University of California, Davis (UC Davis)

https://www.ucdavis.edu

Projects

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation
Blogs

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

“Strong partnership” highlighted as CIMMYT and the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board review progress in managing acid soil.

Publications

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Multiple studies show conventional farming practices degrade soils, deplete aquifers and feed rampant greenhouse gas emissions.

Features

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Review proposes ways to accelerate climate resilience of staple crops, by integrating proven breeding methods with cutting-edge technologies.

Features

tag icon Capacity development

The head of the Maize Germplasm Bank, who retired in September, modernized the bank’s data curation and promoted outreach to maize landrace farming communities in the Americas.

Features

tag icon Innovations

Philip Pardey discusses the importance of collaboration between national research systems and CGIAR, and why investment in agricultural research and development is needed now more than ever.

Publications

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

New fact sheet captures the impact of six decades of maize and wheat research in Pakistan.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: The Hindu Business Line (17 Apr 2020)

New study in India reports conservation agriculture increases crop yield and income, reduces the use of natural resources, and offers climate benefits.

Press releases

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

New analysis shows benefits of conservation agriculture to crop performance, water efficiency and climate action in South Asia.

News

tag icon Innovations

Scientists use spatial price prediction models to estimate local prices that might be more relevant than the national average.