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Multipurpose roles of tropical forages: Advances on understanding cadmium extraction potential and trade-offs and synergies of multispecies pastures
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106803
Publication year
2020
Authors
Cardoso, Juan Andrés
Villegas, Daniel Mauricio
Arango, Jacobo
Full Citation
Cardoso, J.A.;…
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Reducing deforestation and improving livestock productivity: greenhouse gas mitigation potential of silvopastoral systems in Caquetá
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105716
Abstract
ColombiaŹ¼s agriculture, forestry and other land use sector accounts for nearly half of its total
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The importance of smallholder deforestation is comparatively high
in relation to its regional counterparts, and livestock agriculture represents the largest…
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The Impact of Biofortified Iron Bean Adoption on Productivity, and Bean Consumption, Purchases and Sales
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106009
Abstract
This study evaluates the treatment effect of adoption of biofortified iron beans in Rwanda on household yields, bean consumption from own-production and purchases, bean sales, and the probability of being a net seller of beans. Because the adoption decision could be endogenous to these outcomes, we use an instrumental variable approach to quantify the…
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Inclusive Business Models Toolkit: Link Methodology (in Hindi)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110043
Abstract
This is an abridged version of LINK Methodology in Hindi. LINK can help your business facilitate a systematic learning process between actors from a selected value chain, and discover new opportunities for innovation, based on the application of a partici¬patory toolkit, with four main tools: (1) The value chain map, used to understand the macro context of…
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Estrategia integral para el fortalecimiento del plan de competitividad de la cadena de palma aceitera en Ucayali 2020-2030
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108442
Abstract
Este documento presenta un análisis de competitividad de la cadena de valor de la palma aceitera en Ucayali, realizado bajo el marco del proyecto Sustainable Amazon
Businesses (SAB) (Modelos de negocios para abordar los motores de la deforestación en
Perú), liderado por la Alianza de Bioversity…
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An integrated approach for understanding the factors that facilitate or constrain the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices in East Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105823
Abstract
The survey data on soil carbon enhancing practices in Ethiopia is systematically organized in Microsoft Excel tables. The data entails general household characteristics, plot characteristics, crops grown, yield, practices implemented, inputs, livestock ownership, social capital, access to credit, access to extension services…
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Launch Website
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106145
Abstract
Kelsey Herndon, regional science associate for SERVIR-Amazonia at NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville talks about the Program and invites users to go to the Website https://servir.ciat.cgiar.org/
Publication year
2019
Authors
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Full Citation
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. (2019).…
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Creating positive synergies between risk management and transfer to accelerate food system climate resilience
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107433
Publication year
2020
Authors
Mushtaq, Shahbaz
Kath, Jarrod
Stone, Roger
Henry, Ross
Läderach, Peter R.D.
Reardon-Smith, Kathryn
Cobon, David
Marcussen, Torben…
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Survey data on the costs and benefits of livestock management practices in the lowlands of Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105839
Abstract
The survey data on costs-benefit analysis of livestock management practices in the lowlands of Ethiopia is systematically organized in Microsoft Excel tables. Each of the three land management practices, that is, rangeland improved, restoration of degraded land, and fodder cropping and poultry expansion have data contained in excel tables. The data entails general household characteristics,…
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Youth entrepreneurship in all nodes of the bean value chain
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110073
Publication year
2020
Authors
Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance
Full Citation
Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) programme under the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture. (2020) Youth entrepreneurship in all nodes of the bean value chain. Gender Newsletter…
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A gap analysis modelling framework to prioritize collecting for ex situ conservation of crop landraces
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108131
Abstract
Aim: The conservation and effective use of crop genetic diversity are crucial to over-come challenges related to human nutrition and agricultural sustainability. Farmers’ traditional varieties (“landraces”) are major sources of genetic variation. The degree of representation of crop landrace diversity in ex situ conservation is poorly under-stood, partly due to a lack of methods that can…
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Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82699
Abstract
HarvestPlus and its partners have successfully developed and delivered iron bean varieties to more than one million farming households in Rwanda, DRC, and Uganda to help combat the adverse health effects of iron deficiency widespread in these countries. Focusing primarily on Rwanda, this chapter summarizes the country, nutritional and consumer background,…
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Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92503
Abstract
The objective of this work is to assess the downscaling projections of climate change over Central America at 8-km resolution using the Eta Regional Climate Model, driven by the HadGEM2-ES simulations of RCP4.5 emission scenario. The narrow characteristic of continent supports the use of numerical simulations at very high-horizontal…
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Carotenoid crystal formation in Arabidopsis and carrot roots caused by increased phytoene synthase protein levels
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115369
Abstract
As the first pathway-specific enzyme in carotenoid biosynthesis, phytoene synthase (PSY) is a prime regulatory target. This includes a number of biotechnological approaches that have successfully increased the carotenoid content in agronomically relevant non-green plant tissues through tissue-specific PSY overexpression. We investigated the differential effects of constitutive…
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Historical biogeography of five characidium fish species: dispersal from the amazon paleobasin to Southeastern South America
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77346
Abstract
Characidium is a Neotropical fish genus. Its distribution ranges from eastern Panama to northern Argentina, and it is an important component of the Neotropical ichthyofauna present in the major rivers of South America. We here provide an approximation to the dispersal and historical distributions…
