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Special Issue of Crop Science on Science Forum 2009  
The Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) of the CGIAR is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of the journal Crop Science dedicated to a selection of papers presented at the CGIAR Science Forum 2009. >>

The role of ovum for gender preselection in farm animals  
Introduction Scientists focused their research to separate X or Y-chromosome bearing spermatozoa and then fertilize the ovum with preselected sperm to produce offspring of predetermined sex. Surprisingly, nobody paid attention towards the role of ovum in controlling sex of fetus. It is the first time we attempted to recognize the role of ovum in controlling gender of a fetus in farm animals. Pretentision is to discover a mechanism of sperm selection by an ovum during the process of fertilization.Pretension is that from millions of sperm an ovum makes own selection a partner sperm to complete the fertilization process. >>

Final Report of the Science & Technology Europe-Africa Project Workshop  
Final report of the Workshop held in Naironi, Kenya from 26 to 27 March 2009 >>

African Journal of Biotechnology  
The AJB aims at providing the most rapid turn-around time possible for reviewing and publishing, and disseminates the articles freely for teaching and reference purposes >>

Summary Report of the Consultation Workshop on Identifying Supplementary Indicators, Entebbe 2009  
Report of the ASTI consultation held on 20-21 January 2009 in Entebbe, Uganda >>

Multimedia web based publication on Food Sovereignty - from IIED  
GFAR stakeholders may be interested in the latest chapter of a multimedia book on food sovereignty which is now available on line. This latest chapter focuses on the role of local organisations in sustaining food systems, livelihoods and environment. >>

New Policy Briefs on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from the DFID RIU Programme  
A series of policy briefs on new options for agriculture, fisheries, and forestry are available here from the RIU Programme. >>

Synthesis paper on 'Conservation tillage in East and Southern Africa: yields and rain water productivity from on-farm action reserach'  
Paper by J. Rockstrom (Stockholm Environment Institute) et al. >>

Inventory on innovative farmer advisory services or systems in Africa  
Entries include projects using ICT solutions or implementing ICT-based activities, institutions/groups providing services using ICTs as well as ICT solutions software providers, both at the national and regional level. >>

MEASURING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INVESTMENTS. A Revised Global Picture  
Nienke M. Beintema and Gert-Jan Stads >>

Bio-fuel crops research for energy security and rural development in developing countries  
Reddy, B.S.V., S. Ramesh, A. Ashok Kumar, S.P. Wani, R. Ortiz, H. Ceballos & T.K. Sreedevi. 2008. Bio-fuel crops research for energy security and rural development in developing countries. Bioenergy Research. DOI 10.1007/s12155-008-9022-x >>

KIT Bulletin 380 - Outsourcing agricultural advisory services  
This bulletin aims to contribute to interactive learning between practitioners and policymakers involved in outsourcing in sub-Saharan African countries. >>

Bio-fuels Research in the CGIAR: A Perspective from the Science Council  
A CGIAR Science Council Policy Statement on Biofuels Production >>

R A I L S implementation workshop, report by FARA  
The RAILS implementation workshop took place in January 2007 with the purpose of reviewing and validating an implementation framework for the regional agricultural information and learning systems in Africa. >>

A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration, by David A. Bainbridge  
This book offers practical, field-tested solutions to the problems of dryland degradation. >>