Conference in Indonesia highlights how biodiversity plays key role in successful sustainable agriculture programs

The IPM CRSP conference in Indonesia featured in a Virginia Tech News story.

• Date of Publication: 5/22/2013
• Author(s): Melissa Smith
• Type of Document: Newspaper Article

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Penn State Partnership Stimulates New Pest Technology Business in South Asia

Ed Rajotte, co-PI for the South Asia program, on his program’s work to develop pest management tactics for vegetable farmers in that region.

• Date of Publication: 5/10/2013
• Author(s): Not Available
• Type of Document: Newspaper Article

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Climate Change and Other Factors Degrade Nepalese Livestock Systems

Abstract: Climate change, along with other factors, such as deforestation and land-use changes, threaten to degrade the health of mixed farming systems in Nepal. For the […]

• Date of Publication: May 2013
• Author(s): Durga D Poudel
• Type of Document: Research Brief

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Climate Change

Gautam, Sarita

• Start Date: 2013/01/12
• End Date: 2013/06/13
• University: Tribhuvan University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Dhakal, Suman

• Start Date: 2013/01/11
• End Date: 2013/06/13
• University: Tribhuvan University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Adaptation for Climate Change by Livestock Smallholders in Gandaki River Basin

Nepal is experiencing rapid climate change, whose nature and implications for livestock raising, under evolving rural social and economic systems, are poorly understood. This project aims […]

• Start Date: 2013
• End Date: 2015
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: City College of New York

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Climate Change, Markets

Improving nutrition and productivity of buffaloes to adapt to the impacts of climate change in Nepal.

Michigan State University, in collaboration with NARC, AFU and the DLS in Nepal, will conduct collaborative research on forage crop cultivation, feeding, and reproduction management in […]

• Start Date: 2013
• End Date: 2015
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Michigan State University

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Health and Nutrition, Productivity

Governance of Global Value Chains in Response to Food Safety and Certification Standards: The Case of Shrimp from Vietnam

Abstract: We use global value chain (GVC) theory to understand governance of Vietnam’s shrimp farming industry. We describe this GVC as buyer-driven with important food safety […]

• Date of Publication: 2013
• Author(s): Nhuong Tran; Conner Bailey; Norbert Wilson; Michael Phillips
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Policy

Science and Policy for Health, Agriculture, Nutrition & Economic Growth: Nutrition Innovation Lab 2nd Annual Scientific Symposium

Contains a listing of all of the presentations from the Nutrition Innovation Lab 2nd Annual Scientific Symposium, held August 13th and 14th, 2013 at Johns Hopkins […]

• Date of Publication: 2013
• Author(s): Nutrition Innovation Lab
• Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

• Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Health and Nutrition

Enhancing the food, health and nutritional security through improving livestock and agriculture farming system in Nepal

Poster presented at the Nutrition Innovation Lab 2nd Annual Scientific Symposium, held August 13th and 14th, 2013 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.

• Date of Publication: 2013
• Author(s): Tara Nath Gaire
• Type of Document: Media

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Health and Nutrition