www.fao.org/pulses-2016/en/ International Year of Pulses - Global Dialogue - IYP Thematic Presentations - Hans Martin Dreyer, Director Plant Production and Protection Division, FAO
ICRISAT introduces an invigorated research structure (The research structure ...ICRISAT
A robust, more efficient research structure is part of the reorganization initiative at ICRISAT that aims at building a cohesive and interconnected body of work in agricultural research. The revitalized framework is expected to seamlessly integrate and deliver agricultural research outputs across the drylands of Asia and Africa. The strength of this framework is the deeply interlinked global and regional programs working towards common and interdependent goals.
10 May 2021. Regenerative Agriculture vs. Agroecology: nomenclature hype or principle divergence?
(a) A decade of CSA: what are the achievements, the challenges and the bottlenecks? (b) What practical implications for smallholder farmers, agriculture and the environment?
Presentation by Bruce Campbell - Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
ITC COLLABORATIVE R & D CROPS & HORTICULTURE-ICAR CII MEETING 23 May 2011csisa
This document discusses the need for collaborative research and development between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and private industry in India to address challenges in agriculture. It outlines key challenges like meeting food security needs and adapting to climate change. Collaborating can leverage each stakeholder's strengths for mutual benefit and commercialize research faster. The document proposes prioritizing joint research objectives, pooling resources, and ensuring benefits and intellectual property are shared appropriately. It provides examples of priority research areas like new crop varieties, abiotic stress tolerance, quality traits, integrated pest management, and horticulture varieties for specific end uses. It suggests synchronizing research, extension, and value chains through partnerships and programs.
Assn. of Int'l Research & Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA)Crops for the Future
AIRCA (Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture) is a nine-member alliance focused on increasing global food security by supporting smallholder agriculture within healthy, sustainable and climate-smart landscapes.
The combined expertise of AIRCA centers cover a large spectrum of the research for development continuum including agrobiodiversity, agroforestry, integrated pest management, drought-tolerance crops, natural resource management and the conservation and use of underutilized species.
For more information, please visit the official website of AIRCA at http://www.airca.org/
The nine-member alliance comprises of:
AVRDC – Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center
CABI – Centre for Agriculture and Bio-Sciences International
CATIE – Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
CFF – Crops for the Future
ICBA – International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
ICIMOD – International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
ICIPE – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
IFDC – International Fertilizer Development Center
INBAR – International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
The working group will assess and prioritize challenges to crop production from climate change in each country. They will characterize important traits like drought, heat and salinity tolerance as well as pest resistance. The group will disseminate information through knowledge networks and integrate efforts between gene banks and breeders using an interdisciplinary approach involving universities, research centers, the private sector, farmers and NGOs. They will also broaden crop genetic diversity, strengthen activities using crop wild relatives, and enhance the use of molecular tools in plant breeding.
This document outlines the development of a "Practical Guide to Climate Smart Agriculture technologies" to provide hands-on guidance for practitioners and decision-makers. The guide will describe appropriate farming practices and techniques, assess their climate smartness, and recommend extension approaches. It will include segments on community climate risk profiling, recommended technologies and practices, participatory technology selection, and extension methodologies. An example for conservation agriculture is provided, outlining different manual and animal traction systems suitable for various farm and rainfall conditions. While progress has been made, further work is still needed to develop targeted guidance tools and evaluate extension methods and indicators to measure impacts.
This document discusses climate-smart agriculture (CSA) implementation support in Malawi from 2012-2015. It provides background on climate trends in Malawi, the importance of agriculture to the economy and climate impacts. The CSA project aims to increase productivity and incomes, build resilience to climate change, and reduce greenhouse gases in agriculture. The project uses evidence from research, policy analysis, and capacity building to develop strategic frameworks and policy advice to support CSA adoption and financing. The vision is for a climate-adapted agricultural sector based on evidence-based planning and widespread CSA practices. Key entry points for scaling out CSA include aligning it with existing agricultural strategies and investments.
ICRISAT introduces an invigorated research structure (The research structure ...ICRISAT
A robust, more efficient research structure is part of the reorganization initiative at ICRISAT that aims at building a cohesive and interconnected body of work in agricultural research. The revitalized framework is expected to seamlessly integrate and deliver agricultural research outputs across the drylands of Asia and Africa. The strength of this framework is the deeply interlinked global and regional programs working towards common and interdependent goals.
