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Regional impacts of climate change on agriculture and the role of adaptation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51832
Abstract
This chapter discusses the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the role of adaptation. Specifically, the chapter explores the following impacts of climate change on agriculture: increased CO2 concentrations, water availability, and pests and diseases. The chapter also includes reports of case studies on climate change impacts on wheat, rice and millet.
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Robust Path Matching and Anomalous Route Detection Using PosteriorWeighted Graphs
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102500
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Understanding movement behaviors is critical for urban mobility and transport problems, including robust path matching, behavior analysis, and anomaly detection. We investigate a graph-based, probabilistic method for matching behaviors of entities operating on networks embedded in some geographic context (e.g., road networks) under…
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Using a Tri-Isotope (13C, 15N, 33P) Labelling Method to Quantify Rhizodeposition
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100737
Abstract
Belowground (BG) plant resource allocation, including roots and rhizodeposition, is a major source of soil organic matter. Knowledge on the amounts and turnover of BG carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in soil is critical to the understanding of how these elements cycle in soil-plant system. However, the assumptions underlying…
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Targeting Research towards Achieving Food Security in an Era of Climate Change
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99570
Publication year
2018
Authors
Campbell, Bruce M.
Dinesh, Dhanush
Huyer, Sophia
Full Citation
Campbell, Bruce M.; Dinesh, Dhanush & Huyer, Sophia (2018). Targeting Research towards Achieving Food…
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Food system innovations for healthier diets in low and middle-income countries
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100337
Abstract
Malnutrition in all its forms is a major challenge everywhere in the world, and particularly in low and middle income countries. To reduce malnutrition, innovations in food systems are needed to both provide sufficient options for consumers to obtain diets with adequate nutritional value, and to help consumers make conscious and unconscious…
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Influence of plant density and growth habit of common bean on leaf area development and N accumulation
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102225
Abstract
Crop yield requires leaf area to intercept solar radiation and to undertake photosynthesis, both of which depend on nitrogen (N) accumulation. Further, the amount of accumulated plant N at the beginning of seed fill serves as the reservoir for N required in synthesizing the proteins in developing seeds. For common…
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Modelación de arroz en Latinoamérica: Estado del arte y base de datos para parametrización
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98449
Abstract
El arroz en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC) es un cultivo de gran importancia social y económica. El consumo de arroz en LAC ha aumentado significativamente durante los últimos años, registrando un promedio actual de 30 kg persona-1 año-1. La particularidad del arroz producido en LAC está en una alta calidad de grano y una…
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Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106602
Abstract
The concept of precooked beans was introduced in Rwanda in 2009, to counteract the disadvantage of too much energy and time consumption associated with dry beans preparation. However, their adoption has been dismal and little is known on the possible causes of this. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is…
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Pro-vitamin A Carotenoids Stability and Bioaccessibility From Elite Selection of Biofortified Cassava Roots (Manihot esculanta, Crantz) Processed to Traditional Flours and Porridges
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97896
Abstract
Cassava biofortification programs have made significant progress in improving pro-vitamin A carotenoid (pVAC) content; however, the nutritional impact of traditional and industrial food processing has not been fully assessed. The effects of fermentation and thermal processing on the stability and…
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The Gene Pool Concept Applied to Crop Wild Relatives: An Evolutionary Perspective
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99185
Abstract
Crop wild relatives (CWR) can provide important resources for the genetic improvement of cultivated species. Because crops are often related to many wild species and because exploration of CWR for useful traits can take many years and substantial resources, the categorization of CWR based on a comprehensive assessment of their potential…
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Wild Plant Genetic Resources in North America: An Overview
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99187
Abstract
North America, including Canada, Mexico, and the United States, is rich in plant species used by humans in both ancient and modern times. A select number of these have become globally important domesticated crops, including maize, beans, cotton, and sunflower. Many other native and also naturalized species have potential for use, either directly or as genetic…
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Ecosystem services in cassava intercropping: a global synthetic review
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106261
Abstract
Intensification and extensification of agriculture are eroding the integrity of tropical ecosystems. As global land comes under increasing anthropogenic management, considering the impacts of management practices on ecosystem services (ES) is essential.
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivation has expanded dramatically in the tropics,…
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Wild Beans (Phaseolus L.) of North America
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100319
Abstract
The wild relatives of the five domesticated species of bean (Phaseolus L.) are widely distributed across the tropics and subtropics of the New World, with taxa extending from the Canadian border to Argentina, and on the Caribbean Islands, Bermuda, and the Galapagos Islands. Mesoamerica holds the largest concentration of species, particularly in the highlands of central Mexico…
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Conservation Status and Threat Assessments for North American Crop Wild Relatives
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99186
Abstract
Conservation status and threat assessments evaluate species’ relative risks of extinction globally, regionally, nationally, or locally and estimate the degree to which populations of species are already safeguarded in existing conservation systems, with the aim of exposing the critical gaps in current conservation. Results of the…
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Conservation and Use of the North American Plant Cornucopia: The Way Forward
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100320
Abstract
The pages of this extensive book document the potential of a great many North American plants to enhance the productivity, sustainability, and nutritional quality of crops or to be further developed into important cultivated species in their own right. But this potential can only be realized if the plants are adequately conserved to ensure…
