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Aug 11, 2016
Meandering Downstream: Tracking HarvestChoice Data
Jul 22, 2016
HarvestChoice Datasets and ICTforAg Programs
Jun 13, 2016
Glamming up Data for Smallholder Resilience in the Horn of Africa
May 11, 2016
Five Comparable Country Datasets for Africa RISING - Now Available

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Research Highlights

Soil Organic Carbon Content (depth 15-30cm)

Soil organic carbon content (fine earth fraction) at 15-30cm depth.

Rethinking Yield Gaps

We clarify the terminology surrounding yield gaps, show that closing yield gaps is not necessarily economic, and conclude that food security will be better served by policies that directly enhance the productive capacity of agriculture to supply affordable food efficiently and sustainably.

Right-Sizing Stem-Rust Research

We estimate global wheat losses over the past 50 years absent investments in research to limit impacts of stem rust and discuss how this can inform decisions about “right-sizing” research investments.

Measuring the Global Occurrence and Probabilistic Consequences of Wheat Stem Rust

This technical note describes the methods and data sources used to generate the results reported in: Pardey et al. (2013).

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Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development: Revealing Agriculture's Place in Africa

The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development presents a broad range of geospatial data that relate to strategic agriculture policy, investment, and planning issues.

Potential Impact of Investments in Drought Tolerant Maize in Africa

Study evaluates the potential impacts of 'Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa' project run by CIMMYT and IITA in 13 sub-Saharan African countries.

HarvestChoice Datasets and ICTforAg Programs

HarvestChoice Mappr mentioned among 9 datasets to improve your ICTforAg programs.

Glamming up Data for Smallholder Resilience in the Horn of Africa

Through open access global and household datasets, pseudo-panels, spatial data analytics and communities of practice, data are increasingly available to support investment portfolios designed to enhance the resilience of vulnerable populations in the Horn of Africa.

Travel time to nearest town over 50K (mean, hours, 2000)

Median travel time to human settlement of 50,000 or greater population.

Geospatial Targeting - SAGCOT Corridor in Tanzania

This tool helps users to identify specific sites within the SAGCOT (Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania) area where new irrigation investments should target at 10 km spatial resolution.

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