• MicroVeg Newsletter-2017-January Edition 

  Unknown author (2017)
• Determinants and constrains of pulse production and consumption among farming households of Ethiopia 

  Kabata, Alemneh; Henry, Carol; Moges, Debebe; Kebebu, Afework; Whiting, Susan; Regassa, Nigatu; Tyler, Robert (Canadian Center of Science and Education, Toronto, Canada, 2016-12-28)

  In low income countries the agricultural sector is essential to growth, poverty reduction, and food security. Pulse crops are important components of crop production in Ethiopia’s smallholders agriculture, providing an ...
• Plant innate immune response: qualitative and quantitative resistance 

  Kushalappa, Ajjamada C.; Yogendra, Kalenahalli N.; Karre, Shailesh (Taylor & Francis, 2016-03-25)

  Plant diseases, caused by microbes, threaten world food, feed, and bioproduct security. Plant resistance has not been effectively deployed to improve resistance in plants for lack of understanding of biochemical mechanisms ...
• Gene discovery and genome editing to develop cisgenic crops with improved resistance against pathogen infection 

  Yogendra, Kalenahalli N.; Sarkar, Kobir; Kage, Udaykumar; Karre, Shailesh (Taylor & Francis, 2016-05-27)

  Resistance in plants against pathogen infection is defined as a spectrum of reduced susceptibility, ranging from moderate susceptibility to a hypersensitive response (complete resistance). The genetic improvement of plants ...
• Transforming gender and food security in the global South 

  Njuki, Jemimah; Parkins, John R.; Kaler, Amy (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2016)

  The first section of this book focuses on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and its adaptations for different projects and contexts. The second section moves from measurement to empowerment; gender roles ...
• Huile essentielle : santé visuelle en Tanzanie 

  Letarte, Martine (Vélo Québec Éditions, 2016-09-16)
• Weaving indigenous agricultural knowledge with formal education to enhance community food security : school competition as a pedagogical space in rural Anchetty, India 

  Shukla, Shailesh; Barkman, Janna; Patel, Kirit (Informa UK Limited, 2016)

  In communities from the remote rural regions of Anchetty, young learners’ informal learning experiences often come through interactions with local agriculture and the environment in which they and their families work and ...
• Optimization of production of bread enriched with leafy vegetable powder 

  Famuwagun, A.A.; Taiwo, K.A.; Gbadamosi, S.O.; Oyedele, D.J. (OMICS International, 2016)

  Response Surface Methodology was used in this study to determine optimal conditions for the production of high quality bread enriched with vegetable powder. Fresh and matured fluted pumpkin leaves (Telfaria occidentalis) ...
• Targeted and untargeted approaches unravel novel candidate genes and diagnostic SNPs for quantitative resistance of the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to Phytophthora infestans causing the late blight disease 

  Mosquera, Teresa; Alvarez, Maria Fernanda; Jiménez-Gómez, José M.; Muktar, Meki Shehabu; Paulo, Maria João; Steinemann, Sebastian (PLOS, 2016-06-09)

  Results of this study provide new insight into the molecular genetic basis of quantitative resistance in potato, and provide a diagnostic toolbox to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): markers that are associated ...
• Scaling up food security innovations in Asia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 29 - 31, 2016 

  Paz, Alvaro (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2016)

  Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) programs, policies and strategies are identified and discussed in terms of scaling up of country food security programs, including possible business models and ...
• Concepts and Approaches to operationalize the Scaling up of Agricultural Innovations : CIFSRF/IDRC; training workshop report, 8 - 10 October 2015, Cotonou, Benin 

  Idrissou, Latifou (2015)

  To avoid misunderstandings and often ambiguity in the definition and operationalization of scaling up, IDRC decided to organize a training workshop for CIFSRSF projects implementation teams, gathering 38 participants of ...
• Characterization of postharvest practices and losses of fresh produce along the Caribbean supply chain : Guyana and St. Kitts-Nevis 

  Cortbaoui, Patrick E.; Ngadi, Michael O. (JPHT, 2016)

  Inefficient handling and high postharvest losses describe the Caribbean supply chain of fresh fruits and vegetables. In this study, two different approaches to characterize the postharvest practices and losses of key ...
• New method to quantify postharvest quality loss of cucumber using the Taguchi approach 

  Cortbaoui, Patrick E.; Ngadi, Michael O. (IISTE, 2015)

  A reliable measurement of postharvest losses for fresh produce is needed to ensure against future losses. The Taguchi loss function was used to quantify quality loss of fresh cucumber after testing different storage ...
• Linking communities of practice with value chain development in smallholder farming systems 

  Lowitt, Kristen; Hickey, Gordon M.; Ganpat, Wayne; Phillip, Leroy (Elsevier, 2015)

  Recognizing that value chains involve complex social and economic relationships, there are shortcomings in existing approaches to governance, whereby different communities in smallholder agriculture could instead work ...
• Environmental change and food security : the special case of small island developing states 

  Lowitt, Kristen; Saint Ville, Arlette; Lewis, Patsy; Hickey, Gordon M. (Spinger, 2015)

  Small island developing states (SIDS) are recognized as a special case for sustainable development due to the unique set of challenges and vulnerabilities they face. While SIDS are a diverse group of nations, most share ...
• Factors affecting the innovation potential of smallholder farmers in the Caribbean Community 

  Lowitt, Kristen; Hickey, Gordon M.; Saint Ville, Arlette; Raeburn, Kaywana; Thompson-Colón, Theresa; Laszlo, Sonia; Phillip, Leroy E. (Spinger, 2015)

  A systemic lack of access to finance, markets, and knowledge networks is limiting smallholder innovation potential in the region, while broader collective action is hindered by mistrust. Findings point to the need for more ...
• Addressing food and nutrition insecurity in the Caribbean through domestic smallholder farming system innovation 

  Saint Ville, Arlette S.; Hickey, Gordon M.; Phillip, Leroy E. (Spinger, 2015)

  Structural conditions underlying the development of CARICOM’s two-tiered agricultural innovation system depict diverse drivers of change over time, versus institutional inertia of export-oriented formal institutions and ...
• Gender framework for ensuring sensitivity to women's role in pulse production in Southern Ethiopia 

  Henry, Carol Jean; Idemudia, Patience Elabor; Tsegaye, Gete; Regassa, Nigatu (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2016)

  The main objective of this paper is to highlight components of a gender framework developed to guide a Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) project that sought to address food security through pulse ...
• Masava (Mafuta Asili ya Alizeti yenye Vitamini A / Healthy Sunflower Oil Fortified with Vitamin A) video 

  Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA); Sokoine University of Agriculture; University of Waterloo (Vimeo, 2015)

  Through Masava, MEDA is helping oil millers in Tanzania connect to a vitamin A supply chain and fortification technology so they can enhance their oil’s nutrition to meet national and regional standards. Sokoine University ...
• Elevated levels of iron in groundwater in Prey Veng province in Cambodia : a possible factor contributing to high iron stores in women 

  Karakochuk, Crystal D.; Murphy, Heather M.; Whitfield, Kyly C.; Barr, Susan I.; Vercauteren, Suzanne M. (IWA Publishing, 2015)

  Iron is a natural element found in food, water and soil and is essential for human health. Our aim was to determine the levels of iron and 25 other metals and trace elements in groundwater from 22 households in Prey Veng, ...

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