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A Foresight Scenario Method for Thinking About Complex Sustainable Development Interactions
In this article, we describe an innovative foresight approach, which we used to examine the interactions among three themes that are...
Edible Insects and the Future of Food
Published by: IDS
Some experts think that edible insects could be a good option for sustainable protein production and consumption, and one of the keys to global food security in a world of nine billion people or more.
Disembedding grain: Golden Rice, the Green Revolution, and heirloom seeds in the Philippines.
Published by: Springer
"Golden Rice" has played a key role in arguments over genetically modified (GM) crops for many years. It is routinely depicted as a generic GM vitamin tablet in a generic plant bound for the global South. But the release of Golden Rice is on the horizon only in the Philippines, a country with a storied history and complicated present, and contested future for rice production and consumption.
Matasa Fellows Network
An exciting initiative to support young African scholars engage their research with policy on youth employment in Africa.
The adoption problem; or why we still understand so little about technological change in African agriculture
Published by: IP Publishing Ltd
The notion of adoption is central to efforts to measure technological change in African agriculture, and plays an important role in the evaluation of return on investment in agricultural research and technology development.
Farmer Participation in Private Sector Agricultural Extension
The Monsanto Smallholder Programme (SHP) was an initiative undertaken by the transnational biotechnology, chemicals and seeds company,...