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CIAT turns to space technology for forecasting crop performance
In a not-so-distant future, rice and oil palm producers in Colombia will have access to realistic estimates of what their yields will be and the amount of greenhouse gases their fields emit in real time.
Artist impression of Sentinel 5p satellite. Photo by: Airbus
The estimates will come from an online platform that will run algorithms based on data generated in a three-year project involving CIAT and several Colombian and U.K.-based organizations. The platform will go…
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Entrega de semillas
200 hogares de productores de fríjol en los municipios de San Gil, Barichara, Curití y Villanueva en Santander fueron invitados para recibir información agroclimática y semillas de diferentes variedades de fríjol como parte de la estrategia del proyecto ‘Servicios agroclimáticos e información de seguridad alimentaria para una mejor toma de decisiones’- AgroClimas para realizar intervenciones y mejorar la toma de decisiones de los productores. El proyecto AgroClimas, es una iniciativa del Programa de Investigación de CGIAR…
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Two large reciprocal translocations characterized in the disease resistance-rich burmannica genetic group of Musa acuminata
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105919
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Banana cultivars are derived from hybridizations involving Musa acuminata subspecies. The latter diverged following geographical isolation in distinct South-east Asian continental regions and islands. Observation of chromosome pairing irregularities in meiosis of hybrids between these subspecies…
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Enfrentamos la inpostergable tarea de hablar el mismo idioma
What an outcome is? What is an output? What is the difference between an outcome and the impact? Wait a minute! We don’t already know that? This is an international center, right? Sometimes thinking that I already know something could be more dangerous than to ask myself if what I already know is what I think I know, especially when knowledge of that subject is important to my team.
When we periodically review all of our subjects, we have an open space where every question…
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Women do have a place at CIAT-Africa!
The CIAT regional office women retreat was organised as part of the celebrations for the 2018 International Women’s Day. The retreat was initiated by the CIAT’s Africa Region Director who in his own words said “we need a meeting of, for and by women in CIAT to discuss what it means to be a woman at CIAT.
By: Eileen Bogweh Nchanji
Provide feedback on what systems, processes, actions have enhanced or may be hindering their personal and professional development and provide ideas (where they are…
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Seed networks in Southeast Asia’s cassava heartland
If you have a garden, you probably buy seeds from the store, or maybe even borrow some varieties from your friends or relatives. Exchanging seed can be a very simple act.
But how is it accomplished when billions of plants are involved, and exchanges take place at the national, or even international scale? A new publication asks this question for Southeast Asian cassava, the backbone of production for millions of smallholder farmers. The 3.5 million hectares of cassava planted every…
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Livestock stakeholders from Latin America shared experiences and approaches in mitigation
Researchers are learning how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cattle in a number of countries in the region. Most of the 20 countries that comprise Latin America share not only a common language but also common issues, like vulnerability to climate change and potential to mitigate greenhouse gases, especially, in agriculture and livestock production.
To speed this along, exchanges of knowledge and technology are critical. A three-day…
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CIAT lideró el evento de cadena agroalimentaria de la yuca en el Cauca
Con fondos del Programa de Investigación sobre Raíces, Tubérculos y Plátanos (RTB, por sus siglas en inglés), el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) lideró el día de campo sobre “cambios en procesos de extracción de la yuca en los últimos 20 años”, realizado en el departamento del Cauca.
El evento se organizó con el propósito de presentarle a los Rallanderos del Cauca los resultados del estudio realizado por Luis Alejandro Taborda, investigador…
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Pro-vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (Musa AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105894
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Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is widespread in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Unlike in developed countries, where the main source of vitamin A comes from meat, the diet of poor populations in SSA is largely plant based. It is thus important to identify local / popular plants with higher vitamin A…
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Plátano, con sello vallecaucano, llega al mercado de Estado Unidos
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Como un vaso albergaste la infinita ternura, y el infinito olvido te trizó como a un vaso. Era la negra, negra soledad de las islas, y allí, mujer de amor, me acogieron tus brazos. Era la sed y el hambre, y tú fuiste la fruta. Era el duelo y las ruinas, y tú fuiste el milagro. Ah mujer, no sé cómo…
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Determining ideal sites for a pilot experiment in Colombia to trial new forages in East Africa
The livelihood of approximately 37 million people of the East African (EA) region is highly dependent on livestock. As the pressure for livestock products heightens with growing populations, already harsh environmental conditions are predicted only to worsen (Fisher et al. 2005; Thornton et al.
The livelihood of approximately 37 million people of the East African (EA) region is highly dependent on livestock. As the pressure for livestock…
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El cambio climático y una población creciente ejercen presión sobre cultivos esenciales en regiones de bajos ingresos
Cultivos como el banano, la papa y la yuca son esenciales para la seguridad alimentaria en las regiones más pobres del mundo. Hacia el año 2050, su importancia se incrementará, pero el cambio climático y el crecimiento demográfico ejercerán una presión sin precedentes sobre la producción
El cambio climático y el crecimiento demográfico son preocupaciones crecientes para la seguridad alimentaria mundial. La…
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La biofortificación gana terreno en África
La biofortificación, o el mejoramiento genético de los cultivos para conferirles un mayor valor nutricional, es un esfuerzo que nació en 1994 bajo el liderazgo de Howdy Bouis, laureado con el Premio Mundial de la Alimentación.
La biofortificación busca abordar las deficiencias de micronutrientes, o “el hambre oculta”, mejorando los cultivos mediante la incorporación de una mayor concentración de nutrientes esenciales como el hierro, el zinc y la vitamina A en alimentos que las personas…
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AgroPortal: a proposition for ontology-based services in the agronomic domain
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78752
Publication year
2016
Authors
Jonquet, C.
Dzale-Yeumo, E.
Arnaud, Elizabeth
Larmande, Pierre
Toulet, A.
Laporte, Marie-Angélique
Full Citation
Jonquet, C.;…
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Data and Information Management Plan 2015 – 2016
Since the arrival of Leroy Mwanzia as Data and Information Manager at CIAT, the team has been working on an action plan for 2015. The visit of Luz Marina Alvare from IFPRI helped a great deal in identifying our priorities. We now have set ourselves concrete objectives which are part of CIAT’s Business Plan related to the publishing of post print manuscripts, and primary data and…
