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Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa
2005-01-01 - 2007-12-31
Through participatory processes ASARECA defined a Framework for Action for agricultural research in the Eastern and Central African region and identified and ranked commodities and/or factors of production for regional research priorities. Today it is imp... - »» ASARECA Baseline survey on neglected and underutilized crops in East and Central Africa
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
2002-01-01 - 2003-12-31
Goal: To carry out an inventory of the diversity of the underutilized foo crops in the region and generate baseline data on production and consumption levels, processing, marketing potential and research and development needs Purpose: - To carry out ... - »» ASEM Aquaculture Platform
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center
2004-06-01 - 2006-05-15
The objective is to form a platform for activities related to sustainable aquaculture between EU and ASEM member countries through following activities: 1. Build & manage the platform 2. Thematic workshops 3. Dissemination within & beyond the platfo... - »» Assessing factors controlling the growth and potential yield of yam (Dioscorea spp.)
Institute of Plant Sciences
2001-01-01 - 2006-12-31
This study aims at achieving a better understanding of factors affecting the growth and productivity of yam. Field experiments and model tools will be used to evaluate the effects of soil properties and yam species on the growth parameters and to estimate... - »» Assessing opportunities for nitrogen fixation in rice: Development of novel endophytic and symbiotic associations
International Rice Research Institute
1998-02-01 - 2001-01-31
Major Research Domain: Nitrogen fixation, endophytic associations, rhizobia Goal: Assessing opportunities for nitrogen fixation in rice through development of endophytic and symbiotic associations Outputs: - To identify, modify and improve existi... - »» Assessing the benefits of rural womens participation in natural resource management research and capacity building (Project within the CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
1998-01-01 - 2001-12-31
Goal: To improve the ability of CGIAR-system and other collaborating institutions to develop technology which alleviates poverty, improves food security and protects the environment with greater equity. - »» Assessing the contribution of diversified Musa genetic resources to poverty reduction, environmental sustainability and gender equality in rural communities
Bioversity International
2007-06-01 - 2010-06-30
To focus the banana research strategies and projects of Bioversity Int. and IITA more clearly on the achievement of MDGs based on the use of ex post impact assessment - »» Assessing the farm-level impact of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) in China and the Philippines
World Fish Centre. Bangladesh and South Asia Office
2006-04-01 - 2008-03-30
Goal: To assess the impact of the introduction of the GIFT strain on productivity, income, food security, and livelihood of small-scale farmers Purpose: - Analysis of the farm-level impact of the GIFT strain - Effect of different dissemination strate... - »» Assessing the impact of the banana bacterial wilt, Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum on household livelihoods in East Africa
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, France
2005-02-01 - 2005-07-30
Objectives: Promotion of pro-poor strategies that contribute to reducing the impact of the banana bacterial wilt, improving yield and quality of bananas and reducing pesticide hazards in forest agriculture systems. Background: In 2001, a banana bacteri... - »» Assessing the sustainability of brackish water pond aquaculture systems in the Philippines: a multi-criteria approach
Department of Agricultural and Food Economics. University of Reading
2003-02-01 - 2005-03-30
Objectives: Knowledge of the interactions between economic, social and ecological properties of pond aquaculture systems increased. Encouraging coherence in addressing the problems of the sector. The utility of a systems-thinking approach to aquaculture ... - »» AVRDC-ARC - Human Resource Development Project for the Mekong Region and China
The World Vegetable Center
2003-04-01 - 2007-12-31
The Goal is to increase income from vegetable production and consumption of vegetables by farming households in upland and remote areas of Vietnam, Lao PDR and Cambodia. The project will operate in the domain of training, research and extension, and will ... - »» Bamboo Thematic Network
(Thematisches Netzwerk Bambus)Institute of Wood Technology and Wood Biology
2002-01-01 - 2007-12-31
The use of bamboo increases within Europe due to its exceptional elastomechanical properties and due to its decorative nature. Fast growing bamboos are an interesting renewable resource and are available in Asia in big quantities. There is no tradition in... - »» Banana IPM promotion and assessment
CABI Bioscience
2005-04-01 - 2006-01-30
