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Climate-smart tools for Latin America
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67070
Abstract
The combined effects of climate change, inequity, and population pressures are escalating the challenges faced by Latin America’s smallholder farmers. CIAT and CCAFS, in collaboration with many other partners, have developed a comprehensive set of tools, tailored to the region, to rapidly scale-up the adoption of CSA practices by smallholders for improved food and livelihood…
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De encuestas en papel a chatbots: impulsando el monitoreo digital de la calidad de dieta en Guatemala
Daniel Jimenez R.
Gresia Ramos, Miguel Lizarazo, Daniela Arce, Melissa Bonilla
La alimentación de los guatemaltecos tiene raíces en la cosmovisión maya, cuya base era el sistema milpa conformado por el maíz, frijol y ayote, alimentos que continúan consumiéndose diariamente por la…
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Balancing food security and biodiversity: Co-designing regenerative pathways in Kenya’s Central Highlands
Michael Kinyua, Emmanuel Mwema
Pallavi Rajkhowa
In Kenya’s Central Highlands, the future of feeding communities while conserving biodiversity is at a crossroads. Production systems in the region are hindered by erratic and declining rainfall, soil fertility loss, watershed degradation,…
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Crafting a national agenda for neglected and underutilized species in Ghana
Ronnie Vernooy
Daniel Nyadanu (Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, NUS Network of Ghana)
Ghana has more than 70 documented neglected and underutilized species (NUS), but their status is insecure, and several species have experienced a loss of varieties, including plantain and yam…
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Decentralized experimental agriculture with the tricot approach
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178413
Publication year
2025
Authors
de Sousa, Kaue
van Etten, Jacob
Teeken, Béla
Laporte, Marie-Angélique
Steinke, Jonathan
Full Citation
de Sousa, K.; van Etten, J.; Teeken, B.; Laporte, M.; Steinke, J. (2025) Decentralized experimental agriculture with the…
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FoodLens: Acentuando el enfoque de la investigación en sistemas alimentarios sostenibles
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65070
Publication year
2015
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT. 2015. FoodLens: Acentuando el enfoque de la investigación en sistemas alimentarios sostenibles. Estrategia CIAT 2014-2020.…
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A mechanistic understanding of the effect of lime and compost on soil cadmium availability in cacao farms
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178412
Abstract
To develop soil amendments that effectively lower cadmium uptake by food crops, a mechanistic understanding is needed of the factors influencing Cd availability in amended soils. This insight is highly relevant in the context of food safety regulations affecting the cacao sector in Latin America. Geochemical multisurface models (MSMs) can be used to generate such knowledge, yet their…
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Molecular marker development for the small granule starch trait in cassava
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178442
Publication year
2025
Authors
Gomez Martinez, Luz Andrea
Moreno, Jhon Larry
Londoño, Luis Fernando
Morante, Nelson
Salazar, Sandra Milena
Zhang, Xiaofei
Tran, Thierry
Newby, Jonathan
Gimode, Winnie
Full…
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Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Conservation through cryopreservation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178441
Abstract
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed the Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Conservation through cryopreservation to be used as a companion volume to the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and…
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Attribution of climate change and climate change impacts: Part of the Advanced AGNES Courses on Climate Outlook, Impact Assessment, and Climate Risk Assessment
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178443
Abstract
Attribution science of climate change — encompassing both slow- and sudden-onset changes in the climate system and the attribution of their consequent impacts — provides the most robust evidence of human influence on the climate system. However, expertise in attribution science, which is essential for generating evidence on the…
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Mining valuable genetic variants for climate change adaptation from the world’s largest cassava collection
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178445
Abstract
Climate change is challenging crop production, threatening food security and the livelihoods of billions of people. A total of 13,518 cassava landraces are conserved by nine genebanks globally. Among these, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia, conserves 4,947 landraces from 27 different countries. These landraces, selected over thousands of years, are…
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Catalogue of conserved coconut germplasm
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178406
Publication year
2010
Authors
Bourdeix, Roland
Batugal, Pons
Oliver, M.Jeffrey .T.
George, Maria Luz
Full Citation
Batugal, P.; Bourdeix, R.; Oliver, J.T.; George, M.L. (eds.) (2010) Catalogue of conserved coconut germplasm.Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan (Malaysia): International Coconut…
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Soils research at CIAT
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66385
Publication year
2013
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT, 2013. Soils research at CIAT. Cali, Colombia: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). 2p.
Publication Type
Brief
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From 30 to 100: The $2,500 grant that scaled Martha’s dream
Emily Nkhambule
In Nsanje, Malawi, a $2,500 grant transformed 20-year-old Martha Forty's manual printing hustle into a thriving local enterprise. With new machinery and formal business training from the Business Acceleration for Youth Project, she tripled her production, now supports her family's education, and is…
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A systems approach to scaling innovations in the agrifood system
Esther Nzuki, Boaz Waswa, Solomon Mwendia, Alex Nduah, Dessalegn Ketema, Linda Njeri, Daisy Waweru
A recent three-day workshop in Tawa (Makueni County, Kenya) convened researchers, extension agents, private-sector representatives, NGOs, and farmers to tackle a critical barrier in Kenyan …
