New IPM Innovation Lab Videos Available
The Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab has recently developed two videos on their work on tomato leafminer pest and the invasive weed Parthenium. Click the links below the videos to learn more about the IPM Innovation Lab’s work on these […]
Livestock Climate-Change Releases 2013-2014 Annual Report
Throughout the last few months the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change (Livestock Innovation Lab) has been hard at work summarizing the many accomplishments of their researchers and associates at the […]
Findings of a Study on Blood Proteins as Indicators of Malnutrition Presented at the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Nutrition Meeting in Nepal
Scientists have identified a range of proteins that can be used as reliable indicators of a person’s micronutrient levels, opening up new possibilities for the study of malnutrition. Keith West Jr., Director of the Centre for Human Nutrition at Johns […]
New INTSORMIL video available on artisanal sorghum seed production in El Salvador
A new video produced by INTSORMIL features information on the important role of artisanal sorghum seed producers in Central America. This project helps to promote sorghum for the benefit of smallholder farmers. To learn more about how INTSORMIL is benefiting […]
Agrilinks’ interviews with the CRSPs now available
Agrilinks‘ interviews with representatives from the Collaborative Research Support Programs are now available. During the interviews the CRSP representatives discussed their programs’ objectives and how the programs contribute to Feed the Future: The U.S. government’s global hunger and food security […]
AquaFish CRSP featured in USAID’s Global Waters magazine
USAID’s quarterly magazine on its water programs, Global Waters, recently featured the AquaFish CRSP’s work to increase the income of fish farmers and meet the protein needs of people in developing countries through an ecosystem- oriented approach that promotes sustainable […]
New INTSORMIL video on drought-related research
A new INTSORMIL video featuring the work of INTSORMIL Principal Investigator Prof. Vara Prasad, Dept. of Agronomy, Kansas State University was recently released. This video highlights INTSORMIL’s current research on the impacts of drought on sorghum. This movie was created by INTSORMIL […]
Book News: Pastoralism and the Livestock Trade in the Horn of Africa
Livestock-Climate Change (LCC) CRSP researcher, Peter Little, discusses the future of the livestock trade industry in the Horn of Africa in the concluding chapter of Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins, the new addition to Social, Technological […]
BASIS/AMA CRSP’s Final Report Available
BASIS/AMA CRSP’s final report is now available. The final report highlights the CRSP’s research on: Insurance and Risk Management Smallholder Access to Markets and Improved Technologies Access to Finance Asset Building and Pathways from Poverty Click here to read the […]
New INTSORMIL CRSP Student Theses Now Available
“Returns to the Introduction of New Sorghum Cultivars into the Dairy Industry of El Salvador” Thesis by Alexis Homero Villacís Aveiga “Results indicate that there are large returns per dollar spent and susbstantial benefits to consumers, processors and producers. Results […]