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Agrobiodiversity conservation policies: Insights from an integrated micro-macro economic model in Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155106
Abstract
National strategies aiming to enhance agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa have traditionally focused on encouraging the adoption of improved modern crop varieties. This approach led to genetic erosion and reduced option value for bioprospecting, an unintended consequence of the decline of locally conserved traditional varieties. Governments are often left with poor…
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The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115338
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Silvopastoral systems (SPS)—production systems integrating trees, forages, and livestock within the same land area—are recognized as critical for reducing tropical deforestation and improving livelihoods, ecosystem services, and carbon sinks. Yet, research on how scaling SPS influences forest cover changes at large geographical scales is scant. Our study delves deeper into the interlinkages between…
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Expanding Opportunities: A Framework for Gender and Socially-Inclusive Climate Resilient Agriculture
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117468
Abstract
Limiting global warming to the 2◦C target that countries have committed to in the 2015 Paris Agreement, and reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, will require large-scale expansion of climate-resilient approaches in agriculture and food systems. In order to achieve the scale of change required, coordinated action is needed from global to local levels, from research to policy…
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Is climate exacerbating the root causes of conflict in Mali? A climate security analysis through a structural equation modeling approach
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127749
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This peer-reviewed article examines the link between climate variability and conflict in Mali. It advances the argument that climate is a threat multiplier, other words, climate indirectly affects conflict occurrence through numerous pathways
Publication year
2022
Authors
Pacillo…
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How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130656
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Tracking agriculture and land-use greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is necessary to inform global climate policy, yet UNFCCC country-reported data and three independent global databases show inconsistent estimates of countries’ emissions. Data for developing countries are particularly inconsistent, yet also collectively the largest source of emissions…
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A biological product of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QST713 strain for promoting banana plant growth and modifying rhizosphere soil microbial diversity and community composition
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139377
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Bananas are not only an important food crop for developing countries but also a major trading fruit for tropical and semitropical regions, maintaining a huge trade volume. Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense is becoming a serious challenge to the banana industry globally.…
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Proteomic analysis of mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum) tubers subjected to postharvest treatments
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110372
Publication year
2020
Authors
Aguilar-Galvez, Ana
Pedreschi, Romina
Carpentier, Sebastien C.
Chirinos, Rosana
García-Ríos, Diego
Campos, David
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In vitro fermentation profile and methane production of Kikuyu grass harvested at different sward heights
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116300
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Highly digestible forages are associated with an in vitro low-methane (CH4) rumen fermentation profile and thus the possibility of reducing CH4 emissions from forage-based systems. We aimed to assess the in vitro ruminal fermentation profile, including CH4 production, of the top stratum of Kikuyu grass (Cenchrus clandestinus - Hochst. ex Chiov) harvested at different sward heights (10…
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Farmers’ perceptions of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production constraints, preferred traits and farming systems and their implications on bean breeding: a case study from South East Lowveld region of Zimbabwe
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113038
Abstract
Background
Navy bean is an important legume crop in Zimbabwe. Although its production in Zimbabwe is limited by multiple constraints including biotic, abiotic and socio-economic, there is no documented…
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Hybridization, missing wild ancestors and the domestication of cultivated diploid bananas
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/124971
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Hybridization and introgressions are important evolutionary forces in plants. They contribute to the domestication of many species, including understudied clonal crops. Here, we examine their role in the domestication of a clonal crop of outmost importance, banana (Musa ssp.). We used genome-wide SNPs generated for 154 diploid banana cultivars and 68 samples of the wild M. acuminata to estimate and…
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Habitat suitability modeling of a nearly extinct rosewood species (Dalbergia odorifera) under current, and future climate conditions
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177642
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The influence of global climate change on endangered species is of growing concern, especially for rosewood species that are in urgent need of protection and restoration. Ecological niche models are commonly used to evaluate probable species’ distribution under climate change and contribute to decision-making to define efficient management strategies. A model…
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Urban climate resilience in Africa: A review of nature-based solution in African cities' adaptation plans
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173935
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Cities are globally exposed to climate change effects, which revealed that 55% of the world's population is at risk. Despite their low contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, African cities are paying the highest cost of the threats caused by climate change due to their rapid urban community growth, high population density, and inadequate urban planning. This review…
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Policy dimension for promoting inter and intra‑varietal diversity and evolutionary crop populations
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152365
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The value of broad genetic base cultivars is often underestimated in the formal seed system, which primarily emphasizes uniform, monogenotyped varieties to ensure food security. To gather insights on the significance of farmer’s
varieties, cultivar mixtures, and evolutionary populations, a comprehensive approach involving surveys, focus group discussions, interviews, field observation and…
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Design of a Soil-based Climate-Smartness Index (SCSI) using the trend and variability of yields and soil organic carbon
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111399
Abstract
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) has had an increasing role in the agricultural policy arena, as it aims to address climate change mitigation, adaptation and food security goals in an integrated way. In regions where agriculture has been constrained because of soil degradation and climate change, CSA…
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Participación de la mujer en las decisiones sobre el uso y la intensidad de siembra de variedades de arroz en Ecuador
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98378
Abstract
La contribución de la mujer a la agricultura no es usualmente reconocida, lo que ha limitado en ocasiones el diseño de políticas que incrementen la igualdad de género. La literatura más reciente ha aportado evidencia sobre el rol de las mujeres y su importancia para mejorar la productividad agrícola.…
