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The Great Food Challenge
Join our DG, Juan Lucas Restrepo, at The Great Food Challenge event hosted by Climate Action and FAO on the 75th World Food Day.
In response to the growing pressures on global food security, sustainable agriculture and land use, Climate Action has collaborated with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations for a three-part digital event series, The…
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To register or not to register, that is the question
Sharing views and experiences around the registration of farmers’ varieties
Webinar co-organized by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and Oxfam Netherlands
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20 Nov 2020
Over the course of the…
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#LovePulses for healthy diets and planet
This year’s World Pulses Day celebrates the contribution of pulses to healthy diets with the theme #LovePulses for health diets and planet.
You are invited to our webinar session “Counting on beans research: Catalyzing investment for increased resilience, gender equity and improved nutrition”
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The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), the…
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E-Conference on Resilience & Food Security in a Food Systems Context
Note: The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is not the organizer of this e-conference. We are facilitating our channels to promote the event at request of Dr. Chris Béné, an Alliance scientist and one of the e-conference co-hosts.
June 8, 9, 15 and 16, 2021
Time (each day)
9 a.m. – 11 a.m. (Washington, DC – EST)
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (London – EST+5)
8…
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How women and men sculpt landscapes - and why this matters for restoration
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67365
Publication year
2015
Authors
Elias, Marlène
Full Citation
Elias, M. (2015) How women and men sculpt landscapes - and why this matters for restoration. Appropriate Technology 42(1) p. 20-22 ISSN:0305-0920
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National strategic plan for the conservation and use of priority crop wild relatives in Zambia
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89474
Abstract
The leaflet provides a summary of the major results achieved in Zambia within the project: In Situ Conservation and Use of Crop Wild Relatives in three ACP countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region (2014 - 2016), in particular about the priority CWR and the identification of in situ conservation…
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Fine‑mapping of angular leaf spot resistance gene Phg‑2 in common bean and development of molecular breeding tools
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100878
Abstract
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important food legume in Latin America, Asia and Africa. It is an important source of protein, carbohydrates and micro-minerals, particularly for smallholder farmers. Common bean productivity is affected by angular leaf spot (ALS) disease caused by the pathogenic…
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Seedling root architecture and its relationship with seed yield across diverse environments in Phaseolus vulgaris
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101191
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Seedling root phenotypes may have important impacts on fitness and are more easily measured than mature root phenotypes. We phenotyped the roots of 577 genotypes of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), representing the bulk of the genetic diversity for recent cultivars and landraces in this species. Root…
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In vitro digestion of tropical legume starch is influenced by the combination of heating and soaking treatments
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105721
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Raw legumes have in general low starch digestion, which limits their use in animal nutrition. This study aimed to determine the effect of different thermal (raw, autoclaving and boiling for 5 and 20 min) and soaking (without or with) treatments on the in vitro degree of hydrolysis (DH) of starch for selected…
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Farmer seed enterprises: a sustainable approach to seed delivery?
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56651
Abstract
A major reason for the low adoption of modern varieties of seed among small-scale farmers in developing countries is the inability of formal, centralized seed production systems to meet their complex and diverse seed requirements. Drawing on experiences in Uganda with the common bean, the paper proposes seed production by farmer seed enterprises (FSEs)…
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Understanding the consequences of changes in the production frontiers for roots, tubers and bananas
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100098
Abstract
The widely recognized role of roots, tubers and bananas (RT&Bs) in achieving food security and providing income opportunities in the world’s poorest regions will be challenged by socioeconomic and climate related drivers. These will affect demand and production patterns and increase pressure on farming systems.…
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The use of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris ) traditional varieties and their mixtures with commercial varieties to manage bean fly (Ophiomyia spp .) infestations in Uganda
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67227
Abstract
The bean fly (Ophiomyia spp.) is considered the most economically damaging field insect pest of common beans in Uganda. Despite the use of existing pest management approaches, reported damage has remained high. Forty-eight traditional and improved…
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New modelling technique for improving crop model performance - Application to the GLAM model
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101347
Publication year
2019
Authors
Droutsas, Ioannis
Challinor, Andrew J.
Swiderski, Mikolaj
Semenov, Mikhail A.
Full Citation
Droutsas, Ioannis; Challinor, Andrew; Swiderski…
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Reaction of selected common bean genotypes to physiological races of Phaeoisariopsis griseola occurring in Kenya
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96910
Abstract
The wide pathogenic variability occurring in Phaeoisariopsis griseola, the causal agent of angular leaf spot of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), dictates that new sources of resistance be continuously identified. This study was undertaken to determine the reaction of selected bean genotypes to different…
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Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundi
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96957
Abstract
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) is a major staple food in Burundi; thus increasing its production and marketing has the potential for raising incomes of the farming households. In the country, bean outputs have been declining for decades, yet demand for the crop in East Africa has surged considerably. This study was conducted in…
