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Radio Listeners Clubs Boosts Climate Resilience for Bean Farmers in Tanzania
On the sidelines of the ECREA project, FADECO Radio and Radio Huguka held a workshop in Karagwe and Kigoma (Tanzania) to establish Radio Listeners Clubs. This initiative aims to increase farmers' engagement and climate resilience by providing tailored weather information.
By: Joseline Kiogora, Desire Kagabo, Livingstone Byandaga, Patrick Mvuyibwami, Chris…
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El rol de las mujeres en la producción de arroz en Nicaragua. Una reflexión sobre los datos desagregados por sexo
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69379
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Este documento es una reflexión sobre la importancia de la información desagregada por sexo en el sector arrocero de Nicaragua. Ya que, este tema, es uno de los pilares fundamentales de la integración de la perspectiva de género en programas, tecnologías y políticas. Dicha reflexión parte de un diagnóstico…
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Uniting for Change and Innovation: Highlights from the Ethiopian Landscape Restoration Platform's Annual Conference
The first annual conference of the Ethiopian Landscape Restoration Platform was held from April 1-5, 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The conference was hosted by the Alliance, bringing together more than 50 key stakeholders including the Vice Presidents of 16 Universities and researchers involved in landscape…
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Advancing Institutional Innovations for Scaling Soil and Water Conservation in Three Regions of Ethiopia
By: Zenebe Adimassu (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT), Degefie Tibebe (Alliance), Lulseged Tamene (Alliance), Getamesay Demeke (InterAIDE), Solomon Gizaw (InterAIDE), Kalkidan Mulatu (Alliance)
Soil and water conservation in Ethiopia is crucial due to its direct impact on agriculture - the primary source of…
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Coupled impacts of soil acidification and climate change on future crop suitability in Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141877
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Agricultural sustainability faces challenges in the changing climate, particularly for rain-fed systems like those in Ethiopia. This study examines the combined impacts of climate change and soil acidity on future crop potential, focusing on Ethiopia as a case study. The EcoCrop crop suitability model was parameterized and run for four key food crops in Ethiopia (teff, maize, barley and common…
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Improving bean production and consumption in Zimbabwe baseline report
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82724
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This report presents descriptive information from a baseline study conducted in 2016 to benchmark the indicators of outcomes of the flagship initiative in Zimbabwe, understand the drivers of bean improved technology adoption and potential impacts of the initiative. The primary data from 752 bean growing households that were selected from 15 districts…
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Are dairy farmers willing to pay for improved forage varieties? Experimental evidence from Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141868
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Though improved forage varieties have the potential to supply high quality feed for livestock and optimize livestock nutrition and production, demand for them in developing countries is low. To inform interventions aiming to increase demand for the improved forages such as pricing, we assessed farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for different improved seeds and two types of dried feed in Meru…
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Developments, bottlenecks, and opportunities in seed markets for improved forages in East Africa: The case of Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141870
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Background
Cattle farming plays a pivotal role in Africa's agricultural and livestock sector, poised for growth due to population expansion and rising per capita consumption of animal-sourced food. Forages are a primary source of feed for dairy cattle, significantly impacting production costs. While local forage varieties are preferred by dairy farmers, there has been an…
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Honduras recognizes CIAT's role in food system transformation.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141839
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The Honduras Food System Profile (HFSP) — co-produced in 2020-2022 under Alliance leadership with inputs from key public-private stakeholders — provides an innovative, evidence-based overview of the current state and trends in the Honduran food system and highlights critical components needed for Honduran food-system sustainability. Both the HFSP and the Alliance’s Food-Systems Conceptual Framework underpinned introductory…
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Agency and behavior change in agri-food systems transformation: Lessons from the CGIAR Agroecology Initiative
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141843
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Systems-level transformation is increasingly recognized as necessary to improve the sustainability, equity, and resilience of agri-food systems. The CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology uses a systems transformation approach in alignment with Gliessmann (2014) and the 13 principles of agroecology outlined by the HLPE (2019). This approach requires new understandings of actor agency and…
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La climato-intelligence des mesures de la GIZ pour la protection et réhabilitation des sols dans les départements Zou et Collines au Bénin.
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80677
Publication year
2017
Authors
Birnholz, Celine A.
Kalcić, Špela
Koge, Jessica
Paul, Birthe K.
Braslow, Juliet
Sommer, Rolf
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer…
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Vínculos entre el Reglamento de productos libres de Deforestación de la Unión Europea (EUDR) y las herramientas de trazabilidad: Una exploración desde el sector cafetalero de Honduras
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141841
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Bajo la nueva regulación sin deforestación de la UE (EUDR), fechada el 31/05/2023, los productores de café y otros productos relevantes —cacao, palma aceitera, caucho, soja, ganado y madera— deberán cumplir con tres aspectos para exportar sus productos a la Unión Europea. Estos aspectos son: 1) Libre de…
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Human dimensions of forest landscape restoration
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141866
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Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is a human affair. As with all ecosystem restoration approaches, in FLR humans are part of the social-ecological system within which restoration activities take place: what people do in the landscape directly affects all components of a natural ecosystem such as soil, vegetation including forest, faunal diversity and vice versa. It is therefore, essential to understand and include the human dimensions of…
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Sustainable school feeding innovations in Kigali: Baseline survey report
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141855
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This report presents the findings of a baseline survey conducted for the Sustainable School Feeding Innovations in Kigali (SSFI) project. The three-year project, supported by Clifford Chance, aims to implement nutrition-sensitive school feeding innovations in Kigali city schools and surrounding communities. The project uses a value-chain-based approach to enhance skills in producing, utilizing, and supplying…
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