CNP : Role of Animal Source Foods to Improve Diet Quality and Growth and Cognitive Development in East African Children
The overall goal of the controlled child feeding intervention study was to improve the health, growth, and cognitive function of children through improving diet quality through […]
- Start Date: 1997
- End Date: 2001
- Project Code: CNP
- Lead University: University of California - Los Angeles
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition, Policy
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
Tradeoffs in Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Andes: A Decision Support System for Policy Makers
This project used the SM-CRSP developed Tradeoff Model software, a decision support system for policy makers, as a framework in which the Soil Management CRSP project […]
- Start Date: 1997
- End Date: 2002
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Montana State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
CRSP: Soil Management
Database: Project
Economic and Sustainability Evaluation of New Technologies in Sorghum and Millet Production in INTSORMIL-Priority Countries
This project focused on diffusing new technologies including Striga resistant cultivars in West and East Africa. It also made recommendations to expedite the introduction of these […]
- Start Date: 1997
- End Date: 2002
- Project Code: PRF-205
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Policy
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
The World Geography of the Peanut: Global Networking Approach to Social Equity, Environmental Protection, and Technology Exchange
There is an absence of an integrated global, national, and regional agroecologically framed database on peanuts – especially one containing socioeconomic information -for use by scientists, […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: UGA05
- Lead University: University of Georgia
- Region: Global
- Topic: Capacity Building, Policy
Analysis of Response of Peanut Production in French West Africa: Policy Implications of Currency Devaluation
Despite the importance of peanuts within the countries and cultures of West Africa, little research has been undertaken to understand the socioeconomic underpinnings of peanut production. […]
- Start Date: 1996/08/01
- End Date: 2007/10/31
- Project Code: VT09S
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Policy
Institutional requirements for aquacultural development in Africa: Lessons from Rwanda
Abstract: Ethnic tension has been an enduring part of Rwanda’s history. In pre-colonial times, a patron-client relationship existed between the warrior Tutsi tribe and the peasant […]
- Date of Publication: 1996
- Author(s): John F. Moehl; Joseph J. Molnar
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Assessment of policies and socio-economic factors affecting pesticide use in the Philippines
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- Date of Publication: 1995
- Author(s): J. Tjornhom
- Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security, Policy
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Publication
Sustainable agricultural development strategies in fragile lands
Abstract: Current trends in demography, agricultural production and rural environment in the developing countries suggest that so-called “marginal lands” must play a larger and probably growing […]
- Date of Publication: 1994
- Author(s): Scherr, S.J. and P.A. Hazell
- Type of Document: Research Report
Policy Analysis and Pesticide Manual
A study was conducted of the policies affecting pesticide use in Ecuador. Nominal rates of protection (NPR’s) and equilibrium exchange rates were calculated to quantify the […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security, Policy
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
Social, Economic, Policy and Production System Analyses: Social and Gender-related Issues that Affect IPM Adoption
Social, economic, policy, and institutional systems (human systems) have been shown to sometimes present overwhelming barriers to implementing IPM practices. The goal of this topic is […]
- Start Date: 1993
- End Date: 1998
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Gender, Policy
CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Database: Project
