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Topics
Managing plant diseases and pests under changing climate – Deadline – 1 January 2020
Celebrating the International Year of Plant Health, emphasis should be given to novel approaches and methods as well as potential for impact and not individual case studies.
Establishing sustainable seed systems – Deadline – 1 February 2020
Farmers often lack or have limited access to affordable, quality seeds and planting materials of crop varieties that are adapted to their production systems. Is farmer perception of and demand for affordable quality seed sufficiently understood by researchers?
Defining and dissecting “agroecology” – Deadline – 1 March 2020
What is “agroecology”? What are “agroecological principles”? How relevant are they to smallholder farmers?
Exploring and interrogating the trade-offs between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and feeding the global population – Deadline – 1 April 2020
Assessment of the relevance of achieving the SDGs to increased food production and food security (SDG 2) and identifying potential trade-offs and conflicts with this objective.
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