- Germplasm for and from Timor Leste
Read our latest Blog post by Prof Jessica Fanzo, nutritionist, Seeds of Life program: aciarblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/sowing… #EastTimor #SeedsOfLife
ACIAR: Sowing the seeds in 2013 and beyondAgriculture provides livelihood for more than 80% of the population of East Timor (Timor-Leste). The specific focus of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in East Timor is increasing food security. This blog post has been authored by Professor Jessica Fanzo, Renewed Effort Against Child Hunger and undernutrition (REACH), World Food Programme and Assistant Professor of Nutrition at Columbia University.
@jessfanzo gets to grips with Timorese nutrition. Get landraces back from genebanks, Jess. And collect remaining ones. agro.biodiver.se/2013/01/nibble…- @ACIARAustralia sowing the seeds of future in E Timor. Anything the @CGIAR doing to help? aciarblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/sowing… @jessfanzo
- @AgroBioDiverse thanks for the Q about @CGIAR involvement in Seeds of Life. Asked our program manager. Should have more info 4 u soon! :)
- @AgroBioDiverse Absolutely. There will be a whole raft of @CGIAR involvement! Just want to make sure you get a comprehensive response.
- @AgroBioDiverse program manager has responded re @CGIAR input in Seeds of Life. A few tweets to come on this. I'll tag them #SoL #EastTimor
- @AgroBioDiverse varieties were imported from all relevant @CGIAR centres: @CIMMYT maize @RiceResearch rice @CIAT_ cassava... #SoL #EastTimor
- @AgroBioDiverse also from @Cipotato potato/sweet potato & @ICRISAT peanuts. SoL now importing from partners beyond @CGIAR! #SoL #EastTimor
- IITA cowpea varieties for Burkina Faso (and Ghana)
Farmers in Burkina Faso get IITA improved cowpea varieties - Press releases - IITA
Farmers in Burkina Faso get IITA improved cowpea varieties 25 January 2013 Burkina Faso has released two improved cowpea varieties to help advance better nutrition for women and children, and boost the incomes of farmers.
Farmers in Burkina Faso get improved cowpea varieties that are early maturing, high yielding & resistant to Striga iita.org/2013-press-rel…
@agbiotechafrica Is this variety developed to suit only Burkinabe soils or can they be tried here in Ghana too. We are also fighting striga.- @nanadarko2011 @agbiotechafrica No harm in trying it in N Ghana. Request from IITA!
- @AgroBioDiverse @agbiotechafrica Will prepare a radio extension program so researchers from IITA|Ghana can educate our farmers about this.
- @nanadarko2011 @AgroBioDiverse Contact Godwin Atser, [email protected] of IITA. He could connect you to the scientists involved in the work
- @IITA_CGIAR Interested in your research findings about the striga-resistant cowpea varieties.
- Turkish wheat landraces
- Identifying wheat landraces in TurkeyThe International Winter Wheat Improvement Program ( IWWIP) in cooperation with FAO Central Asia held a workshop to summarize the results of wheat landraces inventory in Turkey and develop recommendations and a work plan for future activities.
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