10 May 2021. Regenerative Agriculture vs. Agroecology: nomenclature hype or principle divergence?
(a) A decade of CSA: what are the achievements, the challenges and the bottlenecks? (b) What practical implications for smallholder farmers, agriculture and the environment?
Presentation by Bruce Campbell - Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
ITC COLLABORATIVE R & D CROPS & HORTICULTURE-ICAR CII MEETING 23 May 2011csisa
This document discusses the need for collaborative research and development between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and private industry in India to address challenges in agriculture. It outlines key challenges like meeting food security needs and adapting to climate change. Collaborating can leverage each stakeholder's strengths for mutual benefit and commercialize research faster. The document proposes prioritizing joint research objectives, pooling resources, and ensuring benefits and intellectual property are shared appropriately. It provides examples of priority research areas like new crop varieties, abiotic stress tolerance, quality traits, integrated pest management, and horticulture varieties for specific end uses. It suggests synchronizing research, extension, and value chains through partnerships and programs.
Assn. of Int'l Research & Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA)Crops for the Future
AIRCA (Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture) is a nine-member alliance focused on increasing global food security by supporting smallholder agriculture within healthy, sustainable and climate-smart landscapes.
The combined expertise of AIRCA centers cover a large spectrum of the research for development continuum including agrobiodiversity, agroforestry, integrated pest management, drought-tolerance crops, natural resource management and the conservation and use of underutilized species.
For more information, please visit the official website of AIRCA at http://www.airca.org/
The nine-member alliance comprises of:
AVRDC – Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center
CABI – Centre for Agriculture and Bio-Sciences International
CATIE – Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
CFF – Crops for the Future
ICBA – International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
ICIMOD – International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
ICIPE – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
IFDC – International Fertilizer Development Center
INBAR – International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
The working group will assess and prioritize challenges to crop production from climate change in each country. They will characterize important traits like drought, heat and salinity tolerance as well as pest resistance. The group will disseminate information through knowledge networks and integrate efforts between gene banks and breeders using an interdisciplinary approach involving universities, research centers, the private sector, farmers and NGOs. They will also broaden crop genetic diversity, strengthen activities using crop wild relatives, and enhance the use of molecular tools in plant breeding.
This document outlines the development of a "Practical Guide to Climate Smart Agriculture technologies" to provide hands-on guidance for practitioners and decision-makers. The guide will describe appropriate farming practices and techniques, assess their climate smartness, and recommend extension approaches. It will include segments on community climate risk profiling, recommended technologies and practices, participatory technology selection, and extension methodologies. An example for conservation agriculture is provided, outlining different manual and animal traction systems suitable for various farm and rainfall conditions. While progress has been made, further work is still needed to develop targeted guidance tools and evaluate extension methods and indicators to measure impacts.
This document discusses climate-smart agriculture (CSA) implementation support in Malawi from 2012-2015. It provides background on climate trends in Malawi, the importance of agriculture to the economy and climate impacts. The CSA project aims to increase productivity and incomes, build resilience to climate change, and reduce greenhouse gases in agriculture. The project uses evidence from research, policy analysis, and capacity building to develop strategic frameworks and policy advice to support CSA adoption and financing. The vision is for a climate-adapted agricultural sector based on evidence-based planning and widespread CSA practices. Key entry points for scaling out CSA include aligning it with existing agricultural strategies and investments.
This document outlines a research program focused on using grain legumes to combat poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation. The program involves evaluating genetic resources of legumes for important traits, developing new breeding tools and methods, and identifying markers and traits associated with stress tolerance. Major outputs include genetic resources documented for nutritional traits, new breeding methods developed, and novel genes incorporated through hybridization or engineering. The program also aims to develop sustainable crop and pest management practices, breed resilient and nutritious cultivars, strengthen grain legume value chains, and establish efficient seed production and delivery systems.
Presented by Siboniso Moyo (ILRI) at a Consultative Meeting on Strengthening CGIAR - EARS partnerships for effective agricultural transformation in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 4–5 December 2014
CCAFS East Africa Regional Program Leader James Kinyangi highlighted the role of CCAFS research in addressing African development priorities at the Africa Climate Conference 2013, in Arusha, Tanzania, 15-18 October.
