The Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project was initiated to assess and understand yam-based systems in order to identify the opportunities of interventions that could potentially
help to increase productivity in the region. The project consists of two phases...
Mignouna, Djana B.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Ghana]
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Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Ghana
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. This book explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between a...
Frison, C.
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López, F.
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Esquinas-Alcazar, J.T.
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[Plant genetic resources and food security: Stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture]
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Plant genetic resources and food security: Stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
Degraded lands—lands that have lost some degree of their natural productivity through human activity—account for over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million he...
Vergara, Walter
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Gallardo Lomeli, Luciana
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Rios, Ana R.
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Isbell, Paul
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Prager, Steven D.
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Camino, Ronnie de
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[The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America]
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The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America
Junge, B.
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Abaidoo, R.C.
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Chikoye, D.
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Stahr, Karl
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[Soil conservation in Nigeria: past and present on station and on farm initiatives]
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Soil conservation in Nigeria: past and present on station and on farm initiatives
Contains a recently conducted study on incentives and disincentives for the participation of Peru in the Multilateral System of the Treaty, describes the demand, exchange and use of plant genetic resources in Peru. The study also identifies opportunities for Peru resulting from the exchange of th...
Lapeña, I.
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López, I.
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Sigueñas, M.
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Ramírez, M.
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[Incentivos y desincentivos para la participación del Perú en el sistema multilateral del tratado internacional sobre recursos fitogenéticos para la alimentación y la agricultura]
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Incentivos y desincentivos para la participación del Perú en el sistema multilateral del tratado internacional sobre recursos fitogenéticos para la alimentación y la agricultura
The work summarizes both state-of-the-art knowledge and research gaps related to gene flow and introgression between crops and their wild relatives. The information is based on a comprehensive review of the relevant scientific and technical literature. It emphasizes gene transfer from GM crops to...
Agricultural biodiversity plays a central role in household food security and income generation, and thus in achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 of halving the proportion of hungry and extremely poor people by 2015. However, its wider use to address nutritional deficiencies and other as...
Bala Ravi, S.
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Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.
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Swaminathan, M.S.
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Frison, Emile A.
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[Hunger and poverty: the role of biodiversity: Report of an International Consultation on the Role of Biodiversity in Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goal of Freedom from Hunger and Poverty, Chennai, India, April 18-19, 2005]
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Hunger and poverty: the role of biodiversity: Report of an International Consultation on the Role of Biodiversity in Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goal of Freedom from Hunger and Poverty, Chennai, India, April 18-19, 2005
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), together with the Department of Agriculture (DA), the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Stu...
Labios, Romeo V
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Sebastian, Leocadio S
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Labios, Jocelyn D
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Santos, Christine Mae B
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[Compendium of Climate-Resilient Agriculture Technologies and Approaches in the Philippines]
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Compendium of Climate-Resilient Agriculture Technologies and Approaches in the Philippines
Ferris, R.S.B.
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Lemaga, B.
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Okobio, G.
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Crissman, C.C.
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Ewell, P.
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[Performance and growth prospects of Irish potatoes as a component for the development of strategic exports in Uganda: ASARECA monograph, No. 2]
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Performance and growth prospects of Irish potatoes as a component for the development of strategic exports in Uganda: ASARECA monograph, No. 2
Wambo, A.Y.
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O'Brien, F.
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Kemtsop, G.A.
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Waiyaki, N.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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[Cassava investment in Africa: taking inventory of initiatives in Africa in view of positioning cassava as a strategic commodity]
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Cassava investment in Africa: taking inventory of initiatives in Africa in view of positioning cassava as a strategic commodity