Controlling Striga using Desmodium

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Controlling Striga using Desmodium
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Building Sustainability into the Seed (or the
animal)

• Increasing nutrient uptake efficiency
• Improving nutritive value
• Countering the new pest and disease outbreaks
• Increasing drought tolerance

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The New Rices for Africa
Monty Jones 2004
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Marker- Aided Selection

• Locating and tagging the genes for drought
  tolerance

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Recombinant DNA or GM Crops
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Uganda
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Diamond Back Moth
Source CIMBAA
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How do we judge an technology is appropriate ?

• Does it work?
• Is it value for money?
• Is it sustainable?
• Is it equitable?
• Are there downsides?
• What is the counterfactual?

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But technologies are never enoughThe
context is crucialHow do we scale up?