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AgriTech4Egypt Innovation Challenge: Call for Applications now Open
The CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform and partners seek innovative agri-tech solutions for sustainable agriculture in Egypt.
Cairo, 27 March 2024 – The CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP), in collaboration with project partners, has announced the AgriTech4Egypt Innovation Challenge: a global call…
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Nuevo curso electrónico sobre el marchitamiento por Fusarium del banano
Guy Blomme
La marchitez por Fusarium es una de las enfermedades más destructivas que afectan la producción del banano. Se encuentra en todo el mundo, en casi todas las zonas donde se cultivan, y el impacto de la enfermedad compromete los medios de subsistencia y la seguridad alimentaria de los pequeños agricultores, además de interrumpir los…
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CIAT annual report 1986 = CIAT informe anual 1986
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65941
Publication year
1986
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT. 1986. CIAT Annual Report = CIAT informe anual. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, CO.
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Una iniciativa global revela una enorme brecha de conocimiento sobre lo que comemos
La Iniciativa de la Tabla Periódica de los Alimentos identifica una lista de 1.650 alimentos para su análisis biomolecular con el fin de avanzar en la nutrición y la salud planetaria.
WASHINGTON D.C. | 8 de abril de 2024 - Un innovador artículo publicado en Nature Food de la Iniciativa de la…
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Machine vision — technofix or smallholder solution for deforestation-free coffee?
Christian Bunn
Many regulations on food production aim to increase the sustainability of value chains. However, as illustrated in the case of the EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR), due to compliance procedures these well-intentioned policies can unintentionally discriminate…
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CIAT annual report 1985
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65939
Publication year
1985
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT. 1985. CIAT Annual Report. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, CO.
Publication Type
Annual Report…
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7ª Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo de las Unidades de Germoplasma de CGIAR
Del 15 al 19 de abril, en la sede principal de América Latina y el Caribe de la Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT, se llevará a cabo el 7o Taller Internacional de las Unidades de Sanidad de Germoplasma (GHU) de CGIAR.
La Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT, en colaboración con CGIAR y el CIAT, organizará el 7º Taller Internacional de las…
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Towards a common vision of climate, peace, security and migration in Mozambique: Workshop Memory
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135620
Abstract
Mozambique is facing multiple climate and security-related risks, creating a complex climate security landscape with adverse impacts on human security. Sustained changes to average temperatures and rainfall variability affect rural livelihoods and food security, while extreme weather events such as cyclones, floods and droughts cause loss of lives, food supplies, housing and other…
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CIAT informe anual 1982
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65934
Publication year
1982
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT. 1982. CIAT informe anual. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, CO.
Publication Type
Annual Report…
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Webinar: Dimensiones de género de las pérdidas poscosecha – Conclusiones de una revisión sistemática
Con alrededor de un tercio de todos los alimentos producidos en el mundo siendo desperdiciados, lo que afecta especialmente a los países de ingresos bajos y medios y a los cultivos perecederos como frutas y verduras, la urgencia de abordar este problema no puede ser sobreestimada. El Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 12.3.1 pretende…
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Transforming Ethiopian Food Systems: Leveraging Private Sector Incentives to Drive Agroecological Wheat Production
By Yodit Balcha, Degefie Tibebe, Mohammed Ebrahim, Viviane Filippi and Jonathan Mockshell
In recent years, Ethiopia has embarked on transforming the country's food system through different regulations and policies to achieve food security for its citizens. Its 'Cluster-based Agricultural Commercialization Strategy (…
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Quantitative detection of cassava common mosaic virus for health certification of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) germplasm using qPCR analysis
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141463
Abstract
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a crop of global economic and food safety importance, used for human consumption and in various industrial applications. The genebank of the Genetic Resources Program of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT currently holds the world's largest cassava collection, with 5965 <i>in vitro…
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Prices, profit margins and intermediary market power: evidence from the matooke value chain in Uganda
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141478
Abstract
There is widespread belief that intermediaries in African agri-food value chains have disproportionate market power. In this paper, the authors examine this belief by uncovering the purchasing and selling prices, costs and profit margins by farmers, intermediaries and retailers in the matooke (cooking banana) value chain in Uganda, and by analysing the prevailing value chain and market…
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Geographic-scale coffee cherry counting with smartphones and deep learning
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141476
Abstract
Deep learning and computer vision, using remote sensing and drones, are 2 promising nondestructive methods for plant monitoring and phenotyping. However, their applications are infeasible for many crop systems under tree canopies, such as coffee crops, making it challenging to perform plant monitoring and phenotyping at a large spatial scale at a low cost. This study aims…
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CIAT informe anual 1970
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65065
Publication year
1970
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT. 1970. CIAT informe anual. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, CO.
Publication Type
Annual Report…
