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Data driven solutions for Africa: using smart tools to combat climate change
(CIMMYT, 2019)
The need to improve peoples’ livelihoods through maize and wheat research drives CIMMYT’s work. CIMMYT researchers are pioneering the use of big data, diagnosis tools, geographic information systems, remote sensing, software, ...
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Gender differences in the adoption of agricultural technology: the case of improved maize varieties in southern Ethiopia
(Elsevier, 2019)
This study explores the role of gender-based decision-making in the adoption of improved maize varieties. The primary data were collected in 2018 from 560 farm households in Dawuro Zone, Ethiopia, and were comparatively ...
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Tracking the adoption of bread wheat varieties in Afghanistan using DNA fingerprinting
(BioMed Central, 2019)
Wheat is the most important staple crop in Afghanistan and accounts for the main part of cereal production. However, wheat production has been unstable during the last decades and the country depends on seed imports. Wheat ...
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Training session on varietal purity and maintenance
(CIMMYT, 2019)
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Marker Assisted Breeding to Develop Multiple Stress Tolerant Varieties for Flood and Drought Prone Areas
(Springer Nature, 2019)
Climate extremes such as drought and flood have become major constraints to the sustainable rice crop productivity in rainfed environments. Availability of suitable climate-resilient varieties could help farmers to reduce ...
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Heterogeneous seed access and information exposure: implications for the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Uganda
(Springer, 2019)
Frequent droughts in sub-Saharan Africa imply water stress for rainfed agriculture and, ultimately, food insecurity, underlining the region’s vulnerability to climate change. Yet, in the maize-growing areas, farmers have ...
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Productivity and production risk effects of adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties in Zambia
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)
Productivity and production risks affect the use of agricultural production practices and inputs, particularly in developing countries. This paper aims to investigate the effects of adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties ...