Banana Xanthomonas wilt, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, and banana bunchy top virus disease (BBTD), caused by the banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), are two of the most devastating diseases of banana in East and Central Africa, and cause significant losses in food sec...
Ramathani, I.
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Beed, Fen D.
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[Use of DNA capture kits to collect Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and banana bunchy top virus pathogen DNA for molecular diagnostics]
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Use of DNA capture kits to collect Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and banana bunchy top virus pathogen DNA for molecular diagnostics
On September 27-28, 2018, the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), FFTC and the Monsoon Asia A gro-Environmental Res earch Cons ortium (MARCO) held a symposium on “Climate Smart Agriculture for Small-scale Farmers in the Asian and Pacific Region” at the Tsukuba Internationa...
Sebastian, Leocadio
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Bernardo, Eisen Bernard
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[Making the Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia Climate Smart - The CCAFS R4D Thrust]
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Making the Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia Climate Smart - The CCAFS R4D Thrust
Silva, Sanjiv de
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Curnow, J.
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Ariyatne, A.
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[Groundwater rising: agrarian resilience against climatic impacts on water resources]
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Groundwater rising: agrarian resilience against climatic impacts on water resources
Nicol, Alan
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Langan, Simon J.
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Victor, Michael
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Gonsalves, Julian
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[Building resilience: Climate change, water, and food security]
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Building resilience: Climate change, water, and food security
Njau, E.J.
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[Sustaining landscapes: Improving food security by using tied ridges in the semiarid areas of Northern Tanzania]
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Sustaining landscapes: Improving food security by using tied ridges in the semiarid areas of Northern Tanzania
As a result of its position and physiography, Colombia has an enormous diversity of climate zones, together with abundant agricultural and fresh water resources, an exceptional biodiversity and a wealth of natural resources. Its agriculture is characterized by technified monocultures by region (s...
Hodson de Jaramillo, Elizabeth
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Castaño, Jairo
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Poveda, Germán
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Roldán, Gabriel
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Chavarriaga Aguirre, Paul
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[Food and Nutrition Security in Colombia]
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Food and Nutrition Security in Colombia
Functioning food value chains are essential to assuring health and food security. In low- and middle-income countries, informal food markets, or traditional value chains, are the most important source of food for the largest part of the population, in particular the poor. Leveraging such value ch...
Alonso, Silvia
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Domínguez Salas, Paula
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[Leveraging informal markets for health and nutrition security]
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Leveraging informal markets for health and nutrition security
Hall, A.
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Carberry, P.
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Djikeng, Appolinaire
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Roy-Macauley, Harold
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Pengelly, Bruce C.
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Njoya, A.
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Ndung'u, L.
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Kollo, I.
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Bruce, C.
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McMillan, L.
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Ison, R.
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Keating, Brian
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[The journey to R4D: An institutional history of an Australian initiative on food Security in Africa]
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The journey to R4D: An institutional history of an Australian initiative on food Security in Africa
When more and more people live in cities, there is increased need to produce food close to and within cities. The high value of livestock products and the increasing demand from the growing urban middle classes create a niche for urban livestock keeping, which contribute to the food security and ...
Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Magnusson, Ulf
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Grace, Delia
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[Urban livestock-keeping: Contributions to food and nutrition security]
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Urban livestock-keeping: Contributions to food and nutrition security
In spite of the importance of urban livestock keeping in providing the urban populations with livelihoods and nutritious foods, this phenomenon does have both benefits and negative effects. Here we explore the different strengths and weaknesses of urban livestock systems, including the risks for ...
Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Magnusson, Ulf
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Grace, Delia
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[Urban livestock keeping: Leveraging for food and nutrition security]
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Urban livestock keeping: Leveraging for food and nutrition security