The document discusses the potential for insect bioeconomy in Finland. It notes that insects can provide versatile solutions as a source of biomass for feed, food, fertilizer, fiber and fuel. Finland has taken a position as a forerunner in the emerging insect industry, but rapid changes are expected that could challenge its competitiveness. The document proposes developing a road map to 2030 through a participatory foresight process to build a common understanding of the future of insect economy and guide the transition in a sustainable way.
CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems, Value for MoneyCGIAR
CGIAR's Dryland Systems program aims to improve food security and livelihoods for people living in dryland areas over the next 10 years. The program focuses on developing more resilient and productive agricultural systems through research on crops, livestock, and natural resource management. It aims to directly benefit over 8 million people in research sites and millions more as innovations are adopted more widely. The theory of change outlines how improving agricultural innovation, markets, resource management, and other elements can boost household well-being and incomes while managing resources sustainably. Key strategies include developing options to improve resilience for vulnerable households and intensification for others, as well as better access to food, assets, and opportunities for women and youth.
The Global Futures and Strategic Foresight (GFSF) team met in Rome from May 25-28, 2015 to review progress towards current work plans, discuss model improvements and technical parameters, and consider possible contributions by the GFSF program to the CRP Phase II planning process. All 15 CGIAR Centers were represented at the meeting.
GO FAIR Food Systems Implementation Networkbenschp
This document summarizes the goals of the GO FAIR Food Systems Implementation Network (IN). The IN aims to advocate for and support applying FAIR data principles to agriculture and food data to realize a global data ecosystem. Specific objectives include advocating for FAIR data policies, fostering continued implementation of FAIR principles, facilitating agreement on standards and vocabularies, and disseminating best practices. The IN will focus on applying semantic interoperability principles and developing common resources like a Global Agricultural Concept Scheme to minimize costs and clearly establish the value of applying FAIR to agri-food data.
This document discusses socio-technical innovation bundles for transforming agri-food systems and the implications for impact assessment in One CGIAR and country-level experiences. It notes that historical evidence on yield-enhancing innovations reducing poverty is no longer relevant given new challenges requiring different innovation bundles. Rigorous impact studies are needed to understand effects in multiple domains and advise on scaling modalities. The document also highlights shining a light on CGIAR reach at the country level using data from Ethiopia, showing many innovations from different research domains have scaled but many have not reached large numbers of households or target populations.
Kristin Davis
SPECIAL EVENT
UNFSS Independent Dialogue: The Critical Role of Agricultural Extension in Advancing the 2030 Agenda: Lessons from the Field and Empirical Evidence
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA)
This document provides an introduction to the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative. GODAN aims to increase access, use, and sharing of open agricultural and nutritional data to help address global food security issues. It was launched in 2013 with over 126 partners. GODAN's goals include fostering innovation through open data, promoting organizational transparency, and enabling more efficient decision making. The document outlines GODAN's activities in areas such as convening partners and stakeholders, highlighting the impact of open data projects, and addressing open data challenges. It also summarizes feedback on missing perspectives and operational issues raised during discussions of a related paper on open data for agriculture and nutrition.
Jim Hansen, CCAFS Flagship 2 Leader, IRI
Presentation during an event on strengthening regional capacity for climate services in Africa, Victoria Falls,27 October 2015
Feedback and recommendations on how AAS might most effectively move forwardWorldFish
- The document discusses the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), which has 11 member countries and 7 programs including a Livestock and Fisheries Programme.
- The Livestock and Fisheries Programme has 4 thematic areas of intervention related to improving livestock and fisheries productivity, access to markets, value addition, and interactions between livestock/fisheries and the environment.
- The document provides recommendations for how ASARECA's Agricultural Advisory Services (AAS) can move forward, including conducting scoping studies to address regional constraints, integrating indigenous knowledge, promoting knowledge sharing, integrating crop-livestock-fisheries, developing gender-responsive technologies, and conducting participatory research.
