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Cassava: Subsistence Crop or Trendy Commodity?

December 29, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

Some crops have it easy. They’re planted, they grow, they’re harvested and, finally, they’re eaten. No such luck with cassava. Cassava, as food, at the very least must be cooked in order to remove certain toxins. More interesting, however, is that cassava serves as a basis for the manufacture of many by-products ranging from chips >> Read more

Filed Under: CIAT, Crops, Events & News

Heat stress could be a problem for livestock living outdoors under climate change

December 21, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

By Ricky Robertson (IFPRI) It began with an innocent enquiry: do we have relative humidity data, under climate change for possible future situations, that could be used to think about a direct effect on animal productivity? Currently, in our economic modeling, the cattle, hogs, chickens, etc., are only indirectly affected by changes in feed/fodder prices >> Read more

Filed Under: Climate Change, Events & News, Regional Projections

Crop and bio-economic modeling for an uncertain climate

December 20, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

By Gideon Kruseman (CIMMYT) The potential impact of climate change on agriculture and the complexity of possible adaptation responses require the application of new research methods and tools to develop adequate strategies. At a recent five-day training workshop titled “Crop and Bio-economic Modeling under Uncertain Climate,” scientists applied crop and bio-economic models to estimate biophysical >> Read more

Filed Under: Crops, Events & News, Uncategorized, Workshops

Conservation Agriculture: strengthening crop production in marginal areas

November 28, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

Conservation Agriculture has the potential to enhance soil fertility and reduce erosion across 260,000 hectares (ha) of fragile and degraded cereal land in Tunisia, according to a joint study by the country’s National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRAT) and ICARDA. Conservation Agriculture (CA) – the practice of not plowing and leaving crop residue in fields >> Read more

Filed Under: Agricultural Technologies, Events & News

Taxing red meat may cut emissions and disease

November 22, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

By Daniel Mason D'Croz, Keith Wiebe, and Sherman Robinson Growth in agricultural productivity and expanding markets have made more food available to more people than ever before. The options available to the average consumer visiting a supermarket are richer and more varied than at any time in history. But this abundance comes at a cost >> Read more

Filed Under: Climate Change, Events & News, Global Projections

Structural Approaches and Technology Adoption: A new paper in Global Food Security

October 3, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

By Shahnila Islam Trends in population and income growth along with climate change pose significant risks to achieving sustainable food security. As challenges to the agricultural sector grow, we need improved tools to understand the risks, and to evaluate alternative solutions to mitigate some of these risks. In order for these tools to be useful, >> Read more

Filed Under: Agricultural Technologies, Climate Change, Events & News, Research, Shahnila Islam

Reviewing 4 Years of IMPACT Outreach and Training

September 28, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

By Daniel Mason-D'Croz This month marks 4 years since the revamping of the IMPACT training curriculum to bring it up to date with the new version of the model. With more than 4 years now of experience, it seems appropriate to review and highlight some of the successes of these outreach and training efforts.

Filed Under: Events & News, IMPACT, Training, Workshops

WorldFish hosts future fish supply and demand scenarios in ASEAN technical meeting

August 5, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

By Shahnila Islam and Chin Yee Chan From June 7-8th, WorldFish organized a technical workshop, “Future Fish Supply and Demand Scenarios in the ASEAN Region.” As a research activity of the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight project (GFSF), the IMPACT fish model developed by IFPRI, World Bank, FAO, and the University of Arkansas at Pine >> Read more

Filed Under: Events & News, Fish, IMPACT, Regional Projections, Shahnila Islam, Workshops

CIMMYT gathers partners to discuss biotic stress and crop model integration

July 28, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

By Kindie Tesfaye (CIMMYT) and Evgeniya Anisimova (PIM) When crops are damaged by other living organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, insects and other pests, weeds or even cultivated plants competing for space and nutrients, we talk of the biotic stress. Biotic stresses are a major constraint to agricultural productivity in low and middle income >> Read more

Filed Under: Climate Change, Events & News, Evgeniya Anisimova, Global Futures Homepage Feature

Workshop: Crop Modelling and Biotic Stress

May 27, 2016 by Emil Caillaux

How can we take biotic stress into consideration with crop growth modelling in maize and wheat? As part of the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight (GFSF) project funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is organizing a three-day workshop >> Read more

Filed Under: Events & News, Workshops

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