Category Archives: India

Assessing Needs, Constraints and Livelihood Opportunities in Coastal Saline Environments: a Case in Orissa, India

Posted on December 11, 2010 by taongtanglaw

by Paris T.1, Saha S.2, Singh D.P.2, Mahata K.R.2, Delos Reyes-Cueno A.1, Zolvinski S.1, and Ismail A.M1 in CAB International 2010. Tropical Deltas and Coastal Zones: Food Production, 320 Communities and Environment at the Land–Water Interface (eds C.T. Hoanh et … Continue reading →

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Mainstreaming social and gender concerns in participatory rice varietal improvement for rainfed environments in Eastern India

Posted on June 21, 2010 by taongtanglaw

Paris T, Singh A, Singh VN, Ram PC, a paper presented at the International Symposium on Participatory Breeding and Knowledge Management for Strengthening Rural Livelihoods. 17-19 July 2006. Held at Sambivan Auditorium, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. Taramani Institutional Area, Third … Continue reading →

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Technologies for Improving Rural Livelihoods in Rainfed Systems in South Asia

Posted on June 14, 2010 by taongtanglaw

EDITED BY Zahirul Islam, Mahabub Hossain, Thelma Paris, Bill Hardy, Joyce Gorsuch Hundreds of millions of rural poor in Bangladesh, India,and Nepal derive their food security and livelihoodsfrom the 25 million hectares of the eastern Gangetic Plains devoted to farming systems based mainly on rainfed … Continue reading →

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Leadership course for Asian and African Women for research and extension in rainfed rice ecosystems

Posted on June 10, 2010 by taongtanglaw

The Leadership course for Asian and African Women for research and extension in rainfed rice ecosystems will be held on 6-17 September 2010 in the IRRI training Center.  This 12-day course is for Asian and African women who is leading and will … Continue reading →

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Germplasm and management strategies for enhancing productivity of salt-affected areas

Posted on June 10, 2010 by taongtanglaw

A. M. Ismail1, M.J. Thomson1, T. Paris18, R.K. Singh1, G. Gregorio1, S. Haefele1, G. Singh2R.K. Gautam2, S.K. Sharma2, D.P. Singh3, P.C. Ram4, M.A. Salam5, T.N. Lang6 M.A. Draz7, A. Moumeni8, V. Vadez9, A. Dhakhee10, and E. Blumwald11 1International Rice Research … Continue reading →

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