The CGIAR Consortium Office undertook a study in September 2011 to help identify a set of collaboration and communication tools, on the basis of experience in the CGIAR system and outside. They also included the results of partnering with CCAFS to iden…
Programmers and GIS experts are using images from satellites hundreds of kilometres above Earth to track deforestation in Latin America in near-real time.
Recently, Terra-i habitat loss data has been explored by research work independent from the Terra-i team’s periodic case studies. Sergio Cortes, a former master’s student from the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), assessed the ground trut…
For many rural households ‘wild’ edible plants, including weeds and other so-called Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP’s), provide a substantial part of the daily diet. However, many are considered weeds by most agricultural scientists, and therefo…
Scientists are struggling to contain a flesh-eating virus sweeping across the cassava plantations of Africa, destined for the world’s biggest producer and consumer, Nigeria. The devastating epidemic of Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) has already …
