Beans that beat the heat and odds in Zimbabwe
Despite the widespread cultivation of beans in Africa, yields are low, stagnating at between 20 and 30 percent of their potential. Drought brought about by climate change is the main culprit, afflicting 70 percent of Africa’s major bean-producing reg…
Stochastic spatio-temporal modelling of African swine fever spread in the European Union during the high risk period
Stochastic spatio-temporal modelling of African swine fever spread in the European Union during the high risk period Nigsch, A.; Costard, S.; Jones, B.A.; Pfeiffer, D.U.; Wieland, B. African swine fever (ASF) is a notifiable viral pig disease with high…
‘Pressure on water resources set to rise’ – IWMI DG
Jeremy Bird, Director General of IWMI, said ‘Pressure on water resources set to rise’ while being interviewed on Deutsche Welle which is Germany’s international radio station.
Smallholder participation in livestock and fish value chains
In November 2012, ILRI scientist Derek Baker with Froukje Kruijssen (WorldFish) organized a session at the CTA conference ‘Making the Connection.’ The session examined livestock and fish value chains and drew out lessons from participants’ experi…