Food Security

CRSP Digest Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 2012

This quarterly newsletter called CRSP Digest reports on new CRSP research, events, and announcements. This issue features news on fish value chains, mycotoxin research, the CRSPs’ […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): The CRSP Digest Project
  • Type of Document: Newsletter

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CRSP Digest Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 2012

This quarterly newsletter called CRSP Digest reports on new CRSP research, events, and announcements. This issue features news on the launch of a new sorghum variety […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): The CRSP Digest Project
  • Type of Document: Newsletter

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Harnessing Science to “Feed the Future”

This resource highlights how the CRSPs are addressing the Goals of Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, by overcoming gender […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): The CRSP Digest Project
  • Type of Document: Impact/Success Story

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Assessment of application timing of Bacillus spp. to supress pre- and postharvest diseases of apple

In response to consumer environmental and health concerns concerning chemical pesticides, more attention has been placed on the development of biological control agents for the mitigation […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A.M. Poleatewich; H.K. Ngugi; P.A. Backman
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Detection and Incidence of Pernospora Variabilis in Quinoa Seeds

This poster describes the research undertaken to determine the level of imported quinoa contamination with quinoa downy mildew, caused by Pernospora variabilis, as well as to […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A.M. Testen; P. A. Backman
  • Type of Document: Media

First report of quinoa downy mildew caused by Peronospora variabilis in the United States

First report of finding quinoa downy mildew in the United States. The disease affects quinoa grown in Andean Region

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A.L. Testen; J.M. McKemy; P.A. Backman
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Analysis of Farmer and Extension Agent Preference in Nepal using Analytic Hierarchy Process

Subsistence farmers in Nepal rely on marginal lands that are subject to declining fertility due, in part, to traditional farming practices. These farmers regularly face critical […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): B.F. Reed; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; C. Lai; T.J.K. Radovich; P. Limbu
  • Type of Document: Media

Economic analysis of farm labor and profitability of three tribal villages in Nepal

The Introduction of conservation agriculture practices, such as strip tilling and intercropping with nitrogen-fixing legumes can increase long-term farm profitability and ensure long-term soil productivity. Survey […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): B. Reed; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; C. Lai; T.J.K. Radovich; P. Limbu
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Sustainable Management of Agro-ecological Resources for Tribal Societies (SMARTS): Conservation agriculture-based participatory research in Kendujhar, Orissa.

This presentation highlighted the SMARTS project work in Kendujhar, Orissa, India, and discussed each CAPS treatment as well as the participatory research conducted with farmers in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT)
  • Type of Document: Media

Changes in physical properties and enzyme activity of rice and barley koji during fermentation and storage

Abstract: Koji are solid-state fermentation products made by inoculating steamed grains with the spores of fungi, particularly Aspergillus spp. This research was undertaken to identify the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A. Bechman; R. D. Phillips; J. Chen
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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