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Aquí están los ganadores de proyectos innovadores que impulsarán el agro en Colombia, con el apoyo del Reino Unido
El Fondo de Prosperidad del Reino Unido para Colombia invertirá hasta £3 millones, unos $12.000 millones, en siete nuevos proyectos agropecuarios que se desarrollarán en diferentes regiones del país.
Adaptado de: https://www.gov.uk
Estos proyectos resultaron ganadores del Concurso…
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Godefroy Grosjean y el Eje Estratégico de Políticas Climáticas de Asia
Su apuesta a las políticas climáticas para lograr un sector agrícola resiliente y bajo en emisiones
por Sylvia Pineda | May 8, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT
Por: Tra My Nguyen
Godefroy Grosjean ha trabajado con CIAT por más de tres años y es el líder del Eje Estratégico de Políticas Climáticas de Asia. Su labor se enfoca en apoyar el desarrollo y la implementación de políticas relacionadas con el clima para el sector agrícola.
Las…
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Run for Retoñitos, let’s run for a good cause!
This activity will allow us to make a great contribution to CIAT’s Kindergarten. Our goal is to collaborate in the arrangements of the green spaces and children playground. We are looking to raise as many resources as possible for this and that’s why we have set a minimum contribution of $COP 50,000 per participant, hoping that many of you can exceed this figure. Encourage yourself to…
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Where do we see our world in 2050?
What will food systems, agriculture and the environment look like in 2050? Given current trends, there is a range of highly contrasting outcomes.
Geoffrey Hawtin
In one scenario, these bedrocks of society will have continued down their current path and faced significantly greater challenges than they do today.
But 30 years from now, we don’t believe that a…
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The Sustainable Orinoco Pact sponsored a one day Initiatives Fair
Participants held an in-depth discussion about the challenges to achieving truly sustainable development in Orinoquia.
The Sustainable Orinoco Pact sponsored a one-day Initiatives Fair just outside of the region’s major city Villavicencio yesterday. The event brought together 51 organizations and 86 individuals to discuss ongoing…
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Bioversity International to mark 45th anniversary
CIAT’s Alliance partner, Bioversity International, celebrates its 45th anniversary on May 20. In collaboration with the Government of Italy – the Center’s host nation – and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Bioversity will mark the day with an event in Rome that will be livestreamed here.
Hosted at FAO headquarters, the…
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Strengthening institutional and human capacity on National Livestock Market Information system in Ethiopia
Even with the largest livestock population in Africa, Ethiopia does not benefit from its livestock resource due to various factors. The absence of strong market information system is one of the key challenges that resulted in a collaboration between the government of Ethiopia through the Ministry of Agriculture and…
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Publicamos las memorias de un laboratorio secreto en Centroamérica
Erika Eliana Mosquera Echeverry
Quizás en nuestros experimentos del pasado haya respuestas para nuestras preguntas de hoy y los problemas del futuro… Cómo podríamos saberlo…
Foto por: © Stergo / Pixabay
Un laboratorio secreto en Centroamérica es como a veces veo a Alianzas de Aprendizaje... Me recuerda El Laboratorio de…
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International Advanced Climate Modelling Training
For the first time, the Climate and Agro-meteorology Division (CAmD) of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) is hosting an international advanced training event that is receiving participants from meteorological offices from the neighborhood countries of Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia.
Contributed by: Angelica Barlis
A collaboration between…
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Household dependence on forests around Lobeke National Park, Cameroon
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35832
Publication year
2012
Authors
Tieguhong, J.C.
Nkamgnia, E.M.
Full Citation
Tieguhong, J.C.; Nkamgnia, E.M. -2012-Household dependence on forests around Lobeke National Park, Cameroon-International Forestry Review 14(2) -p.…
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Vietnam can reduce emissions and save $2.3 billion with changes in agriculture and land use
Through cost-saving practices for coffee, rice, maize, and livestock production, Vietnam can increase its Paris Agreement commitments, says a study that highlights climate action potential for agriculture in Southeast Asia
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00014/full
Looking toward 2020, as…
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Vietnam puede reducir las emisiones y ahorrarse US$2.300 millones con cambios en la agricultura y el uso de la tierra
Mediante prácticas de ahorro en costos para la producción de café, arroz, maíz y ganado, Vietnam puede incrementar sus compromisos con el Acuerdo de París, afirma un estudio que resalta el potencial de la acción frente al clima para la agricultura en el sureste asiático
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/…
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Climate-smart coffee in Uganda
At the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) we believe that adaptation to climate change should not be driven by a long series of bitter experiences of failed harvests. This is why we are part of the Feed the Future Alliance for Resilient Coffee, a consortium of non-governmental organizations and research institutions working at the intersection of climate change and coffee…
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Colombia could lose 60% of land suitable for irrigated rice due to climate change
Unchecked emissions will reduce land suitable for rice in Colombia, underscoring how geography limits options for crops. Unlike China, where rice paddies can move to higher latitudes, Colombian production may go to higher altitudes without climate action
Without significant global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions,…
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El cambio climático podría reducir las zonas aptas para sembrar arroz en Colombia
Una nueva investigación encontró que el área apta para el cultivo de arroz en Colombia podría reducirse de 4 millones a 1.8 millones de hectáreas, hacia el año 2050. Los valles de los ríos Cauca y Patía se vislumbran como las zonas más adecuadas para el cultivo
A la pregunta de en qué área geográfica se podrá cultivar arroz…