Shifting Consumption: Lessons from market transformationsFrancois Stepman
Shifting Consumption: Lessons from market transformations by Daniel Vennhard, World Resources Institute
11 October 2016. Brussels. The role of consumers in the sustainable consumption and production in Europe and in developing countries
Suresh Babu
BOOK LAUNCH
Virtual Event - Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
SEP 10, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Stephanie Jaquet and Björn Hecht
POLICY SEMINAR
Advancing Food Systems Transformation: Dialogue between German Development Cooperation and CGIAR
Co-organized by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), CGIAR, IFPRI and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
FEB 23, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST
Evidence on sustainable livestock from LMICs is urgently needed to inform nua...ILRI
This document discusses the need for evidence on sustainable livestock practices from low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to inform global discussions on climate change and greenhouse gas reduction. It notes that livestock production plays complex roles in LMICs that are often overlooked due to a focus on industrial systems in Western countries. The document outlines an approach involving a literature review and expert survey to assess research distribution and perceptions regarding livestock's environmental impacts and solutions. It calls for locally-adapted, multidisciplinary research embedded in development to generate needed LMIC-specific evidence and solutions to support sustainable livestock.
RubyMoon creates swim and active wear from recycled materials to benefit the environment and empower women globally. The founder has 24 years of experience in lingerie and swimwear design. RubyMoon uses regenerated yarn from plastic bottles and fishing nets to create durable fabrics. They loan net profits to support women starting businesses in 12 developing countries. The company aims to offer sustainable, high-quality clothing that benefits consumers and companies through positive social and environmental impacts.
This document outlines a research program focused on using grain legumes to combat poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation. The program involves evaluating genetic resources of legumes for important traits, developing new breeding tools and methods, and identifying markers and traits associated with stress tolerance. Major outputs include genetic resources documented for nutritional traits, new breeding methods developed, and novel genes incorporated through hybridization or engineering. The program also aims to develop sustainable crop and pest management practices, breed resilient and nutritious cultivars, strengthen grain legume value chains, and establish efficient seed production and delivery systems.
Presented by Siboniso Moyo (ILRI) at a Consultative Meeting on Strengthening CGIAR - EARS partnerships for effective agricultural transformation in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 4–5 December 2014
CCAFS East Africa Regional Program Leader James Kinyangi highlighted the role of CCAFS research in addressing African development priorities at the Africa Climate Conference 2013, in Arusha, Tanzania, 15-18 October.
The document discusses the potential for insect bioeconomy in Finland. It notes that insects can provide versatile solutions as a source of biomass for feed, food, fertilizer, fiber and fuel. Finland has taken a position as a forerunner in the emerging insect industry, but rapid changes are expected that could challenge its competitiveness. The document proposes developing a road map to 2030 through a participatory foresight process to build a common understanding of the future of insect economy and guide the transition in a sustainable way.
CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems, Value for MoneyCGIAR
CGIAR's Dryland Systems program aims to improve food security and livelihoods for people living in dryland areas over the next 10 years. The program focuses on developing more resilient and productive agricultural systems through research on crops, livestock, and natural resource management. It aims to directly benefit over 8 million people in research sites and millions more as innovations are adopted more widely. The theory of change outlines how improving agricultural innovation, markets, resource management, and other elements can boost household well-being and incomes while managing resources sustainably. Key strategies include developing options to improve resilience for vulnerable households and intensification for others, as well as better access to food, assets, and opportunities for women and youth.
The Global Futures and Strategic Foresight (GFSF) team met in Rome from May 25-28, 2015 to review progress towards current work plans, discuss model improvements and technical parameters, and consider possible contributions by the GFSF program to the CRP Phase II planning process. All 15 CGIAR Centers were represented at the meeting.
GO FAIR Food Systems Implementation Networkbenschp
This document summarizes the goals of the GO FAIR Food Systems Implementation Network (IN). The IN aims to advocate for and support applying FAIR data principles to agriculture and food data to realize a global data ecosystem. Specific objectives include advocating for FAIR data policies, fostering continued implementation of FAIR principles, facilitating agreement on standards and vocabularies, and disseminating best practices. The IN will focus on applying semantic interoperability principles and developing common resources like a Global Agricultural Concept Scheme to minimize costs and clearly establish the value of applying FAIR to agri-food data.
