Market Access
Managing risk and facilitating market opportunities to improve rural livelihoods Economic growth in developing countries reduces extreme poverty, increases peoples’ security, improves health care, and literacy. Achieving broad-based economic growth, however, particularly for smallholders with limited income and technical knowledge, […]
Natural Resource Management
Managing natural resources through sustainable agricultural development Natural resources face ever increasing pressure related to global population growth, urbanization, energy consumption, and food production. Conventional agricultural practices frequently contribute to soil erosion, water pollution from runoff, high fossil fuel consumption, […]
Nutrition
Harnessing agricultural development to combat and prevent malnutrition An estimated one billion people in the developing world live in chronic hunger. Childhood malnutrition is an underlying cause of death in 35 percent of all deaths of children under five. Women […]
Pulses
Research, training, and outreach to strengthen the pulse sector in developing countries Pulses are edible legumes (such as beans, cowpeas, chickpeas, lima beans, and pigeon peas). They are staple foods in developing countries that are nutrient dense and nutritionally complete. […]
Aquaculture & Fisheries
Fishing for food and financial security World demand for fish as food has tripled since 1990, leading to overfishing in oceans, lakes, and rivers, threatening the availability of this important source of protein. Yet populations in developing countries, especially those […]
Grain
Improving livelihoods through grain value-chain development Sorghum, millet, and other similar grains are versatile crops that can be grown in various agro-ecosystems, used as building material or mulch, are dependable at harvest, and efficiently use water and nutrients. Increasing concerns […]
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BASIS/AMA Hosts Workshop on Gender and Assets in Washington D.C.
Understanding how men’s and women’s access to, control over, and ownership of a range of productive assets (e.g., land and other property, credit, and improved agricultural inputs) has the potential to help donors and development practitioners improve strategies for supporting […]
Key Topics
The Feed the Future Innovation Labs for Collaborative Research are multi-disciplinary research and training programs that seek innovative solutions to food security, health, agricultural growth, trade expansion and sustainable use of natural resources in the developing world. The Innovation Labs […]
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A unique partnership between U.S. universities, developing country institutions, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Feed the Future Innovation Labs for Collaborative Research and Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs) address issues of hunger and poverty through science […]
Effect of Thermal Processing on Functional Propoerties of Bean Flour
A poster presented at the 2012 Global Pulse Researchers Meeting, Kigali, Rwanda- “Transforming Grain-Legume Systems to Enhance Nutrition and Livelihoods”. Abstract: Protein content in legumes range […]
- Date of Publication: February 2012
- Author(s): N.V. Mulinda; I. Nyagahungu; H. Vasanthakaalam; A. Sinha; R. Jeyakumar; D. Uwamariya; R. Mazur
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
CRSP: Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)
Database: Publication