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    INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY Food security CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL POLICY

    Farm Radio Trust to assess ICT agriculture impact

    Farm Radio Trust (FRT) will carry out a three-year research study starting in 2018 to find out how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) impacts on agricultural productivity in Malawi.

    Published date
    Friday, February 2, 2018 - 05:00
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    COST ANALYSIS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

    Analysing the cost of adapting to climate change

    How do you estimate the cost of adaptation to climate change on vulnerable communities, where stakeholders are involved in identifying costs and benefits?

    Published date
    Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 04:00
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    WATER-ENERGY NEXUS WATER SECURITY HYDROLOGY Food security AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATION SYSTEMS MOUNTAINS

    Towards the development of an Energy-Water-Food Security Nexus based modelling framework as a policy and planning tool for South Africa

    The aim of the project is to develop a modelling framework that will increase resource use efficiency along with policy coherence, through interlinkages of water, energy and food security factors in remote and impoverished areas.

    Published date
    Monday, January 2, 2012 - 05:00
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    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Thirty-five-million dollar boost for 'Barcode of Life'

    The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, received a funding boost of $35 million from Canadian agencies for a 26-nation effort to collect specimens, sequence their DNA, and build an informatics platform using digital bar codes to store an

    Published date
    Friday, April 2, 2010 - 04:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Barcode of Life Project expects $35M in new support

    The Canada-led International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project has received new pledges from its major supporters, raising totals from these funders to $80 million.

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL)

    International Barcode of Life Project gets $8.1 million

    Researchers are quickly amassing barcodes or identifiers for a database of life forms, and developing new informatics tools and technologies.

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00