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Mapping soil erosion hotspots and assessing the potential impacts of land management practices in the highlands of Ethiopia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80914
Abstract
An enormous effort is underway in Ethiopia to address soil erosion and restore overall land productivity. Modelling and participatory approaches can be used to delineate erosion hotspots, plan site- and context-specific interventions and assess their impacts. In this study, we employed a modelling…
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Trade-Offs in Multi-Purpose Land Use under Land Degradation
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89924
Abstract
Land provides a host of ecosystem services, of which the provisioning services are often considered paramount. As the demand for agricultural products multiplies, other ecosystem services are being degraded or lost entirely. Finding a sustainable trade-off between food production and one or more of other ecosystem services, given the variety of stakeholders,…
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Household opportunity costs of protecting and developing forest lands in Son La and Hoa Binh Provinces, Vietnam
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78055
Abstract
Vietnam has pilot-tested a payment for forest environmental services (PFES) program in an effort to restore and protect forest areas, some of which have been severely degraded by the excessive cutting of trees by small-scale farmers planting annual crops on steep, sloping lands. The pilot program implemented…
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Capacitacion cientifica en pastos tropicales
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55021
Publication year
1989
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
Capacitacion cientifica en pastos tropicales. 1989. In: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Pastos Tropicales: Informe Anual 1988. CIAT, Cali, CO. p. 19-1-19-21. (Documento de trabajo no. 59…
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Evaluation and improvement of agronomic practices. Economics
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82388
Abstract
Economics research in the bean program continues to concentrate on production studies, marketing issues, policy analysis, and training. Diagnostic studies of current production systems and problems were conducted in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Peru. Results of preadoption evaluations in Peru and of adoption…
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Bringing the economics of land degradation back to the farm level: a conceptual framework for addressing the costs and benefits of sustainable land management
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43674
Publication year
2014
Authors
Emerton, L.
Full Citation
Emerton, Lucy. 2014. Bringing the economics of land degradation back to the farm level : a…
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CLEANED Workbook
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109113
Abstract
This lab workbook contains hands-on material supplementing the CLEANED training taught by Jessica Mukiri, An Notenbaert, Birthe Paul, Emmanuel Mwema and Rein Van der Hoek hosted by the Tropical Forages Program, at the Alliance for Bioversity Inventational and CIAT.
This workbook was written to augment a series of slide deck presentations developed for the training. The slides and workbook, together…
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CIAT annual report 2006-2007
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68061
Publication year
2007
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT. 2007. CIAT Annual Report 2006-2007. Cali, Colombia: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).
Publication Type
Annual Report…
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Bean production systems program: Highlights in 1976
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71898
Publication year
1977
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE AGRICULTURA TROPICAL. 1977. Bean production systems program: Highlights in 1976. CIAT, Cali, CO. 83 p.
Publication Type…
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Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111085
Abstract
Livestock production is a fundamental source of income and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin American countries. 20 percent of the region's emissions come from agriculture, 70 percent of which comes from livestock. There are several management and technology options with enteric methane mitigation potential that have…
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Resumen características evaluadas en grupo hibrido Br12
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111238
Publication year
2020
Authors
Florián, David
Castiblanco, Valheria
Cardoso, Juan Andrés
Hernández, Luis Miguel
Mazabel, Johanna
Ríos, Gonzalo
Full Citation
Florián, D.;…
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An assessment of heat stress status in pigs and adaptation options in Lira district Uganda
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99515
Abstract
There is limited attention to impacts of climate change on pigs in Uganda by stakeholders despite the potential vulnerability of pigs to climate change, especially heat stress. Pigs are very sensitive to heat stress as they do not have functioning sweat glands (as other livestock species do) and have small lungs which reduces…
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Evaluación productiva y potencial de mitigación de la producción de metano del pasto (Urochloa híbrido cv. CIAT BRO2/1752) en sistemas silvopastoriles mejorados en el trópico húmedo de Costa Rica
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111497
Publication year
2020
Authors
David Lagos, Kenia Lizeth
Villanueva, Cristóbal
Ibrahim, Mohamed N.M.
Pezo, Danilo A.
Hoek,…
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Factsheets on forage species in East Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111505
Publication year
2020
Authors
International Livestock Research Institute
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
National Agricultural Research Organization, Uganda
Royal Tropical Institute
CGIAR
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit…
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Review of forage seed regulation framework in Kenya
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111371
Publication year
2020
Authors
Mwendia, Solomon W.
Ohmstedt, Uwe
Peters, Michael
Full Citation
Mwendia, S.; Ohmstedt, U.; Peters, M. (2020) Review of forage seed regulation framework in Kenya. Nairobi (Kenya): Alliance of…
