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Nutritional Quality, Voluntary Intake and Enteric Methane Emissions of Diets Based on Novel Cayman Grass and Its Associations With Two Leucaena Shrub Legumes
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109998
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Methane (CH4) emissions from enteric fermentation in cattle are an important source of greenhouse gases, accounting for about 40% of all agricultural emissions. Diet quality plays a fundamental role in determining the magnitude of CH4 emissions. Specifically, the…
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New criteria for sustainable land use planning of metropolitan green infrastructures in the tropical Andes
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145123
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Urbanization is rapidly increasing worldwide, with about 60% of the global population currently residing in cities and expected to reach 68% by 2050. In Latin America's tropical Andes region, managing these changes poses challenges, including biodiversity loss and vulnerability to climate change.
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Tailored forecasts can predict extreme climate informing proactive interventions in East Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134831
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Abstract This commentary discusses new advances in the predictability of east African rains and highlights the potential for improved early warning systems (EWS), humanitarian relief efforts, and agricultural decision‐making. Following an unprecedented sequence of five droughts, 23 million east Africans faced starvation in 2022, requiring >$2 billion in aid. Here, we update climate…
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Banana seed genetic resources for food security: Status, constraints, and future priorities
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116400
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Storing seed collections of crop wild relatives, wild plant taxa genetically related to crops, is an essential component in global food security. Seed banking protects genetic resources from degradation and extinction and provides material for use by breeders. Despite being among the most important crops in the world, banana and plantain crop wild relatives are largely under-represented in genebanks…
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Coordinated implementation of climate-smart practices in coffee farming increases benefits at farm, landscape and global scale
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145018
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Coffee is a major commodity crop that shapes large shares of tropical landscapes. However, the sustainability of these landscapes is threatened by climate change. Whilst adopting climate-smart (CS) practices clearly offers direct benefits to local farmers, their greater benefits at landscape and global scales has not been studied for specific commodity crops so far…
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Gender gap in perspectives of the impacts of degradation and restoration on ecosystem services in Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130611
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The importance of land restoration has garnered increasing attention on the global stage through large-scale initiatives such as the Bonn Challenge. However, policies and strategies are often gender-blind and designed in compliance with entrenched social hierarchies, exacerbating pre-existing social inequalities that affect restoration initiatives. The challenge of developing gender-…
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Root exudate fingerprint of Brachiaria humidicola reveals vanillin as a novel and effective nitrification inhibitor
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135917
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Introduction: Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) is defined as the plant-mediated control of soil nitrification via the release of nitrification inhibitors. BNI of Brachiaria humidicola (syn. Urochloa humidicola) has been mainly attributed to root-exuded fusicoccane-type diterpenes, e.g., 3-epi-brachialactone. We hypothesized, however, that BNI of B. humidicola is…
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State-level stakeholder consultations guide the Himalayan Agroecology Initiative in India
Sonal Dsouza
The Himalayan Agroecology Initiative (HAI) continued its state-level engagements with consultations across three different states in India, seeking to strengthen and refine the Indian Himalayan roadmap that will soon guide the thinking and action of high-level decision-makers and key stakeholders toward…
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Des semences locales à un impact durable : le parcours inspirant d’Angel Tadié dans la production semencière
SIRI Bella, Mafouasson Hortense, Eileen Nchanji, Paul Aseete
Angel Tadié a transformé son exploitation agricole après avoir bénéficié du mentorat d’un chercheur retraité de l’IRAD, passant de semences locales à des semences améliorées. Ses rendements ont triplé, ce qui lui a permis de devenir…
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Se souvenir du Dr Joachim Voss et de ses contributions
Avec un profond respect et une grande tristesse, nous prenons acte du décès du Dr Joachim Voss, qui a occupé le poste de Directeur général du Centre international d’agriculture tropicale (CIAT) de 2000 à 2007.
Le Dr Voss, citoyen du Canada et bénéficiaire du programme RockyDoc de la Fondation Rockefeller, a auparavant…
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Enabling structured grain trade in Kenya: Lessons from Uasin Gishu County
Kiogora Joseline Kanja
Chris Mwangi Ngige, Benson Kenduiywo
In Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and agriGHALA are transforming grain trade through structured systems, improving storage, finance, and market access to reduce losses and increase incomes…
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La science dans les contextes fragiles : réimaginer le soutien de l’Alliance dans les contextes de fragilité et de crise
Grazia Pacillo
Ibukun Taiwo
Alors que les conflits et les chocs climatiques transforment l’alimentation, les terres et l’eau, les dirigeant·e·s de l’Alliance de Bioversity International et du CIAT se sont réuni·e·s lors de leur Semaine annuelle de la science pour repenser la…
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L'Alliance soutient l'appel à la protection de 90 millions de personnes en première ligne de la crise climatique
Marianne Gadeberg
Les recherches de l'Alliance étayent le rapport COP29 du HCR qui montre que 90 millions de personnes déplacées sont confrontées à de graves risques climatiques. Le rapport exhorte les dirigeants à protéger les personnes vulnérables, à financer la résilience et à réduire les…
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Écouter le cœur de la chaîne de valeur du cacao ivoirien : voix du terrain
Angie L. Sánchez, George Amahnui , Maria Eliza Villarino
La salle était déjà animée avant même le début des discussions. Les producteur.rice.s saluaient les responsables de coopératives avec des poignées de main familières. Les exportateur.rice.s posaient leurs carnets. Les représentant.e.s des institutions publiques, des…
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« Nous marchons plus loin chaque jour » : le coût humain de la sécheresse pastorale et de la pression sur les ressources
Anastacia Wanjiru, Sintayehu Alemayehu
Si la sécheresse avait été prévue, pourquoi la crise s’est-elle tout de même produite ? Le suivi des conditions de 2025-2026 dans les zones pastorales transfrontalières montre, à travers les systèmes numériques d’alerte précoce, comment les chocs…
