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Quantifying farmers' preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh's risk prone farming systems
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111208
Abstract
CONTEXT
Sustainable intensification (SI) is envisioned as an effective strategy for developing countries to increase farm productivity while reducing negative environmental and social externalities. The development of regionally appropriate SI options…
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A Knowledge Brokering Framework for Integrated Landscape Management
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111527
Abstract
Sustainable land management is at the heart of some of the most intractable challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. It is critical for tackling biodiversity loss, land degradation, climate change and the decline of ecosystem services. It underpins food production, livelihoods, dietary health, social equity, climate change adaptation, and many…
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AgroLD: a knowledge graph for the plant sciences
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177034
Abstract
The demand for food is expected to grow substantially in the coming years. To address this challenge, especially in the context of climate change, a deeper understanding of genotype-phenotype relationships is crucial for improving crop yields. Recent advances in high-throughput technologies have transformed the landscape of plant science research. However, there is an urgent need to integrate and consolidate complementary data to understand…
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Spatially explicit multi-threat assessment of food tree species in Burkina Faso: A fine-scale approach
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/87974
Abstract
Over the last decades agroforestry parklands in Burkina Faso have come under increasing demographic as well as climatic pressures, which are threatening indigenous tree species that contribute substantially to income generation and nutrition in rural households. Analyzing the threats as well as the species…
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Measures for interoperability of phenotypic data: minimum information requirements and formatting
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77807
Abstract
Plant phenotypic data shrouds a wealth of information which, when accurately analysed and linked to other data types, brings to light the knowledge about the mechanisms of life. As phenotyping is a field of research comprising manifold, diverse and time-consuming experiments, the findings can be fostered by reusing and…
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Fine-scale spatial genetic structure in the frankincense tree Boswellia papyrifera (Del.) Hochst. and implications for conservation
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77808
Abstract
The fine-scale genetic structure and how it varies between generations depends on the spatial scale of gene dispersal and other fundamental aspects of species’ biology, such as the mating system. Such knowledge is crucial for the design of genetic conservation strategies. This is…
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Diet quality indices for research in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103819
Abstract
# Context
Dietary intake research has increasingly focused on improving diet quality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Accompanying this is the need for sound metrics to assess diet quality.
# Objective
This systematic literature review aims to describe existing diet quality indices for general populations and…
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The politics of participation: negotiating relationships through community forestry in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105736
Publication year
2020
Authors
Millner, Naomi
Peñagaricano, Irune
Fernández, Maria
Snook, Laura K.
Full Citation
Millner, N.; Peñagaricano…
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Distribution, genetic diversity and potential spatiotemporal scale of alien gene flow in crop wild relatives of rice (Oryza spp.) in Colombia
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80793
Abstract
Crop wild relatives (CWRs) of rice hold important traits that can contribute to enhancing the ability of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima) to produce higher yields, cope with the effects of climate change, and resist attacks of pests and diseases, among others.…
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Diversity of cacao trees in Waslala, Nicaragua: associations between genotype spectra, product quality and yield potential
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35573
Abstract
The sensory quality and the contents of quality-determining chemical compounds in unfermented and fermented cocoa from 100 cacao trees (individual genotypes) representing groups of nine genotype spectra (GG), grown at smallholder plantings in the municipality of Waslala, Nicaragua, were evaluated…
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Bacterial diseases of bananas and enset: current state of knowledge and integrated approaches toward sustainable management
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82896
Abstract
Bacterial diseases of bananas and enset have not received, until recently, an equal amount of attention compared to other major threats to banana production such as the fungal diseases black leaf streak (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) and Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense). However,…
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Food access deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and implications for agricultural interventions
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105865
Abstract
Our understanding of food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been hampered by limitations in the temporal and spatial representativeness of data. Food balance sheets provide scalable estimates of per capita food availability, but fail to represent food access, stability and their causal linkages. In contrast, rural household surveys represent detailed conditions for one or…
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Mother and child nutrition among the Chakhesang tribe in the state of Nagaland, North-East India
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90965
Abstract
Despite the importance of the nutritional status and food systems of Indigenous Peoples, the subject has received very little attention, especially in North-East India. Therefore, a community-based cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among Chakhesang mothers with children under 5 years of age to evaluate their…
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Transcriptomic analysis of resistant and susceptible banana corms in response to infection by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101508
Abstract
Fusarium wilt disease, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, especially by tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), is threatening the global banana industry. Musa acuminata Pahang, a wild diploid banana that displays strong resistance to Foc TR4, holds great potential to understand…
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On-farm diversity and market participation are positively associated with dietary diversity of rural mothers in southern Benin, West Africa
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77046
Abstract
The objective of this study is to test the extent to which, under different opportunities for market participation, the diversity of plant species rural households grow or collect (on-farm diversity), and the variety of foods mothers purchase (market diversity) are associated with…
