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Transformer la crise de l’alimentation animale en opportunité : comment les fourrages améliorés peuvent transformer les systèmes d’élevage en Afrique subsaharienne
Stefan Burkart
Le bétail est au cœur des moyens de subsistance ruraux en Afrique subsaharienne. Des systèmes pastoraux des zones arides aux exploitations mixtes agriculture-élevage dans les zones à fort potentiel, les bovins, ovins et caprins…
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Donnez aux entrepreneur.e.s ce dont ils et elles ont besoin, regardez les entreprises prospérer
Mercy Phiri , Emily Nkhambule
En mai 2025 au Malawi, Mercy Phiri a rejoint le projet Business Acceleration for Youth en pensant que les entrepreneur.e.s cherchaient principalement des subventions. En travaillant avec 61 MPME, elle a plutôt constaté qu’ils et elles ne manquaient pas d’ambition, mais de systèmes et…
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Support indigenous food system biocultural diversity
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110392
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The Comment by Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo and colleagues1 was timely in emphasising the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples due to the combined effects of climate change, COVID-19, and longstanding inequities. Although pressure on Indigenous livelihoods is nothing new, current effects are extreme, both in terms of deaths due to the virus and disruptions to lifeways,…
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The urgent need for integrated science to fight COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108443
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The COVID-19 pandemic has become the leading societal concern. The pandemic has shown that the public health concern is not only a medical problem, but also affects society as a whole; so, it has also become the leading scientific concern. We discuss in this treatise the importance of bringing the world’s scientists together to find effective…
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Introgression of a functional epigenetic OsSPL14WFP allele into elite indica rice genomes greatly improved panicle traits and grain yield
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91961
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Rice yield potential has been stagnant since the Green Revolution in the late 1960s, especially in tropical rice cultivars. We evaluated the effect of two major genes that regulate grain number, Gn1a/OsCKX2 and IPA1/WFP/OsSPL14, in elite indica cultivar backgrounds. The yield-…
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Local partial least squares based on global PLS scores
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100718
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A local‐based method for near‐infrared spectroscopy predictions, the local partial least squares regression on global PLS scores (LPLS‐S), is proposed in this work and compared with the usual local PLS (LPLS) regression approach. LPLS‐S is based on the idea of replacing the original spectra with a global PLS score matrix before using the usual LPLS. This is done…
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Sequencing analysis of 20,000 full-length cDNA clones from cassava reveals lineage specific expansions in gene families related to stress response
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44088
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Background
Cassava, an allotetraploid known for its remarkable tolerance to abiotic stresses is an important source of energy for humans and animals and a raw material for many industrial processes. A full-length cDNA library of cassava plants under normal, heat, drought,…
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Improving African bean productivity in a changing global environment
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107022
Publication year
2020
Authors
Taba-Morales, Gebel
Hyman, Glenn G.
Rubiano Mejía, Jorge Eliécer
Castro-Llanos, Fabio Alexander
Beebe, Stephen E.
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
Katungi, Enid M.
Buruchara, Robin Arani…
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Analysis of effectiveness of three forest interventionist techniques and proposal of a new and integrated model of forest restoration
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67785
Publication year
2015
Authors
Castelli, Karen Regina
Barreto, Mariana Gregorio
Francesconi, Wendy
Dalla Valle, Leandro
Mondelli, Giulliana
Abilio, Fernanda Maria…
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Targeting management practices for rice yield gains in stress-prone environments of Myanmar
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105520
Publication year
2019
Authors
Radanielson, Ando M.
Kato, Yoichiro
Palao, Leo K.
Feyisa, Gudina
Malabayabas, Arelene Julia
Aunario, Jorrel K.
García, Cornelia
Balanza, Jane Girly C…
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Comparative polygenic analysis of maximal ethanol accumulation capacity and tolerance to high ethanol levels of cell proliferation in yeast
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51493
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is able to accumulate ≥17% ethanol (v/v) by fermentation in the absence of cell proliferation. The genetic basis of this unique capacity is unknown. Up to now, all research has focused on tolerance of yeast cell proliferation to high ethanol…
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Application of secondary nutrients and micronutrients increases crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82689
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Secondary and micronutrients are important in enhancing crop productivity; yet, they are hardly studied in sub-Sahara Africa. In this region, the main focus has been on macronutrients but there is emerging though scattered evidence of crop productivity limitations by the secondary and micronutrients. Elsewhere, widespread deficiencies of these nutrients are associated with stagnation of yields…
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Exploring gender perceptions of resource ownership and their implications for food security among rural livestock owners in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56833
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Productive resources are essential to the livelihoods and food security of the world's rural poor. Gender-equal ownership of resources is considered key to increasing agricultural productivity, equity, and food security. However, there has not been much…
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Genome-Wide discovery and information resource development of DNA polymorphisms in Cassava
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51520
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Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important crop that provides food security and income generation in many tropical countries, and is known for its adaptability to various environmental conditions. Its draft genome sequence and many expressed sequence tags are now publicly available, allowing the development of cassava…
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The cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) in Asia: first records, potential distribution, and an identification key
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51497
Abstract
Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), one of the most serious pests of cassava worldwide, has recently reached Asia, raising significant concern over its potential spread throughout the region. To support management decisions, this article reports recent distribution records,…