Objectives: Promotion of strategies to reduce the impact of pests in herbaceous crops in Forest Agriculture systems, for the benefit of poor people. Background: Since the late 1980s, IPM technology development, evaluation, promotion and dissemination e... - »» Banana tissue culture: community dissemination pathways for delivery of high quality planting material to create markets for African farmers
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Uganda
2008-01-01 - 2010-12-30
Goal: To ensure sustainable small-scale banana production in Eastern and Southern Africa, and to optimize the use and preservation of banana biodiversity Purpose: To generate efficient market pathways to supply, cultivate and market high quality plant... - »» Banana, Plantain and Pineapple Cropping Systems (UPR)
(Systèmes de culture bananes, plantains et ananas (UPR))Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems Department (CIRAD)
2005-01-01 - 2008-12-30
Although export fruit crops are a major source of jobs and currency, they are now often barely viable, in agronomic, economic or social terms. These fruit monocultures often cause pollution and impoverish the environment. The markets are increasingly com... - »» Barley germplasm improvement for increased productivity
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
2001-01-05 - 2001-01-08
The Government of Italy annually finances this programme as part of its support to the CGIAR centres. The budget indicated is for 2007. The project aims at increasing barley productivity in marginal areas through adoption of improved varieties, resistant... - »» BASINred: a regional Andean network for strengthening the academic capacities in the field of water resources engineering
Division Soil and Water Management
2005-04-01 - 2008-03-31
BASINred: a regional Andean network for strengthening the academic capacities in the field of water resources engineering - »» Bean Genomics for Improved Drought Tolerance in Central America
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
2003-05-01 - 2006-04-01
Goal: To contribute to food security in bean producing areas that are subject to drought in the tropics Major Results Achieved: not yet available (new project) - »» Bees, biodiversity and forest livelihoods in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Overseas Development Group (ODG)
2006-05-31 - 2009-05-30
Purpose This Project seeks to elucidate the interdependencies between bees, biodiversity and forest livelihoods in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR), Western Ghats, India. The indigenous bees of the mountainous NBR are known to play an important role i... - »» BELNET
Belgian National Research Network
List academic sites institutions and search, as well as with the public sector in general in Belgium. - »» Benares as Imagined Waterscapes:Exploring the Social Spatiality of Everyday Water Use
South Asia Institute
This project is concerned with the relationships between spatial practice and cognitive representations of environment in an urban setting. The focus of investigation is on the waterscape of contemporary Banaras from the perspective of the new cultural ge... - »» Better Policy and Management Options for Pastoral Lands: Assessing the Tradeoffs between Poverty Alleviation and Wildlife Conservation
International Livestock Research Institute
2002-01-01 - 2004-12-31
The project aims to improve the livelihoods of agro-pastoralists and protect species and landscape diversity through a better understanding of what pastoralists gain and what they lose through different land-use strategies. - »» Bio 84 Training of Technical experts in organic agriculture, in support of rural development and of food emergency in the Balkan area
The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari
2006-11-13 - 2007-11-13
Development of organic production in the project countries through specific training and technical assistance. Specialists will become acquainted in programming and planning organic production to sustain rural development and food security; they will se... - »» Biochemical and biophysically- chemical characterization of natural substances
(Biokemijska in biofizikalno-kemijska karakterizacija naravnih snovi)Chair of Chemistry
2004-01-01 - 2008-12-31
key words: natural substances, phenolic compounds, transport and volumetric phenomena, colligative properties, arhea, halocins, enzymes, additives, antimicrobials, antioxidants - »» Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Madagascar
(Biodiversité et Biotechnologie à Madagascar)Université Libre de Bruxelles
2001-01-01 - 2005-01-01
Les objectifs spécifiques du projet sont : De mettre en place à Madagascar, l'infrastructure de base indispensable au développement d'une collection vivante, des plantes médicinales et des microorganismes associés. De mettre au point, en action ... - »» Biodiversity and Sustainable Development of Butterfly Production (Lepidoptera)
University of Warwick
2006-06-30 - 2009-06-29
Purpose To increase knowledge of the butterfly diversity and to sustainably exploit these populations within the Iwokrama forest and surrounding community areas. - »» Biodiversity Assessment (for Transboundary National Park) in Mountain Territories
