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Farmer-led seed production: Community seed banks enter the national seed market
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125728
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Smallholder farmers around the world obtain their seed from various sources, which can vary over time. In some countries, smallholder farmers are gaining ground as local seed producers and sellers. This study focuses on the seed production and marketing operations, achievements, and challenges of a particular type of such producers—community seed banks—which are new players in the seed market. Pioneer case…
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Genome analysis and pathobiology of Cassava-Infecting Torradoviruses containing a putative Maf/HAM1 pyrophosphatase domain
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125732
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Next generation sequencing has been used to identify and characterize the full genome sequence of a cassava-infecting torradovirus, revealing the presence of a Maf/HAM1 domain downstream of the RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp) domain in RNA1 in all isolates sequenced. A similar domain is also found in unrelated potyvirids infecting Euphorbiaceae hosts in the…
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Realizing livelihood and environmental benefits of forages in tropical crop-tree-livestock systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125748
Publication year
2022
Authors
Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
Peters, Michael
Burkart, Stefan
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
Hoek, Rein van der
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Chirinda, N.; Peters, M.; Burkart, S.; Notenbaert, A.M.O.; Hoek, R, (eds.) (…
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Next-generation school feeding: Nourishing our children while building climate resilience
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125753
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The G20 is an intergovernmental and multilateral platform comprised of 19 countries and the European Union, which connects prosperous high-income and emerging middle-income countries worldwide.The G20 process could prioritize food systems to address climate change challenges.For this paper, the research team reviewed the G20 countries' recommendations in national food-based dietary guidelines (…
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Lessons learned from the Second International Agrobiodiversity Congress: Adopting agricultural biodiversity as a catalyst for transformative global food systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125762
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Building more sustainable, equitable, and resilient food systems means rethinking how we consume, produce, and safeguard agrobiodiversity that can benefit the planet and secure access to nutritious food for all. This was the purpose of the 2021 Second International Agrobiodiversity Congress, convening scientists, Indigenous Peoples…
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Indicators for Tracking the Global Goal on Adaptation: Insights from 50+ African Countries
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117501
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Key messages:
Publication year
2021
Authors
Nowak, Andreea C.
Njuguna, Lucy
Zorrilla-Miras, Pedro
Sanz, María-José
López Gunn, Elena
Zafra-Calvo, Noelia
Wamukoya, George
Rosenstock, Todd S…
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The GenderVision! Contest: Prizes won and lessons gained
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125656
Publication year
2022
Authors
Bailey, Arwen
Gadeberg, Marianne
Full Citation
Bailey, A.; Gadeberg, M. (2022) The GenderVision! Contest: Prizes won and lessons gained [Blog post] CGIAR Gender Impact Platform. Published 31 October 2022. https://gender.cgiar.org/news/gendervision-contest-prizes-won-and-lesso…
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Exploring new opportunities for improving AFOLU emissions reporting and the current status of AFOLU emissions for non-annex I countries
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118327
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This policy brief has two main objectives. In a first instance, it aims to give an overview of how non-Annex I countries are currently communicating on the necessary elements (targets, monitoring plans, accounting mechanisms, implementation and achievements) for tracking their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) progress. Non-Annex I countries are to…
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Securing land tenure for women and girls to promote climate change resilience
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125658
Publication year
2022
Authors
Chesterman, Sabrina
Bailey, Arwen
Paez Valencia, Ana Maria
Full Citation
Chesterman, S.; Bailey, A.; Paez Valencia, A.M. (2022) Securing land tenure for women and girls to promote climate change resilience. [Blog post] CIFOR Forest News. Published 27th April 2022. https…
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Intervenciones integradas para fortalecer la resiliencia de productores de cacao frente la amenaza del cambio climático
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125725
Abstract
Gracias a su alta calidad y perfil aromático, el cacao de Colombia, Ecuador y Perú es altamente valorado en el mercado global. Sin embargo, bajo la amenaza del cambio climático, la productividad y calidad de la producción está en riesgo. Los países y sus regiones cacaoteras respectivas serán afectados de distintas maneras, pero en todos será necesario la modificación de…
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Influence of different nitrogen fertilizer sources and rates on nitrogen use efficiency and N2O emissions of tropical pasture grasses
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125455
Publication year
2022
Authors
Bastidas, Mike
Villegas, Daniel Mauricio
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Ruden, Alejandro
Vivas Quila, Nelson J.
Gutiérrez Solís, Jhon Freddy
Amado, Miguel
Berdugo, Carlos
Arango,…
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TH3.3: Beyond crops: Towards gender equality in forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, and livestock development
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125598
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The fisheries, aquaculture, forestry, and livestock sectors are critical for sustaining rural livelihoods and achieving global food and nutrition security. Yet each of these sectors embeds important gender and other social inequalities, hindering people who rely on these livelihood systems from achieving their full potential. In this background paper for the Report on The Status of…
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CIAT Urochloa hybrid seed sales and adoption: 2021 data and global developments
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125759
Publication year
2022
Authors
Burkart, Stefan
Full Citation
Burkart, S. (2022). CIAT Urochloa hybrid seed sales and adoption: 2021 data and global developments. Cali (Colombia): Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. 30 sl.
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WE2.1: Can communities of practice help us accelerate and improve our gender research?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125590
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There is often just one gender researcher per project or program team or CGIAR initiative so gender research can be a lonely and challenging business due to lack of collaborative and critical discussion with fellow researchers. Collaboration helps researchers to develop and enrich their theory and practice, and share their experiences, doubts, successes and puzzles /conundrums. Communities of Practice (…
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The informal seed business: Focus on yellow bean in Tanzania
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127069
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This article explores the informal seed business, focusing on the yellow bean in Tanzania. The yellow bean is a major bean type traded, yet little is known about the seed supply that fuels it. The survey research in 2019 encompassed larger grain traders, informal seed traders, and retailers, covered major production, distribution and sale hubs, and was complemented by GIS mapping of seed and grain flows and DNA fingerprinting of…
