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Más datos, mejores decisiones: La ciencia climática al servicio de Honduras. De la captura de datos al pronóstico inteligente: Innovación, colaboración y decisiones informadas.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179494
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En Honduras, la Alianza Bioversity-CIAT colabora con COPECO-CENAOS, DGRH–SERNA, sector académico, organizaciones de productores y gobiernos locales para fortalecer los servicios climáticos nacionales, integrando herramientas, datos y actores en un flujo de información que conecta el campo, el pronóstico y la acción…
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Conoce la nueva red de pluviómetros: Monitoreo de lluvias en tiempo real
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178903
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In this video, we present the automated rain gauge network implemented at the CIAT campus in collaboration with Cenicaña, which represents a strategic infrastructure for real-time precipitation monitoring. This network is composed of 10 spatially distributed digital rain gauges installed across the campus, capable of recording rainfall behavior minute by minute and transmitting information continuously and…
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Parcela digital: Innovación en acción para una agricultura sostenible
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178904
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In this video, we introduce the Digital Agroclimatic Plots, experimental spaces that integrate IoT, soil sensors, multispectral drones, high-resolution satellite imagery (PlanetScope), and real-time visualization platforms through satellite connectivity (Starlink). This infrastructure enables continuous monitoring of key variables related to crops, soil, and climate, generating processed information that, combined with…
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Experience exchange event: Engendering the water, energy, food, and ecosystems (WEFE) nexus approach to sustainable development
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152380
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The greater the climate change impacts on food and water security, livelihoods, and the environment, the greater our need to work together across disciplines to tackle our shared challenges holistically. The water–energy–food–ecosystems (WEFE) nexus approach is a multi-disciplinary perspective to address complex resource and development challenges that underpin…
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A process evaluation revealed that flexibility was key to delivering nutrition education to vulnerable tribal groups in India
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173391
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Background This study is a process evaluation of a nutrition education intervention that is part of a large-scale development program targeting vulnerable tribal groups in Odisha, India. Objective The objectives are to examine whether the intervention is operating as planned (implementation fidelity), investigate potential pathways to achieve greater impact, and…
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Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Europe: a journey through fields, botanical gardens, ditches and city markets
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182207
Publication year
2025
Authors
Guzzon, Filippo
Iamonico, Duilio
Pinheiro de Carvalho, Miguel A. A.
Gouveia, Carla S. S.
Nóbrega, Humberto
Grimaldi, Ilaria Maria
Matthews, Peter J.
Kyratzis, Angelos C.
Afonso-Morales, Desirée…
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How ECREA is bridging science and practice to turn climate insights into farmer resilience
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182263
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The ECREA project is engaging farmers, researchers and institutions across East Africa in on-farm experiments launched in 2024 to test climate-informed practices that boost resilience and productivity in real farming conditions.
Publication year
2025
Authors
Kiogora, Joseline Kanja
Kagabo, Desire…
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Productivity impacts and environmental trade-offs of livestock-based systems in the northern uplands of Lao PDR
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180286
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To better understand these dynamics, a baseline environmental assessment of livestock systems was conducted in Nonghet District, Xiengkhouang Province (Dao et al., 2025), complemented by a feed resource analysis using the Gendered Feed Assessment Tool (G-FEAST) (Philp et al., 2024). Together, these studies identified distinct farm typologies and demonstrated that more than 70% of…
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A Regional Perspective of Socio-Ecological Predictors for Fruit and Nut Tree Varietal Diversity Maintained by Farmer Communities in Central Asia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139254
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The five independent countries of Central Asia, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, contain one of the richest areas in the world for the specific and intraspecific diversity of temperate fruit and nut tree species. Research was carried out via the collaboration of national research and education institutes…
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Informing farmer decision-making in Elgeyo Marakwet through co-created climate advisories
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182226
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In Elgeyo Marakwet, the ECREA project and county experts convened a co-production workshop to translate the OND forecast into practical advice, helping farmers manage post-harvest risks and strengthen resilience amid shifting weather patterns.
Publication year
2025
Authors
Kiogora, Joseline Kanja
Kagabo, Desire…
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Science-based monitoring shapes USD 50M in Brazilian Amazon biodiversity and livelihood investments
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182337
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In 2024, the Amazon Biodiversity Fund (ABF)—a USD 50 million impact vehicle co-designed with the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—consolidated its governance and institutionalized integrated biodiversity and social monitoring across the Brazilian Amazon. Through TerraBio and TerraSocio, evidence generated in 2024 and 2025 now…
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Descrição dos processos ancestrais para o reconhecimento do feijão biofortificado Agrosavia Rojo 43 pelo povo Arhuaco
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144077
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A economia do povo Arhuaco, um dos quatro povos ancestrais assentados na Serra Nevada de Santa Marta, gira em torno da produção agrícola em comunidade, razão pela qual os seus processos de educação primária e secundária favorecem disciplinas que promovem o trabalho em hortas, entre as quais o feijão, como alimento tradicional e cerimonial, está presente. No cenário desta…
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The role of business accelerators as catalysers of food systems transformations in East and Southern Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176904
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The transformation of global food systems is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fulfilling the Paris Agreement commitments, especially in vulnerable regions like East and Southern Africa (ESA). In such regions, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across food systems value chains can drive transformative innovations, but often require external support…
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Climate trends, variability, and changes in extreme indices under future projections over Central Oromia, Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/183000
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Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to extreme weather and climate events, making regional and local projections essential for impact monitoring and adaptation planning. This study analyzes climate trends, variability, and extreme indices in the wheat-growing areas of Central Oromia using daily rainfall and temperature data (1991–2022) from the Ethiopian Meteorological Institute,…
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Genome analysis of Ceratobasidium theobromae and its causal association with cassava witches’ broom disease in the Philippines
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182871
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Cassava witches’ broom disease (CWBD) has been present in the Philippines from the early 2010s and has since been considered a phytoplasma-caused disease. This assumption has guided CWBD diagnostics and management, yielding mixed results. However, recent results in continental Southeast Asia (SEA) indicate that the disease is rather associated with the fungus…
