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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

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.

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.

Uganda Agricultural Snapshot 2009/10

The purpose of this series of country briefs is to provide a comprehensive and standardized view of agricultural characteristics integrat- ed with socioeconomic variables across countries.

Tanzania Agricultural Snapshot 2007/08

The purpose of this series of country briefs is to provide a comprehensive and standardized view of agricultural characteristics, integrat- ed with socio-economic variables across countries.

Ghana Agricultural Snapshot 2005/6

The purpose of this series of country briefs is to provide a comprehensive and standardized view of agricultural characteristics integrat- ed with socio-economic variables across countries.

AJARE Oct 2014 Cover

A Bounds Analysis of World Food Futures: Global Agriculture Through to 2050

The notion that global agricultural output needs to double by 2050 is oft repeated.

Cover Atlas of African Ag

Soil Fertility

Years of weathering have leached nutrients away from many soils in the cropped areas of Africa south of the Sahara (SSA).

Food Security in a World of Growing Natural Resource Scarcity: The Role of Agricultural Technologies

Authors use crop and impact models to examine which current and potential agricultural technologies offer solutions to fight hunger.

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