Database Publication : CRSPs

Integrating Agriculture and Nutrition Actions to Improve Maternal and Child Nutrition: Metrics for Coordinated Research

Abstract: There is a great need to establish solid, empirical knowledge of the effects of integrated programs targeting agriculture, nutrition and health (ANH), which are often […]

Date of Publication: October 2012
Author(s): Global Nutrition CRSP
Type of Document: Research Brief

Region: Global
Topic: Health and Nutrition

CRSP: Nutrition

Database: Publication

Stocktaking: Agriculture Degree Programs in Nepal

Abstract: Recently, there have been renewed calls for the integration of nutrition, health, and agriculture to improve the nutritional status of populations. Whereas these sectors previously […]

Date of Publication: October 2012
Author(s): Global Nutrition CRSP
Type of Document: Research Brief

Region: Asia
Topic: Capacity Building

CRSP: Nutrition

Database: Publication

Virginia Tech research program confirms presence of invasive insect in Senegal

The confirmation of Tuta absoluta is the first of the insect’s presence in the country. Tuta causes damage primarily to tomato but could also affect other […]

Date of Publication: 9/28/2012
Author(s): Melissa Smith
Type of Document: Newspaper Article

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Database: Publication

Prospects and Potential for Aquaculture of African Lungfish in Uganda

Abstract: Shifting rainfall and temperature regimes are bringing new challenges to the management of water bodies and fish farms in sub-Saharan Africa (Dixon et al. 2003). […]

Date of Publication: 9/26/2012
Author(s): John Walakira; Gertrude Atakunda; Joseph Molnar; Karen Veverica
Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Productivity

CRSP: AquaFish Phase I

Database: Publication

IPM CRSP Technical Workplan 2012-2013

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Date of Publication: 9/24/2012
Author(s): IPM CRSP
Type of Document: ME Documentation

Region: Global
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Database: Publication

Massive campaign reduces use of pesticides : Officials

According to Syed Nurul Alam, chief of the entomology division of the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) and an IPM CRSP researcher, pesticide use has gone […]