• Towards a food secure future : lessons from CIFSRF and beyond final event report annexes 

  Agriculture and Food Security (AFS) (IDRC, 2019-06-24)

  From October 02-04, 2018, the Agriculture and Food Security (AFS) program at IDRC and Global Affairs Canada (GAC) hosted a learning event for the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF), a nine-year, ...
• Towards a food secure future : lessons from CIFSRF and beyond 

  Agriculture and Food Security (AFS) (IDRC, 2019-06-24)

  From October 02-04, 2018, the Agriculture and Food Security (AFS) program at IDRC and Global Affairs Canada (GAC) hosted a learning event for the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF), a nine-year, ...
• A model to promote sustainable social change based on the scaling up of a high-impact technical innovation 

  Cuéllar-Gálvez, David; Aranda-Camacho, Yesid; Mosquera-Vásquez, Teresa (Sustainability, 2018-12)

  This paper reports on an intervention model that incorporates common elements, from the literature, of scaling up, and includes novel such as linking technological and social innovations, with an exit strategy to build ...
• A picture book of best practices for subsistence farmers Sub Saharan African and Caribbean version 

  Raizada, Manish N. (2016-09)
• Reducing anemia in women and children in India : scaling up production and consumption of double fortitied salt 

  Bhatia, Smit (2018-06)

  India has regions with some of the highest levels of anemia prevalence among women and children in the world - with no measurable improvement over the past 20 years despite a quadrupling of economic output. A staggering ...
• Seasonal and year-round intercropping systems for smallholder farmers : results from on-farm intercropping trials on terraces in Nepal on maize, millet, mustard, wheat and ginger 

  Chapagain, Tejendra; Ghimire, Bhawana; Pudasaini, Roshan; Gurung, Khem; Choi, Khem; Rai, Laxmi; Magar, Samjhana; Bk, Bishnu; Raizada, Manish N. (2018)

  Low yield and total land productivity are major challenges associated with smallholder terrace agriculture in developing countries. Crop intensification and diversification by introducing legumes as intercrop could help ...
• Picture book of best practices for subsistence farmers : South Asian version (English) 

  Raizada, Manish N. (2016-06)

  This book contains training material to improve growing healthy plants and improve diet.
• Symbiotic nitrogen fixation, growth and yield response of common bean and cowpea for Rhizobia inoculation and micronutrients (B and Mo) application in mid-hill regions of Nepal 

  Thilakarathna, Malinda S.; Chapagain, Tejendra; Ghimire, Bhawana; Pudasaini, Roshan; Tamang, Bir Bhahadur; Gaire, Shankar; Raizada, Manish N. (2018-07)

  Challenges associated with legume production in Nepal include: lack of high yielding varieties and crop specific management (e.g., disease/pest management) practices, loss of soil fertility including micronutrients, poor ...
• Climbing legumes : an underutilized resource with significant potential to intensify farming on terrace walls (FTW) for smallhoder farmers 

  Clark, Jaclyn C.; Raizada, Manish N. (Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017-12)

  Millions of subsistence farmers cultivate crops on terraces. These farmers face unique challenges including severe shortages of arable land and remoteness leading to poor access to inputs including nitrogen fertilizer. ...
• Farmers’ seed networks and agrobiodiversity conservation for sustainable food security: a case from the mid-hills of Nepal 

  Devkota, Rachana; Khadka, Kamal; Gartaula, Hom; Shrestha, Asis; Upadhay, Deepak; Chaudhary, Pashupati; Patel, Kirit (2018-07)

  This paper evaluates the nature and functioning of seed networks for rice, maize and finger millet, and explores the effect of such networks on agrobiodiversity conservation and food security. Using snowball sampling, ...
• Yam on terrace walls valuing underutilised crops, Annex 16 

  Ghimire, Bhawana; Dhakal, Rajeev; Pudasaini, Roshan; Devkota, Rachana; Chaudhary, Pashupati (Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) India, 2016-06)

