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Hard truths on the delivery of climate Information to small-scale farmers
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173705
Abstract
Climate variability affects crop and livestock production across the globe, with an estimated 21.6 billion USD in reported losses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Weather and climate services are one important measure to help producers anticipate and manage short-term climatic variations. This presentation shows a few lessons learned from our work at the Alliance on weather and climate services across…
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Phaseolus germplasm exploration in new Mexico and Arizona, USA, Report Oct 3 - 11, 2024
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173706
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Heat and drought stresses threaten global bean production. Additional genetic resources are needed ingenebanks for future improvement of bean crops through breeding for tolerance. Thesouthwestern Sky Island mountains contain such genetic resources that have not been adequatelycollected nor characterized. Continuing the work done in 2023, a 9-day exploration in 2024 insouthern New Mexico and Arizona for…
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Cartographie de marché NUS à Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173647
Publication year
2025
Authors
Sawadogo, Neerbewendin
Attard, Eugenio L. L.
De Falcis, Eleonora
Grazioli, Francesca
Full Citation
Sawadogo, N.; Attard, E.L.L.; De Falcis, E.; Grazioli, F. (2025) Cartographie de marché NUS à Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). 48 p.…
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/74524
Abstract
The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects
an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture
development and climate responsiveness. It aims to
achieve food security and broader development goals
under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
CSA initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance
resilience, and reduce/remove GHGs, and require planning
to…
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Genome-wide association studies of three-dimensional (3D) cassava root crowns and agronomic traits using partially inbred populations
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173714
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Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a key industrial crop in Southeast Asia and a staple for food security in Africa, owing to its resilience and efficiency in starch production. This study aims to unravel the genetic determinants of specific cassava root crown traits, utilizing 3D modeling for yield-related attributes and root crown morphology. Phenotypic…
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¿Cómo puede una hamburguesa de fríjoles ayudar a combatir el hambre oculta?
Andrew J Wight
Un chef, un científico y un periodista entran en una cafetería y piden una hamburguesa de fríjoles biofortificada...
Más de 3.000 millones de personas en todo el mundo padecen hambre oculta, un trastorno en el que las personas consumen suficientes calorías al día pero…
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From a women’s crop to a household enterprise, beans are redefining farming in Nakuru and Elgeyo Marakwet counties in Kenya
Desire Kagabo, Livingstone Byandaga, Mvuyibwami Patrick
Chris Ngige
Farmers in Nakuru and Elgeyo Marakwet Counties are embracing Nyota beans as a cash crop. Ahead of the MAM season, ECREA, KALRO, and KMD trained over 200 farmers in Nakuru and Elgeyo Marakwet counties…
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Women leading agricultural transformation in Makueni and Machakos, Kenya
Edith Mutui
In the drought-prone counties of Machakos and Makueni, Kenya, a small but powerful innovation is transforming lives—Nyota bean, a drought-resistant variety introduced by the Pan African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) under the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Faced with erratic rainfall and limited resources, women…
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Alliance forges strategic partnership with pan-African meteorological body to strengthen climate information services across the continent
Amanda Sue Grossi , Aniruddha Ghosh
The African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD) and The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
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Resultados que transforman: Avances 2024 de 'Colombia Agroalimentaria Sostenible'
Hacia una producción más eficiente, sostenible y resiliente frente al cambio climático de la mano del Ministerio de Agricultura Digital y 13 entidades socias entre centros de investigación y agremiaciones del sector.
El 18 y 19 de marzo de 2025, más de 70 representantes de las…
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Understanding smallholder decision‐making to increase farm tree diversity: Enablers and barriers for forest landscape restoration in Western Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174416
Abstract
Abstract Integrating diverse trees and shrubs (hereafter ‘trees’) in agricultural landscapes has emerged as a crucial nature‐based solution to the triple challenge of biodiversity loss, climate change and food security. The potential benefits of on‐farm trees for both people and nature, however, are often constrained by inadequate consideration…
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Six Kenyan and Ugandan coffee companies and several institutions mainstream Regenerative Agriculture within their programs for 12,000 farmers
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174412
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The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and implementing partners and stakeholders developed a country-specific Regenerative Coffee Agriculture guidebooks for both Kenya and Uganda. The guidebooks are currently being used by six coffee partners working with over 12,000 farmers in both countries to support a transition to sustainable…
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Protecting 90 million refugees on climate crisis frontlines
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174415
Abstract
Alliance Bioversity –CIAT researchers—as part of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration (FCM)—provided key evidence for UNHCR’s groundbreaking report on conflict, climate, and displacement. Providing clear evidence that more than 90 million refugees and forcibly displaced people are exposed to climate-related hazards has empowered UNHCR to reinforce its advocacy. The UN agency urges climate negotiators…
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Vietnamese government scales agroclimatic bulletins across 13 provinces in the Mekong Delta, reaching more than 290,000 farmers
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174411
Abstract
An evaluation conducted in 2024 showed the Vietnamese government successfully scaled agroclimatic bulletins (ACBs) from 7 to 13 provinces in the Mekong River Delta (MRD), reaching 291,494 farmers, without additional funding from the Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) initiative. The increase in the number of farmers was marked by the expansion in districts and communes, as…
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Forging new ground to strengthen bean research in Kenya through partnerships
Winnyfred Amongi
Allan Ssekamate, Fred Kato, Roy Odama
Kenya is transforming bean research through a KALRO-Alliance partnership focused on breeding climate-resilient varieties, improving seed systems, and building young scientists' capacity to strengthen food security and support smallholder farmers…
