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El CIAT celebró pasado, presente y futuro en Centroamérica
El CIAT celebró cincuenta años de historia en su oficina regional para Centroamérica, en Managua, Nicaragua, el 28 de septiembre.
Durante el evento se discutieron temas en relación al trabajo que realizan los investigadores y colaboradores en Centroamérica, sus logros y las perspectivas para el futuro.
La celebración de los cincuenta…
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Multi-stakeholder efforts blend into one national coffee and climate change strategy in Vietnam
Representatives from both public and private sectors lament that water-related challenges, including those that later affect the quality of coffee, are the biggest threats to Vietnam’s coffee industry, which fulfils approximately 40 percent of global Robusta demand. As if that weren’t bad enough, the industry is facing a new threat…
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Lessons from field day in Tanzania
More than 300 farmers, companies, extension agents and media attended a field day at the Agriculture Seed Agency (ASA) seed farm at Ngaramtoni in Arusha, Tanzania, to raise awareness among smallholder farmer about the value of planting improved bean varieties.
Facilitated by the Pan-Africa Research Alliance (PABRA), farmers visited the multiplication farm to see several bean…
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New, improved bean varieties enhance food security and diet diversity in Malawi
Our recent study, conducted to evaluate the performance of PABRA over the last two decades, shows remarkable achievements in terms of productivity and the number of people using improved bean varieties.
Varietal output, proportion of households using the improved bean varieties and the number of improved bean varieties being used…
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Drought, pests and disease on the rise hit harvests in Zimbabwe
For the past two decades, the Pan-Africa Bean Research alliance (PABRA), has stepped-up efforts in Zimbabwe to help farmers boost their bean production as a pathway to reducing poverty.
This is done with the support of the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC). With the same support, we conducted a nation-wide baseline survey,…
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During peacetime, a sound strategy for saving Colombian forests? A new study points to collective land titling
A field trip to Reserva Natural El Hatico, familia Molina Durán, near Palmira, Colombia, to take carbon measurements in an area of tropical forest, as part of a CIAT-hosted workshop on REDD+.
Photo: Neil Palmer / CIAT
A recent tweet by the Colombian government’s environmental information arm,…
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La visita al CIAT de quienes decidieron apostarle a la paz
Un total de 29 excombatientes en proceso de reintegración conocieron las diferentes opciones productivas que pueden desarrollar en el campo y que pueden ser asociadas con la caficultura
“¿En el CIAT venden de esas semillas?”, preguntó Claudia* cuando se encontraba, junto con sus 28 compañeros de estudio, en el campo experimental de fríjol…
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Productores de fríjol bien informados toman mejores decisiones
Como parte del proyecto ‘Servicios agroclimáticos e información de seguridad alimentaria para una mejor toma de decisiones’, conocido como AgroClimas, una iniciativa del Programa de Investigación de CGIAR en Cambio Climático, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria (CCAFS), se realizó un estudio participativo para identificar cuáles son las brechas de información agroclimática en los departamento de Córdoba y Santander (ver reporte completo aquí).
Como resultado de este…
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State of Research Data Management at CIAT
CIAT has made great strides over the years in the management of research data and is one of the institutions taking the lead in data innovations around agriculture. CIAT co-leads the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture and has just hosted, in September 2017, the first CGIAR Big Data in Agriculture Convention. One of the questions that have guided the CIAT data management…
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Intercambio de conocimientos claves para la biodiversidad en el primer taller de código de barras de ADN en el CIAT
El primer taller nacional teórico-práctico de código de barras de ADN se realizó en el CIAT con el objetivo de formar a investigadores en el procesamiento y análisis de muestras biológicas en el laboratorio de genética molecular y cultivo de tejidos del Centro. Un total de 30 participantes estuvieron, entre el 19 y el…
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Crioconservación de germoplasma de Musa: 2a edición
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104727
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The aim of this publication is to provide information and guidance on cryopreservation methodologies suitable for use on Musa germplasm. The different methods currently used at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven) for cryopreserving Musa cultures are described as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each of them. The areas where research is still required…
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Continuamos con el fortalecimiento de capacidades técnicas para el mejoramiento de yuca biofortificada en la región
Con la participación de más de 25 especialistas en mejoramiento de yuca de la región, se llevó a cabo entre el 13 y el 17 de septiembre el curso virtual “Fortalecimiento de capacidades para el mejoramiento de yuca biofortificada”, liderado por el programa de Biofortificados de la Alianza de Bioversity International y…
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Agua de Honduras will be expanded to facilitate water planning in the country's main watersheds
What is the Agua de Honduras Platform?
The Agua de Honduras platform is an innovation initiative that offers reliable information on water resources in a responsive way and free of charge. This platform combines scientific methods, public information on climate, hydrometry, official hydrographic delimitations, soil, plant…
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Bean Atlas 2.0 launched by Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance
Rosemary Nzuki, Rachel Muthoni Andriatsitohaina, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani
Two decades after the Bean Atlas’ first publication, a new digital version has arrived. The Team behind this edition explains how it evolved to meet current needs and knowledge gaps on bean research.
The original “one-…
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Past, present, and future of the Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales journal
José Luis Urrea-Benítez
The Tropical Grassland Society of Australia started publishing the Tropical Grassland journal in 1967, and it has been an important means to disseminate the work of authors from different countries on research and development concerning the assessment, management, and use of pastures and forage crops in tropical…
