crop management
Lennin Musundire
Environmental health and biodiversity
Senior Scientist -Breeding Optimization Specialist - Eastern and Southern Africa
Positive feedback for CABI’s input into Guiding Acid Soil Management Investments in Africa (GAIA) project
Source: CABI (5 Dec 2023)
Data fed into CIMMYT’s GAIA dashboard guides investments in agricultural lime value chains in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.
Government of Nepal adopts new fertilizer recommendations
Environmental health and biodiversityNepal announces new fertilizer recommendations adapted to local soils for increased crop productivity, income generation, and efficient fertilizer use.
Achieving sixty years of wheat yield increase
Nutrition, health and food securityScientists in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico, release six decades of wheat research evidencing opportunities for improved wheat growth and yield.
Worsening food insecurity calls for stress-tolerant seeds
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: The Kathmandu Post (6 Aug 2022)
Climate-resilient seeds can help sustain Nepal’s agricultural productivity and crop development, experts say.
Ecological farming a boon for staple crop farmers in Africa, new study finds
Environmental health and biodiversityCropping diversity, soil-enriching crops, and adding organic material to soils can boost food-crop yields for farmers who can’t apply fertilizer.