Regions Asia : CRSPs

Farmer-led innovation can help solve food security challenges

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Date of Publication: 10/3/2012
Author(s): Not Available
Type of Document: Newspaper Article

Region: Asia
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: Livestock-Climate Change (LCC)

Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured

Farmers face enormous production risks due to unpredictable rainfall, yet most do not have any formal insurance. One explanation for this is the existence of informal […]

Start Date: October 2012
End Date: 2015/09/30
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Yale University

Region: Asia
Topic: Markets

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Project

Arthropod Pests of Horticultural Crops in Tropical Asia

Abstract: Insect pests are a constant threat to agriculture in developing countries. They often cause up to 40% of losses to crop yields and affect food […]

Date of Publication: October 2012
Author(s): Muni Muniappan; B. Merle Shepard; Gerald Carner; Peter Aun-Chuan Ooi
Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Region: Asia
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

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

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 […]

Date of Publication: 9/7/2012
Author(s): Not Available
Type of Document: Newspaper Article

Region: Asia
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Database: Publication

Population Genetic Structure and Post-Establishment Dispersal Patterns of the Red Swamp Crayfish Procambarus Clarkii in China

Abstract: The red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) was introduced to China in the early 20th century. It has been spread to almost all forms of fresh […]

Date of Publication: 8/20/2012
Author(s): Yanhe Li; Xianwu Guo; Xiaojuan Cao; Wei Deng; Wei Luo; Weimin Wang
Type of Document: Scholarly Article