Progressive heterobeltiosis for bunch weight in bred ‘Matooke’ banana hybrids (NARITAs), when grown together with their parents and grandparents in Uganda; A: ‘Entukura’ (3x female grandparent), B: ‘1438K-1’ (4x female parent) and C: ‘NARITA 17’ (3x hybrid) Plant breeders are generally looking for heterosis, where the offspring of a cross performs significantly better on some measure than the average
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Aquaculture is currently the main consumer of global fishmeal production. Sustainability concerns inherent to fishmeal production for aquaculture include the overexploitation of some fish stocks and the use of small pelagic fish that are important human food to produce food for fish, as is the case in the African Great Lakes region and West Coast, for instance. Therefore, we must
Looking at aquaculture through a nutrition lens is leading production and dietary shifts toward diverse, nutritious fish and vegetables for women and their families in inland Myanmar. For Daw Ng Sheng Phoo, a 42-year-old mother and fish farmer, small fish have become a surprising addition to the nutritious meals she prepares for her family of five in the rural village Loi Lone, located in
One of the challenges in managing tree resources is the long delay between planting efforts and their results, which makes it hard to learn from trial and errors. In the Philippines and Burkina Faso, the Alliance and its partners are assessing current restoration efforts using dynamic systems, an approach that helps represent long-term interactions and effects.
Diversification of farms is often advocated for bringing diet diversity to rural households and improving nutrition, but how does it compare to market access? This blog traverses an extensive review of literature on the subject that was recently published. The review sought to determine the association between market access and dietary diversity in developing countries. Verdict: the answer lies in
To increase adoption of new improved varieties in Africa, a webinar was recently organized under the aegis of the AVISA project to familiarize seed system stakeholders with SEEDx, a mobile application developed by ICRISAT that facilitates data-driven decision making. Dr Chris Ojiewo, AVISA project Co-Principal Investigator, outlined SEEDx and informed that it allows real-time capturing of data on varieties and
Congratulations to our colleagues at ACRE Africa and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) whose project “Eyes on the Ground: Providing Quality Model Training Data through Smartphones” has been selected for Lacuna Fund’s first cohort of supported projects in the agricultural AI (artificial intelligence) for social good domain. In the Eyes on the Ground project, the team from ACRE Africa and IFPRI will use smartphones