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30 years of banana diversity hosted in Belgium – A treasure chest to feed the world
KU Leuven, Belgium – The world’s largest banana genebank managed by Bioversity International, celebrated today its 30th anniversary with an event attended by Belgium Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Cooperation, Alexander De Croo.
Media release: Leuven, Belgium – 23 January 2017
Research conducted at the…
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Water sufficiency for cacao production in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) region, Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125458
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Study region: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) region of Colombia.
Study focus: This research was conducted as a case study to generate relevant, quantitative information to support cacao farmer decision-making processes concerning water management in the SNSM. It involved the development and evaluation of a spatial dataset of precipitation and temperature, integration of digital soil…
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Becoming a ‘good producer’ in the agri-environmental project economy
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125490
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Agri-environmental projects have been portrayed as tools for climate change adaptation and mitigation and to overcome processes of deforestation, soil erosion, issues of water availability, and biodiversity loss. This paper is concerned with the social organisation of knowledge around agri-environmental projects offered to farmers in the department of Caquetá in Colombia. Using Institutional Ethnography (IE), we start…
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De la teoría a la práctica: ¿Qué debemos tener en cuenta al construir esquemas de Pagos por Servicios Ecosistémicos (PSA) efectivos y sostenibles para Sistemas Silvopastoriles? Evidencia de Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125438
Publication year
2022
Authors
Díaz, Manuel Francisco
Triana Ángel, Natalia
Sandoval, Danny
Burkart, Stefan
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Díaz, M.;…
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Evaluación económica y ambiental de la implementación de un sistema silvopastoril en Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125453
Publication year
2022
Authors
Sandoval, Danny
Flórez, Fernando
Enciso, Karen
Sotelo, Mauricio E.
Burkart, Stefan
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Sandoval, D.F.; Flórez Herrera, J.F.; Enciso Valencia, K.J.; Sotelo, M.; Burkart, S. (2022).…
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Impactos en la cadena de valor del cacao en Perú como consecuencia del Reglamento UE No. 488/2014
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125460
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Este informe hace parte de los productos del componente socioeconómico del proyecto Clima-LoCa. El documento presenta los resultados agregados de una serie de análisis y estudios desarrollados por miembros de la Alianza Bioversity International y CIAT, SENASA, INIA, MIDAGRI y las cooperativas Agroindustrial Cacao Alto Huallaga (CAICAH) y NorAndino durante los años 2020 y 2021 relacionados a…
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Retornos económicos de la contribución de FONTAGRO a la innovación agropecuaria en América Latina y el Caribe
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125493
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Esta publicación es producto de una serie de estudios de evaluación de mecanismos de gestión y análisis de resultados de proyectos que FONTAGRO realiza en forma frecuente desde el año 2003.
Publication year
2020
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Labarta Chavarri, Ricardo Antonio
Rivera Vasco, Tatiana Carolina…
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¡Género! Porque la preparación no es suficiente cuando se trata de aumentar el impacto
Por: Anne Rietveld
"Lograr impacto" es lo que motiva a muchos investigadores que trabajan en y con CGIAR. Así, desarrollamos innovaciones que tienen el potencial de contribuir a resultados de desarrollo como la seguridad alimentaria o la adaptación al clima. Una vez probadas con éxito y quizás adoptadas a pequeña escala, estas innovaciones deben…
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Sistemas de uso sostenible del suelo para la reducción de la deforestación y la construcción de la paz
El proyecto Sistemas de Uso Sostenible del Suelo (SLUS), liderado por la Alianza Bioversity International y el CIAT en conjunto con ZALF, Thunen y CIPAV, tiene el gusto de hacerle extensiva la invitación al conversatorio sobre cómo SLUS para cacao y ganadería contribuyen a la reducción de la deforestación, la construcción de la paz y…
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Wake up and smell the coffee: Challenges and opportunities for better price transmission along the coffee value chain of El Salvador
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125509
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The Alliance Bioversity International-CIAT implemented a study in El Salvador, whose goal was to make more transparent the costs and value-added along the coffee value chain, as well as to identify gaps and limitations that cause small and medium-sized farmers to remain in poverty and food insecurity, to make recommendations for policy action to make the…
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Accelerating agronomic research through local partnerships: highlights of Africa RISING feedback and stakeholder meetings
By Michael Kinyua and Job Kihara
The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) is a project supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to create opportunities for smallholder farm…
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New Analysis Finds Pandemic Didn’t Dampen Deforestation
Despite the massive upheavals in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation globally proceeded more or less as expected from the trends established over the last 15 years, according to a recent study from researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
In the paper “Has global deforestation…
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Vapour pressure deficit determines critical thresholds for global coffee production under climate change
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125539
Publication year
2022
Authors
Kath, Jarrod
Craparo, Alessandro Carmelo William
Fong, Youyi
Byrareddy, Vivekananda
Davis, Aaron P.
King, Rachel
Nguyen-Huy, Thong
Asten, Piet J.A. van
Marcussen, Torben
Mushtaq,…
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Has global deforestation accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125563
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As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, questions arose as to whether the pandemic would amplify or pacify tropical deforestation. Early reports warned of increased deforestation rates; however, these studies were limited to a few months in 2020 or to selected regions. To better understand how the pandemic influenced tropical deforestation globally, this study used historical deforestation data (2004–2019) from the Terra-i…
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SAPLING's Trade-off Scoring exercise: Preliminary results and insights
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125560
Publication year
2022
Authors
Hoek, Rein van der
Musau, Emmanuel Mwema
Hammond, James
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
Full Citation
Hoek, R. van der; Mwema, E., Hammond, J., Notenbaert, A.M.O. 2022. SAPLING's Trade-off Scoring exercise: Preliminary results and…