Austrian Exchange Service
2004-11-05 - 2007-09-30
Biodiversity Assessment (for Transboundary National Park) in Mountain Territories - »» Biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes at the Atlantic Plateau of São Paulo
(Conservação da Biodiversidade em Paisagens Fragmentadas no Planalto Atlântico de São Paulo)Centre for Environmental Research
The main objectives of the project are: * To relate habitat quality, fragment size, and connectivity to the diversity of selected taxonomic groups (small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, soil organisms) and to the population biology of selecte... - »» BIOECON- BIOdiversity and Economics for CONservation
Centre for Development Research
2001-03-01 - 2004-02-29
Analyze and develop an institutional approach to maintain plant genetic resources for food and agriculture on farm-level. Case studies, Workshops, Conferences - »» Biogeochemical Studies on the Question of Trace Metal Retention in Forest Soils of the Darhar Trough of the Huvsgul Mountains, Northern Mongolia
Austrian Exchange Service
2003-10-01 - 2005-10-31
Biogeochemical Studies on the Question of Trace Metal Retention in Forest Soils of the Darhar Trough of the Huvsgul Mountains, Northern Mongolia - »» Biological consequences and evaluation of breeding measures in livestock species related to product quality and animal health
(Biologische Folgenabschätzung und Bewertung von Züchtungsmaßnahmen beim Tier im Hinblick auf Produktqualität und Tiergesundheit)Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut - Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
2001-01-01 - 2007-12-31
This project is to generate reliable criteries for assessment of breeding measures. Emphasis is on the reproductive system, immune system and the brain in the large domestic species, but also poultry. - »» Biological Control of Cabomba: Native Range Surveys in
United States Department of Agriculture
2003-10-01 - 2008-06-30
To seek and identify natural enemies of Cabomba carloniniana (Fanworth) for potential use as biological control agents - »» Biological control of Dendroctonus valens in China
(Contrôle biologique de Dendroctonus valens en Chine)Faculty of Sciences
2003-01-01 - 2007-01-01
Dendroctonus valens attaque les pins, surtout Pinus tabulaeformis et occasionnellement P. armandi. Ces essences indigènes sont les principales espèces utilisées pour la reforestation en Chine septentrionale, et ont de ce fait une extrême importance ta... - »» Biological control of Fireblight on the basis of Antagonism
(Biologische Bekämpfung des Feuerbrandes auf der Basis des Antagonismus)Institute for Biological Control
1999-01-01 - 2005-03-31
Development of antagonistic preparates for the Biocontrol of Fireblight as alternative to Streptomycin. - »» Biological Control of Invasive Weeds in Argentina Project
United States Department of Agriculture
2004-11-01 - 2007-12-31
Conduct collaborative research with the Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa, to develop biological control agents for use against mesquite and waterhyacinth. - »» Biology and Genetics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions for Integrated Protection (UMR, BGPI)
(Biologie et génétique des interactions plantes-parasites pour la protection intégrée (UMR Bgpi))Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems Department (CIRAD)
2005-01-01 - 2008-12-30
In-depth knowledge of interactions between plants and their pathogens constitutes the foundation for rational control of invasion by and acclimatization of pathogens introduced from elsewhere. Modelling on a regional scale should make it possible to propo... - »» Biomass and Energy (Cirad UPR)
(Biomasse-énergie (Cirad UPR))Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems Department (CIRAD)
2005-01-01 - 2008-12-30
The unit’s aim is to respond to energy supply difficulties in developing countries by improving procedures tailored to individual situations and to local biomass availability, and by analysing the conditions for their use in tropical environments. Its r... - »» Biopesticides in Ghana
Black and Veatch Ltd
2005-02-01 - 2005-12-31
Background: Development of biopesticide registrastion and risk assessment guidelines for Ghana - »» Bioregulation of growth processes to assess animal performance and animal health
(Untersuchungen zur Bioregulation von Wachstum zur Bewertung der Leistungsfähigkeit und Tiergesundheit)Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut - Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
2000-01-01 - 2007-12-31
To investigate moleculare and physiological mechanisms of growth processes in farm animals. - »» Bioremediation of HCH- and PNP-contaminated Soils by Bioaugmentation: Proof of Concept at Pilot Scale
Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology
2005-01-01 - 2007-08-31
