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Empowering Laikipia County Through Climate-smart Agriculture for Peace: A Collaborative Journey
Benson Kenduiywo, Anna Belli
Kenya's Laikipia County leads in climate-smart agriculture, addressing climate challenges through collaboration and innovation. A recent training marked a milestone, fostering collective action and policy alignment. The initiative empowers farmers and promotes sustainable practices for…
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Building Resilience Through Locally Led Climate Action: The Significance of Kenya’s Participatory Scenario Planning
Kiogora Joseline Kanja , Aniruddha Ghosh
Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) workshops - facilitated by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute - were conducted in nine counties in Kenya during the release of the…
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Cuidar los bosques de Asia es un esfuerzo comunitario
Ysabel Lee, Alie Peter Galeon
La clave del éxito de la restauración y conservación de los bosques en Indonesia son las semillas y plántulas de calidad procedentes de huertos y viveros comunitarios. Preservar la diversidad de árboles nativos mientras se asegura el sustento de las comunidades es fundamental para alcanzar los objetivos de conservación de la…
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El Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano y la Alianza renuevan su compromiso con la agricultura sostenible
El 25 de junio de 2024 en San José, Costa Rica, el Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (CAC) y la Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT firmaron la renovación de su convenio de cooperación, marcando una nueva etapa en su compromiso conjunto para promover una agricultura más sostenible, resiliente y adaptada al clima en…
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Estrategias para el control de plagas
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71931
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The principal terms used in pest control are discussed: the agrosystem, tolerance to pest damage (economic damage level and the economic threshold) and the general point of equilibrium (av population density of an insect). The methods used in insect control include cultural, mechanical, physical, biological chemical, genetic and regulation. None of these methods alone is sufficient…
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¿Puede la agroecología conducir a un futuro más verde para el té?
En el norte de Vietnam, el cultivo intensivo de té verde ha deteriorado la salud del suelo. Ahora, los investigadores están probando formas de reducir la acidez del suelo y restaurarlo.
Por: Andrew Wight
El té verde, cuyas hojas proceden del mismo árbol que el té negro pero sufren un proceso diferente tras la…
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¿El mayor productor de pimienta del mundo puede salvar sus suelos?
La pimienta negra, un alimento básico en las cocinas de todo el mundo, procede en gran parte de Vietnam, pero ahora la mala salud del suelo amenaza el futuro de esta industria y los investigadores se apresuran a encontrar formas de restaurar los suelos y las cosechas.
Por: Andrew Wight
En la región de las…
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Smart farming technologies for sustainable agriculture: A review of the promotion and adoption strategies by smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148812
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Small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) need to adopt and consistently practice sustainable agriculture to ensure sustainable livelihoods and food security. However, the adverse effects of climate change are threatening the achievement of this goal. Therefore, farmers within
the sub-region need to embrace climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as…
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Current species of oomycetes associated with foot rot disease of black pepper in Vietnam
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148816
Publication year
2024
Authors
Thao, Le Dinh
Khanh, Tran Ngoc
Van Liem, Nguyen
Hien, Le Thu
Thanh, Ha Minh
Binh, Vu Thi Phuong
Trang, Thieu Thi Thu
Anh, Pham Thi
Van Chung, Nguyen
Hien, Pham Hong
Van Long, Nguyen…
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Identifying cassava genotypes resistant to the African Cassava Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148805
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The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is a major pest of cassava in Africa. Developing whitefly-resistant cassava can control both whiteflies and viral diseases. The main aim of this study was to identify cassava genotypes resistant to four B. tabaci populations, sub-Saharan Africa 1—subgroups 1, 2, and 3 (SSA1-SG1, SSA1-SG2, and SSA1-SG3) and sub-Saharan Africa 2 (SSA2) that colonize cassava, as…
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Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148842
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How could we know if agricultural development interventions make contributions to sustainable development goals (SDGs)? Genetically engineered (GE) crops are celebrated as a class of technological interventions that can realize multiple SDGs. But recent studies have revealed the gap between GE crop program goals and the approaches used to assess their impacts. Using four comprehensive…
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Decades of building resilient food systems through demand led common bean breeding in Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148857
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Over the two decades the bean breeding program in Africa has evolved from a constraint focused to client-oriented breeding program. PABRA’s breeding strategy for decades has been based on a pluralistic partnership model where deliverables are shared responsibilities among the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, (Alliance), National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES),…
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Más allá de simplemente "más caliente" - Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148858
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Sobre el futuro de la cacaocultura bajo el cambio climático y cómo las zonas agroclimáticas pueden apoyar el proceso de toma de decisión en Colombia
Publication year
2022
Authors
Schmidt, Paul
Castro Llanos, Fabio
Bunn, Christian
Full Citation
Schmidt, P…
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Presentation Slides - Demo Day, AgriTech4Uzbekistan Innovation Challenge
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148841
Publication year
2024
Authors
Zaccari, Claudia
Full Citation
Zaccari, C. (2024) Presentation Slides - Demo Day, AgriTech4Uzbekistan Innovation Challenge. Presented online, 29 April 2024. 168 sl.
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Presentation…
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Informe de trabajos 1979: Convenio ICA-CIAT: Programa de frijol
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71867
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Different assays on climbing beans in relay cropping or associated with maize, N fixation and Rhizobium inoculation, and bush beans in monoculture are reported. These were conducted in La Selva, Antioquia (Colombia), through a collaborative project between the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA) and CIAT. A total of 56 materials were selected from 723…
