Developments
Preparing South Asia for prime time
Seed priming with key nutrients in the water allows Bangladeshi farmers in the drought-prone High Barind Tract to double crop their fields, adding short-duration winter chickpeas to their traditional summer rice crop...
Zero tillage comes of age on the Indo-Gangetic Plains
Many farmers on the Indo-Gangetic Plains have taken up resource-conserving technologies such as zero tillage, promoted by a partnership called the Rice-Wheat Consortium, and benefits were clear during droughts in 2004...
Agriculture comes clean with soap
Radio soap operas in Vietnam and Laos deliver messages about integrated pest management to farmers by engaging listeners with stories about people like themselves...
Refining the Kenyan sugar industry
The story of the sugar industry in Kenya has not been sweet. Poor pay, delayed payments, mismanagement and corruption have characterised the industry. With a new sugar strategy in place for 2004-09, however, the sector has started showing signs of recovery...
A spiral-shaped blue-green algae that flourishes in alkaline water promises
health benefits and income rewards to communities in developing countries
that take the plunge...
