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Options for Diversification in Tobacco Farming and Related Activities (India)

Although India is a signatory to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and has put in place a number of policies aimed at reducing the demand for tobacco products, the tobacco industry st

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Low-cost energy solutions for water supply in drought-prone Southern Africa

This report from the University of Cape Town’s Energy Research Centre examines how renewable energy and energy mini-grids can power water services in drought-prone rural areas in five Southern African countries: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa...

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IDRC in the News — May 2012

14/05/2012

This year’s issue of Asia Research News features five IDRC projects: increasing millet production in Asia (pg 4) milkfish breeding in the Philippines (pg 5) saving lives, money, and ecosystems with environmental economics (pg 14) boosting...

Results of the call for concept notes on promoting healthy diets

27/04/2012

In July 2011, IDRC’s Non-Communicable Disease Prevention (NCDP) program announced the call for concept notes “Promoting healthy diets: A key strategy for non-communicable disease prevention in low- and middle-income countries”. The key objective of...

Events

Dry Area Agriculture: A Challenge that can be Overcome, with Mahmoud Solh, Director General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

22/05/2012

For 35 years, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) has tackled food insecurity in challenging environments. But the challenge of improving agriculture, livelihoods, and food security in the Middle East has...

Public-private partnerships: Working together against hunger

27/03/2012

In the wake of a sharp spike in international food prices beginning in 2008, “the world seems to have rediscovered agriculture,” declared Martin Taylor, chair of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, at a recent two-day Ottawa...

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Options for Diversification in Tobacco Farming and Related Activities (India)

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Food and Livelihood Security in Punjab through Water, Energy and Agricultural Management

Climate change poses a significant threat to agrarian societies in tropical regions. In Punjab, which produces more than half of India's annual food grain production, there is rising uncertainty in th

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Floods, Droughts and Farming on the Plains of Argentina and Paraguay, Pampas and Chaco Regions

The Pampas in Argentina and Chaco in Paraguay constitute one of South America's most important global grain suppliers. The rapid expansion of crops over pastures (Pampas) and forests (Chaco), combined

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Support to the CGIAR Program on Aquaculture

More than 700 million people depend on aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) for their livelihood. These are diverse farming systems that include a mix of cultivation, livestock-raising, aquaculture, fis

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Taxation of Tobacco Products in West Africa

In December 2007, Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC) undertook an initiative to understand the critical factors that determine the success of the anti-tobacco campaign in sub-Saharan Af

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Low-cost energy solutions for water supply in drought-prone Southern Africa

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Harnessing clean energy for irrigation in water-scarce northern Patagonia

This report from Argentina’s Fundación Bariloche shows how solar and wind power are being used to pump well water and power irrigation systems in water-scarce northern Patagonia.These technological advances can improve agricultural water supply, but...

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Growing nutritious food for better health in Malawi

Since 2001, the IDRC-funded Soils, Food and Healthy Communities project has helped combat malnutrition and improve the health of poor families in rural northern Malawi. Growing a wide variety of nutritious food crops has led to stronger children...

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Meet two rural innovators

Rural technological innovations can improve lives. This 5-minute video shows two cases of innovations that have spread far and wide. The interviews were filmed during an international meeting of innovators on November 8-10, 2011 in Lima, Peru...

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Agriculture for better health

Reshaping Agriculture for Nutrition and Health is a new resource for those who think that linking agriculture, nutrition, and health can maximize agricultural benefits for the poor and hungry. Published by the International Food Policy Research...

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