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Providing a relative magnitude of returns to investments is important for donors so that they can see whether payoffs still exist to fund this type of varietal improvement research. Return estimates can serve as justification for further research investments in the future as well as help guide future allocations....

Vietnamese consumers seem willing to pay for products labeled as organic or eco-friendly. Similar results were found in a study investigating consumer...

Exotic varieties, without a doubt, contribute to food security and farmer welfare in Bangladesh; however, domestication of these cultivars poses a direct...

The application of knowledge management (KM) to agri-food systems has been challenged by a lack of clarity in the overall goals for “system” performance,...

Examining consumer preferences for rice attributes is essential for guiding breeding priorities. We find that consumer preferences for rice attributes...

This research paper makes robust and systematic efforts to quantify the plausible future climate change impacts on post-rainy sorghum performance using...

Women were slightly more empowered in farm household decision-making if they were engaged in off-farm employment and were less experienced in farming....

The importance of seed systems to empower women has so far been neglected. Applying gender analysis to improve seed systems and reduce/overcome existing...

Vegetable farming is an important sub-sector to increase income, reduce poverty, and improve nutrition, particularly in the developing countries. Although...

COVID-19 has impacted almost all sectors of the global economy. Due to the continuous, restrictive measures imposed on travel, movement, and transportation,...