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The adoption problem; or why we still understand so little about technological change in African agriculture

Written on August 22, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Glover, D.; Sumberg, J.; Andersson, J.A. Published in: Outlook on Agriculture, 2016, vol.45, no.1, p.3-6. The notion of adoption is central to efforts to measure technological change in African agriculture, and plays an important role in the evaluation of return on investment in agricultural...

Factors associated with small-scale agricultural machinery adoption in Bangladesh : census findings

Written on August 22, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Mottaleb, K.A.; Krupnik, T.J.; Erenstein, O. Published in: Journal of Rural Studies, 2016, vol.46, p.155-168. There is strong advocacy for agricultural machinery appropriate for smallholder farmers in South Asia. Such ‘scale-appropriate’ machinery can increase returns to land and labour,...

13C Natural Abundance of Serum Retinol Is a Novel Biomarker for Evaluating Provitamin A Carotenoid-Biofortified Maize Consumption in Male Mongolian Gerbils

Written on August 22, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Gannon, B.; Pungarcher, I.; Mourao, L.; Davis, C.R.; Simon, P.; Pixley, K.V.; Tanumihardjo, S.A. Published in: The Journal of Nutrition, July 2016, vol. 146, p. 1290-1297 Background: Crops such as maize, sorghum, and millet are being biofortified with provitamin A carotenoids to ensure adequate...

Climate variability and yield risk in South Asia’s rice–wheat systems : emerging evidence from Pakistan

Written on August 22, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Muhammad Arshad.; Amjath-Babu, T.S.; Krupnik, T.J.; Aravindakshan, S.; Abbas, A.; Kachele, H.; Muller, K. Published in: Paddy Water Environment, In press. Rice and wheat are the principal calorie sources for over a billion people in South Asia, although each crop is particularly sensitive...

Resource saving and productivity enhancing impacts of crop management innovation packages in Ethiopia

Written on August 22, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Jaleta Debello Moti.; Kassie, M.; Kindie Tesfaye Fantaye; Tilaye Teklewold; Pradyot Ranjan Jena; Marenya, P.; Erenstein, O. Published in: Agricultural Economics, 2016, vol.47, p.513-522 Crop management innovations are often not discrete fixed stand-alone options—and their adoption may imply...

Baseline simulation for global wheat production with CIMMYT mega-environment specific cultivars

Written on August 22, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Gbegbelegbe, S.D.; Cammarano, D.; Asseng, S.; Robertson, R.; Chung, U.; Adam, M.; Abdalla, O.; Payne, T.S.; Reynolds, M.P.; Sonder, K.; Shiferaw, B.; Nelson, G. Published in: Field Crops Research, In press. Climate change is expected to impact global food supply and food security by affecting...

Linkage analysis and map construction in genetic populations of clonal F1 and double cross

Written on August 22, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Manickavelu, A.; Joukhadar, R.; Jighly, A.; Caixia Lan; Huerta-Espino, J.; Ahmad Shah Stanikzai; Kilian, A.; Singh, R.P.; Ban, T. Published in: Plant Science, 2016, vol.252, p.222-229 Mining of new genetic resources is of paramount importance to combat the alarming spread of stripe rustdisease...

A direct comparison of remote sensing approaches for high-throughput phenotyping in plant breeding

Written on August 22, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Tattaris, M., Reynolds, M.P., Chapman, S. Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016, vol.7, no.1131 Remote sensing (RS) of plant canopies permits non-intrusive, high-throughput monitoring of plant physiological characteristics. This study compared three RS approaches using a low flying...

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Written on May 20, 2016. Posted in CIMMYT Publications, Journal Articles, Links, News.

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Quantifying changes to the global warming potential of rice wheat systems with the adoption of conservation agriculture in northwestern India

Written on March 15, 2016. Posted in Journal Articles.

Authors: Tirol Padre, A.; Munmun Rai; Kumar, V; Gathala, M.K; Sharma, P.C; Sharma, S; Rakesh Kumar Nagar; Deshwal, S; Singh, L.K; Jat, H.S; Sharma, D.K; Wassmann, R; Jagdish Kumar Ladha. Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2016, vol. 219, p.125-137 Field trials were conducted...

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