According to another IFPRI researcher, James Thurlow, Tanzania’s low poverty growth elasticity results from the current structure of agricultural growth, which favors large-scale production of rice, wheat and traditional export crops in specific …
Archive for February, 2013
National mitigation actions in agriculture put under microscope in new brief
A recently published policy brief by CCAFS takes a closer look at the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Plans (NAMAs) and what what they could mean for agriculture and food security in a changing climate. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT).
A shrimp farmer at her family home in Khulna, Bangladesh. Photo by Mike Lusmore, 2012.
WorldFish posted a photo: Banalata Das a shrimp farmer from Khulna, Bangladesh at her family home.
Managing floodplain natural resources in Bangladesh and India
Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian state of West Bengal lie across the fertile delta floodplains where the Ganges River splits and then spills into the Bay of Bengal. With an estimated combined population of 250 million, the Ganges delta is one of t…
‘Bio-economy’ of East Africa boosted by Bio-Innovate research program
‘Capacities in biosciences in various sectors are scarce and scattered in Africa, Bio-Innovate Program Manager Dr. Seyoum Leta said.