Lack of good-quality monitoring and evaluation data is a key barrier to large-scale uptake of agriculture interventions. Data from low-cost microsatellites have a strong potential to bridge this gap and promote sustainable intensification targets.

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LCLUC PI and her team of scientists has successfully used data from microsatellites to quantify and enhance yield gains for small farmers in India - a discovery that can help increase food production in a low-cost and sustainable way.

Hundreds of Bangkok schools were closed recently due to the dangerous levels of air pollution and the severity of the pollution made the international news. It was reported that burning of crop residue, a leftover plant material after harvest, is one of the major contributors to this situation. Intensive burning, particularly burning of rice stubble occurs during the dry months from January to March. Residue burning in Bangkok’s neighboring provinces (e.g.