This document discusses socio-technical innovation bundles for transforming agri-food systems and the implications for impact assessment in One CGIAR and country-level experiences. It notes that historical evidence on yield-enhancing innovations reducing poverty is no longer relevant given new challenges requiring different innovation bundles. Rigorous impact studies are needed to understand effects in multiple domains and advise on scaling modalities. The document also highlights shining a light on CGIAR reach at the country level using data from Ethiopia, showing many innovations from different research domains have scaled but many have not reached large numbers of households or target populations.
Kristin Davis
SPECIAL EVENT
UNFSS Independent Dialogue: The Critical Role of Agricultural Extension in Advancing the 2030 Agenda: Lessons from the Field and Empirical Evidence
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA)
This document provides an introduction to the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative. GODAN aims to increase access, use, and sharing of open agricultural and nutritional data to help address global food security issues. It was launched in 2013 with over 126 partners. GODAN's goals include fostering innovation through open data, promoting organizational transparency, and enabling more efficient decision making. The document outlines GODAN's activities in areas such as convening partners and stakeholders, highlighting the impact of open data projects, and addressing open data challenges. It also summarizes feedback on missing perspectives and operational issues raised during discussions of a related paper on open data for agriculture and nutrition.
Jim Hansen, CCAFS Flagship 2 Leader, IRI
Presentation during an event on strengthening regional capacity for climate services in Africa, Victoria Falls,27 October 2015
Feedback and recommendations on how AAS might most effectively move forwardWorldFish
- The document discusses the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), which has 11 member countries and 7 programs including a Livestock and Fisheries Programme.
- The Livestock and Fisheries Programme has 4 thematic areas of intervention related to improving livestock and fisheries productivity, access to markets, value addition, and interactions between livestock/fisheries and the environment.
- The document provides recommendations for how ASARECA's Agricultural Advisory Services (AAS) can move forward, including conducting scoping studies to address regional constraints, integrating indigenous knowledge, promoting knowledge sharing, integrating crop-livestock-fisheries, developing gender-responsive technologies, and conducting participatory research.
Shifting Consumption: Lessons from market transformationsFrancois Stepman
Shifting Consumption: Lessons from market transformations by Daniel Vennhard, World Resources Institute
11 October 2016. Brussels. The role of consumers in the sustainable consumption and production in Europe and in developing countries
Suresh Babu
BOOK LAUNCH
Virtual Event - Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
SEP 10, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Stephanie Jaquet and Björn Hecht
POLICY SEMINAR
Advancing Food Systems Transformation: Dialogue between German Development Cooperation and CGIAR
Co-organized by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), CGIAR, IFPRI and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
FEB 23, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST
Evidence on sustainable livestock from LMICs is urgently needed to inform nua...ILRI
This document discusses the need for evidence on sustainable livestock practices from low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to inform global discussions on climate change and greenhouse gas reduction. It notes that livestock production plays complex roles in LMICs that are often overlooked due to a focus on industrial systems in Western countries. The document outlines an approach involving a literature review and expert survey to assess research distribution and perceptions regarding livestock's environmental impacts and solutions. It calls for locally-adapted, multidisciplinary research embedded in development to generate needed LMIC-specific evidence and solutions to support sustainable livestock.
RubyMoon creates swim and active wear from recycled materials to benefit the environment and empower women globally. The founder has 24 years of experience in lingerie and swimwear design. RubyMoon uses regenerated yarn from plastic bottles and fishing nets to create durable fabrics. They loan net profits to support women starting businesses in 12 developing countries. The company aims to offer sustainable, high-quality clothing that benefits consumers and companies through positive social and environmental impacts.
1) Abhijeet Kangaonkar is seeking a long-term opportunity in business where his 15 years of experience in radio broadcasting, IT support, and network administration would benefit an employer.
2) He has worked as a Station Engineer for D B Corp since 2015, where he installed and maintained radio systems and networks across 24 locations, as well as IT infrastructure.
3) Prior to that, from 2008 to 2015, he worked for Technomedia Solutions as a Senior Technical Assistant providing IT, network, and transmitter support for Radio Mirchi and Red FM stations across India.
