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IRRI, AfricaRice y el CIAT fortalecen su alianza de investigación en arroz
Matthew Morell, Director General del Instituto Internacional de Investigación en Arroz (IRRI, por su sigla en inglés), Harold Roy-Macauley, Director General de AfricaRice, y Ruben Echeverría, Director General del CIAT, se reunieron del 19 al 24 de mayo en la sede del CIAT en Palmira, Colombia.
La reunión, que le brindó la posibilidad a…
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IRRI, AfricaRice and CIAT strengthen their alliance in rice research
Matthew Morell, Director General of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Harold Roy-Macauley, Director General of AfricaRice, and Ruben Echeverría, Director General of CIAT, met from May 19 to 24 at CIAT headquarters in Palmira, Colombia.
The meeting, which gave the possibility to Morell and Roy-Macauley to interact with fellow…
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Key access and utilization descriptors for pearl millet genetic resources
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73366
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This minimum list consists of an initial set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for pearl millet utilization.
This strategic set of descriptors, together with passport data, will become the basis for the global accession level information portal being developed by Bioversity International with the financial support of the Global Crop…
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Aplausos para los practicantes del equipo de gestión de datos del CIAT
Recolectar, organizar y centralizar datos es un componente fundamental de la investigación científica. Sin embargo, para el CIAT y para el CGIAR en general, hacer que los datos de investigación agrícola estén ampliamente disponibles y sean reutilizables es una iniciativa relativamente reciente. Como resultado de esto, una política de acceso abierto y gestión de…
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A big thumb up for data management interns at CIAT
Collecting, organizing, and centralizing data is a fundamental component of scientific research. However, making agricultural research data widely available and re-usable is a rather recent initiative, not just for CIAT but also for the CGIAR as a whole. As a result, an Open Access and Data Management policy is in the process of being implemented, thus creating the need for…
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Big Data Roadshow hits East Africa
“This is where the rubber hits the road,” said the World Bank’s Erick Fernandes, opening the first Big Data for Agriculture Roadshow in East Africa in Nairobi, on Wednesday May 24th.
Speaking to participants from government, the private sector and research organizations, the Roadshow – co-organized by CIAT and the World Bank Group (WBG) – is intended to raise…
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Big data roadshow in Uganda
After landing in Kenya last week, the big data roadshow continued to Uganda. CIAT together with the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry & Fisheries (MAAIF), with support from the World Bank, hosted the roadshow in Uganda on May 26th.
By: Prossy Nandudu-Uganda
It was designed to bring together practitioners from Colombia, Kenya, USA and Uganda to share their experiences in…
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Gender and AWD. A study in progress with rice farmers in Colombia
Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) is an improved practice for producing rice designed by The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), which reduces the use of water by 30%, and methane gas emissions by 48% through better water management during the production cycle (Richards and Sander, 2014). Such a practice could help Colombia meet its commitment to reducing…
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Avances para una mejor toma de decisiones en manejo de yuca
Comienza el tercer ciclo de cultivo de yuca de los ensayos que están llevando a cabo virólogos del Área de Investigación en Agrobiodiversidad del CIAT, en las localidades de Corozal, Sucre y Palmira, Valle del Cauca. Los resultados preliminares de esta investigación que comenzó en 2013, sobre degeneración de semilla vegetativa –un problema que afecta principalmente a…
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Bean pathology training at CIAT Uganda
The training commenced on May 2nd and ended on 27th May, 2016 at International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)-Uganda hosted by the National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) located at about 13 km, North of Kampala city. It was attended by six individuals from Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda who are majorly involved in bean research activities.…
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Are we getting anywhere?
How do we know if we are making progress on achieving our sustainable development and conservation goals?
Our highest level global agreements on development and biodiversity are truly inspiring. That the world can come together to agree, for instance, that poverty and hunger, gender inequality and barriers to access to education should all be completely eradicated, is in itself worthy…
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Ocho líneas de fríjol con la combinación perfecta: resistencia a sequía y alta producción de grano
NCB 280, NCB 226, SEN 56, SCR 2, SCR 16, SMC 141, RCB 593, y BFS 67 son los nombres técnicos de las ocho líneas élite de fríjol identificadas como padres, para iniciar nuevos cruzamientos en el tema de mejoramiento con resistencia a sequía del Programa de Fríjol del CIAT. Así lo reporta el recientemente publicado artículo titulado…
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Más herramientas para que arroceros colombianos enfrenten desafíos climáticos de 2030
El año 2030 está más cerca de lo que parece cuando de agricultura se trata y mucho más cuando pone en riesgo la producción arrocera de un país como Colombia donde solo en 2014 se cosecharon 1.758.739 toneladas y el consumo per cápita fue de 39.62 kilos al año.
Entre los efectos que traerá consigo el cambio climático está la…
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Origins of food crops connect countries worldwide
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75695
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Research into the origins of food plants has led to the recognition that specific geographical regions around the world have been of particular importance to the development of agricultural crops. Yet the relative contributions of these different regions in the context of current food systems have not been quantified. Here we determine the origins (‘primary regions of…
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Key access and utilization descriptors for chickpea genetic resources
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73371
Abstract
This minimum list consists of an initial set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for chickpea utilization.
This strategic set of descriptors, together with passport data, will become the basis for the global accession level information portal being developed by Bioversity International with the financial support of the Global Crop Diversity…
