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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Nonprofit•Ibadan, Nigeria•
About: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is a nonprofit organization based out in Ibadan, Nigeria. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Agriculture. The organization has 2638 authors who have published 4330 publications receiving 119041 citations. The organization is also known as: IITA.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center2, Indian Council of Medical Research3, World Health Organization4, Johns Hopkins University5, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture6, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition7, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association8, University of Alabama at Birmingham9, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention10, Istituto Superiore di Sanità11, National University of Singapore12, United States Department of Agriculture13, Center for Food Safety14, Food and Agriculture Organization15, Instituto Adolfo Lutz16, University of Guelph17, South African Medical Research Council18, University of Leeds19, University of Georgia20
TL;DR: A workgroup of international experts and health officials convened in Geneva, Switzerland, in July 2005 identified gaps in current knowledge about acute and chronic human health effects of aflatoxins, surveillance and food monitoring, analytic methods, and the efficacy of intervention strategies.
Abstract: Consecutive outbreaks of acute aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004 and 2005 caused > 150 deaths. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization convened a workgroup of international experts and health officials in Geneva, Switzerland, in July 2005. After discussions concerning what is known about aflatoxins, the workgroup identified gaps in current knowledge about acute and chronic human health effects of aflatoxins, surveillance and food monitoring, analytic methods, and the efficacy of intervention strategies. The workgroup also identified public health strategies that could be integrated with current agricultural approaches to resolve gaps in current knowledge and ultimately reduce morbidity and mortality associated with the consumption of aflatoxin-contaminated food in the developing world. Four issues that warrant immediate attention were identified: a) quantify the human health impacts and the burden of disease due to aflatoxin exposure; b) compile an inventory, evaluate the efficacy, and disseminate results of ongoing intervention strategies; c) develop and augment the disease surveillance, food monitoring, laboratory, and public health response capacity of affected regions; and d) develop a response protocol that can be used in the event of an outbreak of acute aflatoxicosis. This report expands on the workgroup's discussions concerning aflatoxin in developing countries and summarizes the findings.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the effects of transactions costs relative to price and non-price factors on smallholder marketed surplus and input use in Kenya and found that while transactions costs indeed have significant negative effects on market participation, institutional innovations such as group marketing are also emerging to mitigate the costs of accessing markets.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the challenges of drought in Sub-Saharan Africa and review the current drought risk management strategies, especially the promising technological and policy options for managing drought risks to protect livelihoods and reduce vulnerability.
Abstract: Agriculture and the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are highly sensitive to climatic variability. Drought, in particular, represents one of the most important natural factors contributing to malnutrition and famine in many parts of the region. The overall impact of drought on a given country/region and its ability to recover from the resulting social, economic and environmental impacts depends on several factors. The economic, social and environmental impacts of drought are huge in SSA and the national costs and losses incurred threaten to undermine the wider economic and development gains made in the last few decades in the region. There is an urgent need to reduce the vulnerability of countries to climate variability and to the threats posed by climate change. This paper attempts to highlight the challenges of drought in SSA and reviews the current drought risk management strategies, especially the promising technological and policy options for managing drought risks to protect livelihoods and reduce vulnerability. The review suggests the possibilities of several ex ante and ex post drought management strategies in SSA although their effectiveness depends on agro-climatic and socio-economic conditions. Existing technological, policy and institutional risk management measures need to be strengthened and integrated to manage drought ex ante and to minimize the ex post negative effects for vulnerable households and regions. A proactive approach that combines promising technological, institutional and policy solutions to manage the risks within vulnerable communities implemented by institutions operating at different levels (community, sub-national, and national) is considered to be the way forward for managing drought and climate variability.
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TL;DR: Cassava breeding faces several limitations that need to be addressed, including the heterozygous nature of the crop and parental lines used to generate new segregating progenies makes it difficult to identify parents with good breeding values.
Abstract: Although cassava is a major food crop, its scientific breeding began only recently compared with other crops. Significant progress has been achieved, particularly in Asia where cassava is used mainly for industrial processes and no major biotic constraints affect its productivity. Cassava breeding faces several limitations that need to be addressed. The heterozygous nature of the crop and parental lines used to generate new segregating progenies makes it difficult to identify parents with good breeding values. Breeding so far has been mainly based on a mass phenotypic recurrent selection. There is very little knowledge on the inheritance of traits of agronomic relevance. Several approaches have been taken to overcome the constraints in the current methodologies for the genetic improvement of cassava. Evaluations at early stages of selection allow for estimates of general combining ability effect or breeding values of parental lines. Inbreeding by sequential self-pollination facilitates the identification of useful recessive traits, either already present in the Manihot gene pool or induced by mutagenesis.
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TL;DR: Improved dual-purpose varieties can play an important role in enhancing crop–livestock integration in West Africa and are shown to have similar crude protein content and dry matter digestibility to the local varieties.
406 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Rattan Lal | 140 | 1383 | 87691 |
Peter R. Shewry | 97 | 845 | 40265 |
Roel Merckx | 80 | 369 | 19170 |
Walter J. Horst | 66 | 217 | 14972 |
Bernard Vanlauwe | 64 | 348 | 15005 |
Lijbert Brussaard | 63 | 186 | 13485 |
Ryohei Terauchi | 60 | 231 | 12356 |
Rony Swennen | 57 | 481 | 10803 |
Rodomiro Ortiz | 55 | 340 | 11470 |
Cheryl A. Palm | 52 | 130 | 14111 |
Andrew Paul Gutierrez | 48 | 199 | 8154 |
Neal W. Menzies | 47 | 295 | 7942 |
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay | 47 | 205 | 6127 |
James P. Legg | 41 | 127 | 5276 |
Nilsa A. Bosque-Pérez | 40 | 127 | 4901 |