Este documento describe los pronombres personales, palabras que se usan para referirse a personas, animales u objetos sin nombrarlos. Explica que los pronombres tienen persona (1a, 2a, 3a), número (singular, plural) y clase (átonos y tónicos). Además, lista ejemplos de pronombres personales átonos y tónicos tanto en singular como en plural para la 1a, 2a y 3a persona.
This software as a service agreement outlines the terms for a customer to use a supplier's web and software applications as a subscription service. Key points include: the customer purchases user subscriptions that allow authorized users to access the services and documentation; the supplier retains ownership of the software and services; fees are charged on a monthly basis based on the number of user subscriptions; the contract details each party's rights and responsibilities regarding use of the services, support, proprietary rights, liability, term and termination.
Modern app programming with RxJava and Eclipse Vert.xThomas Segismont
With the advent of mobile web and IoT (Internet of Things), today's applications need to handle a lot of concurrent requests while staying responsive and easy to scale. Infrastructure plays a role in achieving these goals, but changing your programming style can help too.
In this presentation, we will make the case for reactive programming, and introduce RxJava in particular. Then we will guide you through the process of building a real-life web application, based on Vert.x 3 and RxJava, communicating with databases, external services and modern datastores. You will learn how Vert.x integrates with RxJava, and why its simplicity makes it a perfect runtime for reactive applications.
AidHub is an online project management platform available for free to aid, development, and nonprofit organizations. It aims to help such organizations increase their effectiveness and efficiency, enhance transparency, ensure security and privacy, and improve their ability to measure outcomes and impact. By providing common frameworks, best practices, and tools for planning, management, monitoring, and reporting, AidHub seeks to help organizations achieve their goals faster and with better results. It also facilitates collaboration and knowledge-sharing between organizations to further drive improvement.
This document summarizes a study assessing the vulnerability of traditional maize seed systems in Mexico to climate change. The study examined 20 communities across an altitudinal gradient in Mexico. Results showed that 90% of seed lots are obtained within 10 km of a community and 87% within ±50 m altitude. Climate models predict drying and warming, leading to shifts in suitable maize growing areas. For most communities, current seed sourcing areas will still represent future climates. However, farmers in highland areas are most vulnerable as their current seed sources may no longer be suitable, requiring new seed sources and networks to adapt to climate change impacts.
Advances of the AU-EU FNSSA Partnership towards Food Systems TransformationFrancois Stepman
23-25 January 2024. Joint SCAR workshop: “Research needs and priorities for the transformation to Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) at European and global level”
https://paepard.blogspot.com/2024/01/research-needs-and-priorities-for.html
Collaboration Exploring and Caring for the Diversity of Agriculture Intensifi...Francois Stepman
Philippe Petithuguenin, Deputy Director for Research and Strategy, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), European Partner of PROIntensAfrica
Improving food security in the Near East and North Africa by reducing food lo...FAO
The Near East & North Africa Region is Food Insecure
Improving food security in the Near East and North Africa by reducing food losses and waste and improving agri-food chain efficiency.
The future of food safety in Africa: Research perspectiveILRI
Keynote presentation by Delia Grace, Silvia Alonso, Kebede Amenu, Elizabeth Cook, Michel Dione, Theo Knight-Jones, Johanna Lindahl, Florence Mutua, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Kristina Roesel and Lian Thomas at the virtual Food Safety Conference for Africa, 10–11 November 2021.
Volker ter Meulen
POLICY SEMINAR
Transforming Food Systems to Deliver Healthy, Sustainable Diets : The View from the World’s Science Academies
Co-Organized by IFPRI and InterAcademy Partnership
FEB 14, 2019 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EST
FAO's approach to reducing food loss and waste focuses on gathering data, raising awareness, promoting investment, and strengthening policies. FAO projects in Egypt aim to assess losses, build capacity, introduce technologies, and improve value chains for tomatoes and grapes. Moving forward, a national food loss and waste monitoring and evaluation unit is being established in Egypt to collect and share data, build awareness and technical skills, and coordinate stakeholders towards the goal of reducing food losses and waste.
Cop-PPLD and NGOs: Get Together to Focus on Livestock Development Issuescopppldsecretariat
Presentation from the Livestock Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) Meeting 2010. 4-5 May 2010 Italy, Rome IFAD Headquarters.
