The school feeding system in China provides 180 to 200 days of meals a year to rural children from economically disadvantaged provinces that have a high incidence of malnutrition.
For decades, it was very difficult to complete, share or access development research in Burma. However, in the past two years, the Burmese political landscape has seen far-reaching changes.
Local practices pertaining to biodiversity conservation, crop improvement and natural resource management are under stress.
Existing intellectual property regimes protect individual rights for the purpose of commercial gain, but are often unsuitable for protecting the collective heritage of indigenous and local communities whose livelihoods rely on access to biodiversi
Recently, capacity development has regained a central place on the agenda of many donor organizations, including IDRC. The challenge is to measure the results of capacity development initiatives.
Northwest Yunnan province has a considerable ethnic minority (Tibetan) living mainly in the mountainous rural areas and managing complex, fragile production systems.
The public agricultural extension system has played a critical role in Chinese agricultural development over the past few decades.