Ahsanuzzaman, –

• Start Date: 2012
• End Date: 2013
• University: Virginia Tech
• Degree: PhD

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Seed Systems: Improving seed quality for smallholders

Building on an Immediate Impact Project, New Technology for Postharvest Drying and Storage of Horticultural Seeds, this project seeks to improve the ability of smallholders to […]

• Start Date: 2011/10/01
• End Date: 2014/07/01
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of California - Davis

• Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation, Productivity

A Regional Approach to Food Safety for Fruits and Vegetables in Bangladesh

The horticulture sector in Bangladesh produces 3.2 million metric tons/year but smallscale farmers suffer economic losses due to lack of high yielding varieties and hybrids, postharvest […]

• Start Date: 2011/10/01
• End Date: 2012/10/01
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Cornell University

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Capacity Building

Strengthening Indigenous Informal Seed Systems in Southeast Asia

Informal seed systems provide access to locally-adapted indigenous crops and constitute an essential component of sustainable production for resource-poor farmers. Current efforts to identify, conserve, improve […]

• Start Date: 2010/02/01
• End Date: 2011/02/01
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Penn State University

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Capacity Building, Productivity

Insuring Against the Weather: Addressing the Challenges of Basis Risk in Index Insurance using Gap Insurance

This research considers the following question: how can generic weather index products be designed and combined with network based savings, gifts and loans to insure some […]

• Start Date: 2010
• End Date: 2013/09/30
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of Colorado

• Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Sultana, Tahera

• Start Date: 2010
• End Date: 2014
• University: University of Dhaka
• Degree: MS

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Habiba, Umme

• Start Date: 2010
• End Date: 2013
• University: University of Dhaka
• Degree: MS

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

IPM CRSP South Asia Regional Program

This project builds on previous investment by expanding efforts in Bangladesh and India, extending and replicating the participatory IPM approach in Nepal, strengthening the network of […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Penn State University

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Capacity Building, Markets

Toward the Effective Integrated Pest Management of Plant Disease Caused by Viruses in Developing Countries: Detection and Diagnosis, Capacity Building and Training, and Formulation of IPM Packages

Viral diseases are one of the major constraints to vegetable production.Through this project researchers seek out new approaches to address plant virus diseases transmitted by insect […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security

Development of polyculture technology for giant freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) and mola (Amblypharyngodon mola)

Part of the AquaFish Project: Improving Sustainability and Reducing Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture Systems in China, and South and Southeast Asia

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2013/03/31
• Project Code: 09QSD03UM
• Lead University: University of Michigan

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security