Sentences with phrase «agricultural research system»

IFPRI's fellows in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research system are developing, for example, drought - tolerant or heat - resistant varieties of staple crops such as wheat and rice.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the national agricultural research systems (NARS) have served the rice - growing community for almost 40 years as providers of international public goods of benefit to rice farmers and consumers worldwide.

To enhance the capacity of national agricultural research systems (NARS) to conserve, utilize and improve rice germplasm, to broaden the genetic diversity and the genetic base of rice varieties used by farmers.

Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is pleased to announce the launch of its online weather database to facilitate sharing of all its weather data with researchers within the Center and amongst its partners, particularly the national agricultural research systems.

AfricaRice built this online weather database to help facilitate sharing of all its weather data with researchers within the Center, partners of the organization and particularly the national agricultural research systems.

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After visiting the Institute, the group traveled to Penn State University's Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center near State College, PA to learn about the Cover Crop Cocktails project and Reduced Tillage Organic Systems Experiment.

The goal of the program is to exchange innovative research and farming strategies and visit a number farms to experience firsthand a specific agricultural system.

The Brewers Association (BA) recently announced an agreement with United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA - ARS) to fund public hop breeding program within the USDA system.

Boorowa Agricultural Research Station (BARS) will be a purpose - built 290 hectare facility designed to help develop Australian farms of the future by testing emerging technologies in crop science, agronomy and farming systems.

Improved commercialisation and increased effort in food processing developments will help Australia profit from the nation's world leading research in agricultural systems.

Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 2Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 2research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

While it is vitally important to be a specialist in one area so you can give the most up - to - date advice in your research area, having an understanding of how your research fits into the wider system increases its relevance and practicality, as the end goal of international agricultural research is to develop technologies and methods to increase efficiencies on farm and in the supply chain.

The International Rice Research Institute is a nonprofit, autonomous, nonpolitical, international organization established in 1960 under international treaty, with a mission to reduce poverty and hunger through rice science, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research, partnerships and strengthening of national agricultural research and extension Research Institute is a nonprofit, autonomous, nonpolitical, international organization established in 1960 under international treaty, with a mission to reduce poverty and hunger through rice science, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research, partnerships and strengthening of national agricultural research and extension research, partnerships and strengthening of national agricultural research and extension research and extension systems.

The Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC) was created in 1997 with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to provide a venue for linkages among national agricultural research and extension systems, government agencies, nongovernment organizations, academic institutions, and the privateResearch Consortium (IRRC) was created in 1997 with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to provide a venue for linkages among national agricultural research and extension systems, government agencies, nongovernment organizations, academic institutions, and the privateresearch and extension systems, government agencies, nongovernment organizations, academic institutions, and the private sector.

Each year OSA educates thousands of farmers and other agricultural community members, conducts professional organic plant breeding and seed production research, and advocates for national policies to strengthen organic seed systems.

Isaac has more than a decade of research experience in biomedical science and life cycle assessment of energy and agricultural systems.

By exploiting new molecular and genetic insights, the research, done in collaboration with Pierre de Wit from Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands, provides a better understanding of the defense system of crop plants against the damaging pathogens that grow in the spaces between plant cells.

The first study results from the researches carried out by the team of biologist Ana Caño Delgado, CSIC researcher in the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), and physicist Marta Ibañes, from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and the Institute of Complex Systems of the University of Barcelona (UBICS).

Those new initiatives range from fighting a fresh war on cancer and developing cleaner energy and transportation systems to doubling spending on competitive agricultural research and improving the computer literacy of U.S. school children.

The research by Hart and Acs examines companies in a much broader range of science - and technology - based industries that are important to the American economy (and to the employment prospects of scientifically and technically trained people), including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, optical equipment, industrial and agricultural chemicals, guidance and navigation systems, aeronautics and space, testing instruments, and much more.

Glover, a senior sustainable agricultural systems research adviser at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), spent years as a researcher at the Land Institute in Kansas.

Wesley Gunkel, professor emeritus of agricultural and biological engineering at Cornell University in New York state, is developing the robot system together with research associate James Throop and graduate Elke Ochs.

Dr Joice Ferreira, a co-author from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Center, said: «These findings are timely as Brazil recently revised its environmental laws regulating forests, allowing a trading system for private reserves and designing plans for environmental restoration.

Guan and his research team implemented and evaluated a new maize growth model, represented as the CLM - APSIM model, by combining superior features in both Community Land Model (CLM) and Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM).

The International Rice Research Institute is a nonprofit, autonomous, nonpolitical, international organization established in 1960 under international treaty, with a mission to reduce poverty and hunger through rice science, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research, partnerships and strengthening of national agricultural research and extension Research Institute is a nonprofit, autonomous, nonpolitical, international organization established in 1960 under international treaty, with a mission to reduce poverty and hunger through rice science, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research, partnerships and strengthening of national agricultural research and extension research, partnerships and strengthening of national agricultural research and extension research and extension systems.

The partners are the Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), including direct participation by the Fruit and Vegetable research Institute (FAVRI) and by the Center for Agrarian Systems Research and Development (CASRAD); the Institute for Policies and Strategies for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), including direct participation by its Rural Development Centre (RUDEC); the University of Laos (Faculty of Agriculture); the Center for International Cooperation in Agriculture Research for Development (CIRAD, France), the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture entre (CIAT), and the French Institut de Recherche pour le Développemeresearch Institute (FAVRI) and by the Center for Agrarian Systems Research and Development (CASRAD); the Institute for Policies and Strategies for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), including direct participation by its Rural Development Centre (RUDEC); the University of Laos (Faculty of Agriculture); the Center for International Cooperation in Agriculture Research for Development (CIRAD, France), the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture entre (CIAT), and the French Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppemeResearch and Development (CASRAD); the Institute for Policies and Strategies for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), including direct participation by its Rural Development Centre (RUDEC); the University of Laos (Faculty of Agriculture); the Center for International Cooperation in Agriculture Research for Development (CIRAD, France), the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture entre (CIAT), and the French Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppemeResearch for Development (CIRAD, France), the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture entre (CIAT), and the French Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Powers is director of the Research and Extension Center System and Associate Director of the statewide UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) and the Agricultural Experiment Station (AES).

