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1 1989. Strengthening collaboration in biotechnology: International agricultural research and the private sector proceedings held April 17-21 in Rosslyn, VA. Washington, DC, USA: AID. Bureau for Science and Technology. xii, 480p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.72 G000 STR Record No: H07380)
2 Warmbrodt, R. D.; Airozo, D. 1993. World list of serials in agricultural biotechnology. Maryland, MD, USA: National Agricultural Library. ix, 471p. (Bibliographies and literature of agriculture no.116)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 050 G000 WAR Record No: H013601)
3 Zaid, A.; Hughes, H. G.; Porceddu, E.; Nicholas, F. 2001. Glossary of biotechnology for food and agriculture: A revised and augmented edition of the glossary of biotechnology and genetic engineering. Rome, Italy: FAO. xv, 305p. (FAO research and technology paper 9)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 574.19 G000 ZAI Record No: H029598)
4 Odame, H. 2002. Smallholder access to biotechnology: Case of Rhizobium inocula in Kenya. Economic and Political Weekly, July 6:2748-2755.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6038 Record No: H030217)
5 Qaim, M. 2001. A prospective evaluation of biotechnology in semi-subsistence agriculture. Agricultural Economics, 25:165-175.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6077 Record No: H030582)
6 Siamwalla, A. 2001. The evolving roles of the state, private, and local actors in rural Asia. Quarry Bay, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press (OUP) China Ltd. for ADB. xiv, 413p. (Study of Rural Asia Volume 5)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.9 G570 SIA Record No: H030591)
7 FAO. 2002. World agriculture: Towards 2015/2030 – Summary report. Rome, Itlay: FAO. x, 97p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G000 FAO Record No: H030814)
8 Acharya, S. S.; Singh, S.; Sagar, V. (Eds.) 2002. Sustainable agriculture, poverty and food security: agenda for Asian economies. Volume 1. New Delhi, India: Rawat Publications. xviii, 430p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.19 G570 ACH Record No: H030859)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6146 Record No: H031006)
10 Brenner, C. 2004. Telling transgenic technology tales: Lessons from the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP) experience. Ithaca, NY, USA: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) xx, 80p. (ISAAA briefs no.31)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.7 G000 BRE Record No: H037624)
11 Leach, M.; Scoones, I.; Wynne, B. (Eds.) 2005. Science and citizens: Globalization and the challenge of engagement. London, UK: Zed. viii, 294 p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 306.45 G000 LEA Record No: H038325)
12 Hulse, J. H. 2005. Sustainable development: Learning from the past. Mysore, India: Central Food Technological Research Institute. xvi, 330p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G000 HUL Record No: H038802)
13 Rosegrant, M. W.; Fernandez, M.; Sinha, A.; Alder, J.; Ahammad, H.; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Eickhour, B.; Fonseca, J.; Huang, J.; Koyama, O.; Omezzine, A. M.; Pingali, P.; Ramirez, R.; Ringler, C.; Robinson, S.; Thornton, P.; van Vuuren, D.; Yana-Shapiro, H. 2009. Looking into the future for agriculture and AKST. In McIntyre, B. D.; Herren, H. R.; Wakhungu, J.; Watson, R. T. (Eds.). International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD): Agriculture at a Crossroads, global report. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. pp.307-376.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042172)
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14 McIntyre, B. D.; Herren, H. R.; Wakhungu, J.; Watson, R. T. (Eds.) 2009. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD): Agriculture at a Crossroads, synthesis report: a synthesis of the global and sub-global IAASTD Reports. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. 95p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.927 G000 MCI Record No: H042939)
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(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.736 G232 AFR Record No: H043307)
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16 Fraley, R. T. 2010. A system approach to water productivity. In University of Nebraska, Lincoln Office of Research and Economic Development. Proceedings of the 2010 Water for Food Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2-5 May 2010. Lincoln, NE, USA: University of Nebraska. pp.56-59.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 UNI Record No: H043816)
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(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044600)
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Developing crops that are better adapted to abiotic stresses is important for food production in many parts of the world today. Anticipated changes in climate and its variability, particularly extreme temperatures and changes in rainfall, are expected to make crop improvement even more crucial for food production. Here, we review two key biotechnology approaches, molecular breeding and genetic engineering, and their integration with conventional breeding to develop crops that are more tolerant of abiotic stresses. In addition to a multidisciplinary approach, we also examine some constraints that need to be overcome to realize the full potential of agricultural biotechnology for sustainable crop production to meet the demands of a projected world population of nine billion in 2050.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044751)
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Concerns about biogas from landfills are reviewed in terms of biogas generation, composition, and elimination. Biogas is mainly composed of methane and carbon dioxide but it also contains a few hundred non-methane organic compounds. The solutions available to reduce its harmful effects on the environment and on human health are valorization as electricity or heat, flaring, or biofiltration. The main parameters affecting the biofiltration of methane are reviewed: temperature, moisture content, properties of the packing material, nutrient supply, oxygen requirements, formation of exopolysaccharides, and gas residence time. An analysis is performed on the co-metabolic properties and the inhibition interactions of the methane-degrading bacteria, methanotrophs.
19 Weissenbacher, N.; Nikiema, Josiane; Garfi, M.; Figoli, A. 2013. What do we require from water biotechnologies in Africa? Sustainable Sanitation Practice, 14(January):35-40. (Selected contributions from the 1st WATERBIOTECH conference, Cairo, Egypt, 9-11 October 2012).
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045620)
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When discussing water and sanitation issues, technology is often seen as the key element by many stakeholders. Within a multinational project, the opportunity was taken to analyse the experiences with the existing water infrastructure to look behind this assumption and – if not working satisfactory – to identify the key requirements that obviously have not been met. Following this, it should be possible to prepare a set of requirements to learn from this. A three stage questionnaire for different stakeholder level (authorities, operators and end users) has been launched in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia. Some main obstacles towards sustainable biological wastewater treatment could then be identified. The reader expecting specific technical suggestions might be disappointed but the key messages that are relevant for all the different conditions of the four North African and the three Sub Saharan countries are presented. The given requirements tackle issues that are unfortunately not only of technical nature and are (almost) all linked to each other.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.9164 G000 JAC Record No: H046947)
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