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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a phrase that has been gaining increasing prominence in both the sphere of international development and in mainstream media. But despite some powerful backers, CSA...
View ArticleThe Right to Seed: Picking apart ARIPO’s Arusha Draft Protocol on plant...
Co-authors Jack Spoor and Gigi Davies The Draft Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Seed (Arusha PVP Protocol) is hardly the most accessible of documents. Even to those used to wading...
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Co-author Javeria Hashmi Javeria is completing an MSc in Food Security at University of Warwick. She joined Practical Action on a research placement for her dissertation – Agroecology, Small farmers...
View ArticleRice duck farming in Nepal in pictures
Authors: Jack Spoor, Menila Kharel, Dr. Sujan Piya Women in innovation Rice is a staple food crop in Nepal, accounting for about 67% of cereal consumption.[1] Ensuring maximum yield and minimising loss...
View ArticleRice, ducks and development
A simple concept with clear benefits is something to be explored and scaled up In development, as in most fields, anything that can quickly improve the productivity of an existing agricultural industry...
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