Mar 7, 2013 by Jagger Harvey - 0 comments

Aspergillus and Aflatoxin in African Maize Farms

Photo credit: James Karanja, KARI

May 28-June 1, 2012 (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania): As part of a multidisciplinary and multinational collaboration, a team of researchers representing several research institutions met to discuss the growing aflatoxin problem in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tags: Aflatoxins, Africa, Agricultural Pests, Cereals, Crops, Kenya, Maize Production, Pest Management, Tanzania, Maize, Farming

Mar 23, 2012 by Jeff Horwich - 0 comments

How We're Pioneering the Mapping of Pests (Video)

Jason Beddow of HarvestChoice and the University of Minnesota, along with Darren Kriticos of CSIRO, explain how HarvestChoice is revolutionizing the science of tracking -- and predicting -- the paths of devastating crop pests and diseases such as UG99.

Tags: Agricultural Pests, Agroecology, Cereals, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Communication, Crop Diseases, Mapping, Pest Management, Pest Mapping, Pest Modeling, Risk, Rusts, Stem Rust, UG99, Videos, Wheat, Risk, Land Cover , Pests and Diseases, Farming, Policy

Sep 30, 2011 by Stanley Wood - 0 comments

HarvestChoice and ReSAKSS workshop 2011

First ReSAKSS/HarvestChoice Nairobi Workshop A Big Success (Video)

Just wrapped up three days in Nairobi with our colleagues at the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS), pulling together agricultural production and research experts from around East and Central Africa to share our tools and learn how we can make our data products work better for them.

Tags: Communication, Productivity Measures, Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKKS), Targeting/Priority Setting, Videos, Research Policy, Technology Evaluation, Production, Farming, Productivity, Policy

Sep 29, 2010 by Melanie Bacou - 0 comments

Interplay between agro-ecology and poverty prevalence amongst rural households

Poverty Prevalence and Agro-Ecology: Investigations

Mapping the global extent of soil constraints to crop growth plays an important role in developing strategies for agricultural production, environmental protection, and sustainable development at regional and global scales. The most widely used dataset is the Soil Fertility Capability Classification System (FCC) developed by Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) and the Tropical Agriculture Program of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

Tags: Africa, Agroecology, Poverty, Poverty Line, Soils, Spatial Analysis, Sub-Saharan Africa, Income and Poverty, Soil and Water Stresses, Soil Resources, Demographics, Farming

Aug 16, 2010 by Joe (Zhe) Guo - 0 comments

AgMarketFinder v2.0

AgMarketFinder v2.0

HarvestChoice AgMarketFinder is a web-based geoprocessing GIS application that provides a quick-and-easy access to the spatially-explicit agricultural statistics databases, including crop, livestock, and rural/urban human population. No GIS skill necessary!

Tags: Crop Area, Crop Production, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Infrastructure and Transportation, Livestock Production, Market Access, Markets, Population, Population, Time of Travel, Market Access, Production, Demographics, Farming, Markets

Aug 15, 2010 by Melanie Bacou - 0 comments

Household Attributes (Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dadakim/1346547512/)

Farm Household Attributes

HarvestChoice relies heavily on large sets of household survey data to evaluate the economic impact of biophysical productivity responses at the farm level and on target populations.

Tags: Consumption, Farm Characteristics, Food Consumption, Gender, Household Surveys, Households, Nutrition, Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Households, Consumption and Nutrition, Demographics
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