While aquaculture is a growing industry in Bangladesh, prevailing disease outbreaks in farmed fish and shrimp populations limit the sector’s capacity. Bacterial and viral diseases result in large die-offs, low yields, and loss of income for many of the country’s vulnerable aquatic food farmers. To detect initial outbreaks and mitigate the losses, WorldFish opened the country’s first-ever aquatic animal disease
For this International Day of Forests’ theme of forest restoration, we take a closer look at ongoing restoration efforts in Burkina Faso. Despite numerous challenges, insights from these initiatives help chart “a path to recovery and wellbeing”.
Higher prices are among reforms needed to tackle farmer neglect, child labor and environmental damage caused by production of tropical commodities at scale.
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will rename one of its most historic and successful wheat experimental stations in honor of Sanjaya Rajaram, a former Wheat Program director, distinguished scientist and World Food Prize laureate. Rajaram, one of the most successful and influential wheat breeders ever, passed away in Mexico on February 17, 2021. The wheat experimental station
The extremes of climate change and now COVID-19 have put Andean farmers at the sharpest end of the food system, and none more so than women, who already perform much of the family farm work. As the gatekeepers to family nutrition and the guardians of crop diversity, women play a defining yet underappreciated role in Peru’s food… The post Women hold the
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will rename one of its most historic and successful wheat experimental stations in honor of Sanjaya Rajaram, a former Wheat Program director, distinguished scientist and World Food Prize laureate. Rajaram, one of the most successful and influential wheat breeders ever, passed away in Mexico on February 17, 2021. The wheat experimental station managed by CIMMYT
The conservation of plant genetic diversity through germplasm conservation is a key component of global climate-change adaptation efforts. Germplasm banks like the maize and wheat collections at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) may hold the genetic resources needed for the climate-adaptive crops of today and tomorrow. But how do we ensure that these important backups are themselves
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