  A report of Nepal Chepang Association (NCA) suggests that 71% of the children are malnourished. Non-toxic wild yam of Nepal is recognized as ‘Health/ Functional food’ with high nutritional values. Rich in starch, yam is ...
• An endophytic fungus isolated from finger millet (Eleusine coracana) produces anti-fungal natural products Final Tech Annex 11 

  Mousa, Walak K.; Schwan, Adrian; Davidson, Jeffrey; Strange, Philip; Liu, Huaizhi; Zhou, Ting; Auzanneau, France-Isabelle; Raizada, Manish N. (Microbiology - Frontiers Media SA, 2015-10)

  Finger millet is an ancient African cereal crop,domesticated 7000 years ago in Ethiopia,reaching India at 3000 BC. Finger millet is reported to be resistant to various fungal pathogens including Fusariumsp. We hypothesized ...
• Growth in Turface clay permits root hair phenotyping along the entire crown root in cereal and demonstrates that root hair growth can extend well beyond the root hair zone Final tech report Annex 10 

  Goron, T.L.; Watts, S.; Shearer, C.; Raizada, M.N. (BioMed Central, 2015-04)

  In cereal crops, root hairs are reported to function within the root hair zone to carry out important roles in nutrient and water absorption. Nevertheless, these single cells remain understudied due to the practical ...
• Whole plant acclimation responses by finger millet to low nitrogen stress final Tech Annex 8 

  Goron, Travis L.; Bhoseka, Vijay K.; Shearer, Charles R.; Watts, Sophia; Raizada, Manish N. (2018-08)

  The objective of this study was to survey shoot and root morphometric acclimation responses of FM to very low background N. To ensure minimal levels of N, plants were grown in pails containing an inert clay substrate called ...
• A review of nutrient management studies involving finger millet in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa Annex 7 

  Thilakarathna, Malinda S.; Raizada, Manish N. (Agronomy, 2015-06)

  Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) is a staple food crop grown by subsistence farmers in the semi-arid tropics of South Asia and Africa. It remains highly valued by traditional farmers as it is nutritious, drought ...
• Characterization of antifungal natural products isolated from endophytic fungi of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) Annex 6 

  Mousa, Walaa Kamel; chwan, Adrian L.; Raizada, Manish N. (Molecules, 2016-09)

  Finger millet is an ancient African-Indian crop that is resistant to many pathogens including the fungus, Fusarium graminearum. We previously reported the first isolation of putative fungal endophytes from finger millet ...
• Final technical report - Annex 5 - Root hair endophytes in finger millet 

  Mousa, W. K.; Shearer, C.; Limay-Rios, Victor; Ettinger, C.; Eisen, J.A.; Raizada, M.N. (bioRxiv preprint, 2016-08)

  The objectives of this study were to isolate bacterial endophytes from finger millet, assay for anti-Fusarium activity and characterize the underlying cellular, molecular and biochemical mechanisms. We report an unusual ...
• Genetic diversity and genomic resources available for the small millet crops to accelerate a New Green Revolution - final 

  Goron, Travis L.; Raizada, Manish N. (Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015-03)

  Small millets are nutrient-rich food sources traditionally grown and consumed by subsistence farmers in Asia and Africa. They include finger millet (Eleusine coracana), foxtail millet (Setaria italica), kodo millet ...
• A biosensor-based leaf punch assay for glutamine correlates to symbiotic nitrogen fixation measurements in legumes to permit rapid screening of rhizobia inoculants under controlled conditions 

  Thilakarathna, Malinda S.; Moroz, Nicholas; Raizada, Manish N. (Frontiers in Plant science / 222.frontiersin.org, 2017-10)

  Legumes are protein sources for billions of humans and livestock. These traits are enabled by symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF), whereby root nodule-inhabiting rhizobia bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen (N) into usable ...
• A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of diverse rhizobia inoculants on soybean traits under field conditions 

  Thilakarathna, Mallinda S.; Raizada, Manish R. (Soil Biology and Biochemistry / Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2017-02)

  Soybean is the most widely grown legume in the world. A beneficial feature of soybean is its ability to associate with rhizobia bacteria in its root nodules to fix atmospheric nitrogen through symbiotic nitrogen (N) fixation. ...

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