The event involved approximately 45 representatives from the international partner agencies to discuss critical needs for livestock development and research issues for the coming decade.
[ Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base ]
Investigación para el desarrollo de la Agricultura CIRADPTMacaronesia
CIRAD is an agricultural research organization based in France with over 1600 staff members, including 800 researchers. It has regional offices in French overseas territories and collaborates with partners in over 90 countries worldwide. CIRAD focuses on conducting partnership-based research on tropical commodities like fruit, vegetables, sugarcane, cocoa, coffee, rice, cotton, bananas, oil palm, rubber and forest species. It aims to foster sustainable agricultural development and capacity building. CIRAD has six priority lines of research including ecological intensification, biomass energy, food safety and diversity, animal health, public policy and agriculture-environment interactions. It places emphasis on training through PhD students and international masters programs.
Grain Legumes - Presentation for Discussion with Donors and Partners - June 2013CGIAR
This document discusses a research program on grain legumes. The program aims to leverage legumes to combat poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation. It will do so through strategic components like developing productive varieties and management practices, enhancing post-harvest processing and market opportunities, and fostering innovation. The program establishes eight product lines to address issues like abiotic stresses, biological nitrogen fixation, and biotic stresses. If successful, the program expects to achieve intermediate development outcomes such as improved access to and income from grain legumes, especially for women and the poor, as well as increased consumption and farming system productivity while minimizing environmental impacts.
This document discusses regional plans for biofortification in Africa. It outlines the Framework for African Food Security which aims to increase resilience through decreasing food insecurity and linking vulnerable people to agricultural opportunities. The plans focus on improved risk management, increased and more affordable food production, economic opportunities, and diversified, more nutritious diets. Regional coordination is seen as key through high-level political support, shared priorities and accountability, and incentives for private sector investment in nutrition-sensitive value chains. Information sharing and advocacy are also emphasized to address preferences and overcome constraints such as facilitating trade of biofortified crops. Partnerships between organizations are proposed to advocate for and analyze impacts of biofortification at regional and national levels.
ILRI's strategy focuses on using livestock research to improve food security and reduce poverty in Africa. It has three strategic objectives: 1) develop and promote sustainable, scalable practices that improve lives through livestock; 2) provide scientific evidence to persuade decision-makers to invest more in livestock; and 3) increase stakeholders' capacity to make better use of livestock science and investments. Key research areas include addressing the biomass crisis in intensifying smallholder systems, managing vulnerability and risk in drylands, improving food safety and addressing aflatoxins, advancing vaccine biosciences, and mobilizing biosciences to achieve food security in Africa. ILRI aims to prove livestock's potential, influence investment, and ensure sufficient capacity to effectively use
Nutrition: Africa RISING science, innovations and technologies with scaling p...africa-rising
Poster prepared by Shawkat Begum, Kalpana Sharma, Kindu Mekonnen, Zelalem Lema, Tesfaye Hailu and Mariama Fofanah for the Africa RISING Science for Impact Workshop, Dar es Salaam, 17-19 January 2017
Food Security Information System (FSIS) Consultative Workshop Sudan 27-29 Dec...Sudan Agriculture
The document summarizes a consultative workshop on developing a Food Security Information and Knowledge Sharing System (FSIS) in Sudan. The workshop aims to strengthen national cooperation and knowledge exchange on agriculture and food security. Key topics discussed include establishing a national food security information system using a web-based platform and mobile technology to improve information generation, management, dissemination and sharing among policymakers and stakeholders. Standards, tools and international initiatives for content management, as well as benefits of the Sudan FSIS such as better addressing stakeholder needs and knowledge sharing, are also covered.
"Enhancing Global Collaborations in Crop Science" GPC Symposium on 4th Nov. 2018 , CSSA/ASA Annual meeting In Baltimore USA.
Katherine Denby, York University, UK. The N8 AgriFood Resilience Programme
Securing the global food supply is a central aim of the “GlobE - Global Food Security” funding measure within the German BioEconomy 2030 Research Strategy. In many countries growing competition for food crop land and fluctuating markets are putting pressure on existing food supply systems. In addition, the effects of climate change are also reducing the amount of agricultural land available. This affects in particular sub -Saharan African countries in which the food situation is already unstable.
