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Investigations on the interaction between beet cyst nematode and Arabidopsis thaliana carrying resistance genes from sugar beet (Project)
keine Angaben
Funding period: 2004 - 2008
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Sorption and mineralization of hormones in different soils (Project)
This project examines the general mobility and mineralization of these hormones in different soils. Objective is to determine the effects of the major sources of hormones reaching soils by using agricultural topsoils with different treatment histories, namely wastewater irrigation, animal waste and sewage sludge application and also by applying those materials to different untreated soil samples.
Funding period: 2005 - 2010
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Mitigating the impact of climate change on rice disease resistance in East Africa (Project)
Goal: To increase well-being of farmers growing rice in East Africa despite climate change. Purpose: To mitigate the impact of climate change on occurrence and virulence of rice pathogens affecting rice yield in East Africa.
Funding period: 2010 - 2012
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Characterization of the pathogen population structure of bacterial leaf blight of rice in West Africa as a prerequisite for the identification and deployment of durable resistance (Project)
Goal: To develop an integrated management program for bacterial leaf blight based on varietal resistance and sound knowledge of the pathogen's population structure in order to contribute to securing stable and high-yielding rice production in smallholder rice farmers' fields. Purpose: To eliminate the information gap that has hampered the use of resistant varieties in an IPM approach for reducing...
Funding period: 2008 - 2010
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Adoption pathways for vegetable integrated pest management technologies reducing pesticide use and pesticide health hazards in India (Project)
Goal: Contribute to increased health of producers and consumers of vegetables through reduced occurrence of health hazards among crop growers and reduced pesticide residues locally marketed vegetables in India. Purpose: Better understanding of factors influencing adoption of integrated pest management practices that will reduce pesticide use and enhance food safety.
Funding period: 2008 - 2011
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Less loss, more profit, better health: reducing the losses caused by the pod borer (Maruca vitrata) on Vegetable legumes in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa by refining component technologies of a sustainable management strategy (Project)
Goal: To contribute to improving livelihoods through sustainable vegetable legume production systems in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Purpose: To increase income of farmers through sustainable management of legume pod borer on vegetable legumes.
Funding period: 2010 - 2013
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Improving small farm production and marketing of bananas under trees: Resource partitioning, living soils, cultivar choice and marketing strategies (Project)
Goal: Rural communities increase their income and food security through more productive, higher quality and more strategically marketed niche and gourmet Musa grown with locally adapted ecologically efficient, clean and profitable agro-forestry techniques. Purpose: Rural development agencies, non governmental organizations, community based organizations and agricultural research, education and...
Funding period: 2010 - 2012
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Unravelling the potential of neglected crop diversity for high-value product differentiation and income generation for the poor: The case of chili pepper in its centre of origin (Project)
Goal: To generate higher incomes for poor farmers in developing countries based on the enhanced and sustainable use of native and neglected crop diversity. Purpose: In response to the growing demand for differentiated, high-value foods and ingredients, and focusing on Capsicum peppers as an example for the universal problem of the under-use of crop genetic diversity, Bioversity along with its...
Funding period: 2010 - 2013
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More chicken and pork in the pot, and money in pocket: Improving forages for monogastric animals with low-income farmers (Project)
Goal: To enhance family nutrition and income generation in the rural areas of Colombia, Nicaragua and DR Congo. Purpose: To foster on-farm production of forage-based protein feeds for improved smallholder monogastric livestock production, across a range of socio-economic contexts.
Funding period: 2009 - 2012
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Chinese Trade & Investment in Africa: Assessing and Governing Trade-Offs to National Economies, Local Livelihoods and Forest Ecosystems (Part 1) (Project)
Goal: The project aims to advance the livelihood security of rural communities and the sustainable management of forests shaped by Chinese investment in Africa, and enhance the contribution of Africa‘s forests and raw materials to meaningful economic development. Purpose: The purpose is to advance understanding of the social, economic and environmental impacts of Chinese investment in commodities...
Funding period: 2010 - 2011
