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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2014Ethiopia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchApril, 2011China, India, Philippines, Asia
Rice, a staple food for over 70% of Asians, is also the single biggest user of water, requiring 2-3 times more input (irrigation plus rain) water per unit of grain produced than crops such as wheat and maize. With growing populations, increased urbanisation and environmental degradation, the supply of fresh water is depleting. Recognising the water constraints to rice yield, the aim of the project entitled ‘Developing a System of Temperate and Tropical Aerobic Rice (STAR) in Asia’ was to develop water-efficient aerobic rice technologies.
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Library ResourceDecember, 2007
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Library ResourceDecember, 2014
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Library ResourceSeptember, 2013Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
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Library ResourceJune, 2013Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
Main message
Farmers in Volta Basin Development Challenge project sites are generally not developing brand new practices on their own. Information about new technologies is slowly spreading from projects to the wider community, but adoption of these technologies could be strengthened by creating an enabling environment. This would mean taking into account the five determinants of adoption identified here and programming accordingly.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2013Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
Within the agricultural development sector, innovation has been identified as a primary pathway to achieve economic, social and environmental goals. Innovation is traditionally defined as a linear and relatively homogenous process involving the invention of a “new” technology that is then transferred and adopted by an intended user.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesDecember, 2012
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Library ResourceTraining Resources & ToolsMarch, 2014
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2010
Agriculture and food security are key sectors for intervention under climate change. Agricultural production is highly vulnerable even to 2C (lowend) predictions for global mean temperatures in 2100, with major implications for rural poverty and for both rural and urban food security. Agriculture also presents untapped opportunities for mitigation, given the large land area under crops and rangeland, and the additional mitigation potential of aquaculture.
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