This document summarizes the agrobiodiversity retreats held by CIAT from 2010-2014. It discusses the challenges of feeding 9 billion people in the context of climate change. CIAT's core values are impact orientation, scientific integrity, and innovation. CIAT's research focuses on cassava, beans, rice, and Brachiaria grass to improve food security, nutrition, health, and sustainability. Key priorities are simplifying operations, scaling up successful products, and innovating. The 2014 retreat focused on adding value, capturing value through partnerships, and scaling up through defined product pipelines and regional targets. Addressing issues like individual work plans, metrics, data management and communications were identified as needs.
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Agenda of the 5th NENA Soil Partnership meetingFAO
The Fifth meeting of the Near East and North African (NENA) Soil Partnership will take place from 1-2 April 2019 in Cairo, Egypt. The objectives of the meeting are to consolidate the NENA Soil Partnership, review the work plan, organize activities to establish National Soil Information Systems, agree to launch a Regional Soil Laboratory for NENA, and strengthen networking. The meeting agenda includes discussions on soil information systems, a soil laboratory network, and implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management. The performance of the NENA Soil Partnership will also be assessed and future strategies developed.
This document summarizes the proceedings of the first meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN). GLOSOLAN was established to harmonize soil analysis methods and strengthen the performance of laboratories through standardized protocols. The meeting discussed the role of National Reference Laboratories in promoting harmonization, and how GLOSOLAN is structured with regional networks feeding into the global network. Progress made in 2018 included registering over 200 laboratories, assessing capacities and needs, and establishing regional networks. The work plan for 2019 includes further developing regional networks, standard methods, a best practice manual, and the first global proficiency testing. The document concludes by outlining next steps to launch the regional network for North Africa and the Near East.
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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Pulses: a transition towards a transdisciplinary solution combining agronomy, ecology, nutrition and socio-economic sciences
1.
2. Hans Dreyer, Director
Plant Production and Protection Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2
Pulses:
A transition towards a transdisciplinary solution
combining
agronomy, ecology, nutrition and socio-economic sciences
3. 3
Main outcomes of IYP regional dialogues
Investments in research and
development need to be increased !
Policies related to pulses
need to be reviewed !
Increase awareness on pulses,
educational programs
for school children !
Platforms for sharing knowledge
on pulses to be developed !
Pulses research & extension
specialists to be trained !
Pulses value chain to
be further developed !
Dialogues
Research
Policies
Awareness
and
education
Value chain
Capacity
development
Knowledge
4. 4
Research funds in developing countries
25-50% of research funds
allocated for remaining agricultural crops
Murrell 2016; Knight 2000
50-75% of research funds
allocated to staple cereals
5. 5
Research funds in developing countries
Only a small portion of the remaining
budget is available for legumes
Murrell 2016; Knight 2000
Annual global funding for
all pulse crops is estimated
to be only USD 175 million
6. 6
Strategies to strengthen support for pulse research
To enhance the function and provision of ecosystem services to bridge yield gaps
Adopt an ecological cropping systems management
To develop high-yielding adapted varieties to breach yield ceilings
Establish a strategic research programme
To exploit comparative advantages to achieved mutual goals
Increase collaboration between public and private sectors
To resolve problems requiring analysis across economic, social and
environmental spheres
Promote transdisciplinary research
To disseminate research results and innovations to a larger audience
Create a pulses knowledge platform
7. 7
Transdisciplinary research to increase pulse production and consumption
develop adapted high yielding varietiesPlant breeding
improve pre- and post-harvest technologyPlant production
reduce knowledge gaps on nutritive valueNutrition
better understand dietary patterns and
consumer’s preferences
Food systems
better understand social and economic
aspects of pulse production
Socio-economics
better understand ecological aspects of
pulses productionEcology
8. • Create a knowledge platform
• Conceive farmers-researchers network
• Create and update databases
• Produce scientific evidence on:
ecosystem approach to sustainable crop production
intensification
importance of pulses to support policies and programme
development
• Facilitating access to plant genetic resources
needed for future breeding programmes
8
The role of FAO
FAO is a neutral forum which could help in: