Apr 17, 2012 by Jeff Horwich - 0 comments

Risk: What It Means to Us, and Why It Matters (Video)

Risk: we all know what that means, right? But why is it such a critical part of our HarvestChoice portfolio, what does it mean when you look through the lens of farming in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Tags: Africa, Agricultural Pests, Agroecology, Climate, Communication, Crop Yields, Pest Management, Rainfall, Risk, Sub-Saharan Africa, United States, Videos, Weather, Weather and Climate, Risk, Pests and Diseases, Production, 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

Mar 21, 2011 by Jeff Horwich - 0 comments

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Tsunami-wrecked Farmland: Insights from Droppr

We're not normally focused on this part of the world, but something like the Japanese tsunami tends to divert your attention.

Tags: Agroecology, Asia, DROPPR, Japan, Mapping, Natural Disasters, Rice Production, Tsunamis, Weather and Climate, Risk, Soil and Water Stresses, Production, Farming
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