Cover of a special issue of ‘Nature’ on GMOs, 1 May 2013.
Archive for May, 2013
More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor – Livestock Fish program reports on its first year
Through a focus on transforming selected value chains, the program is committed to stimulating large development interventions that will translate research into impact at scale. This is a new way of working for CGIAR centres that requires reoriented ca…
ILRI’s Azage Tegegne becomes Australia Awards African Alumni Ambassador
The Australian Government has launched an Africa Alumni Ambassadors initiative aimed at raising the visibility of Australia Awards in Africa. Dr. Azage Tegegne, coordinator of the Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES)…
An interactive tool to protect rice
SPORE–The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) has developed an interactive tool for identifying nearly 200 different species of weeds of lowland rice in East and West Africa. The target users of this tool – which was unveiled in October 2012 &#…
Tackling malnutrition with aquaculture
fleischwirtschaft.com – TIMOR-LESTE, Dili. The government of Timor-Leste has developed a National Aquaculture Development Strategy, designed to help reduce high levels of poverty and chronic malnutrition throughout the country.