May 7, 2009, The Manila Times IBM and medical researchers launch ef...
	IBM and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) launched an effort using IBM s World Community Grid virtual supercomputer to allow laboratory tests on drug candidates for drug-resistant influenza strains and new strains, such as H1N1, in less than a...
	May 7, 2009, USAgnet UNL Plant Breeder Chosen for Board of...
	P. Stephen Baenziger has long strived in his career to do something to help feed the world. With his appointment to an international center that researches one of the world's most important food staples, he has realized a...
	May 7, 2009, Sociolingo's Africa - Blog Climate Change in Africa - predicting...
	Dr. Kai Sonder, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) expert at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA in Ibadan, Nigeria, is using information relayed by satellites stationed high above the earth, as well as outputs from global climate models, to find answers to Africas most.
	May 7, 2009, Fresh Plaza Uganda: Banana field trials to be con...
	Ugandans will soon crunch starchy matooke biscuits while feeding on a highly nutritious product with vitamin A. Dr. Andrew Kiggundu, a leading biotechnologist working with the National Banana Research Programme (NBRP) at Kawanda has...
	May 7, 2009, Inquirer.net IBM joins swine flu research
	MANILA, Philippines--Information technology giant IBM is taking part in a global project aimed at combating the drug-resistant H1N1 virus, which is threatening to become a global...
	May 7, 2009, Business Line Extension for ICRISAT chief
	Hyderabad, May 6 Dr William D. Dar, the Director-General of International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), will continue to hold the position for five more...
	May 7, 2009, The Brunei Times Opportunities from large-scale land a...
	GIVEN the changing global economic context, the agricultural sector clearly requires more investment. Because of the urgent need for greater development in rural areas and the fiscal inability of the developing-country governments to provide the necessary infusion of capital, large-scale land acquisitions...
	May 7, 2009, The Brunei Times Rich nations grab land in Third World
	MORE than 20 million hectares of farmland in Africa and Latin America are now in the hands of foreign governments and companies, a sign of a global "land grab" that got a boost from last year's food...
	May 7, 2009, Business Line New method to grow sugarcane with les...
	Icrisat develops it based on rice intensification system. The method is expected to increase yields by at least 20 per cent and reduce water consumption by 30 per cent and chemical inputs by 25 per...
	May 6, 2009, The University of Arizona UA Scholar to Study Wheat Cultivation...
	Maribel Alvarez of the UA Southwest Center has a Fulbright/Garcia Robles grant to anlyze the historical and cultural impact of wheat farming and...
	May 6, 2009, The Hindu Third term for ICRISAT chief
	HYDERABAD: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Governing Board has appointed William D. Dar as Director-General for a third five-year term in...
	May 6, 2009, The Hindu Lure of foreign lands
	The International Food Policy Research Institutes call to regulate the acquisition of land overseas meant to shore up food supplies and meet the rising demand for biofuels in the wake of the earlier global spike in prices of agricultural commodities and oil underscores the looming threat of...
	May 6, 2009, Daily Nation Test tube calves to slash cost of top...
	Test-tube calves stole the show during the second day of the ongoing science conference. Farmers demanded that the test-tube calf technology, which would allow them to own top quality breeds, be speedily made available in the market at a subsidised...
	May 6, 2009, Voanews.com Uganda to Better Manage Wetlands
	A new project in Uganda shows that wetlands are good not only for the environment, but for the economy as well. Leaders now have new maps that will allow them to better manage wetlands and make better use of...
	May 6, 2009, SeedQuest Dr William D Dar, ICRISAT Director Ge...
	The Governing Board of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has appointed Director General, Dr William D Dar, for a third five-year term in...
	May 6, 2009, Desh Gujarat Gujarat tops agriculture growth table...
	Gujarat has recorded the highest agricultural growth among states between 2000-01 and 2007-08, a report by US-based research body has said. Thanks to investment in agricultural infrastructure mainly irrigation, diffusion of new technologies and power reforms, Gujarat registered...
	May 6, 2009, Individual.com BRIEFING - ASIA AGRIBUSINESS - MAY 6,...
	(AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- An executive briefing on agribusiness for May 6, 2009, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business...
	May 6, 2009, Biz-community Uganda wetlands maps to help boost ec...
	Uganda's leaders now have access to maps that will allow them to reduce poverty through better management of the country's wetlands. The map from Mapping a Better Future shows that highly impacted wetlands are spread widely across Uganda and are located in areas with both low and high poverty...
	May 6, 2009, Philippine Information Agency ICRISAT, PCARRD promote peanut and mu...
	Ilagan, Isabela (6 May) -- Former agriculture chief and Director-General William Dar of the International Crop Research-Based Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) whose office is based in India together with the Philippine Council on Agriculture Research and Development (PCARRD) were here last...
	May 6, 2009, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ICRISAT Director General gets a third...
	The Governing Board of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has appointed Director General, Dr William D Dar, for a third five-year term in...