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Mass-produced coffee and chocolate puts nature and social welfare at risk, scientists warn, with urgent transformation needed
Higher prices are among reforms needed to tackle farmer neglect, child labor and environmental damage caused by production of tropical commodities at scale.
Growing global demand for commodities grown in tropical conditions, like coffee and cocoa beans…
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Italy to set the stage for UN Food Systems Summit with three-day event that will deliver bold new ambitions
Wednesday 17 March, Rome – The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced today that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will be in Rome, Italy from July 19 to July 21, 2021.
Under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres…
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Public and Private Partnerships improve smallholder farmer fortunes in Babati, Tanzania
Michael Kinyua, Inot Songoyani, Prosper Massawe
The Alliance joins efforts to improve soil fertility and agricultural output in Tanzania.
Babati, a District in Northern Tanzania, thrives on an agricultural economy. In the mostly smallholder farming community,…
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Launch of first digital catalog of cassava varieties from Cauca, Colombia
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, the French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD), the University of Valle, and the National University-Palmira Campus launched the first digital catalog of cassava varieties from Cauca, Colombia.
The Catalog of Cassava…
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Climate services for smarter farming – what’s it all about?
Dr. Julian Ramirez-Villegas, a Climate Impacts Scientist, at CIAT and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT
Over the last few years, CIAT, CCAFS and their partners* have been doing groundbreaking work to provide climate information to help farmers make smarter decisions.…
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Estado de la Gestión de Datos de Investigación en el CIAT
El CIAT ha hecho grandes progresos a lo largo de los años en la gestión de los datos de investigación y es una de las instituciones que lidera las innovaciones en el manejo de datos en la agricultura. CIAT co-lidera la Plataforma del CGIAR para Big Data en la Agricultura y acaba de ser el anfitrión, en septiembre de 2017, de la primera Convención del CGIAR sobre Big Data en…
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In Ghana’s cocoa industry, a strong push to make farms ‘climate-smart’
A consortium involving the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the Rainforest Alliance, Root Capital, and the Sustainable Food Lab is gaining ground to ensure Ghana’s most important crop — cacao — survives, thrives, and even contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions despite…
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Sharing is caring – especially when it comes to agricultural data
In the world – every day – there are thousands and thousands of agricultural trials taking place. These could involve testing maize under drought conditions, or beans for their resistance to pests and diseases.
We can only guesstimate how many trials there are because we don’t actually know; there is no definitive global register.
That’s…
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Laboratorio de Servicios Analíticos apoyando la investigación en suelos, tejidos y agua para todo el CIAT
Con el propósito de brindar un mejor servicio a las áreas de investigación del CIAT, el Laboratorio de Servicios Analíticos que hace parte del área de investigación en Suelos y Paisajes para la Sostenibilidad (SoiLS), presenta su equipo de trabajo listo para dar respuesta a todas las solicitudes de los científicos…
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Yet another Annual Program Review, but a goood One!
Making the annual gathering work for my CIAT colleagues has been one of my motivations for many years. The collaboration with Maya Rajasekharan, CIAT’s Head of research management on what we call the APR (Annual Program Review) has been mostly fruitful. This year however, we made a splash. “This was the best APR so far” were the words that many chose to thank us…
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Exchange of key knowledge for biodiversity at CIAT’s first DNA barcoding workshop
The first national theoretical-practical DNA barcoding workshop was carried out at CIAT with the objective of training researchers in the processing and analysis of biological samples in the Center’s molecular genetics and tissue culture laboratory. A total of 30 participants were in attendance, from 19 to 22 September, establishing research networks…
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CIAT-led climate adaptation work in Latin America wins coveted UN award
The game-changing work of the researchers at CIAT and CCAFS, which uses big data techniques and involves working with local partners to develop climate and agricultural forecasts for farmers in Colombia and Honduras, is named a winner of UNFCCC’s Momentum for Change award. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT
A CIAT and CCAFS* project on…
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El trabajo en adaptación al cambio climático liderado por el CIAT gana codiciado premio de las Naciones Unidas
El trabajo revolucionario de los investigadores del CIAT y CCAFS, que emplea técnicas de big data e involucra el trabajo con socios locales para desarrollar proyecciones climáticas y agrícolas para los agricultores en Colombia y Honduras, recibe el premio Momentum for Change [Impulso para el Cambio] de la CMNUCC. Foto:…
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With genome editing, plant breeding gets a boost
CIAT Research Associate Sandra Valdes holds a petri dish with germinating rice seeds that are part of a a study to prove if a single gene may offer resistance to the destructive hoja blanca virus. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT
CIAT Research Assistant Alejandro Brand stood between stacks of glass jars and test tubes of what appear to be albino seedlings. He…
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Evaluación global de la resistencia de los bananos al marchitamiento por Fusarium, enfermedades de las manchas foliares causadas por Mycosphaerella y nematodos: evaluación de comportamiento
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105208
Abstract
This technical guidelines replace the technical guidelines 1 (Screening of Musa germplasm for resistance and tolerance to nematodes) and 3 (Evaluation of Musa germplasm for resistance to Sigatoka diseases and Fusarium wilt) as far…
