Food security enhancement is one of the main objectives of agricultural development. In Indonesia, agricultural and rural development, such as food security and the reduction of poverty and the number of food-insecure households, is being determined by the changing dynamics of the international...

This study coincided with a research project "Identification of Pulling Factors for Enhancing the Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Selected Asian Countries (AGRIDIV), co-ordinated by CAPSA. While AGRIDIV project focused on poverty alleviation through secondary crop based...

This book is a proceeding of a national seminar on the development of secondary crops-based agribusiness in Indonesia: its role in improving food security and poverty alleviation. The seminar was initiated by UNCAPSA and Indonesian Centre for Food Crops Research and Development (ICFORD). It was...

Rural poor populations in Asia and the Pacific live mainly in disadvantaged areas, isolated, lacking infrastructure, with harsh climatic and ecological conditions. Coarse grains, pulses, roots and tubers (CGPRT crops) often offer one of the limited options for development under these...

This book analyzes domestic demand and market potential for major food and industrial commodities, cassava, maize, soybean, and sweet potato. The study sets forth long term trends in the dietary pattern of the Indonesian people. The study gives in-depth analysis of emerging markets for various...

This book analyzes domestic demand and market potential for major food and industrial commodities, maize, soybean, potato and rice. The study sets forth long-term trends in the dietary pattern of the Pakistan people. The study gives in-depth analysis of emerging markets for various kinds of...

This report is the outcome of the second phase of the AGRIDIV project in Indonesia. The goal of this second phase study is to examine the performance of farming, marketing and processing of CGPRT crops at two study dry land that have different cropping patterns. The two selected sites were Siswa...

Opening Address, by Nobuyoshi Maeno Prospect of Feed Crops to Support the Livestock Revolution in South Asia: Framework of the Study Project, by Budiman Hutabarat Prospects of Feed Crops in India, by P.S. Pathak Comments on CGPRT Report on Prospects of Feed Crops in India ֠A Country Report, by...

This case study aims to analyze the impact of the most important agro-techniques, i.e., land leveling, field bunding, gypsum application and the sprinkler method of irrigation on the performance of pearl millet-wheat and pearl millet-mustard cropping systems with saline/alkaline water irrigation...