Center for Plant Science Innovation, Beadle Center for Biotechnology (L.Y., Y.D., C.Z., D.R.H.), Department of Agronomy and Horticulture (L.Y., D.R.H.), and School of Biological Sciences (Y.D., C.Z.), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588; and United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Cereal Disease Laboratory, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 5...

Hubei Key Laboratory of Lipid Chemistry an Technology National & Local Joint Engineeri Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crop Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, Chin College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineeri Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular a Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014 † Electronic supplementary informa characterisation, test...

1 College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Pond Aquaculture, Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China, 2 Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 3 Global Station for Arctic Research, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Sappor...

We analyse intertemporal poverty in two important dimensions – income and nutrition – in less developed northwest China during 2000-2004. A generalised recursive selection model is proposed which enables simultaneous estimation of the causes of intertemporal poverty within and between dimensions. Improvement in agricultural production is crucial for reducing both dimensions of intertemporal pov...

> Seed systems are crucial for sustainable food system outcomes: agricultural sustainability, food security and healthy diets. > Production and distribution, innovation and regulation are the key functions of seed systems, which make a difference to sustainable food systems. > Currently used methods to measure the performance of seed systems concentrate narrowly on their contribution to agricul...

Key Laboratory of New Materials and Facilities for Rural Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomass Energy, College of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; [email protected] (Y.J.); [email protected] (C.T.); [email protected] (Z.W.) * Correspondence: [email protected] (C.H.); izziezzp...

GM crops are well suited to high-input monoculture agricultural systems that are highly productive but largely unsustainable in their reliance on external, non-renewable inputs. Intellectual property rights granted for GM crops often close down, rather than open up further innovation potential, and stifle investment into a broader diversity of innovations allowing a greater distribution of thei...

The Innovation Fund for Agricultural Transformation (IFAT) is a proposed in-country agricultural funding initiative to support the transformation of the agriculture sector in the developing countries in Africa, through the Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) concept. The IAR4D concept fosters the generation of innovations, sustainability of smallholder farmer’s livelihood, ...

There has been a resurgence of interest in the impacts of agricultural productivity on land use and the environment. At the center of this debate is the assertion that agricultural innovation is land sparing. However, numerous case studies and global empirical studies have found little evidence of higher yields being accompanied by reduced area. We find that these studies overlook two crucial f...

Purpose: To examine the status and priorities for agricultural information generation, dissemination and utilization in the context of agricultural innovation systems in southeast Uganda. Design/Methodology/Approach: Group discussions were conducted with six communities in Kamuli district, southeast Uganda. The focus was on information sources and linkages, reliability, applicability and gaps. ...