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1. 2010-02-15 Wheat improvement
(training & education/Training events)
...y-career scientists who work in the public, private or non-governmental sectors. Scientists working in National Agricultural Research System (NARS) particularly in the area of wheat breeding, patholog...

2. Maize breeding lead scientist
(employment/job opportunities)
...y funded, non-profit research and training organization affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR, www.cgiar.org) and has an annual budget of approximately U...

3. Pearl Millet Improvement ICRISAT
(employment/job opportunities)
...-economists, food technologists, seed systems pecialists and technology transfer experts from ICRISAT, National Agricultural Research Institutes and development partners. (...) The candidate should ha...

...dience: Genebank curators / Plant breeders (practicing and in training) working in National and International Agricultural Research Institutions and in private crop improvement companies Second...

5. Molecular markers toolbox
(databases & tools/Tools)
...easily accessible global public good, this TB marks an important step towards supporting the adoption of modern agricultural technologies for the benefit of the poor in developing countries. Know mo...

6. Mercier Violaine
(who we are/GIPB team and contributors)
Violaine Mercier is Agronomist, holding a Master Degree in Tropical Agriculture and another one in Agricultural Development and Economics, graduated in France. During and after her studies, she work

7. Brezillon Marike
(who we are/GIPB team and contributors)
...r 2009. She is graduating in High School of Agronomy in France, and studying in College for a specialisation in Agricultural Development. She spent one semester in the University of KwaZulu Natal, Sou...

8. Plant breeding programs in Belize
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
Belize is a very small country open to the Caribbean Sea. Its economy is primarily driven by the agricultural and tourism sectors. Exports are dominated by primary commodities mainly sugar, banana, ci

9. Plant breeding programs in Burkina Faso
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. Its economy is largely agricultural; 86% of the population is involved in it and this sector represents 30 to 40% of the GDP. Its climate is tropic

10. Plant breeding programs in Bolivia
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
... of improved varieties is a bottleneck that all institutions encountered due to the non-existence of a national agricultural extension system. Another important factor is the limited availability of q...

11. Plant breeding programs in Jordan
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...esearch and education institutes with activities in plant breeding: Public Institutions National Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer (NCARTT), Website available in EnglishNCAR...

12. Plant breeding programs in Guatemala
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...e but large regions are very mountainous. Therefore climate depends much more on altitude than on latitude. The agricultural sector is a crucial component of Guatemala’s economy representing around 25...

13. Plant breeding programs in Guyana
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...n breeding programmes are rice and sugarcane which are the highest income and foreign exchange earners from the agricultural sector. The other breeding programmes on root crops, pulses and vegetables ...

14. Plant breeding programs in Togo
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
... The major food crops are cereals and tubers whereas the major export crops are coffee, cocoa and cotton. The agricultural research started officially in Togo in 1940, date of the establishment of t...

15. Plant breeding programs in Gabon
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
Situated in the centre of the Gulf of Guinea, Gabon has an equatorial climate. It is not an agricultural country. Its economy is essentially based on oil which accounts for 48% of GDP. The remainder i

...tic and cytogenetic map of the cucumber genome 24 July 2009 A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the China Agricultural University and the United States Departmen...

... Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development while partners included scientists at the Institute of Agricultural Research & Training (IAR&T), Ibadan-based IITA, National Rice/Maize...

...rsity in St. Louis, and her colleagues at Chiang Mai University in Thailand shows how natural genetic drift and agricultural practices of the traditional farmers combine to influence the genetic diver...

Europe backs fight against rising hunger: Partnering with FAO in boosting agricultural production22 July 2009Rome/BrusselsAt a time when over one billion people are undernourished worldwide, Europe st

...00 hectares of floodplains. Rice is therefore a key product and a priority in the plan to revive the country's agricultural sector. And the FAO project, which encourages the production of high qualit...

...n. Her team is studying the possibilities for developing perennial wheat as a crop for environmentally friendly agricultural production. She’s conducting this work thanks to a four-year, one million d...

...biotechnology laboratory to enhance breeding on drought tolerance in key crops. And, with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and state university partners, ICRISAT has developed and re...

... the high-iron rice varieties eventually become available to farmers. The current prototypes are unsuitable for agricultural production yet. Although the new rice variety already has an iron content t...

24. Norman Borlaug
(people/Accomplishments and contributions)
Prof. Norman Borlaug Agricultural scientist, he worked on semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties. In the mid-20th century, he worked with the governments of Mexico, Indi

25. Winners of the six grants on climate change
(funding/Fellowships and grants conveyed)
...sity Trust (the Trust), and the Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Each of these organizations places high priority on genetic solut...

26. Winners of the two grants on durable resistance to rust
(funding/Fellowships and grants conveyed)
...sultant in Plant Breeding, Biotechnology, Plant Intellectual Property, Crop Production and Change Management in Agricultural Research and Development. Mr Brennan has been involved in a large number of...

27. CGIAR
(organizations & networks/global organizations and networks)
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - CGIAR The CGIAR is a strategic alliance of countries, international and regional organizations and private foundations supporting 15 in

28. GFAR
(organizations & networks/global organizations and networks)
The Global Forum on Agricultural Research - GFAR GFAR is an innovative attempt to work towards a global system of agricultural research for development. GFAR is a  multi stakeholder-led initiativ

Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries: Options and opportunities in crops, forestry, livestock, fisheries and agro-industry to face the challenges of food insecurity and climate c

30. GIPB publications
(Central Accordion section/Central Accordion category)
...e Full reports. Country briefs The purpose of these briefs is to summarize the current status of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) in countries, with particular emphasis on plant bree...

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