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Nexus thinking needed to implement COP15 biodiversity targets
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131682
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In December 2022, over 190 nations gathered in Montreal, Canada to finalize the Global Biodiversity Framework, an ambitious plan to save the Earth’s biodiversity. The United Nations Global Biodiversity Conference, or COP15, concluded with 23 ambitious targets ranging from land restoration and conservation to promoting sustainable consumption.
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2023
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Market potential of new hybrid forages for East Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132047
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Dairy production is the main livestock activity in East Africa and provides food security and income to the poorest families in the region. Especially in the drier areas of East Africa, however, the availability of space for dairy farming is limited, leading to pressure for finding alternatives that help maximise its use. Cut-and-carry forages are one such solution, but the commonly used forages in these systems are generally of low…
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The status of implementation of the CGIAR Principles on the Management of Intellectual Assets: A submission from CGIAR to the Tenth Session of the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132046
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This is the third report from CGIAR to the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty) concerning the status of the implementation of the CGIAR Principles on the Management of Intellectual Assets (CGIAR IA Principles).
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Bundling socio-technical innovations to empower women as partners and drivers of climate change solutions
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132044
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The CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality (HER+: Harnessing Gender and Social Equality for Resilience in Agri-food systems) aims to achieve climate resilience by strengthening gender equality and social inclusion across food systems in the Global South. Together with partners, the initiative supports women to increase their agency and to acquire and gain control over resources. The…
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NEXUS Gains Talk 8: A Nexus Agreement on Biodiversity: 23 Global Targets for Nature and People
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131677
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This seminar explores the outcomes of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) from a systems perspective, and discusses the implications and opportunities for research and development.
Publication year
2023
Authors
DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.…
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CRISP - Climate Risk Planning & Managing Tool for Development Programmes in Agri-food Systems
Do you want to learn more about how to mainstream climate change adaptation into your rural development programmes and policies?
24 Oct 2023
Then join us in our webinar, where we introduce the novel CRISP tool.
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2023
Time: 3:…
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Guide for the assessment of cacao quality and flavour
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132065
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The Guide includes detailed protocols and procedures for evaluating cacao in various forms, such as unroasted cacao bean coarse powder, cacao mass, and chocolate. These methodologies have been developed over several years by a diverse group of experts, enabling objective assessments of cacao quality and flavour. It provides a universal language for describing cacao attributes, for a shared understanding among cacao professionals…
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Farmer surveys in Cambodia and Vietnam: cassava planting material use and exchange at national level with 4 district-level case studies
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99222
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The data includes national surveys of 15 districts in Vietnam and 16 districts in Cambodia, with 15 responses by district. Districts were selected based on high cassava production density and expert input from local government officials. National surveys covered the following themes: (a) respondent information, (b) seed use overview, and (c) field and…
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Cassava Diseases Evaluation - Edaphoclimatic Zone 1: Lowland Tropics; Long drought; Low to Medium Precipitation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102396
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CIAT systematically evaluates all germplasm accessions in diverse sites in Colombia, to obtain a broad characterization of adaptation to different soils and climates, resistance to many pests and diseases, and quality traits. The information is used primarily to select parents which can potentially contribute characters requested by national programs. Based on these evaluations,…
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Replication Data for: Vulnerability to climate change of cocoa in West Africa: Patterns, opportunities and limits to adaptation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76699
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We use a combination of a statistical model of climatic suitability (Maxent) and the analysis of individual, potentially limiting climate variables. We find that: 1) contrary to expectation, maximum dry season temperatures are projected to become as or more limiting for cocoa as dry season water availability; 2) to reduce the vulnerability of cocoa to excessive dry…
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Replication Data for: Fungal endophyte association with Brachiaria grasses and its influence on plant water status, total non-structural carbohydrates and biomass production under drought stress
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78143
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The purpose of the data was to gain an understanding of the effect of fungal endophyte on responses of selected Brachiaria cultivars under well-watered and drought conditions. The study was to answer the question as to whether symbiotic association of Brachiaria grasses with fungal endophyte (…
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Vietnam household survey data for cassava varietal adoption study
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83462
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In 2015, CIAT and Vietnamese partners started a study on “Documenting the adoption of improved cassava varieties and assessing impacts on farm productivity and farm income of cassava genetic improvement in Vietnam”. This is the first such study in Vietnam and in the region using DNA fingerprinting to identify the cassava varieties planted by farmers and the diversity of cassava varieties collected by national institutes. The…
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Data from: Origins of food crops connect countries worldwide
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75668
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Research into the origins of food plants has led to the recognition that specific geographical regions around the world have been of particular importance to the development of agricultural crops. Yet the relative contributions of these different regions in the context of current food systems have not been quantified. Here we determine the origins (‘primary regions of diversity’) of the crops comprising the food supplies and…
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Bean Program: The VEF(IBN)-EP-IBYAN scheme
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77379
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To assure proper evaluation of all materials to be distributed internationally, the CIAT Bean Program designed a sequential process of germplasm evaluation and distribution known as the VEF-EP-IBYAN scheme. VEF (for the Spanish acronym of Bean Team Nursery) was an observational nursery; EP (Spanish acronym for Preliminary Trial) a regional yield trial and IBYAN the international yield trial. The scheme worked as follows:
The advanced lines (…
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Replication Data for: Phytoplasma infection of a tropical root crop triggers bottom-up cascades by favoring generalist over specialist herbivores
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83459
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We tested the hypothesis that a Candidatus Phytoplasma causing cassava witches’ broom (CWB) on cassava (Manihot esculenta Grantz) is altering species composition of invasive herbivores and their associated parasitic hymenopterans. We conducted observational studies in cassava fields in eastern Cambodia to assess the effect of CWB infection on…
