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Nutritional Quality, Voluntary Intake and Enteric Methane Emissions of Diets Based on Novel Cayman Grass and Its Associations With Two Leucaena Shrub Legumes
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109998
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Methane (CH4) emissions from enteric fermentation in cattle are an important source of greenhouse gases, accounting for about 40% of all agricultural emissions. Diet quality plays a fundamental role in determining the magnitude of CH4 emissions. Specifically, the…
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New criteria for sustainable land use planning of metropolitan green infrastructures in the tropical Andes
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145123
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Urbanization is rapidly increasing worldwide, with about 60% of the global population currently residing in cities and expected to reach 68% by 2050. In Latin America's tropical Andes region, managing these changes poses challenges, including biodiversity loss and vulnerability to climate change.
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Tailored forecasts can predict extreme climate informing proactive interventions in East Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134831
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Abstract This commentary discusses new advances in the predictability of east African rains and highlights the potential for improved early warning systems (EWS), humanitarian relief efforts, and agricultural decision‐making. Following an unprecedented sequence of five droughts, 23 million east Africans faced starvation in 2022, requiring >$2 billion in aid. Here, we update climate…
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Banana seed genetic resources for food security: Status, constraints, and future priorities
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116400
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Storing seed collections of crop wild relatives, wild plant taxa genetically related to crops, is an essential component in global food security. Seed banking protects genetic resources from degradation and extinction and provides material for use by breeders. Despite being among the most important crops in the world, banana and plantain crop wild relatives are largely under-represented in genebanks…
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Coordinated implementation of climate-smart practices in coffee farming increases benefits at farm, landscape and global scale
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145018
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Coffee is a major commodity crop that shapes large shares of tropical landscapes. However, the sustainability of these landscapes is threatened by climate change. Whilst adopting climate-smart (CS) practices clearly offers direct benefits to local farmers, their greater benefits at landscape and global scales has not been studied for specific commodity crops so far…
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Gender gap in perspectives of the impacts of degradation and restoration on ecosystem services in Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130611
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The importance of land restoration has garnered increasing attention on the global stage through large-scale initiatives such as the Bonn Challenge. However, policies and strategies are often gender-blind and designed in compliance with entrenched social hierarchies, exacerbating pre-existing social inequalities that affect restoration initiatives. The challenge of developing gender-…
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Root exudate fingerprint of Brachiaria humidicola reveals vanillin as a novel and effective nitrification inhibitor
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135917
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Introduction: Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) is defined as the plant-mediated control of soil nitrification via the release of nitrification inhibitors. BNI of Brachiaria humidicola (syn. Urochloa humidicola) has been mainly attributed to root-exuded fusicoccane-type diterpenes, e.g., 3-epi-brachialactone. We hypothesized, however, that BNI of B. humidicola is…
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State-level stakeholder consultations guide the Himalayan Agroecology Initiative in India
Sonal Dsouza
The Himalayan Agroecology Initiative (HAI) continued its state-level engagements with consultations across three different states in India, seeking to strengthen and refine the Indian Himalayan roadmap that will soon guide the thinking and action of high-level decision-makers and key stakeholders toward…
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From local seeds to lasting impact: Angel Tadie’s inspiring journey into seed production
SIRI Bella, Mafouasson Hortense, Eileen Nchanji, Paul Aseete
Angle Tadie transformed her farming after mentorship from a retired IRAD researcher, shifting from local to improved seeds. Yields tripled, enabling her to become a seed producer, mentor, and role model, empowering other women farmers. Here, she shares…
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Recordando al Dr. Joachim Voss y sus contribuciones
Con profundo respeto y tristeza, reconocemos el fallecimiento del Dr. Joachim Voss, que ocupó el cargo de Director General del Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) entre 2000 y 2007.
El Dr. Voss, ciudadano canadiense y becario RockyDoc la Fundación Rockefeller, trabajó anteriormente en el programa de…
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Ciencia en contextos frágiles: replantear el apoyo de la Alianza en entornos de fragilidad y crisis
Grazia Pacillo
Ibukun Taiwo
Mientras los conflictos y el cambio climático modifican los alimentos, la tierra y el agua, los líderes de la Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT se reunieron en su Semana de la Ciencia anual para repensar cómo la ciencia puede servir mejor a las regiones…
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Enabling structured grain trade in Kenya: Lessons from Uasin Gishu County
Kiogora Joseline Kanja
Chris Mwangi Ngige, Benson Kenduiywo
In Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and agriGHALA are transforming grain trade through structured systems, improving storage, finance, and market access to reduce losses and increase incomes…
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La Alianza apoya el llamado a proteger 90 millones de personas en la primera línea de la crisis climática
Marianne Gadeberg
La investigación de la Alianza respalda el informe de ACNUR en la COP29, el cual muestra que 90 millones de desplazados se enfrentan a graves riesgos climáticos. El informe insta a los líderes a proteger a las personas vulnerables, financiar la resiliencia y reducir las emisiones para frenar…
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Hearing the heart of the Ivorian cocoa value chain: Voices from the ground
Angie L. Sánchez, George Amahnui , Maria Eliza Villarino
The room was already buzzing before the discussions began. Farmers greeted cooperative leaders with familiar handshakes. Exporters set down their notebooks. Representatives from public institutions, civil society groups and development agencies settled into small clusters…
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‘We walk farther each day’: The human cost of pastoralist drought and resource strain
Anastacia Wanjiru, Sintayehu Alemayehu
If drought was forecast, why did the crisis still unfold? Tracking 2025-2026 conditions across pastoral borderlands, digital early warning systems reveal how climate shocks outpaced response.
For pastoralists in southern Ethiopia,…
