Cover cropping is considered a cornerstone practice in sustainable agriculture; however, little attention has been paid to the cover crop production supply chain. In this Perspective, we estimate land use requirements to supply the United States maize production area with cover crop seed, finding that across 18 cover crops, on average 3.8% (median ...
Crop improvement efforts aiming at increasing crop production (quantity, quality) and adapting to climate change have been subject of active research over the past years. But, the question remains ‘to what extent can breeding gains be achieved under a changing climate, at a pace sufficient to usefully contribute to climate adaptation, mitigation an...
International crop-related research as conducted by the CGIAR uses crop modeling for a variety of purposes. By linking crop models with economic models and approaches, crop model outputs can be effectively used as inputs into socioeconomic modeling efforts for priority setting and policy advice using ex-ante impact assessment of technologies and sc...
Global Affairs Canada / The Swiss Development Corporation / National Agricultural Research Systems / Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi / Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research / Rwanda Agricultural Board / Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute
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Open Access Journal / Cassava is consumed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a staple food for the majority of the Congolese population. This crop is used in several forms: as fufu, chikwangue and pondu; cassava leaves are the most consumed vegetable in the country. In 2002, cassava root symptoms similar to cassava brown streak disease (C...
Members of the potato working groups will benefit from access to international expertise and the mutual exchange of information and innovations to boost potato production in their respective countries. / Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
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