Research into the origins of food plants has led to the recognition that specific geographical regions around the world have been of particular importance to the development of agricultural crops. Yet the relative contributions of these different regions in the context of current food systems hav...
Khoury, Colin K.
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Achicanoy, Harold A.E.
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Bjorkman, Anne D.
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Navarro-Racines, Carlos E.
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Guarino, Luigi
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Flores Palacios, Ximena
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Engels, Johannes M.M.
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Wiersema, John H.
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Dempewolf, Hannes
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Sotelo, Steven
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Castañeda-Álvarez, Nora P.
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Fowler, Cary
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Jarvis, Andy
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Rieseberg, Loren H.
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Struik, Paul C.
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[Origins of food crops connect countries worldwide]
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Origins of food crops connect countries worldwide
The CSISA project was launched in 2009 with the goal of reducing food and income insecurity in South Asia through accelerated development and deployment of new cereal varieties, sustainable crop and resource systems management practices, and better access to ...
Paris, Thelma
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[Gender, caste, and asset control: Implications for agricultural projects in rice - wheat systems of Eastern India]
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Gender, caste, and asset control: Implications for agricultural projects in rice - wheat systems of Eastern India
Smallholder farming systems are vulnerable to a number of challenges, including continued population growth, urbanization, income disparities, land degradation, decreasing farm size and productivity, all of which are compounded by uncertainty of climatic patterns. Understanding determinants of sm...
Chen, Minjie
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Wichmann, Bruno
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Luckert, Marty
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Läderach, Peter
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[Diversification and intensification of agricultural adaptation from global to local scales]
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Diversification and intensification of agricultural adaptation from global to local scales
In the Nigeria savanna (derived, Guinea and Sudan) belt, continuous production of crops with short or no fallow cycle, with small amounts or no fertilizer and mixed cropping is a prevalent land use system. Cultivation of cassava as a staple supplementary food source in relatively degraded savanna...
Ekanayake, I.J.
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Githunguri, C.M.
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[Implications of bipphysical site characteristics on growth and sustainable cassava production in the savannas of Nigeria]
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Implications of bipphysical site characteristics on growth and sustainable cassava production in the savannas of Nigeria
Kotu, Bekele Hundie
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Fischer, G.
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Muthoni, F.
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Abass, A.
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Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.
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Bekunda, Mateete A.
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[Exploring farmers’ willingness to pay for small scale maize shelling machines in Tanzania]
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Exploring farmers’ willingness to pay for small scale maize shelling machines in Tanzania
Rural households in sub-Saharan Africa earn a substantial part of their living from rain-fed smallholder agriculture, which is highly sensitive to climate change. There is a growing number of multi-level assessments on impacts and adaptation options for African smallholder systems under climate c...
Wichern, Jannike
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Giller, Ken E.
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Ebanyat, Peter
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Taulya, G.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Vulnerability and adaptation options to climate change for rural livelihoods – a country-wide analysis for Uganda]
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Vulnerability and adaptation options to climate change for rural livelihoods – a country-wide analysis for Uganda
Crop wild relatives (CWR) – plant species that are related to crops – provide a vital pool of genetic variation that can be used in breeding new and better-adapted varieties of crops. These varieties may be resistant to stress, disease, drought and other factors. This book captures the important ...
Dansi, M.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Azokpota, P.
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Yedomonhan, H.
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Asogba, P.
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Adjatin, A.
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Loko, Y.
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Dossou-Aminon, I.
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Akpagana, K.
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[Diversity of the neglected and underutilized crop species of importance in Benin]
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Diversity of the neglected and underutilized crop species of importance in Benin