The food price crisis has led to assumptions that food price rises are due to inadequate food production, and that such food insecurity is linked to seed insecurity. Hence, in response to high food prices, seed resources worth hundreds of millions of US dollars are being shipped into vulnerable f...
McGrath, S.
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Sperling, L.
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[The links between food security and seed security and seed security : facts and fiction that guide response]
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The links between food security and seed security and seed security : facts and fiction that guide response
Seed interventions are the major agricultural response during emergency and recovery phases of humanitarian relief. They are implemented by diverse agencies, and widely promoted: for instance the FAO alone managed 400 such projects between 2003 and 2005. However, seed aid suffers from a lack of c...
Background:
Iron deficiency anemia is a global problem which often affects women and children of developing countries. Strategy I plants, such as common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) take up iron through a process that involves an iron reduction mechanism in their roots; this reduction is required...
Blair, Matthew W.
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Knewtson, SJB
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Astudillo, Carolina
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Li, CM
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Fernández, A.C.
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Grusak, M.A.
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[Variation and inheritance of iron reductase activity in the roots of Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and association with seed iron accumulations QTL]
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Variation and inheritance of iron reductase activity in the roots of Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and association with seed iron accumulations QTL
Parameters for the production of high-quality cassava seed are presented. The 3 aspects considered regarding the seed should be genetic (branching habit and overall vigor), physiological (seed age, nutrition, and viability, age of mother plant), and sanitary. Both systemic (fungi, bacteria, mycop...
This video was made to document best practices for use in crop genebanks as part of a project on management of crop diversity as a global public good under the System-wide Genetic Resources Programme of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. It was filmed and produced at t...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Field preparation (of forages): Sowing seeds in different plots]
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Field preparation (of forages): Sowing seeds in different plots
This video was made to document best practices for use in crop genebanks as part of a project on management of crop diversity as a global public good under the System-wide Genetic Resources Programme of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. It was filmed and produced at t...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Pre-treatment of seeds and planting: Transport of seedlings]
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Pre-treatment of seeds and planting: Transport of seedlings
Lack of seeds has been identified as an important limitation to increase food production by CGIAR. ILCA and ICARDA have established seed units to address this constraint and promote the supply of seeds of their mandate crops. Much of the seed used for sowing crops in developing countries is produ...
Hanson, Jean
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[ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop]
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ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop
Botero Botero, Raúl
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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Uribe Urdinola, J
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Ramos Rodríguez, HF
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[Experiencias en la difusión de pastos tropicales en suelos ácidos de ladera en minifundios del norte del Cauca, Colombia]
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Experiencias en la difusión de pastos tropicales en suelos ácidos de ladera en minifundios del norte del Cauca, Colombia
Botero Botero, Raúl
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Cardozo Conde, Carlos Iván
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[Proyectos interinstitucionales para promover la adopción de forrajeras en Cauca y Caquetá, Colombia]
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Proyectos interinstitucionales para promover la adopción de forrajeras en Cauca y Caquetá, Colombia
Giraldo, G.
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Sánchez, M.
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[Transferencia de tecnología de especies forrajeras y semillas en la altillanura colombiana]
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Transferencia de tecnología de especies forrajeras y semillas en la altillanura colombiana