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Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in sustainable food systems: Scientific foundations for an agrobiodiversity index - Summary
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80360
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This book is the first step in the process of creating an index to help monitor the conservation and use of agrobiodiversity across different dimensions.
There is a need to measure and understand biodiversity in rapid, cost-efficient ways, to connect also with policy decisions by countries and…
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New daily climate data for crop growth simulation available
A new interface was developed to query and download future daily bias corrected data for crop growth modeling, which will help improve our understanding of the effects of climate change on agriculture.
Cross-posted from CCAFS.
Getting and handling future climate information is not always an easy task. Currently, our best tools to…
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Nuevos datos diarios de clima para simulaciones de crecimiento de cultivos
Una nueva interfaz de consulta y descarga de datos diarios futuros corregidos de sesgo para modelar el crecimiento de cultivos, ayudará a mejorar nuestro entendimiento de los efectos del cambio climático sobre la agricultura.
Publicada originalmente en CCAFS.
Conseguir y manejar información futura de clima no es siempre una…
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Terra-i team, scientific talent for a greener world
The Terra-i, which works under CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Research Area, is constantly evolving, and their main goal this year is to process a larger amount of data in less time.
“To meet this challenge we purchased more data processing devices and improved the software of our current equipment to increase…
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Liderazgo científico del CIAT promueve el desarrollo de la ganadería nicaragüense
Con el objetivo de compartir experiencias que aumenten la productividad de la ganadería nicaragüense y mejoren la calidad y la eficiencia de la producción pecuaria del país en armonía con el medio ambiente, el Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) organizó el I Congreso Internacional “Desafíos y Oportunidades de la Ganadería para el…
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Laboratorios de Forrajes Tropicales y Suelos, de puertas abiertas al intercambio de conocimientos
El pasado mes de julio, los laboratorios del área de Forrajes Tropicales y Suelos del CIAT abrieron sus puertas a los estudiantes de la Universidad de la Amazonía del Caquetá para que nuevos talentos tuviesen la oportunidad de capacitarse en el manejo de equipos y en el análisis de gases de efecto invernadero y de la calidad…
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A team that's bringing the Big Data revolution to agriculture
Just as CIAT scientists anticipated more than 6 years ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other key international institutions now affirm that Big Data will be the driver of the next revolution in agriculture.
In search of better ways to achieve agricultural growth that helps reduce global hunger…
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Seeing is believing: the impact of soil management
For over a decade, CIAT has tested agronomic and soil management practices in Western Kenya. From minimum tillage to integrated soil fertility management, two trials, established in 2003, are the most comprehensive picture of tropical soil health that we have in Kenya.
What these trials allow us to do is show-case changes in soil fertility and health – …
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3 of LINK’s successful cases at Inclusive Business Model Forum
CIAT’s Linking Farmers to Markets research team, with support from CGIAR’s Policies, Institutions and Markets Research Program (PIM), has given different uses to the LINK methodology over the past couple of years with the goal of constructing more inclusive and sustainable business models. As of today, in Latin America only, there are around 50 case…
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El CIAT presente en revisión del Programa de Alianzas Productivas de alto nivel
El equipo de Vinculando Productores al Mercado del CIAT participó en un taller de alto nivel sobre el rol que el Programa de Apoyo a Alianzas Productivas (PAAP) podría tener en procesos de desarrollo rural y posconflicto en Colombia. El evento contó con la participación del Ministro de Agricultura de Colombia, representantes del Banco Mundial y…
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First drought-resilient, high iron beans for Uganda released
Five new bean varieties bred with high iron and resilience to the impacts of drought have been released in Uganda for the first time.
The varieties – co-developed by the National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), the Rwandan Agricultural Board (RAB) and CIAT through HarvestPlus – were released as part of the government’s strategy to…
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Using case studies for enhancing capacity in managing forest genetic resources
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71219
Abstract
Forest trees are long-lived species with high genetic diversity that is crucial for their survival,
regeneration and adaptation. However, forest managers and conservationists are often not well informed
about the relevance of genetic aspects to population viability. Lack of understanding of forest genetic resources…
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Bean power: Finger on the pulse of a drought-resilient future
Against a hilly backdrop, Daud Bukuku and his wife Neema Obeti examine a handful of red specked beans from a large basket. The open fields behind them have just been harvested. But they’re lucky to have had a harvest at all – the beans they proudly shows us didn’t crop up for everyone.
Even they had a lucky escape. Working together with…
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Trees on agricultural land sink four times more carbon
Trees grown on agricultural land significantly contribute to global carbon budgets, say authors in this recent study. If carbon from trees grown on agricultural land was well accounted for, total carbon estimates for agricultural land would be more than four times higher than they currently are, they add.
This is good news, and getting better:…
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Tropical forages and soils labs – The doors are open for knowledge sharing
Last July, CIAT´s tropical forages and soils laboratories opened their doors to students from the University of the Amazon in Colombia’s Caquetá Department, giving them the opportunity to strengthen their capacity in the use of diverse tools and techniques.
The training focused mainly on assessing the usefulness of different forage…
