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Boosting bean-based products: scaling SMEs in Malawi and Zambia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141790
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Market and consumer-oriented product development and optimization interventions encompassing rapid market assessments, sensory evaluation and consumer acceptability, food safety and nutrition quality assessments, processing and production factors assessments, and willingness to pay studies were implemented through private-public partnerships in Malawi and Zambia. Seven small-scale processors improved their product production…
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ACAP links with RCMAS for enhanced farm advisories
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141804
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The Alliance continues to support the Bicol region in the Philippines in scaling out the use of the Agro-Climatic Advisory Portal (ACAP) by linking the platform via Application Programming Interface (API) to the Rice Crop Manager Advisory Service (RCMAS), a digital tool used by the Department of Agriculture to provide rice farmers with specific crop and nutrient management recommendations, bundled with climate services reaching at least…
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Agroecological transformation in Kenya: partner organizations lead change
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141791
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In-depth engagement processes and collaboration with the implementing partners of the Agroecology Initiative, Dry Lands Natural Resources Centre (DNRC) and Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Environmental Program (CSHEP), led these partners to incorporate innovative agroecological co-design processes in their capacity sharing for development activities. This led to 282 participating farmers being exposed to these…
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Enhancing climate forecasting in West Africa and the Sahel
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141789
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Thanks to AICCRA capacity building on Next Generation (NextGen) seasonal climate forecast systems, the AGRHYMET Regional Climate Centre for West Africa and the Sahel has adopted an objective, traceable, and reproducible seasonal forecasting procedure that enables the generation of improved seasonal forecasts. The NextGen approach is fully operational at AGRHYMET, and NextGen forecasting products are being used to upgrade the…
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NextGen agroadvisory boosts Ethiopian wheat yields by 38%
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141792
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Site-specific, season-smart fertilizer recommendations boosted wheat yields by 38% among smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, prompting government attention for wider promotion. Piloted with key partners, the approach reached over 50,000 farmers, with 8,316 (16.6%) adopting the recommendations, 20% of whom were women. The initiative marked a shift from the traditional blanket recommendations to precise, digitally-enabled fertilizer…
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ClimBeR analyses position climate-security risks at the top of national, regional, and pan-African policy agendas for a more resilient and peaceful future.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141797
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CGIAR’s Climate Resilience Initiative (ClimBeR) analyses — produced under the Climate Security Observatory (CSO) — informed the strategic direction of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Center of Excellence for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Protection (IGAD-CAEP) and the African Union towards adopting stronger…
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Community seed banks boost seed, food and nutrition security for thousands in Kenya and Uganda
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141788
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Alliance-supported community seed banks in Kenya (since 2019) and Uganda (since 2010) have maintained 72 crop and tree species and more than 600 varieties. Up to September 2023, they distributed 14,100 kg seeds of important food crops, with a value of US$ 36,870. Total sales of seeds and products derived from these crops/trees was US$ 98,530. These activities have provided 2,630 farming…
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Hacia el éxito de los programas de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático: Conocimientos del cambio climático, actitudes y comportamientos ambientales de los estudiantes de educación superior, profesores y jóvenes profesionales del sector…
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91540
Publication year
2018
Authors
Díaz, Manuel Francisco
Burkart, Stefan…
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AICCRA fosters foresight analysis community of practice in West and Central Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141803
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Responding to CORAF demand, AICCRA capacity development, including a foresight training toolkit, has catalyzed and capacitated a CORAF-led regional foresight Community of Practice (CoP) —12 experts (50% women), from 9 countries in West and Central Africa. CoP members mainstreamed the acquired knowledge/skills within their respective institutions to: (i) support innovative strategic planning and policy…
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Un Antiguo Sistema de Gestión del Agua en Sri Lanka Vuelve a la Vida: He Aquí el Porqué
Los 'Sistemas de Tanques en Cascada' son un sistema de ingenio que se transmitió de generación en generación; un sistema que sustenta las actividades de la población local y proporciona hábitats a plantas y animales; un sistema que es parte de la vida en la región seca de Sri Lanka y que fue reconocido en 2017 como Sistema de Patrimonio…
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Apostando por la biodiversidad: la conservación empieza por las semillas
2024 es un año histórico para la biodiversidad. En vísperas de la COP16 en Cali, estamos llamados a encontrar soluciones para proteger y utilizar de forma sostenible la agrobiodiversidad. La conservación de los cultivos empieza por las semillas. En todo el mundo, investigadores y comunidades agrícolas colaboran para recoger, guardar y compartir semillas: en…
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El crédito agropecuario como motor del desarrollo rural: desafíos y oportunidades del caso colombiano
En la agricultura de los países en desarrollo, el acceso al crédito es un factor crucial para impulsar la innovación, optimizar la distribución de recursos y reducir las desigualdades. Sin embargo, este panorama se complica al considerar otros aspectos como los impactos ambientales, la mitigación de la pobreza y el bienestar de…
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Quo Vadis? Opportunities and Bottlenecks for Improved Forage Seed Markets in East Africa
Jesús Fernando Flórez Herrera, Stefan Burkart
In East Africa the livestock sector is one of the most important subsectors of agriculture in economic, social, and environmental terms, and dairy farming is of special relevance as it is practiced by most smallholder farmers. Forage is a key element of the feed basket in…
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Highlighting the Alliance and ASEAN-CGIAR’s food systems transformation efforts in ASEAN University Symposium
Alie Peter Galeon
With the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT’s strong track record in leading initiatives and supporting actions toward transforming food systems pathways in Vietnam, Food Environment and Consumer Behavior (FECB) Research Team Leader in Asia, Tuyen Huynh, was the keynote speaker…
