Monthly Archives: December 2013
Facilitating outcomes: multi-stakeholder processes for influencing policy change on urban agriculture...
Amerasinghe, P.; Cofie, O. O.; Labri, T. O.; Drechsel, P. 2013. Facilitating outcomes: multi-stakeholder processes for influencing policy change on urban agriculture in selected...
CGIAR doubles funding to $1 billion in five years
Fruits of new investments in CGIAR could include big boost in rice production for Asia, sustainable irrigation for millions of parched farms in Africa,...
CEA partners with IWMI to improve Colombo’s municipal waste management and...
Colombo, December 10, 2013. At the request of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), in collaboration with the International Water...
Water savings aren’t always what they’re cracked up to be
By Jeff Smith
A newly published study of rice-wheat agriculture in Pakistan shows that, while many farmers adopt water conservation technologies such as zero tillage,...
NationMultimedia.com: Top rice experts hammer out proposal for Asia-Pacific rice strategy
Asia and the Pacific region is a step closer to adopting a regional rice strategy, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) announced today...