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1. 2010-05-25 Conservation agricutlture
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...tions, using alternative crop residue management strategies. Wheat, maize, barley, and dry beans are the crops under study. Strong emphasis is placed on the importance of interdisciplinary approaches....

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT Principal Scientist - Global Theme Leader for Biotechnology To be based at ICRISAT’s Headquarters near Hyderabad

3. Pearl Millet Improvement ICRISAT
(employment/job opportunities)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT Post-Doctoral Fellow- Pearl Millet Improvement West and Central Africa To be based in the ICRISAT regional hub at Nia

International Conference of Biotechnology Genetics & Genomics for crops development in the mediterranean area Agouza, EGYPT 15-16 November 2009 Fees of sessions: 490 L.E for 2 days.

5. Keynote addresses, Australia, 10-14 August 2009
(literature & views/meeting presentations and proceedings)
... Monty Jones     Download the article Domestication and Improvement of Tropical Crops for Multi-Functional Farming Systems     R.R.B. Leakey, T. Nevenimo, J. ...

6. Plant breeding programs in Belize
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...citrus and fisheries products. Domestic agriculture on the other hand, includes rice, maize, beans, root crops, vegetables, poultry, beef and pigs. Plant breeding activities in Belize began more tha...

7. Plant breeding programs in Burkina Faso
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...he major constraint of Burkina Faso’s agricultural production, which is essentially rainfed. Predominant crops are cereals (sorghum, millet, maize, rice, fonio), cash crops (cotton, groundnut, cowpea,...

8. Plant breeding programs in Bolivia
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
An estimated 2% of Bolivia’s land area is devoted to arable farming and permanent crops. Dry agriculture is the rule, and the most important crops are potatoes, corn, barley, quinoa, habas, wheat, a

9. Plant breeding programs in Jordan
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...y while the private ones direct most of their resources toward line evaluation and development. The main crops targeted by plant breeding activities are wheat, barley, tomato, cucumber and watermelon....

10. Plant breeding programs in Guatemala
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...f Guatemala’s economy representing around 25% of the GDP and employing 50% of the labour force. The main crops are coffee, sugarcane, bananas and cotton, but also palm tree, celery, cauliflower and as...

11. Plant breeding programs in Guyana
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...t sector of Guyana's economy, accounting for around 30% of the GDP. Sugar cane and rice are the two main crops of Guyana. The three main institutions carrying out plant breeding activities in Guyana...

12. Plant breeding programs in Togo
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...ich supply jobs and incomes. About 70% of the active population depends on these sectors. The major food crops are cereals and tubers whereas the major export crops are coffee, cocoa and cotton. The...

13. Plant breeding programs in Gabon
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)
...total area) and mining. Agricultural contribution to the creation of wealth remains marginal (about 4%). Crops grown are mainly food crops such as bananas, cassava, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, maize a...

...ic map of the cucumber genome, an important resource for scientists working to develop improved cucurbit crops. "This map will facilitate whole genome sequencing and positional cloning, enhance marker...

...ze researcher at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. In Nigeria, maize is among the most important crops but poor seed supply, inefficient marketing system, and low investment in research-for-de...

16. 2009-07-29, more plant power
(news/current news)
...A non-edible crop, castor can be grown on poor quality land that isn''t suitable for other kinds of food crops. This means that growing it won't influence global food prices on a large scale, unlike o...

Genetic change could make crops thrive on salty soils 27 July 2009 by Wagdy Sawahel Scientists have genetically modified plants to tolerate high levels of salt — offering a potential solution to g

... of rice 29 July 2009 St. Louis, Missouri, USA By Melissae Fellet Rice is one of the most important crops worldwide, as it feeds over half of the world's population. Domesticated rice is an impor...

...ed. For this, we would like to express our sincere thanks. In response to the survey, we have made the Crops for the Future website www.cropsforthefuture.org more dynamic and - hopefully - more attr...

Genetic change could make crops thrive on salty soils Wagdy Sawahel 22 July 2009 | EN Flickr/IRRI Scientists have genetically modified plants to tolerate high levels of salt — offering a potentia

...p; In contrast, the genome of a single cultivar or line has yet to be sequenced in its entirety for most crops of economic or societal importance. This slow pace of genomic progress can be mostly expl...

...ind of research," said Minister Ritz. "Our scientists are doing important work to help the world's wheat crops, but first and foremost, investments like this one ensure that we have Canadian solutions...

...immyt.org/english/wps/news/2005/sept/images/stem2.jpg>  and <http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/diseases/images/fac15s01.jpg> Links Recent news stories on worldwide Ug99 resistance...

... can still be weighted in farmers' favour. Science-based strategies being developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and its partners can greatly help ...

... now it is practical." There are many applications for this that could allow stunning advances for many crops, according to Wright and Townsend. For instance, canola is a commodity grown for its oil...

DNA of ancient lost barley could help modern crops cope with water stress 21 July 2009 Warwick, United Kingdom Researchers at the University of Warwick have recovered significant DNA information fro

27. Dr Andy Jarvis, CIAT scientist
(people/Accomplishments and contributions)
...ortance of conserving so-called "crop wild relatives"— the naturally-occurring relatives of domesticated crops, and has used geographic modeling to predict the impact of climate change on agriculture....

28. Winners of the six grants on climate change
(funding/Fellowships and grants conveyed)
...bout by climate change 22 May 2009 The awards (see table) support a range of innovative projects across crops and continents, and seek a variety of important plant traits. The call for proposals went...

29. Winners of the two grants on durable resistance to rust
(funding/Fellowships and grants conveyed)
...to two excellent contributions to our state of knowledge of disease resistance strategies in these vital crops. ...

30. CGIAR
(organizations & networks/global organizations and networks)
... Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA International Centre for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT International Food Policy Researc...

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