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Destructive harvesting of wild honey in Miombo woodlands affects keystone elements in the ecosystem
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78142
Abstract
Protected areas cover 13% of the world's terrestrial surface. With increasing demands on land and with challenges of land degradation and climate change, conflicts between conservation and use are on the rise, particularly in developing countries. Effective management of these conflicts requires viable livelihood…
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CIAT y HarvestPlus llevan frijol con alto contenido de hierro por primera vez a Waslala, Nicaragua
Un total de 1,7 toneladas de frijol con alto contenido de hierro fueron entregadas a 40 familias productoras del municipio de Waslala, en Nicaragua, para ser sembradas por primera vez en sus fincas. A través de esta iniciativa de diseminación de semillas del CIAT, liderada por el programa HarvestPlus, en colaboración con la Alianza de…
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CIAT Annual Report 2015-2016 is out!
We build the fundamentals of sustainable food futures
The world has never produced or consumed so much food.
We cannot, however, ignore the pressure that food production is putting on the environment and the ecosystem services we all depend on. We cannot ignore either the unprecedented threat that climate change poses on agriculture – and the need to adapt swiftly. And we must ensure that…
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“Casa Abierta” para colegios, una oportunidad de motivar a jóvenes hacia temas científicos
La primera “Casa Abierta” de 2016 se llevó a cabo de manera exitosa el pasado 22 de abril en las instalaciones de CIAT HQ. Este evento fue una jornada de aprendizaje, en la que los protagonistas fueron 60 estudiantes de los colegios Colombo Británico de Cali y San Vicente de Paul de Palmira.
“El objetivo fue dar a…
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Join now the First Latin American Regional Conference on Ecosystem Services
“Healthy ecosystems for resilient societies” is the theme chosen for the first Latin American regional ecosystem services conference to take place in CIAT Headquarters, at Palmira, Colombia, on 18–21 October 2016, within the framework of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP).
The date of this event, which was jointly organized…
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Aplausos para nuestros nuevos técnicos en cultivos agrícolas
Treinta empleados del CIAT se graduaron como técnicos en cultivos agrícolas el pasado 22 de abril, gracias a un convenio entre CIAT (CRECIAT) y el SENA, sede Buga.
Este convenio se inició en 2014 con cursos cortos de oferta complementaria de 40 y 60 horas. Sin embargo, la necesidad de tener mayor entrenamiento permitió promocionar por primera vez…
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¿Deberíamos comer menos carne? El debate está servido
Recientemente en el CIAT se inició una serie de debates internos acerca de temas estratégicos. Esta actividad denominada CIATtalks se centra en asuntos de importancia, no solo para el Centro, sino para las comunidades de los países en los que el CIAT desarrolla sus proyectos de investigación.
Así, en el marco de los CIATtalks, la semana pasada se…
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DAPA-Linking Farmers to Market’s article wins an award from Banco de la República
CIAT’s Linking Farmers to Market’s (LFM) article, written by Rafael Isidro Parra-Peña (LFM-CIAT), Mark Lundy (LFM-CIAT) and Barry Reilly (U. of Sussex), has received an award from the Banco de la República.
Therefore, their research paper will be published in a book: “El desarrollo equitativo, competitivo y sostenible…
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Could "magic beans" help ease Malawi's maize woes?
Whichever way you drive into or out of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, maize is everywhere. It flanks the roadsides for miles and miles; huge, undulating expanses disappear into the distance. You’d be forgiven for thinking the country was preparing for a bumper harvest.
But you’d be wrong. This is actually what massive crop failure looks…
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Corpoica y el CIAT, tejiendo lazos para mayor cooperación
A principios de este año, Corpoica y el CIAT acordaron iniciar un programa de inducción con el propósito de que un grupo de sus investigadores socialicen los avances de investigación de ambas organizaciones y creen nexos para fortalecer la investigación conjunta actual y facilitar la colaboración futura.
Los investigadores, provenientes de…
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Beans without borders, by Clare Mukankusi
“The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a free trade area for 20 countries, which has allowed us to significantly speed up the release of new beans”
#CIATforward
Visions of a sustainable food future
Clare Mukankusi, plant breeder
Beans without borders
My dream has always been to reach the poorest in Africa though science. And now, as a “doctor of plants,” as my children call me, I help regulate the flow of…
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Kenya's drought masks a deeper problem with livestock feed
This opinion piece first appeared in Kenya’s Business Daily Newspaper on May 1st. As this week’s Nairobi Burger Festival draws to a close, we revisit the underlying cause of a spike in milk prices and draw attention to an issue which could bring us fewer burgers to bite into in future.
By Dr. An Notenbaert: Tropical Forages Coordinator, Africa…
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The disruption starts now: new big data program promises to shake up agriculture
A new multimillion-dollar initiative plans to disrupt food production across the developing world, with the aim of making it more productive, efficient and resilient – all through the power of information.
The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is jointly led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT…
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Nitrogen-efficient crops on the horizon: Can we grow more with fewer emissions?
Through a natural, affordable alternative to farmers’ heavy use of nitrogen fertilizers, science now offers an option to boost crop productivity and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the authors of a report that will appear this week in the journal Plant Science.
The new study describes certain plants that…
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Arturo Franco, the data “Magio”
The creative writers of the famous TV show “The Simpsons” are ever on the alert for an interesting story about current traditions or themes and that is why they prepared a chapter featuring the parody of a secret society in Springfield called the Stonecutters (known in Spanish as the “Magios”), identified as a group of free-thinking men who carry out activities anonymously, and whose doctrine is…
