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Política de sostenibilidad para pequeños agricultores: una oportunidad para la inclusión digital
Lara Barangé, Christian Bunn, Eliot Gee
El dilema del productor
"Cumplimos con confianza la normativa de deforestación cero. Sin embargo, proporcionar datos georreferenciados detallados excede las capacidades tecnológicas de muchos pequeños agricultores, y este requisito es preocupante, porque define si…
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Un nuevo laboratorio fortalece la resiliencia agrícola mediante alianzas en Tanzania
Photo credit: Owen Kimani (Alliance Bioversity International -CIAT)
Owen Kimani, Maya Rajasekharan, Teshale A. Mamo
Un laboratorio de última tecnología en Arusha, Tanzania, gestionado conjuntamente por el Instituto de Investigación Agrícola de Tanzania (TARI) y la Alianza de Bioversity…
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Kickoff Event: Introducing RAMP – Research And Market Pathways
How can we turn innovations into market-viable solutions that serve our beneficiaries, maximize impact and generate resources to reinvest in research? Join the Kickoff Event for the new program RAMP – designed exclusively for CGIAR scientists – from the Accelerate for Impact Platform.
Online
16 Oct 2024…
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A training manual on inclusive approaches to climate change, agriculture, and peace
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152342
Abstract
Climate change poses significant threats to Kenya’s agricultural sector, food security, and overall peace. Climate stressors, such as heat, droughts, floods, and extreme weather events, have a negative impact on agricultural productivity and livelihoods, with a potential to exacerbate resource scarcity, and increase social tensions due to conflicts over land, water, and other natural resources.
To tackle…
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TreeEyed: QGIS plugin for tree monitoring
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152354
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TreeEyed is a QGIS plugin to leverage AI models for tree monitoring using remote sensing imagery. This plugin seeks to integrate existing and custom AI models for tree monitoring (semantic segmentation, instance segmentation, and object detection) in high resolution RGB imagery.
Publication year
2024
Authors
Ruiz-Hurtado, Andres Felipe
Cardoso Arango, Juan…
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An analysis of the supply chain of cacao in Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96636
Publication year
2018
Authors
Abbott, Philip C.
Benjamin, Tamara J.
Burniske, Gary R.
Croft, Marcia M.
Fenton, Marieke
Kelly, Colleen R.
Lundy, Mark M.
Rodríguez Camayo, Fernando
Wilcox, Michael D…
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Validation of SNP markers for diversity analysis, quality control, and trait selection in a biofortified cassava population
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152344
Abstract
A validated marker system is crucial to running an effective genomics-assisted breeding program. We used 36 Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) markers to genotype 376 clones from the biofortified cassava pipeline, and fingerprinted 93 of these clones with DArTseq markers to characterize breeding materials and evaluate their relationships. The discriminating…
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Climate Change, Water Security and Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus Approaches - Part of a post-graduate course
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152338
Abstract
Sustainable and integrated management of water, energy, food, and ecosystems requires a coordinated and cross-sectoral approach to manage trade-offs and maximize synergies among these deeply interconnected resources. This line of thinking and action is called the water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) nexus approach. This academic course provides an overview of WEFE nexus…
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Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus Approaches - A professional course
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152339
Abstract
Sustainable and integrated management of water, energy, food, and ecosystems requires a coordinated and cross-sectoral approach to manage trade-offs and maximize synergies among these deeply interconnected resources. This line of action is called the water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) nexus approach. This 5-day course provides an overview of WEFE nexus concepts, issues, and approaches to develop the capacities of…
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Eliminación de patogenos en germoplasma in vitro de yuca: Un poco de historia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152352
Publication year
2023
Authors
Aranzales Rondon, Ericson
Full Citation
Aranzales Rondon, E. (2023) Eliminación de patogenos en germoplasma in vitro de yuca: Un poco de historia. Presentado en 2 Mayo 2023. 31 sl.
Publication Type
Presentation…
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Negotiations to improve the Plant Treaty's Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing (a primer for CGIAR staff )
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148801
Abstract
In 2022, the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (the Plant Treaty) relaunched international negotiations to improve the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing. The outcome of these negotiations could have significant impacts on how CGIAR Centers access, manage and distribute crop genetic resources and associated digital…
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From Struggle to Strength: Beatrice Alban Msafiri’s Journey of Resilience and Impact
Beatrice Alban Msafiri - a single mother and Managing Director of BIVAC (T) Ltd in Arusha, Tanzania - turned personal hardship into a mission to fight malnutrition. Since 2013, she's empowered farmers and improved nutrition through biofortified products.
By: Beatrice Msafiri, Sylvia Kalemera, Ester Jimmy, Edith Kadege and Jean Claude Rubyogo…
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Un marco metodológico para la investigación en campos de agricultores
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71612
Publication year
1987
Authors
Woolley, Jonathan N.
Pachico, Douglas H.
Full Citation
Woolley, Jonathan N.; Pachico, Douglas H. 1987. Un marco metodológico para la investigación en campos de agricultores. Centro…
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Gender, youth and inclusion: Integrating gender across Alliance and CGIAR research
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149234
Abstract
The "9 Briefs Series" by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT explores critical dimensions of gender, youth, and social inclusion within food, land, and water systems.
Our vision at the Alliance is to foster gender-equitable, socially inclusive food systems and landscapes that sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish all people. Through evidence and innovations, we aim to…
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10 entry points for environmental peacebuilding in Mindanao, Phillippines.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149235
Abstract
Environmental peacebuilding entails a broad range of theories and practices around the management of environmental issues that integrate goals to build more just and peaceful societies. Tailoring the management of natural resources and the cultivation of resilience towards supporting sustainable peacebuilding and peacekeeping goals prove relevant throughout conflict-affected Muslim Mindanao. The main challenge lies…
