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Devra Jarvis: thoughts and thanks after 25 years with the Alliance
This spring, Dr. Devra Jarvis retired as a Principal Scientist and Team Leader for Agrobiodiversity in Production Systems at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT. In this blog, she reflects on her quarter-century of research on crop genetic diversity and in situ conservation, sharing her thoughts on progress so far, highlights of her career and the work we still…
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Innovative Food Systems Solutions portal launch: Healthy diets for all on a healthy planet
Explore and contribute to the IFSS portal and connect to the global community working to ensure sustainable and resilient food systems that provide affordable, safe and nutritious diets for the growing global population on a healthy planet. Join entrepreneurs, food producers, researchers, policy makers, businesses, students, NGOs, and…
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La nueva herramienta que proyecta el futuro del café, te da recomendaciones y puede servirte de base para fortalecer la toma de decisiones
La pandemia global y los eventos extremos del clima han intensificado los problemas que enfrentan los pequeños productores y demás actores en la cadena de suministro de café. Cada vez más, El sector cafetalero cada vez más se ha visto en la necesidad de actuar con urgencia y de buscar nuevas…
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The Pollination Services of Forests
Since they are a vital part of the reproduction process of many plants, a decline in pollinators is a serious issue for biodiversity and resilience ecosystems.
Wild pollinators fertilize most flowering plants, enhance seed and fruit production and increase genetic diversity, which improves regeneration and strengthens the ability of plants…
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Trabajando por hacer accionable la investigación de género en Honduras
Juliana Muriel, Jenny Wiegel
Ante el desafío de volver accionables los enfoques y conceptos de género, como el empoderamiento de las mujeres, en el mundo se han desarrollado múltiples herramientas que intentan operativizar la teoría para mejorar las condiciones de vida de las mujeres en el sector agropecuario. Sin embargo, una buena parte…
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From the field: climate-smart agriculture in Zimbabwe
Watch the video and read more about the Alliance’s ongoing work to increase farmers’ resilience in Marange, Zimbabwe.
The following story appeared in Zimbabwe’s Herald as “Zim female student in unique agric research“
The Alliance of…
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Comprehensive evaluation of salt tolerance and screening for salt tolerant accessions of naked oat (Avena nuda L.) at germination stage
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66073
Publication year
2014
Authors
Chen, X.
Zhang, Z.
Wu, B.
Full Citation
Chen, X.; Zhang, Z.; Wu, B. -2014-Comprehensive evaluation of salt…
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Supporting the Food System Dialogues for Honduras ahead of UN summit
We have never had a better understanding of the need to transform food systems. The way we produce and consume food is a major contributor to our climate crisis: about 25% of planet-warming gases comes from agriculture and land use. It also fails to properly nourish humanity, and the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically worsened the situation…
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Bridging the “last mile” in bringing climate-informed agro-advisories to smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta and beyond
To help equip farmers with necessary tools and information to weather the worsening climate crisis, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is working with partners to deliver local agro-climactic advisories through various media and channels to smallholders in Vietnam…
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El Niño can help predict cacao harvests up to 2 years in advance
Long-term weather data is absent in many places, complicating rain predictions for crops. Researchers found that the El Niño climate cycle can be a reliable substitute for weather data.
When seasonal rains arrive late in Indonesia, farmers often take it as a sign that it is not worth investing in fertilizer for…
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Researchers lobby for seed banks to ensure diversity, food security
Loise Macharia
In Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, research found that climate change has led to increased pests and diseases, low agricultural productivity, food insecurity and general loss of genetic diversity.
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has been promoting an Open Source Seed System for beans, sorghum and finger millet for…
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Programa de Yuca inaugura nuevas instalaciones en Laos
Para combatir la propagación de plagas y enfermedades de yuca, la Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT han lanzado el primer centro de multiplicación de estacas de yuca en la RDP Lao y el primer sistema de multiplicación rápida en túneles de Asia. Este es un avance importante en la protección de la industria regional de yuca, cuyo valor asciende a 225 millones de…
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COVID-19 widens gap in food and seed security for smallholders in developing countries
Erik Delaquis
COVID-19 has left vulnerable groups on the receiving end of social and economic impacts of the crisis, highlighting gaps in food and seed insecurity of smallholder farmers in developing countries. But impacts and mitigation strategies are not experienced evenly within communities. It will take careful analysis to…
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Gendered perceptions of livestock and agricultural production in Kenya
Men’s focus group
Solomon Waweru Mwendia
Alliance researchers in Kenya’s Kisii and Meru counties look at how men and women perceive livestock, crop and forage production differently.
Smallholder farming based on mixed crop and livestock rearing remains relevant in…
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Advances in modeling and sensors can help farmers and insurers manage risk
When used appropriately, satellite data is rapidly expanding the potential to customize insurance for smallholder farmers, potentially increasing the resilience of marginalized rural communities.
When drought caused devastating crop losses in Malawi in 2015-2016, farmers in the southeastern African…
