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LivestockPlus: forages, sustainable intensification, and food security in the tropics
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67311
Publication year
2015
Authors
Rudel, Thomas K.
Paul, Birthe K.
White, D.
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Hoek, Rein van der
Castro, A.
Boval, Maryline
Lerner, A.
Schneider, L…
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Cost and benefit analysis of adopting climate adaptation practices among smallholders: The case of five selected practices in Ghana
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110860
Abstract
Smallholder farmers mostly depend on agriculture for their sustenance yet the sector is threatened by changing climate. It is essential for smallholders to adapt to reduce their vulnerability. Estimating the economic effectiveness of climate adaptation practices would enhance planning and…
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Using phenomics to identify and integrate traits of interest for better-performing common beans: A validation study on an interspecific hybrid and its Acutifolii parents
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125953
Abstract
Evaluations of interspecific hybrids are limited, as classical
genebank accession descriptors are semi-subjective, have qualitative traits
and show complications when evaluating intermediate accessions. However,
descriptors can be quantified using recognized phenomic traits. This
digitalization can identify phenomic traits…
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Vulnerability to climate change of cocoa in West Africa: patterns, opportunities and limits to adaptation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72586
Abstract
The West African cocoa belt, reaching from Sierra Leone to southern Cameroon, is the origin of about 70% of the world's cocoa (Theobroma cacao), which in turn is the basis of the livelihoods of about two million farmers. We analyze cocoa's vulnerability to climate change in the West African cocoa belt, based on climate projections for the 2050s of 19 Global Circulation Models…
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Modeling conservation practices in APEX: from the field to the watershed
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67160
Publication year
2015
Authors
Francesconi, Wendy
Smith, Douglas R
Flanagan, Dennis C
Huang, Chi-Hua
Wang, Xiuying
Full Citation
Francesconi, Wendy; Smith, Douglas R.; Flanagan…
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Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America : Case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42952
Abstract
Background
Agricultural science can address a population's vitamin, amino acid and mineral malnutrition through biofortification - agronomy, plant breeding and biotechnology to develop crops with high nutrient contents. Biofortified crop varieties should be grown in areas with populations at risk of nutrient deficiency and in areas where the same crop is already…
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Conventional breeding, marker-assisted selection, genomic selection and inbreeding in clonally propagated crops: a case study for cassava
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67154
Abstract
Consolidates relevant molecular and phenotypic information on cassava to demonstrate relevance of heterosis, and alternatives to exploit it by integrating different tools. Ideas are useful to other asexually reproduced crops. Asexually propagated crops offer the advantage that all…
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Impact of Environment and Genotype-by-Environment Interaction on Functional Properties of Amylose-Free and Wildtype Cassava Starches
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97156
Abstract
Ten and thirty cassava genotypes producing wildtype and amylose‐free (waxy) starch respectively, are grown at low (LA) and intermediate (IA) altitudes (<213 and >900 m above sea level (m.a.s.l.) respectively). The functional properties of the starch from these materials are analyzed…
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Root environment is a key determinant of fungal entomopathogen endophytism following seed treatment in the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77174
Abstract
The common bean is the most important food legume in the world. We examined the potential of the fungal entomopathogens Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae applied as seed treatments for their endophytic establishment in the common bean. Endophytic colonization in sterile…
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Reframing the sustainable seafood narrative
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105544
Publication year
2019
Authors
Tlusty, Michael F.
Tyedmers, Peter
Bailey, Megan
Ziegler, Friederike
Henriksson, Patrik J.G.
Béné, Christophe
Bush, Simon R.
Newton, Richard
Asche, Frank
Little, David C…
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Recommendations for the regionalizing of coffee cultivation in Colombia: a methodological proposal based on agro-climatic indices
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56655
Abstract
The Colombian National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC) conducted an agro-ecological zoning study based on climate, soil, and terrain of the Colombian coffee-growing regions (CCGR) located in the tropics, between 1° and 11.5° N, in areas of complex topography. To support this study, a…
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Convolutional Neural Net-Based Cassava Storage Root Counting Using Real and Synthetic Images
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106629
Abstract
Cassava roots are complex structures comprising several distinct types of root. The number and size of the storage roots are two potential phenotypic traits reflecting crop yield and quality. Counting and measuring the size of cassava storage roots are usually done manually, or semi-automatically by first segmenting cassava…
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Assessing high-impact spots of climate change: spatial yield simulations with decision support system for agrotechnology transfer (DSSAT) model
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70960
Abstract
Drybeans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are an important subsistence crop in Central America. Future climate change may threaten drybean production and jeopardize smallholder farmers’ food security. We estimated yield changes in drybeans due to changing climate in these countries…
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Influence of productive resources on bean production in male‑ and female‑headed households in selected bean corridors of Kenya
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99088
Abstract
Background
Gender-related constraints reflect gender inequalities in access to resources and development opportunities. Access to productive assets is a major issue in the gender empowerment discourse. Despite the significant roles women play in agriculture and food security in many developing…
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Identifying crop research priorities based on potential economic and poverty reduction impacts: the case of cassava in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96587
Abstract
It is widely recognized that increasing agricultural production to the levels needed to feed an expanding world population requires sharply increased public investment in research and development and widespread adoption of new technologies, but funding for national and international agricultural research has rather declined in recent years.…
