James Garcia

TL;DR: Evidence is presented on the costs and potential benefits of biofortification for a large number of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and a modification of the Disability-Adjusted Life Years framework is used to conclude that the intervention can make a significant impact on the burden of micronutrient deficiencies in the developing world.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze how stakeholders are selected, how they participate in the research process, and what their involvement means for project costs and impacts, and suggest that, while projects are generating a range of direct and indirect benefits for participants, more careful attention needs to be paid to achieving equitable impacts.

TL;DR: To determine the effects of input levels on selection for seed yield, compare the relative yield gains in crosses among gene pools, and study yield stability of selected lines, six inter-gene pool crosses of Middle and South American common bean were used.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed water availability, productivity and institutions for the Andes basins to understand how agriculture and poverty interact, and they found that water limits agricultural productivity in the southern basins but is plentiful in the northern basins where steep slopes or poor land and water management limit productivity.

TL;DR: In this article, the mean yield of selected lines from low (LFS) and high (HFS) soil fertility environments was significantly higher than the mean of the parents in both crosses when tested in high fertility (HF) but not in low fertility (LF).