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Top Visionaries to receive $200,000 USD for the compelling and inspiring Visions of their food future!
How might we envision regenerative and nourishing food futures for 2050? For food systems to be regenerative, nourishing, and able to provide for 10 billion people, they will need to be very different than they are today.
A positive, inspirational Vision, in which we see the possible in our mind’s eye,…
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Subnational climate-smart agriculture (CSA) action planning: Lessons learned with Veronica Ndetu, head of the Climate Change Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is the proposed approach in the face of climate variability. The government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is playing an active role in advocating for the uptake of CSA both nationally and subnationally.
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CIAT Champion of Open Science: Leroy Mwanzia
“Working to help the Ministry of Education in the Kenya Educational Sector Support Program made me realize the power of data for decision making.”
By Rosemary Nzuki | Dic 20, 2020
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Throughout his university studies at Africa Nazarene University, where he studied computer science (B.S. degree), Leroy Mwanzia focused on only one thing: software development. So great was his passion that, after graduating, he turned down a computer networking opportunity…
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Más allá de la técnica denominada “shovelomics” : Cultivar yuca en el aire ayuda a estudiar las misteriosas raíces de la planta
Los científicos dejaron a un lado la pala y estudiaron las raíces de la yuca a medida que crecían en tiempo real, suspendidas en el aire. El uso innovador de la aeroponía puede abrir paso a una nueva era de la ciencia para el mejoramiento genético y la intensificación sostenible de la yuca.
María Elker…
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There is still time to apply for the US$2 million Food System Vision Prize!
If your goal for the new year is to make a difference in your community, country, or beyond, the Food System Vision Prize could be the chance to make your dream a reality. The US$2 million prize, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, is accepting applications until the end of January.
The prize intends to award 10…
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Todavía hay tiempo de aplicar al Premio Visión de Sistemas Alimentarios de US$2 millones
Si su objetivo para el nuevo año es marcar una diferencia en su comunidad, país u otro contexto, el Premio Visión de Sistemas Alimentarios podría ser la oportunidad para lograr que su sueño sea una realidad. El premio de US$2 millones, financiado por la Fundación Rockefeller, está recibiendo aplicaciones hasta fines de enero…
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Beyond “shovelomics:” Growing cassava in the air helps study the plant’s mysterious roots
Scientists tossed aside the shovel and studied cassava roots as they grew in real time, suspended in the air. The innovative use of aeroponics may usher in a new era of science for cassava genetic improvement and sustainable intensification
Maria Elker Montoya, a co-author of the study, works with suspended cassava plants in an aeroponics…
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A wild bean's genes may help a key crop thrive on a hotter Earth
Steve Beebe (R), the leader of CIAT’s bean program, guides colleagues from Central America and Africa through an experimental greenhouse at CIAT’s campus in Palmira, Colombia.
The climate change point-of-no-return may still be 1 degree C away. But that is of little solace to the people whose lives have already been upended by a warmer…
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Los genes de un fríjol silvestre pueden ayudar a que un cultivo clave prospere en una Tierra más cálida
Steve Beebe (der.), líder del programa de fríjol del CIAT, guía a colegas de Centroamérica y África en un invernadero experimental en la sede del CIAT en Palmira, Colombia.
El punto de no retorno del cambio climático puede todavía estar a 1 grado centígrado de distancia. Sin embargo, eso es poco…
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Guide technique pour les tranferts securises de materiel genetique de cacaoyer. Revision des Directives Techniques FAO/IPGRI No. 20 (Troisième édition, Octobre 2017)
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89320
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These guidelines describe technical procedures that minimize the risk of pest introductions with movement of cacao germplasm for research, crop improvement, plant breeding, exploration or conservation. The recommendations made in these guidelines are…
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The wild relatives of major vegetables, needed for climate resilience, are in danger
The wild relatives of chile peppers, pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce join a growing list of poorly conserved plant species. These ancient plants have genes that may help our food withstand the harsh climate of our future. If they don’t go extinct first.
Growing up in the wild makes plants tough. Wild plants evolve to…
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Los parientes silvestres de importantes hortalizas, necesarios para lograr resiliencia al clima, se encuentran en peligro
Los parientes silvestres de los ajíes, calabazas, zanahorias y lechuga se unen a una lista creciente de especies vegetales en un estado deficiente de conservación. Estas plantas antiguas poseen genes que pueden ayudar a nuestros alimentos a soportar el clima hostil de nuestro futuro. Si no se extinguen primero…
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Ideal Diets - Call for visiting researcher 2020
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Una “red ancha de raíces” subterránea* para la salud ambiental y paisajes productivos
*Aunque en inglés suena más dark “underground wood wide web-www”
Francesca Beggi, Rachel Atkinson, Jacobo Arango, Mirjam Pulleman, Evert Thomas, Debarshi Dasgupta, Nallur Krishna Kumar
Justo bajo nuestros pies, oculta a nuestros ojos, existe una economía de mercado omnipresente, ajetreada y persistente que funciona en…
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Call for a visiting researcher for Applied Economics Lab
The Applied Economics Lab team is looking for a visiting researcher to collaborate in the impact assessment of the Maximizing Opportunities for Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) Project.
Adapted Icons from: Gan Khoon Lay / The Noun Project
The MOCCA Project is a five-year initiative funded by the United States…
