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Integration of EST-SSR markers of Medicago truncatula into intraspecific linkage map of lentil and identification of QTL conferring resistance to ascochyta blight at seedling and pod stages
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35791
Publication year
2012
Authors
Gupta, D.
Taylor, W.J.
Inder, P.
Phan, H.T.T.
Ellwood, S.R.
Mathur, P.N…
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Community seed banks in Nepal: 2nd National Workshop Proceedings, 3-5 May 2018, Kathmandu
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99141
Abstract
Community seedbanks in Nepal have a long and rich history. In 2018, a national workshop celebrated the achievements and challenges of the community seedbank movement in the country. Farmers, researchers, NGO staff and policymakers discussed key organizational, technical and policy issues. These proceedings present an overview of…
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Land, livelihoods and gender: Dynamics of community forestry in Peten, Guatemala.
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89414
Publication year
2017
Authors
Stoian, D.
Elias, Marlène
Rodas, A.
Full Citation
Stoian, D.; Elias, M.; Rodas, A. (2017) Land, livelihoods and gender: Dynamics of community forestry in Peten,…
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From diagnostic tools to decision: how to secure germplasm exchanges when plants harbor infective banana streak virus sequences in their genome
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89042
Abstract
Numerous plants harbor viral sequences of known viruses in their genome albeit the integration in the host genome is not required in the life cycle of plant viruses. In banana, sequences of Banana streak virus (BSV) integrated within the B genome of banana plants as eBSV (…
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Bananas and Plantains (Musa spp.)
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89479
Abstract
Bananas and plantains are one of the most important crops in the world, yet very few hybrids are cultivated. Bananas face considerable pressure from multiple biotic and abiotic stresses, but its genetic improvement is impeded by constraints on seed set due to multiple physiological and reproductive issues. The triploid nature of almost all commercially important bananas requires a…
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Woody vegetation increases saturated hydraulic conductivity in dry tropical Nicaragua
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66088
Abstract
Land conversion in the tropics from primary forest to agricultural land has altered soil hydrologic processes. Woody vegetation is known to increase infiltration rates and saturated hydraulic conductivity (KS) in primary forests compared with agricultural land, but it is less clear if this relationship holds for a gradient of woody…
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How should conservationists respond to pesticides as a driver of biodiversity loss in agroecosystems?
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81040
Publication year
2017
Authors
Dudley, N.
Attwood, S.J.
Goulson, D.
Jarvis, D.
Bharuchag, D.P.
Pretty, Jules N.
Full Citation
Dudley, N.; Attwood, S.J.; Goulson…
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Assessing climate change vulnerability and its effects on food security: Testing a new toolkit in Tanzania
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56753
Abstract
The working paper presents a new toolkit for the implementation of a participatory vulnerability assessment
(PVA) in rural localities, by introducing the methodology, as well as the findings, from a pilot study in
Sokoine (Zepisa, Hombolo Ward) in Tanzania. It is based on a participatory methodological approach and…
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National strategic plan for the conservation and use of priority crop wild relatives in South Africa
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89473
Abstract
The leaflet provides a summary of the major results achieved in South Africa within the project: In Situ Conservation and Use of Crop Wild Relatives in three ACP countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region (2014 - 2016), in particular about the priority CWR and the identification of in situ…
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Demand-led approaches to drive post-harvest innovation and nutritious RTB products
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89472
Abstract
Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Strategy Development Workshop Report.
Publication year
2017
Authors
Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
Ofei, R.
Grant, F.
Stoian, D.
Tran, T.
Heck, S…
publication
Bioversity International Annual Report 2017
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102472
Abstract
The Annual Report contains highlights of Bioversity International research activities to deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural and tree biodiversity to attain sustainable global food and nutrition security.
The Report also includes information about our research and funding partners, and our Board of Trustees…
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Effective implementation of crop diversification strategies for Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam: Insights from past experiences and ideas for new research
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68388
Abstract
The governments of Cambodia and Lao PDR have made strong commitments through the Climate Change Initiative of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to integrate mitigation of and adaptation to climate change into their national and sectoral development…
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Atelier de renforcement des capacites des chercheurs des centres du CGIAR et des SNRA a aborder les questions relatives aux politiques dans le domaine des ressources genetiques, 27-30 novembre 2017, ICARDA, Rabat, Maroc
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97158
Abstract
Le module de politique relatif à la plateforme du CGIAR sur les banques de gènes, en collaboration avec ICARDA, a organisé l’« Atelier de renforcement des capacités des chercheurs des centres du CGIAR et…
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The RUSTICA project at the Science Day of the Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT
Guillermo Peña Chipatecua
On March 14, 2022, the event “The Science of the Future for the Transformation of Food, Land, and Water Systems took place at the Americas hub of The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT in Colombia.
This event was organized at the…
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Plants that feed livestock could be key to climate change mitigation
One of the authors of the most recent IPCC report says it’s critical for the agriculture sector to take carbon out of the atmosphere to mitigate climate change. The team's work shows it might be possible to do this with tropical plants grown as animal feed.
Jacobo Arango, an environmental biologist at the…
