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CGIAR, 17 December 2013
Fruits of new investments in CGIAR could include big boost in rice production for Asia, sustainable irrigation for millions of parched farms in Africa, and dramatic drop in forest… Read more »
With Major Funding Boost, Hopes Rise for Food Security
CGIAR - the world's largest agricultural research partnership - announced on Tuesday that it doubled its funding from U.S.$500 million in 2008 to $1 billion in 2013. The funding supports the generation of cutting-edge tools and technologies for the benefit of small-scale farmers and other poor people across Africa, where CGIAR spends over half of its resources.
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1 February 2013
An Upward Spiral - the Story of Climbing Beans in Rwanda
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- CIAT Colombia
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Improved "climbers" have transformed beans from a subsistence crop to a cash crop in Rwanda. Climbing beans can be three-times more productive than ... see more »
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1 December 2013
Creating an Evergreen Agriculture in Africa
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- World Agroforestry Centre
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Hundreds of thousands of smallholders in Zambia and Malawi have begun to pioneer two farming systems, which are helping to restore exhausted soils and ... see more »
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18 December 2013
Creating Drought-Tolerant Maize
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- CIMMYT
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In Morogoro, a drought-pronearea in Tanzania, farmers are using certified maize seed and urging other farmers to grow a new drought tolerant variety, ... see more »
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18 December 2013
Putting Climate Information into Farmers' Hands
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- CCAFS
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The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (http://ccafs.cgiar.org) is working with farmers from Kaffrine, Senegal, ... see more »
