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Farmer perceptions of agricultural risks: Which risk attributes matter most for men and women
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/116395
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116395
Abstract
Analysis of farmer risk perceptions is usually limited to production risks, with risk perception as a function of likelihood and severity. Such an approach is limited in the context of the many risks and other important risk attributes. Our analysis of the risk perceptions of farmers extends beyond production risks, severity of the…
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Investing for Impact: Towards Healthier and Sustainable Diets through Research
The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit December 7-8, 2021 provides a historic opportunity to transform the way the world tackles the global challenge of malnutrition.
Join us virtually for a session on the importance of investing in impactful research, including speakers from the Alliance and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
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Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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Innovations to improve staple crop germplasm can reduce poverty and otherwise improve farmer livelihoods through complex and multiple pathways. This paper reviews the evidence for one prominent pathwayâ??through increased incomes (in cash and kind) for poor farmers who adopt the technology. An important determinant of poverty reduction is the ability of poor producers…
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The Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge: Innovative solutions provide the needed impetus for agricultural and food systems change
Chris Booth
Finalists pitched their inspiring innovations to an expert Selection Committee and global audience.
On Monday 15 November, as part of the 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress, the Accelerate for…
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¡Bio – Aprendiz mostró su nueva cara!
El pasado 30 de noviembre se llevó a cabo el II taller virtual de Bio – Aprendiz, con la participación de más de 100 representantes de 20 colegios públicos, urbanos y rurales del Valle del Cauca, universidades y la Secretaría de Educación de Cali.
La jornada de capacitación inició con la bienvenida de Joe Tohme, director de Investigación…
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New digital Atlas flags higher temperatures as key threat to bean production in Africa
Rachel Muthoni Andriatsitohaina, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Robin Buruchara, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Andrew Farrow
The digital atlas models changes in suitability for bean production in Africa over the next 10-20 years and discovers that temperature is more important in determining beans distribution…
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Promoting daily fruit and vegetable consumption in Vietnam and Nigeria
Researchers and national partners are working directly with community members to co-create public campaigns that encourage consumers to adopt healthier diets in the cities of Hanoi and Ibadan.
“Fruits and vegetables are good for the body (Èso àti Ewébẹ̀ ń ṣara lóore).”
“For a beautiful life, add…
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“Veg on Wheels” community initiative eases world’s strictest COVID-19 lockdown in India
Researchers report on how an initiative to supply fresh produce to self-help groups increased resilience across the value chain.
By: Jonathan Mockshell and Thea Ritter
When the Government of India instituted the world’s most stringent lockdown, the country’s fresh fruit and vegetable (FFV…
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Access and equity around biodiversity data is at the forefront of international negotiations
Ahead of critical meetings in 2022 which may determine the fate of global treaties on the governance of biodiversity and genetic resources, scientists have published a series of peer-reviewed research, review, and opinion articles examining the importance of, and challenges to, sharing and using data critical to global food security and…
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Extensionistas y pequeños productores de cacao y palma aceitera de la región Ucayali participan en talleres para implementar estrategias de mitigación al cambio climático
Las estrategias de mitigación al cambio climático en la producción de cacao orgánico y palma aceitera permitirán reducir sus emisiones de GEI siendo más competitivos y sostenibles
Entre el 15 y 17 de…
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Descriptors for juta (Corchorus olitorius L.)
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77733
Publication year
2016
Authors
Loumerem, M.
Alercia, A.
Full Citation
Loumerem, M.; Alercia, A. (2016) Descriptors for juta (Corchorus olitorius L.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 63 . p. 1103-1111. ISSN: 1573-5109
DOI
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Scientists convene to reveal new research and tools for combatting a deadly banana disease
“Pandemic” has become a household term over the past year, but uncontrolled disease outbreaks do not occur solely in humans. A virulent strain of a fungus found in the soil known as Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is increasingly threatening key global banana production systems, an important source of income and food for hundreds of millions. A group…
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Key access and utilization descriptors for maize genetic resources
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73354
Abstract
This list consists of an initial set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for maize utilization.
This strategic set of descriptors, together with passport data, will become the basis for the global accession level information portal being developed by Bioversity International with the financial support of the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT…
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Avanza fortalecimiento de capacidades agrometeorológicas en Panamá
A partir del manual de implementación de las Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas publicado en 2018 por el Programa de Investigación de CGIAR en Cambio Climático, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria (CCAFS) y a través de las reuniones coordinadas por el Grupo Técnico de Cambio Climático y Gestión Integrada de Riesgo, del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (CAC), el…
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Inspiring Ethiopian youth to adopt smart farming
Wuletawu Abera, Rosemary Nzuki
Youth in the highlands of Ethiopia have been encouraged to take up farming by participation in an Alliance-facilitated pilot scheme focused on small-scale irrigation.
February 2020: In the small Kebele of Angolela, in the North Shewa Zone of Basona Werena Woreda, a group of 12…
