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Assessing climate change impact on Guyana's crops using integrated crop and spatial modeling approaches.
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113955
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The Crop and Spatial Modeling activity was part of the project ‘Development of an Evidence-Based, Gender Equitable Framework for Climate Smart Agriculture Interventions,’ carried out under the Ministry of Agriculture and in collaboration with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the…
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Community training manual on macro-propagation using detached corms
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113861
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Within the framework of a Bioversity International project titled “Addressing micronutrient deficiencies in sub –Saharan Africa through Musa – based foods”, banana varieties rich in vitamin A originally from outside East and Central Africa were introduced in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. To increase the availability and quality of…
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SGRP Annual Report 2006: Of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104884
Abstract
The System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) unites all of the independent centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in a collaborative effort to sustain biodiversity for current and future generations. The diversity of plant, animal, forest and aquatic genetic resources supplies the building…
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Cuantificación de la huella hídrica del cultivo de arroz en dos zonas productoras de Perú. Arroz de riego en Perú competitivo e eficiente en el uso de agua mediante agricultura climáticamente inteligente
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107237
Abstract
As the freshwater becomes a more essential and scarce resource, indicators have been arisen to measure water consumption. This has helped to warn about the use of this resource in different production sectors. Thus,…
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RUSTICA, un proyecto que le apuesta al uso de fertilizantes de base biológica para una agricultura circular
Esta iniciativa ofrecerá soluciones tecnológicas para convertir los residuos agroalimentarios en novedosos fertilizantes orgánicos de alta calidad, que respondan a las necesidades de la agricultura moderna. El proyecto se llevará a cabo en cinco regiones, cuatro en Europa y una en América Latina (Valle…
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Not so robust: robusta coffee more sensitive to warming than previously thought
Widely considered to better prepared for climate change than arabica coffee, a new study from Southeast Asia shows robusta coffee production decreases 14% with each 1C of increase above a lower-than-once-thought optimal temperature range.
Robusta coffee production in the Central…
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As a decade of ecosystem restoration kicks off, don’t forget the people
Global ecosystem restoration efforts are often measured by billions of trees planted or square kilometers of land restored. But there is a critical void in the agenda: the social and political dimensions that make restoration a success.
With the start of the United Nations’ Decade on Ecosystem Restoration…
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Nourishing people, nurturing the environment: a new book on Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition
Eliot Gee
The importance of diverse, local foods is underscored by the newly published book “Biodiversity, Food and Nutrition: A New Agenda for Sustainable Food Systems”.
Current discussions on food systems emphasize the urgent need to embed resilience and…
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From eyebrow beans to ‘lost’ rice: community seedbanks are protecting China’s crops
Eliot Gee
Despite being relatively new in China, community-led seedbanks are a valuable resource in conserving agricultural biodiversity. For the first time, researchers have provided a comprehensive summary of the services performed by 27 seedbanks across the country.
“Plant a hundred…
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“Un Viaje en Común”: el fin de este viaje es el inicio de una nueva aventura
El proyecto “Un Viaje en Común” finalizó como su objetivo principal lo enunciaba, reuniendo a actores clave de la agricultura y el cambio climático para escalar la agricultura sostenible adaptada al clima (ASAC) en el Corredor Seco centroamericano. El evento de cierre “Un Viaje en Común: avances y prioridades para la adaptación de la agricultura al…
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Building Food System Country Profiles to support decision-making in low- and middle-income countries
Erika Eliana Mosquera Echeverry, Denise van Wissen, Mark Lundy
Much of the work on food systems to date has relied on fragmented and disparate datasets, substantially reducing the capacity of decision-makers at both national and international levels to see the “whole picture” and to make the best…
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IPGRI in Central & West Asia and North Africa: Regional report 1999-2000
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105280
Abstract
The report highlights some particularly significant achievements of IPGRI's activities in Central & West Asia and North Africa in 1999-2000 and describes the impact that this work is having. The establishment of the CWANA regional office in 1992 allowed IPGRI to pay greater attention to the region in its global endeavour to promote…
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Networking banana and plantain: INIBAP annual report 1995
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104291
Abstract
Summary French and Spanish This report contains 2 focus papers entitled ”Banana and plantain: the earliest fruit crops?” (discussing their origin and history of their domestication; written by E. de Langhe) and ”Musa nematologists' consortium: a step towards global collaboration” (discussing the objectives and activities, such as nematode culturing and…
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Building capacities of small and medium enterprises for nutrition-sensitive food systems in Vietnam
The Alliance is part of a multi-stakeholder partnership to promote nutrition-sensitive food systems in Vietnam while fighting poverty and malnutrition. This year’s goal is to scale up the role of small and medium enterprises in food system transformation.
With contributions from: Lisa DeVitis and Pilar Santacoloma, FAO…
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Memorando de Entendimiento: FONTAGRO + Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT
Promoviendo Alianzas para el desarrollo sostenible de la Agricultura en América Latina y el Caribe.
09 Sep 2021
Los invitamos a celebrar la firma de un Memorando de Entendimiento que consolida la cooperación entre FONTAGRO y la Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT.
Este evento incluirá también un panel de discusión que…
