Apr 12, 2013 by Jason Beddow - 0 comments

Right-sizing Stem Rust Research

Photo credit: CIMMYT

Stem rust is a potentially devastating fungal disease that can kill wheat plants and small grain cereals, but more typically reduces foliage, root growth, and grain yields. The pathogen multiplies rapidly, and its spores can be dispersed by wind over thousands of kilometers.

Tags: Agricultural Productivity, Agricultural Research, Agricultural Research Investment, Agroecology, Cereals, Cereals, Crop Diseases, Crop Production, Crop Yields, Crops, Pest Resistance, Stem Rust, UG99, Weather and Climate, Wheat Production, Yield Analysis, Pests and Diseases, Research Policy, Wheat, Farming, Productivity, Special Topics

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, Special Topics

Feb 21, 2012 by Jeff Horwich - 0 comments

CSIRO and HarvestChoice

CSIRO and HarvestChoice: Our Partnership to Take on Global Hunger

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and HarvestChoice are now working together to apply innovative, “bio-economic” approaches to improve the food security of poor people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Together, our organizations will merge biological, environmental and economic tools to track global food pests and better target strategic investments to improve global food security. 

Tags: Africa, Agroecology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Communication, Crop Diseases, HarvestChoice, Models, Pest Management, Rusts, Stem Rust, Sub-Saharan Africa, Targeting/Priority Setting, UG99, Videos, Risk, Land Cover , Pests and Diseases, Production, Farming, Special Topics

Sep 17, 2010 by Jawoo Koo - 0 comments

Layered information on a grid cell

DataTile v0.1

Many of HarvestChoice spatial datasets are organized and released on 10-km grids. To make spatial analyses easier for researchers (even without having access to GIS platform), we put data layers from multiple themes together in one denormalized big table. This post describes the methodology and presents a prototype.

Tags: Africa, Agroecology, Climate, Crop Area, Infrastructure and Transportation, Livestock Production, Market Access, Markets, Models, Population, Population, Rainfall, Spatial Analysis, Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM), Spatial Resolution, Sub-Saharan Africa, Time of Travel, Weather, Weather and Climate, Market Access, Land Cover , Production, Demographics, Farming, Markets
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