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Transforming Lives and Landscapes in Sub-Saharan Africa through PABRA’s Extensive Network
Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) and the International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) collaborated to implement the BRAINS initiative, funded by the Government of Canada. BRAINS aims to establish new trade partnerships and markets, as well as an investment platform for beans, fruits, edible insects, and pollination…
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Inauguración de nuestra oficina en Nicaragua
Conoce a nuestro equipo en Nicaragua
Conoce a nuestro equipo en Nicaragua
Durante 30 años, hemos estado comprometidos con la investigación que empodera a los agricultores de Centroamérica, especialmente en…
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La ciencia ciudadana transforma la conservación de la diversidad del banano
Max Ruas, Valentin Guignon, Mathieu Rouard
Christophe Jenny
El banano crece en una amplia gama de áreas, algunas de las cuales pueden estar amenazadas por el cambio climático o la urbanización. Conocer esta distribución ayuda a identificar las amenazas actuales y futuras y a proponer soluciones alternativas de…
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Biodiversidad en nuestro plato: la conexión entre salud y nutrición
Teresa Borelli, Danny Hunter
De camino a la COP16, la cumbre mundial sobre biodiversidad que este año se realiza en Colombia: el primero de una serie de artículos de reflexión de la Alianza sobre la COP16 se centra en la importancia de la conservación y el uso sostenible de la biodiversidad para la salud humana.…
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Perspectivas sobre el taller para actores del sector: Impulsar la sostenibilidad en la cadena de valor del café mediante sistemas de trazabilidad
William Igeler, Federico Ceballos-Sierra
La Alianza de Bioversity International & CIAT realizó un taller el 19 de marzo de 2024 en el hotel Clarion de Tegucigalpa, Honduras, para discutir la interoperabilidad de los sistemas de trazabilidad y el cumplimiento del…
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Sembrando un futuro seguro: La nueva Arca belga para cuidar la biodiversidad
El nuevo banco de semillas del Jardín Botánico de Meise regenera semillas de plantas esenciales, como el banano.
[Meise, Bélgica, 22 de mayo]: En un esfuerzo por preservar las especies vegetales y ayudar a asegurar la biodiversidad en nuestro entorno cambiante, el Jardín Botánico de Meise inauguró la nueva Arca de bancos de semillas de Bélgica para…
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Webinar: Knowledge Sharing and Practical Guidance on the use of the CRISP Tool
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Agricultural, land use and food system development practitioners are increasingly seeking to mainstream climate change adaptation into their sectoral policies, programs and projects. The Climate Risk Planning & Managing Tool for Development Programmes in Agri-Food Systems (CRISP) aims at supporting this endeavor. CRISP is a free, quick…
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Entre saberes y sabores: el camino hacia la agroecología
Elizabeth Ramirez
En el corazón de la Amazonía peruana, dos mujeres están revolucionando la agricultura y la gastronomía con un enfoque sostenible y lleno de tradición. Entre saberes y sabores, estas mujeres están mostrando cómo la agroecología puede generar ingresos y preservar el medio ambiente.…
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ACLIMATAR: Use cases
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142000
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This quick guide provides a first draft of possible workshops that can be used to sensitize producers and cooperatives to climate change and move towards an adaptation plan. They take as a main tool the ACLIMATAR online platform (see https://adaptation.aclimatar.org/) and its various data views and are tailored for climate adaptation work in perennial cropping systems (cocoa, coffee, tea). In this brief the following four use cases will be presented, together with…
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Estrategia municipal de desarrollo bajo en carbono para Cali
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72857
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2016
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca
Departamento Administrativo de Gestión del medio Ambiente
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Centro…
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Step-by-step process to mainstream gender in climate-smart agricultural initiatives in Guatemala
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108323
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Within the framework of the projects “Generating evidence on gender-sensitive climate-smart agriculture to inform policy in Central America” and “Shaping equitable climate change policies for resilient food systems across Central America and the Caribbean”, during 2018 and 2019, a series of workshops was held at the national level with
the purpose of strengthening the capacities of stakeholders…
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Examining the promise of ‘the local’ for improving gender equality in agriculture and climate change adaptation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111753
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Building on the conceptualisation of ‘the local’ in gender and development discourse, we explore how national and sub-national policy actors in Uganda perceive gender equality policy in the context of agriculture and climate change, to assess the potential of localised solutions to achieve gender equality. Using data from national and sub-national policy actors in Uganda (37 semi…
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Addressing future food demand in The Gambia: Can increased crop productivity and climate change adaptation close the supply–demand gap?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141961
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With rising demand for food and the threats posed by climate change, The Gambia faces significant challenges in ensuring sufficient and nutritious food for its population. To address these challenges, there is a need to increase domestic food production while limiting deforestation and land degradation. In this study, we modified the FABLE Calculator, a…
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Optimizing nitrogen use efficiency of six forage grasses to reduce nitrogen loss from intensification of tropical pastures
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141968
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We aimed to evaluate the effect of different types and rates of nitrogen (N) fertilizers on plant biomass production, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions of six tropical forage grass cultivars. This field study was conducted in Colombia under tropical conditions in two phases. Phase 1: we evaluated the effect of different types of N…
