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Agroecosystems in the Colombian Amazon: an assessment of their socioecological attributes using the Main Agroecological Structure framework
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182080
Abstract
Sustainable food systems consistently provide nutritious, secure, and affordable food while maintaining the environmental and social basis that supports them – namely healthy ecosystems and rural livelihoods. Using the Main Agroecology Structure (MAS) framework and combining qualitative and participatory methods, social cartography and landscape…
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Empowering smallholder olive growers in northwest Tunisia through an agroecological business model
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/181804
Abstract
Olive cultivation struggles with climate change, resource degradation, and price volatility. Agroecology is considered as the mainstream model for transforming agriculture toward sustainable agri-food systems within the given economic and political context. This study aims to conduct an agroecological assessment of the current business model of the olive growers and to develop an upgraded…
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A missing element in the practice of digital farming: Farmer access to telecommunication and internet infrastructure in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177804
Publication year
2025
Authors
Oklikah, Desmond Oforia
Abdulai, Abdul-Rahim
Abdulai, Abdul-Salam Jahanfo
Arku, Godwin
Full Citation
Oklikah, D.O.; Abdulai, A.; Abdulai, A.J.; Arku, G. (2025) A missing element in the…
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Caracterización física, morfológica y evaluación de las curvas de empastamiento de musáceas (Musa spp.)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51455
Publication year
2012
Authors
Hoyos Leyva, J.D.
Jaramillo Jimenez, P.A.
Giraldo Toro, Andrés
Dufour, Dominique
Sánchez, Teresa
Lucas Aguirre, Juan Carlos
Full Citation…
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Resistance to Multiple Temperate and Tropical Stem and Sheath Diseases of Rice
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91962
Abstract
Stem rot and aggregated sheath spot are the two major stem and sheath diseases affecting rice (Oryza sativa L.) in temperate areas. A third fungal disease, sheath blight, is a major disease in tropical areas. Resistance to these diseases is a key objective in rice breeding programs but phenotyping is challenged by the confounding effects of…
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Management and Motivations to Manage “Wild” Food Plants. A Case Study in a Mestizo Village in the Amazon Deforestation Frontier
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89204
Abstract
Human management of anthropogenic environments and species is tightly linked to the ecology and evolution of plants gathered by humans. This is certainly the case for wild food plants, which exist on a continuum of human management. Given alarming deforestation rates, wild food plant gathering…
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Exposure to air pollutants and heat stress among resource-poor women entrepreneurs in small-scale cassava processing
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105723
Publication year
2019
Authors
Parmar, Aditya
Tomlins, Keith I.
Sanni, Lateef O.
Omohimi, Celestina
Thomas, Funmi
Tran, Thierry
Full…
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Model-based estimation of above-ground biomass in the miombo ecoregion of Zambia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93467
Abstract
Information on above-ground biomass (AGB) is important for managing forest resource use at local levels, land management planning at regional levels, and carbon emissions reporting at national and international levels. In many tropical developing countries, this information may be unreliable or at a scale too coarse for use at local levels. There is a vital need to provide estimates of AGB with quantifiable…
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Overexpression of Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) gene improves floral development in cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83280
Abstract
Cassava is a tropical storage-root crop that serves as a worldwide source of staple food for over 800 million people. Flowering is one of the most important breeding challenges in cassava because in most lines flowering is late and non-synchronized, and flower production is sparse. The FLOWERING…
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Translocation of a parthenogenesis gene candidate to an alternate carrier chromosome in apomictic Brachiaria humidicola
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99319
Abstract
The apomictic reproductive mode of Brachiaria (syn. Urochloa) forage species allows breeders to faithfully propagate heterozygous genotypes through seed over multiple generations. In Brachiaria, reproductive mode segregates as single dominant locus, the apospory-specific genomic region (ASGR). The…
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Beyond climate-smart agriculture: toward safe operating spaces for global food systems
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33717
Abstract
Agriculture is considered to be “climate-smart” when it contributes to increasing food security, adaptation and mitigation in a sustainable way. This new concept now dominates current discussions in agricultural development because of its capacity to unite the agendas of the agriculture, development and climate change communities…
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The impact of adoption of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmers’ food security in semi-arid zones of southern Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80512
Abstract
BACKGROUND
In southern Africa, conservation agriculture (CA) has received a lot of research and promotional support from various organizations in the past decades. Conservation agriculture is largely promoted as one of the few win–win technologies affordable to farmers, in the sense that…
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The nature and impact of climate change in the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) basins
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42027
Abstract
In this article the authors assess the potential impacts of projected climate change on water, livelihoods and food security in the Basin Focal Projet basins. The authors consider expected change within the context of recently observed climate variability in the basins to better understand the potential impact of expected change and the options available for adaptation. They use multi-global…
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Arabidopsis LEC1 and LEC2 Orthologous Genes Are Key Regulators of Somatic Embryogenesis in Cassava
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101654
Abstract
High genotype-dependent variation in friable embryogenic callus (FEC) induction and subsequent somaclonal variation constitute bottlenecks for the application and scaling of genetic transformation (GT) technology to more farmer- and industry-preferred cassava varieties. The understanding and identification of molecular…
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From observation to information: data-driven understanding of on farm yield variation
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72485
Abstract
Agriculture research uses “recommendation domains” to develop and transfer crop management practices adapted to specific contexts. The scale of recommendation domains is large when compared to individual production sites and often encompasses less environmental variation than farmers manage. Farmers constantly observe crop response to…
