Happy World Wetlands Day! Wetlands are “natural harvesters” of water and, by definition, sites where water abounds at or near the surface of the Earth. Throughout human history, they have played an important role in development and watered many great civilizations — among them the Maya, Inca and Aztec in the Americas, the Khmer in Asia, the Marsh Arabs in Mesopotamia
Luka Wanjohi is a regional senior knowledge management associate at the International Potato Center in Uganda and works with the Sweetpotato Genetic Advancement and Innovative Seed Systems (SweetGAINs) project. He spoke with Regional Communications Specialist, Vivian Atakos about how statistics are fueling breakthroughs in plant breeding by streamlining how information is collected and shared. Q:… The post Q&A with Luka
Laura Khor, a WorldFish Research Fellow, earned her Master of Science in Aquaculture from Universiti Malaysia Sabah and is currently working on novel approaches to monitoring and mitigating disease outbreaks in aquaculture. She is developing a suite of virtual courses and online tools to increase the accessibility of information to aquatic food farmers in low- and middle- income countries, eager
Globally there is an explosion of digital data across all sectors of society, and agriculture is no exception. With such a deluge of data now available, it has become essential to create solutions that organize, analyze, and visualize it to gain actionable insights. These insights can guide intended audiences to make better, faster, and smarter decisions that lead to transformative
A small number of farmers pioneering seed production of a novel sorghum variety in Burkina Faso are also breaking new ground on social media. Turning the spotlight on Soubatimi, the new sorghum variety that the AVISA Project is disseminating, they have shown a way around one of the biggest roadblocks to Africa’s uptake of game-changing improved crops– unawareness. “Right from
A cluster of activities are helping make The Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Delivery of Legumes and Cereals in Africa (AVISA) Project’s crop improvement efforts gender-responsive. The activities include: Gender responsiveness in product profiling, Youth transitions in the drylands and Gender dynamics in seeds systems (G-SEED). Gender responsiveness in product profiling According to Dr Tawanda Mashonganyika, former product manager with
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Lam Dong Province in Viet Nam’s Central Highlands makes the transition to a ‘green’ or sustainable economy guided by a green-growth action plan, developed thanks to the support of the Viet Nam team of World Agroforestry (ICRAF). The team used the Land-Use Planning for Multiple Environmental Services (LUMENS) framework, which can model ecological and economic processes, to assess the impacts