From the DG’s Blog: There are increasing expectations that policies should be evidence based. While scientific research is an important source of evidence, it is important to clarify that science does not per se provide answers to policy issues, …
Archive for February, 2013
Combining ability and heterosis for grain iron and zinc densities in pearl millet
Govindaraj, M and Rai, K N and Shanmugasundaram, P and Dwivedi, S L and Sahrawat, K L and Muthaiah, A R and Rao, A S (2012) Combining Ability and Heterosis for Grain Iron and Zinc Densities in Pearl Millet. Crop Science, 53 (2). pp. 505-517. ISSN 0011-…
A Review of the national biofuel policy in India: A critique of the need to promote alternative feedstocks
Basavaraj, G and Rao, P P and Reddy, Ch R and Ashok Kumar, A and Srinivasa Rao, P and Reddy, B V S (2012) A Review of the National Biofuel Policy in India: A critique of the Need to Promote Alternative Feedstocks. Working Paper Series no. 34. Working P…
Sustainable development of fish supplies to meet food and nutrition security needs
Presentation by Michael Phillips, Malcolm Beveridge and Stephen Hall on: fish and food and nutrition security; fish as food; fish, food and nutrition security scenarios in ASEAN.This was presented at the meeting on Integrating Nutrition into the ASEAN …
Drawing Climate Change Lessons from Andean Farmers
In the face of a rather fragile agriculture, affected by climate variability, people of the Altiplano developed an approach similar to the strategy of modern investors in the stock market, who diversify their investment portfolios to deal with the risk…