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NATURE+ in India - Report 2023 & Outlook 2024
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138960
Abstract
In India, the CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions works in remote parts of Western India’s Maharashtra State. NATURE+ and its partners selected several sites (called clusters) for their high potential for implementing nature-positive activities to improve nutrition, climate resilience, food security and to conserve nature. People in these tribal areas also have rich traditional knowledge that is key to natural solutions…
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Reinforcing knowledge and business relationships among associated bean producers in Honduras
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138951
Abstract
The Rethinking Food Markets and Value Chains for Inclusion and Sustainability Initiative aims to provide evidence on what types of bundled innovations, incentive structures, and policies are most effective at creating more equitable sharing of income and employment opportunities in growing food markets, while reducing the food sector’s environmental footprint. Its work is organized in four working…
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NATURE+ in Kenya - Report 2023 & Outlook 2024
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138958
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In Kenya, NATURE+ unites people to solve shared challenges in food and natural systems. Farmers are putting their land and expertise together to tap into economies of scale and restore natural landscapes and agricultural productivity. Scientists and innovators are improving community seedbanks, restoring land with native trees, and creating value-added products – including from rural waste. NATURE+ shows that winning solutions begin where…
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Mainstreaming digital approaches for adaptation in agriculture in Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138949
Publication year
2023
Authors
Kropff, Wietske
Ortíz Crespo, Berta
Tesfaye, Lidya
Alemayehu, Sintayehu
Steinke, Jonathan
Binge, Brenda
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Ghosh, Aniruddha
Ngángá, Kevin Gitau
Eitzinger, Anton
Prager…
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Mainstreaming digital approaches for adaptation in agriculture in Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138918
Publication year
2023
Authors
Kropff, Wietske
Ortiz Crespo, Berta
Steinke, Jonathan
Tesfaye, Lidya
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Ghosh, Aniruddha
Alemayehu, Sintayehu
Binge, Brenda
Akuku, Boniface O.
Tablia, Amos
Ngángá Gitau,…
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NATURE+ in Colombia - Report 2023 & Outlook 2024
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138957
Abstract
In Colombia, NATURE+ works in the southwest departments of Caquetá, Cauca, Nariño, Putumayo and Valle del Cauca with a focus on two landscapes: lowlands and highlands. These areas have high deforestation rates, at-risk Indigenous populations and latent security risks. However, communities, governments and researchers have recognized the departments’ importance for water and agrobiodiversity conservation,
and are beginning to embrace…
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Cassava : towards the year 2000
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71438
Publication year
1992
Authors
Best, R.
Henry, Guy
Full Citation
Best, Rupert; Henry, Guy. 1992. Cassava : Towards the year 2000. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 17 p.
Publication Type
Report…
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Co-innovation and scaling: Climate-smart agriculture country profiles
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138913
Abstract
This document is an integral part of a more extensive report that conducts a systematic review of various cases addressing participatory co-innovation models and approaches in the agri-food systems of Latin America and the Caribbean. The CGIAR's AgriLAC Resiliente initiative, especially its scaling component, aims to thoroughly analyze the co-innovation and scaling processes of these cases to identify and examine…
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NATURE+ in Burkina Faso - Report 2023 & Outlook 2024
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138956
Abstract
The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions in Burkina Faso works in the provinces of Bazèga, Boulkiemdé, Kadiogo and Oubritenga. Because of the predicted challenges associated with environmental factors such as climate change, soil degradation and rainfall variability, which negatively impact the viability of smallholder agriculture, the transition toward sustainable and resilient agricultural and food systems is paramount.…
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Bruno y los fríjoles amarillos: Inteligencia artificial en el campo
Georgina Smith
En el Día Mundial de las Legumbres descubra cómo se está logrando en Tanzania un cultivo de fríjoles inteligente desde el punto de vista climático mediante una combinación de innovación de alta tecnología y soluciones de bajo costo.
El calor rebota en las rocas mientras…
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Tackling food system challenges through silvopasture: insights from an expert workshop
José Luis Urrea-Benítez
Authors: Sarah Bracke, Barbara Vinceti, Riina Jalonen. Editor: José Luis Urrea.
To bring together the latest knowledge about success factors of silvopastoral systems and their potential to deliver diverse benefits in smallholder communities, a workshop was organized last December, gathering 30 researchers…
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Regenerative agriculture: a new value proposition for Kenya’s coffee sector
Regenerative agricultural approaches can empower Kenyan farmers to position coffee in the context of global demand and regulations relating to sustainable production, fair trade, healthy and safe diets.
By: Boaz Waswa, Peter Ndambiri, Mercy Jebet, Eric Rahn, An Notenbaert, Walter Ocimati, Fredrick Muthomi…
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Transforming Resilience in Pastoral Areas of Ethiopia: The Launch of a User-Centered Integrated Rangeland and Water Monitoring and Early Warning System in Pastoral areas of Ethiopia
In a world grappling with the challenges of climate change, the need to empower communities and build resilience has never been more crucial. The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) held a…
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Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120447
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Over the past three decades, the Vietnamese Mekong Delta has experienced a significant increase in agricultural productivity, partly achieved through increased agrochemical use. To abate negative effects on human and environmental health, several national programs were launched to enhance safer pesticide use. This study aimed to assess the patterns and…
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Nitrogen acquisition by two U. humidicola genotypes differing in biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) capacity and associated microorganisms
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120957
Abstract
Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) has been considered a plant strategy to increase N use efficiency by reducing N losses via N2O emissions or nitrate leaching. However, recent studies have revealed no difference in gross nitrate production among Urochloa humidicola genotypes with previously described high- and low-BNI capacity and pointed…
