• MicroVeg Newsletter February 2017 : project update 

  IDRC (2017-02)

  This Newsletter highlights the principles of two scaling up models: the Satellite Dissemination Approach (SDA) and the Innovation Platform (IP) that are being used by MicroVeg Project to expand the reach of agronomic and ...
• Institutional analysis of food and agriculture policy in the Caribbean : the case of Saint Lucia 

  Saint Ville, Arlette S.; Hickey, Gordon M.; Phillip, Leroy E. (Elsevier, 2017-03)

  The role played by various institutions in the domestic agri-food systems of Caribbean nations has become an increasingly important area of research and policy attention. This paper assesses the main policies that have ...
• Novel SNP markers in InvGE and SssI genes are associated with natural variation of sugar contents and frying color in Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja 

  Duarte-Delgado, Diana; Juyo, Deissy; Gebhardt, Christiane; Sarmiento, Felipe; Mosquera-Vasquez, Teresa (BioMed Central, 2017-03)

  Background: Potato frying color is an agronomic trait influenced by the sugar content of tubers. The candidate gene approach was employed to elucidate the molecular basis of this trait in Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja, ...
• From food security to food wellbeing : examining food security through the lens of food wellbeing in Nepal’s rapidly changing agrarian landscape 

  Gartaula, Hom; Patel, Kirit; Johnson, Derek; Devkota, Rachana; Khadka, Kamal; Chaudhary, Pashupati (Springer, 2016-10)

  This paper argues that existing food security and food sovereignty approaches are inadequate to fully understand contradictory human development, nutrition, and productivity trends in Nepalese small- scale agriculture. In ...
• Characterizing social networks and their effects on income diversification in rural Kerala, India 

  Johny, Judit; Wichmann, Bruno; Swallow, Brent M. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Income diversification continues to be a key strategy for poor rural households, including those that are progressively developing and those operating under increasing distress. The ability of a household to diversify has ...
• Decoding the type 2 diabetes epidemic in rural India 

  Little, Matthew; Humphries, Sally; Patel, Kirit; Dewaya, Cate (Taylor & Francis, 2017-08)

  Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an escalating public health problem in India, associated with genetic susceptibility, dietary shift, and rapid lifestyle changes. Historically a disease of the urban elite, quantitative studies ...
• How do stakeholder interactions influence national food security policy in the Caribbean? : the case of Saint Lucia 

  Saint Ville, Arlette S.; Hickey, Gordon M.; Phillip, Leroy E. (Elsevier, 2017-01)

  Increasingly, multi-stakeholder processes have been recognized as being necessary to the development of public policies seeking to promote systemic innovation in response to complex and multidimensional challenges, such ...
• Identification of novel associations of candidate genes with resistance to late blight in Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja 

  Alvarez, Maria F.; Angarita, Myrian; Delgado, Maria C.; Garcia, Celsa; Jimenez-Gomez, José (Frontiers, 2017-06)

  The genetic basis of quantitative disease resistance has been studied in crops for several decades as an alternative to R gene mediated resistance. The most important disease in the potato crop is late blight, caused by ...
• A novel millet-based probiotic fermented food for the developing world 

  Di Stefano, Elisa; White, Jessica; Seney, Shannon; Hekmat, Sharareh; McDowell, Tim (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2017-05)

  Probiotic yogurt, comprised of a Fiti sachet containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Streptococcus thermophilus C106, has been used in the developing world, notably Africa, to alleviate malnutrition and disease. In ...
• CIFSRF-IDRC/GAC 107789 : project video 

  IDRC; Global Affairs Canada (2017)
• La clinique des plantes à Grand-Lahou 

  CRDI; Affaires mondiales Canada (2016)
• Appreciation Words from Canadian Ambassador in Abidjan April 2016 

  IDRC; Global Affairs Canada (2017)
• Inventory of coconut companies in Côte d'Ivoire 

  Unknown author (2017)
• Anagrus nedotepae sp. n. (Hymenoptera : Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Nedotepa curta (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae), a pest of coconut palm in West Africa 

  Triapitsyn, Serguei V.; Kwadjo, K. Eric; Rosete, Yaima Arocha (2017)

  A new Afrotropical species of Anagrus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), A. nedotepae Triapitsyn sp. n., is described and illustrated. The type series was reared from parasitized eggs of the leafhopper Nedotepa curta Dmitriev ...
• First report of a phytoplasma affecting cassava orchards in Cote d'Ivoire 

  Kra, K. D.; Toualy, Y. M. N.; Kouamé, A. C.; Diallo, H. A.; Rosete, Y. Arocha (New Disease Reports, 2017-04)

  Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is one of the staple foods in Africa, cultivated in around 40 countries and producing more than three million tonnes every year (United Nations, 2005). In Côte d'Ivoire, cassava production is ...
• Plan d'action a posteriori 

  Unknown author (2017)

  Côte d’Ivoire jaunissement mortel (CILY) a déjà détruit plus de 400 hectares de cocotiers à Grand-Lahou et menace plus de 7 000 hectares, y compris la GenBank situé au CNRA. CILY a des répercussions plus 10 000 petits ...
• Post-project action plan 

  Unknown author (2017)

  Côte d'Ivoire Lethal Yellowing (CILY) has already destroyed over 400 hectares of coconut groves in Grand-Lahou and is threatening over 7,000 hectares, including the GenBank located at CNRA. CILY is impacting over 10,000 ...
• Lignes directrices pour l’utilisation et le suivi des informations développées par le projet CRDI-DFATD 

  Unknown author (2017)
• Guidelines for the use and tracking of information developed by the IDRC-DFATD project 

  Unknown author (2017)
• Protocol for the establishment of on-farm nurseries for a safe coconut germplasm movement in Grand-Lahou 

  Unknown author (2017)

  The rearing of coconut seedlings in well-maintained nurseries facilitates an efficient selection of normal uniform seedlings. However, care must be taken in choosing the seedlings to start a plantation. High quality seedlings ...

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