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Author: Sarah Levy Publisher: CABI ISBN: 9781845930875 Category : Agricultural assistance Languages : en Pages : 330
Book Description
Despite repeated interventions by governments, donors and NGOs in recent years, food insecurity continues and developing countries are forced to rely on food aid again and again. The original idea of Starter Pack was to give a tiny bag of agricultural inputs - fertiliser and seed - to every smallholder farmer in Malawi. Although the programme did not work as originally intended, it was successful in achieving food security. The scaling down of the programme was a major contributor to the food crisis which hit Malawi (and other countries in Southern Africa) at the beginning of 2002. For once, we have a success story about how hunger can be tackled efficiently. This book assesses the case of the Starter Pack programme in Malawi, and whether it can be replicated elsewhere. It covers the practicalities of implementing such a large programme and the policy debates.
Author: Sarah Levy Publisher: CABI ISBN: 9781845930875 Category : Agricultural assistance Languages : en Pages : 330
Book Description
Despite repeated interventions by governments, donors and NGOs in recent years, food insecurity continues and developing countries are forced to rely on food aid again and again. The original idea of Starter Pack was to give a tiny bag of agricultural inputs - fertiliser and seed - to every smallholder farmer in Malawi. Although the programme did not work as originally intended, it was successful in achieving food security. The scaling down of the programme was a major contributor to the food crisis which hit Malawi (and other countries in Southern Africa) at the beginning of 2002. For once, we have a success story about how hunger can be tackled efficiently. This book assesses the case of the Starter Pack programme in Malawi, and whether it can be replicated elsewhere. It covers the practicalities of implementing such a large programme and the policy debates.
Author: Robert W. Herdt Publisher: CIMMYT ISBN: 9706480803 Category : Agricultural innovations Languages : en Pages : 46
Book Description
Global food security; Global changes; Global physical and biological changes; Factors determining public sector research resource allocation; Challenges for agriculture; Implication of global change for public international agricultural research.
Author: Jose Falck-Zepeda, Daniela Horna, and Melinda Smale Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 72
Author: Gregory J. Traxler Publisher: CIMMYT ISBN: 9789686127720 Category : Agricultural productivity Languages : en Pages : 70
Book Description
The analytical framework and the empirical model; The yaqui valley; Crop management research in the Yaqui Valley; Monitoring the imapcts of crop management research.
Author: Joseph DeVries Publisher: CABI ISBN: 0851995640 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 232
Book Description
Improved food security, led by increased productivity among Africa's many small-scale farmers, has been the aim of significant national and international effort in recent decades. It has proved to be one of the most critical challenges facing humankind. This book grew out of a two-year exploration conducted by the food security theme of The Rockefeller Foundation focusing on the potential for crop genetic improvement to contribute to food security among rural populations in Africa. It provides a critical assessment of the ways in which recent breakthroughs in biotechnology, participatory plant breeding, and seed systems can be broadly employed in developing and delivering more productive crop varieties in Africa's diverse agricultural environments. It also presents an analysis of current plant breeding and biotechnology strategies for the key crops in Africa including: maize, sorghum, cowpea, rice, and cassava. The book will appeal to plant breeders, biotechnologists, and seed distributors as well as policy-makers in the area of agricultural development.
Author: Mario A. Jauregui Publisher: CIMMYT ISBN: 9789686127676 Category : Agriculture Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
Basic concepts for continuous analysis of fertilizer response data; Choice of functional form; Development of a general model for deriving farmer recommendations; Special topics.
Author: Michael L. Morris Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers ISBN: 9781555877903 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 422
Book Description
Divided into four parts, this volume first lays out the importance of maize seed industries and presents a conceptual framework. The second section describes the key products and processes associated with maize seed industries, including varietal development, marketing, and industrial regulation. The third section offers nine country case studies, while the fourth part discusses the likely future course of seed industry development and alternative organizational forms. Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Author: Robert W. Herdt
Author: Jose Falck-Zepeda, Daniela Horna, and Melinda Smale
Author: Gregory J. Traxler
Author: Melinda Smale
Author: Joseph DeVries
Author: Mario A. Jauregui
Author: Michael L. Morris