Pesticide residues in Indian agricultural soils due to extensive and sometimes indiscriminate use still pose a serious problem for the production and export of agricultural goods. The proposed project deals with the technology for the decontamination ... - »» Biosafe Train. Capacity building for biosafety and ecological impact assessment of transgenic plants in East Africa
(Kapacitetsopbygning: Biosikkerhed og økologisk konsekvensvurdering af transgene planter i det østlige Afrika)Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
2004-01-01 - 2007-12-31
Food security is a major concern in Africa, and there is an urgent need for tools to increase crop production on this continent. Gene technology may be one of the many tools that may be used. However, one of the main obstacles to adaption of this technolo... - »» Biosafety Testing Methodologies for Transgenic Plants (GMO ERA Project)
Geobotanical Institute
2005-05-01 - 2007-12-31
There is wide recognition that the regulatory and scientific capacity for conducting risk assessments of GMOs needs to be strengthened in most developing countries. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety of Living Modified Organisms under the Convention on B... - »» BIOTA East Africa (BIOdiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa)
Zoological Research Institute / Museum Koenig
2001-03-01 - 2007-12-31
This project links a set of thematically and geographically strictly coordinated analyses of biodiversity conversion in the East African highland and montane rain forests. Analyses of biodiversity and its change are carried out mainly in the Kakamega fore... - »» BIOTA Southern Africa (Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa)
Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden
2000-01-01 - 2007-12-31
Cooperative research of African and German scientists for the generation of policy relevant knowledge on maintenance and sustainable use of biodiversity The goal of BIOTA Southern Africa is to gain knowledge for decision makers for a feasible and susta... - »» BIOTA West Africa (Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa)
Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III)
2001-01-01 - 2007-12-31
BIOTA West Africa consists of ten subprojects that are part of the joint project BIOTA AFRICA. Each of the three main BIOTA projects aims in its subprojects --in exemplary, each other mutually complementing investigations-- at assessing * dimension... - »» Biotopic status of the Russian Wheat Aphid in correlation to resistant barley lines in Ethiopia
Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Phytopathology & Forest Protection
2001-01-01 - 2004-12-31
The Russian Wheat Aphid RWA, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko), is an insect pest on barley, Hordeum vulgare, and bred wheat, Triticum aestivum, in the Highlands of Ethiopia. Estimated yield losses of barley caused by RWA ranged between 41 to 79% in the last ye... - »» BNMS - Balanced Nutrient Management Systems for Maize Based Farming Systems in the Moist Savanna and Humid Forest Zone of West-Africa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Research on the best ways of improving nutrient use efficiency of both locally and externally available sources (organic and inorganic) and its interaction with the improved germplasm. An integrated approach to plant nutrient research is proposed which is... - »» Bornean Wild Cat and Clouded Leopard Project
Global Canopy Programme
2006-05-31 - 2009-05-30
Purpose Threatened Bornean wild cat species better protected through an increased knowledge base, greater awareness, & through enhanced capacity for field research in Sabah. - »» Botany and Computational Plant Architecture (UMR, AMAP)
(Botanique et bio-informatique de l'architecture des plantes (UMR Amap))Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems Department (CIRAD)
2005-01-01 - 2008-12-30
Associating several disciplines—botany, ecology, applied mathematics and informatics—is a major technical and scientific challenge for modern agronomy and forestry. It enables the development of new applications and tools for identifying plants, manag... - »» Breeding and Delivering Superior Plantain and Banana to Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
2001-01-01 - 2005-12-31
Evaluation and delivery of disease-resistant plantain hybrids to NARS and the farming community. Expansion of the breeding capability for plantain and banana in Africa. Investigation for key breeding constraints for banana and plantain improvement. ... - »» Bridging the Rural Land Information Gap in Ethiopia: Remote Sensing Based Solutions and Some Technical Optimization Tools for Emerging Problems
Austrian Exchange Service
2002-03-05 - 2005-10-31
Bridging the Rural Land Information Gap in Ethiopia: Remote Sensing Based Solutions and Some Technical Optimization Tools for Emerging Problems - »» British Overseas NGOs for Development
British Overseas NGOs for Development
BOND is the United Kingdom's broadest network of voluntary organisations working in international development. BOND was founded in June 1993, on the initiative of 61 NGOs, and now has 190 members. It is officially recognised by the UK government's Departm... - »» Buffer Zone Restoration and Development in Knuckles Forest Reserve
University of Aberdeen
2006-06-30 - 2009-06-29
Purpose To enhance the sustainable conservation of biological diversity and ecosystem services in the Knuckles Forest Reserve (KFR), Sri Lanka, by addressing the main threats to environmental protection through the development of options for buffer zone ... - »» Buffer Zones as an Instrument of Lasting Use of the Biodiversity of Rain Forests Based on the Example of Three Countries on the Eastern Slope of the Andes
Center for International Development and Environment Research
In order to develop and to take suitable action for the protection and preservation of tropical rain forests it has to be kept in mind how the diversity of the forests changes under different influences. Especially the implementation of lasting forms of u... - »» Building local capacities in participative water resources management in the Philippines
Department of Geography
2005-09-01 - 2008-09-01
Context: Water resources management and environmental stability and sustainability in Negros Occidental and Agusan del Sur Provinces, Philippines. The project's main objectives are : To provide a suitable and relatively rapid situational analysis of ... - »» Building the Agricultural Assets and Marketing Opportunities of Rural Women and the Poor through Participatory Research in a Resource-to-Consumption Framework
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
2002-01-01 - 2006-12-31
The overall goal of the project is to demonstrate the potential pathways out of rural poverty in forested landscapes, through the adoption of more informed strategies and implementation procedures. The specific objectives: To understand the nature and i... - »» Building the Knowledge Base for Attaining Equitable Health in Poor Countries (ICDDR,B)
Department for International Development
2001-12-17 - 2006-08-01
Objectives: Expanded regional & global knowledge base on attaining equitable health for the poor influencing policy and programmes - »» CABI Partnership Facility
CAB International
2005-04-01 - 2007-03-31
To provide research information, scientific services and training to agricultural research users. - »» Camel milk products of high hygienic quality and safety, for increased income and reduced health risks in Kenya
Institute of Food Science and Nutrition
2007-06-01 - 2010-06-30
The overall objective of the project is to increase the added value of camel milk through development of market-oriented fermented milk products of high quality and prolonged shelf life, creating income and improving (in the long term) the standard of liv... - »» Can changes in the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi contribute to explain the rapid yield decrease of crops following forest clearance in Southern Cameroon?
Institute of Plant Sciences
2007-06-01 - 2009-05-31
Rapid yield declines after deforestation in small holders’ cropping systems in the humid forest zone in Africa might be partly explained by a change in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community structure. Linking identification and function of these microo... - »» Capacity building for biosafety and ecological impact assessment of transgenic plants in West Africa
Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
2006-01-01 - 2006-12-31
This course is an immersion course for scientist and decision-makers, dicussing the main aspects of GM biosafety regulations and risk assessment. The topcis covered include the current situation of growing transgenic crops in the world, the situation in A... - »» Capacity Building for Livestock Management (Cirad-US)
(Enseignement et formation en élevage (US))Environments and Societies Department (CIRAD)
2005-01-01 - 2008-12-30
There are four main reasons for CIRAD’s animal production and veterinary medicine teaching and training operations: they fit in with its basic mandate, they serve to structure a network of players—researchers and development professionals—with commo... - »» Capacity Building for Temperate Rainforest Biodiversity Conservation in Chile
Macaulay Institute
2006-06-30 - 2009-06-29
Purpose To establish new public-private partnerships for conservation, with a particular focus on securing habitat connectivity in the Valdivian temperate rainforest region of Chile. The work supports National Biodiversity Strategy objectives, and relate... - »» Capacity building in law and environmental policy in French speaking Africa
Institute for Environmental and Energy Law
2005-01-01 - 2010-03-31
Développement d'une formation en droit et politique de l'environnement dans l'Afrique francophone - »» Capacity building in Participatory Rural Development through Institutional Support focusing on Rural Disadvantaged in Andhra Pradesh
Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Ethnobotany
2002-04-01 - 2006-03-31
Capacity building in Participatory Rural Development through Institutional Support focusing on Rural Disadvantaged in Andhra Pradesh Promotor: P. Van Damme - »» Capacity building in the use of FMSP stock assessment tools and management guidelines
Marine Resources Assessment Group Ltd.
2005-04-01 - 2005-10-30
To build capacity for and promote the uptake of new and existing FMSP tools and guidelines via a range of communciation channels, and thereby encourage responsible, pro-poor isheries management, both in Indian target states and globally. - »» Capacity building of UNAH (Universidad Agraria de la Habana) and CENHICA (Centro de Hidrologia y Calidad del Agua) in view of a soil and water conservation programme in the Rio Cuyaguateje watershed in Western Cuba
Department of Soil Management and Soil Care
2005-04-01 - 2009-03-31
Capacity building of UNAH (Universidad Agraria de la Habana) and CENHICA (Centro de Hidrologia y Calidad del Agua) in view of a soil and water conservation programme in the Rio Cuyaguateje watershed in Western Cuba - »» Capacity strengthening in Research Methods of partners in East and Central Africa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
2004-01-01 - 2007-12-31
Capacity strengthening for researchers in agroforestry in scienitific analysis and presentation. - »» Capitalisation of Livestock Programme Experiences India (CALPI)
Intercooperation
2002-01-01 - 2007-12-31
CALPI is a programme of SDC-IC focused on livestock based livelihood systems in India. It seeks to capitalize on SDC - IC's rich experiences in the livestock sector so as to significantly influence the policy frame conditions in such a way that the priori... - »» Capturing rice yield potential through biotechnology (NEW PROJECT-NO: 81051361)
International Rice Research Institute
1999-04-01 - 2003-02-28
Goal: Contribution to cultivar improvement for biotic stress tolerance using biotechnology Outputs: - To use transgenic rice with resistance to yellow stem borer and sheath blight - To use transgenic rice products for field testing in collaboration wi... - »» Careful use of resources in agriculture
(Ressourcenschonender Ackerbau)Swiss College of Agriculture
2008-01-01 - 2010-12-31
Ziel ist es, ein Anbausystem (in erster Linie einmal im Getreide) zu entwickeln um (im Idealfall) ohne direkte Unkrautbekämpfung und ohne oder sehr wenig N-Dünger einen befriedigenden Ertrag zu realisieren. Dazu wird Getreide zusammen Leguminosen anges... - »» Caribbean and Banana Tariffs study
NERA Economic Consulting
2004-02-27 - 2004-08-09
Objectives: To assess the impact of banana tariffs on Caribbean producers. Background: In the context of imminent reforms of the European trade regime for bananas, on the design of which the UK government wished to have an influence, NERA was commissio... - »» CariPestNet
Carinet
CariPestNet is an email network that assists people of the Caribbean sub-region in obtaining prompt advice and information on the identification and management of plant pests (Arthropods, micro–organisms, nematodes, molluscs & weeds). In so doing the ne... - »» Cassava as an industrial commodity - improving access to knowledge on approaches and options for expanding markets for cassava
Food Research Institute. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana
2005-01-15 - 2006-01-15
Objectives: New knowledge is generated and promoted into how national innovation systems can be mobilised to sustain uptake and adoption of CPH knowledge for the benefit of the poor. Background: Research in Ghana has shown that conversion of cassava in... - »» Catchment Management for the Control and Prediction of Sediment Delivery to Reservoirs: The Case of Tansa River Basin, Kenya
Austrian Exchange Service
2002-10-17 - 2005-09-30
Catchment Management for the Control and Prediction of Sediment Delivery to Reservoirs: The Case of Tansa River Basin, Kenya - »» Cattle Rearing (CIRAD - UMR - ERRC)
(Elevage des ruminants en régions chaudes (CIRAD - UMR - ERRC))Environments and Societies Department (CIRAD)
2005-01-01 - 2009-12-31
Animal production systems in tropical and Mediterranean areas rely on feed resources that vary considerably in the course of the year and from one year to the next. In such situations, the priority for research is the interactions between nutritional aspe... - »» Center for Biology and Management of Populations (UMR, CBGP)
(Centre de biologie et gestion des populations (UMR Cbgp))Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems Department (CIRAD)
2005-01-01 - 2008-12-30
To improve control strategies against pests and identify means of conserving threatened natural populations, it is vital to modify the constraints to which they are subject, and thus to analyse the constraints on each set of organisms, and how those organ... - »» Center for International Research on Environment and Development (UMR, CIRED)
(Centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement (UMR Cired))Environments and Societies Department (CIRAD)
2005-01-01 - 2008-12-30
The unit is primarily interested in the unintentional effects of human activity, resulting from the interaction between such activity and the natural and manmade environment. Its studies involve modelling the links between market functioning, technical ch... - »» Cereals Project in Saraguro (Ecuador)
(Proyecto de Cereales en Saraguro (Ecuador))National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology
2001-01-01 - 2006-12-31
The objective of the project is to generate new and improved varieties and multiply barley seeds to improve productivity levels, and to develop and implement techniques to obtain products with a higher added value, fostering the link between farmers and p... - »» Challenge Programme - Improving Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Securing the future for Africa's children
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
2001-01-04 - 2001-01-08
The Government of Italy annually finances this programme as part of its support to the CGIAR Centres. The budget indicated is for 2007. The programme aims at strengthening impact of agricultural research in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to improve living ...
