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Empoderando a las 'cabezas' que dirigen "los zapatos de Heifer": taller en la sede central
Debido al impacto que empezó a mostrar la Metodología LINK como herramienta para promover negocios inclusivos ―mediante el proyecto Mujeres Rurales en Camino a la Prosperidad―, y que condujo a la adopción de LINK como herramienta oficial de trabajo para Heifer Internacional, surgió también el interés de que el equipo…
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El eco de LINK en Heifer Suramérica y otras latitudes
En 2015 Heifer quiso replicar la formación de su personal técnico en Suramérica, México y Haití, como ya lo había hecho en Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua, teniendo en cuenta que ya era una decisión tomada por el equipo directivo incluir LINK en su caja de herramientas para apalancar negocios inclusivos.
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Agricultural research, an ally for Colombia at peace
Claudia Navas, an advisor to Colombia´s High Commission for Post-Conflict Recovery, visited CIAT headquarters on 17-18 August with a clear objective: to gain a deeper knowledge of the Center´s experience in applied research and “identify effective interventions for territorial development that could be implemented during the first 18 months after the referendum on the peace…
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4 décadas de innovación en el laboratorio de entomología y patología de forrajes
Durante 40 años, el trabajo en equipo ha sido el principal pilar del laboratorio de entomología y patología de forrajes del Programa de Forrajes Tropicales del CIAT que se encarga de evaluar en las plantas el daño que ocasiona la plaga conocida comúnmente como el “salivazo” de los pastos y la enfermedad Rhizoctonia solani.
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The LINK Methodology spreads in the hands of Heifer International
The mission of Heifer International, a development organization, is to end hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth, through an approach whose distinctive hallmark is “Passing on the Gift.” The idea is that each family shares the training it receives and gives to another family the first female offspring of an animal donated to it, thus widening the…
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Climate change drives cropping shifts from coffee to cocoa in Central America
As a researcher there are few moments more awkward than being corrected at a public event. At this years Specialty Coffee Association of America seminar series I experienced this first hand after presenting a slide showing the expected impact of climate change on coffee in Central America. Fatima Ismael from the SOPPEXA Coop in Nicaragua stood up and…
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Climate change: Special guest at the International Congress on Sustainable Rural Development
For 2 days, climate change was the topic of discussion at the Eighth International Congress on Sustainable Rural Development, which took place in Palmira, Valle.
Organized by the municipality as part of the 41st National Agricultural Fair, the event attracted key CIAT scientists, who shared the Center´s work on…
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Spreading LINK with Heifer in Central America
Through the project of this name, Heifer has worked with 28 rural organizations in Central America to implement the LINK Methodology. It selected three cases from this work (one in Guatemala, involving the groundnut value chain; another in Honduras, focusing on honey; and a third in Nicaragua, also dealing with honey) for a capitalization process carried out with CIAT, which gave…
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Arroceros colombianos aprovechan el Big Data para enfrentar la variabilidad climática
Ya está en línea la primera publicación científica, fruto del Convenio Clima y sector agropecuario colombiano: Adaptación para la sostenibilidad productiva, donde la aplicación de la llamada Minería de datos resulta crucial para “explicar y aprender a manejar mejor la variabilidad del clima y así dejar de ser víctima de ella”, enfatiza Sylvain…
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Four decades of innovation in the forage entomology and pathology laboratory
For 40 years, team work has been the central pillar of the entomology and pathology laboratory in CIAT´s Tropical Forages Program. The team´s main task is to evaluate damage to pastures caused by an insect pest commonly known as the spittlebug and a disease whose scientific name is Rhizoctonia solani.
“The spittlebug is an insect…
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What is out there? a typology of land restoration projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
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Restoring degraded lands is high on the international agenda and the number of restoration projects in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has increased considerably over the past decades. However, the variety of approaches used have not been systematically documented and analyzed. We aimed to develop a restoration typology as a function of the geographical and socio-economical…
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Underutilized crops in the production systems, livelihoods and diets of farmers in Chiquimula, Guatemala: Baseline results from the programme “Linking agrobiodiversity value chains, climate adaptation and nutrition: Empowering the poor to manage…
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103736
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This household survey provided an overview of the production and livelihood systems of 88 households in three communities in Chiquimula district of Guatemala. The communities…
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Terra-i: nuevos datos, nuevo look para el sitio web
El equipo de Terra-i trabajó en la renovación de su sitio web durante este primer semestre, con el fin de brindar a sus usuarios contenidos interactivos y de fácil adaptación a dispositivos móviles.
El equipo de Terra-i trabajó en la renovación de su sitio web durante este primer semestre, con el fin de brindar a sus usuarios contenidos…
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LINK finds an echo with Heifer teams in South America and other regions
In 2015, Heifer decided to train its technical staff in South America, Mexico, and Haiti to use the LINK Methodology, as it had already done in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. This followed a decision by the organization´s management to include LINK in its tool kit for fostering more inclusive businesses.
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Terra-i, new data - new look for the website
The Terra-i team has worked hard on renovating Terra-i’s website since early this year. A set of new features on the website provides interactive contents and facilitates adaptation to the mobile devices of our users. The fresh website was developed using the latest update of an open-source, Java-based web system, Magnolia CMS 5.4.4. This update was customized to add different…