BGI is headquartered in Shenzhen, China and provides sequencing and bioinformatics services and systems for research, medical, agricultural, and environmental applications.

Dr Venuprasad gratefully acknowledges that partnership with national agricultural systems such as NCRI and NRMC and with international institutes, such as the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), has been a key factor in the development of the flood - tolerant varieties for Nigeria.

Between 1960 and 1980, Thailand invested significantly in agricultural development, particularly in irrigation systems, road networks, marketing facilities and agricultural research and extension.

### The research team In addition to Jonathan Claussen and Loreen Stromberg, co-authors of the paper describing water - repelling, inkjet - printed graphene circuits are: Suprem Das, an assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Kansas State University, formerly an Iowa State postdoctoral research associate in mechanical engineering and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory; Srilok Srinivasan, an Iowa State graduate student in mechanical engineering; Qing He, an Iowa State graduate student in agricultural and biosystems engineering; Nathaniel Garland, an Iowa State graduate student in mechanical engineering; Warren Straszheim, an Iowa State associate scientist with the Materials Analysis and Research Laboratory; Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and a professor of chemistry at Rice University in Houston; and Ganesh Balasubramanian, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formerly an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Iowresearch team In addition to Jonathan Claussen and Loreen Stromberg, co-authors of the paper describing water - repelling, inkjet - printed graphene circuits are: Suprem Das, an assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Kansas State University, formerly an Iowa State postdoctoral research associate in mechanical engineering and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory; Srilok Srinivasan, an Iowa State graduate student in mechanical engineering; Qing He, an Iowa State graduate student in agricultural and biosystems engineering; Nathaniel Garland, an Iowa State graduate student in mechanical engineering; Warren Straszheim, an Iowa State associate scientist with the Materials Analysis and Research Laboratory; Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and a professor of chemistry at Rice University in Houston; and Ganesh Balasubramanian, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formerly an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Iowresearch associate in mechanical engineering and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory; Srilok Srinivasan, an Iowa State graduate student in mechanical engineering; Qing He, an Iowa State graduate student in agricultural and biosystems engineering; Nathaniel Garland, an Iowa State graduate student in mechanical engineering; Warren Straszheim, an Iowa State associate scientist with the Materials Analysis and Research Laboratory; Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and a professor of chemistry at Rice University in Houston; and Ganesh Balasubramanian, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formerly an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at IowResearch Laboratory; Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and a professor of chemistry at Rice University in Houston; and Ganesh Balasubramanian, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formerly an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State.

The technology could be applied to a number of uses, including agricultural research, environmental monitoring, medical diagnosis and treatment, or anything involving a biological system.

Agricultural universities and the Cooperative Extension System reluctantly joined in with research and teaching of organic food and farming systems as they slowly became accepted and moved into the mainstream.

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Research Interests: ethical issues in forensic science; ethical and legal issues in research; justice system education; legal issues in alcohol use and misuse; agricultuResearch Interests: ethical issues in forensic science; ethical and legal issues in research; justice system education; legal issues in alcohol use and misuse; agriculturesearch; justice system education; legal issues in alcohol use and misuse; agricultural law.

Research Interests: methodology and technology in air quality, bioenergy from agricultural wastes, and air and water pollution abatement; livestock ad rural waste systems engineering.

In addition to caring for the health needs of all animals they provide expertise to our global food system, conduct biomedical and agricultural research, offer ecosystem management, and serve as public health officers.

Adaptation of agricultural production systems to climate variability and climate change: lessons learned and proposed research approach.

His research has spanned a wide range of issues, including biofuels policy, water quality and quantity policies, regulatory economics, food security, and regional modeling of agricultural systems.

Socio (s): Aarhus University, Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Earth System Science Partnership, University of Copenhagen, International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems

Each year OSA educates thousands of farmers and other agricultural community members, conducts professional organic plant breeding and seed production research, and advocates for national policies to strengthen organic seed systems.

Rodale Institute's Research Department investigates a number of scientific and regenerative farming issues, including cover crop practices, organic weed management, organic no - till systems, compost use, influences of agricultural practices on water quality, and effects of mycorrhizae and other soil biota on crop and soil health, and yields.

• Tools to predict change in water demand, which requires demographic models that incorporate climate change impacts and models that consider the effects of climate change on natural and agricultural landscape water use • Research on water governance, including adaptive management models, adaptive capacity building, and water systems sustainability • Research on the economics of water supply, demand, and conservation

The research compared soil fungi activity, crop yields, energy efficiency, costs, organic matter changes over time, nitrogen accumulation and nitrate leaching across organic and conventional agricultural systems.

OECD Cooperative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems; Bioforsk - Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research.

The new SMS alert system has been tested in Indian Council for Agricultural Research farms and is now being implemented in fields in the Indo - Gangetic plane, which is most prone to crop damage from cold wave.

Some of them include planning, supervising and managing irrigation, flood, drainage and water control systems, building dairy effluent schemes, agricultural product processing, environmental impact assessment and interpretation of research results among many others.