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Accelerating progress towards biodiversity targets through agroecology
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158171
Abstract
Food and biodiversity challenges are deeply interconnected, requiring systems approaches that address these and other interconnected socio-ecological challenges simultaneously. Systems approaches recognize synergies and trade-offs across multiple objectives and stakeholders and focus on finding solutions that enable progress in multiple areas. Agroecology forms part of this solution space, encompassing interventions at…
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Land requirement to feed a productive dairy cow and a healthy family
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90673
Publication year
2017
Authors
Osele, Vivian
Mukiri, Jessica
Paul, Birthe K.
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
Full Citation
Osele, V., Mukiri, J., Paul, B., Notenbaert, A. 2017. Land requirement to feed…
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Scaling climate smart agriculture technologies through collaborative innovation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168759
Abstract
The partnership between AICCRA, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, and the African Conservation Tillage Network has greatly promoted the access and adoption of CSA and CA technologies among the small-scale farmers to enhance soil health, water retention, and on-farm biodiversity conservation. Training programs and demonstration plots have empowered thousands of farmers, promoting sustainable livelihoods and resilience…
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Burkina Faso: Comment les systèmes alimentaires peuvent survivre aux conflits
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152455
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Saviez-vous que les populations des zones touchées par des conflits armés ont jusqu’à trois fois plus de risques de se trouver en insécurité alimentaire que celles qui vivent dans des pays même à revenu plus faible, mais plus stables ? Au cours des dernière années, les conflits armés ont été à l’origine de six des dix crises alimentaires le plus sévères – en République démocratique du Congo, au Yémen, en…
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Boletines informativos de melisa chatbot para captura de datos y pruebas en campo en Honduras
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152313
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Este documento presenta los boletines informativos diseñados para explicar el uso de Melisa chatbot, una herramienta adaptada para Honduras con el fin de capturar datos meteorológicos. Se desarrollaron tres boletines específicos para diferentes tipos de estaciones: 1) estaciones meteorológicas convencionales; 2) estaciones termo-pluviométricas; 3) estaciones pluviométricas destinadas al Centro…
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Putting people at the center of ecosystem restoration
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158168
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This brief demonstrates the necessity of adopting people-centered and rights-based approaches to ecosystem restoration to support progress towards achieving Target 2 of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) - Restore 30% of Degraded Ecosystems– as well as Targets 1, 3, among others, and provides recommendations for achieving this.
Publication year…
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¡Hoy Perú, mañana el mundo! Una ruta para ampliar las retribuciones por servicios de conservación de la agrobiodiversidad
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152045
Abstract
El mecanismo de incentivos Retribuciones por Servicios de Conservación de la Agrobiodiversidad (ReSCA) promueve la conservación de valiosos recursos genéticos agrícolas y ganaderos in situ, al nivel de la chacra. El ReSCA es un mecanismo para cumplir los compromisos contraídos en virtud del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica, el Tratado Internacional sobre los…
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Reading Note 3: Categories and roles of stakeholders in living landscapes
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169520
Abstract
This Note is the third of a series of reading notes reviewing selected literature on concepts, approaches, methods, and experiences that the Initiative on Agroecology (IAE) and particularly its WP1 employs for the emergence and consolidation of Agroecological Living Landscapes (ALLs) aimed at fostering agroecological transitions. The Note focuses on the categories and roles of stakeholders. As actor-based processes,…
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Today Peru, tomorrow the world! A pathway for scaling of payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151993
Abstract
Payments for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services (PACS) is an on-farm incentive mechanism that promotes the conservation and use of valuable crop and livestock genetic resources, supporting commitments under, inter alia, the CBD, ITPGRFA and national legislation. The approach has resulted in a multi-stakeholder research for development platform which also addresses fundamental…
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Demand led seed system accelerates adoption of improved bean, sorghum, and groundnut varieties in Tanzania
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162718
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Producers of Open Pollinated Varieties (OPVs) such as groundnuts, sorghum, and beans primarily source their planting materials from local markets, neighbours, and their own saved seeds, with only 3% obtained from formal or semi-formal seed systems. This heavy reliance on markets and farm-saved seeds has perpetuated the use of outdated varieties that are well-known to traders and…
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Use of high-altitude multispectral drone imaging for efficient NDVI and vegetation cover assessment in silvopastoral monitoring
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159312
Publication year
2024
Authors
Camelo, Rodrigo
Pérez, Juliana
Espitia Buitrago, Paula
Jauregui, Rosa N
Cardoso, Juan Andres
Full Citation
Camelo, R.; Pérez, J.; Espitia Buitrago, P.; Jauregui,…
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Operación retorno hacia el Eoceno: dónde están los recursos fitogenéticos?
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91026
Publication year
2017
Authors
Debouck, Daniel G.
Full Citation
Debouck, D.G. 2017. Operación retorno hacia el Eoceno: dónde están los recursos fitogenéticos? In: Conferencia: el cambio climático, un desafío para la producción…
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The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168343
Abstract
Integrated implementation of various land management options is the key for successful
land restoration programs. Integrated sustainable land management practices could improve land
restoration success and enhance multiple ecosystem services generated by the landscape.
Implementation of land and water management options at landscape level can cause tradeoffs due to
conflicting land uses and varying needs…
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Integrating agrobiodiversity into foresight models
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158321
Abstract
Presentation in the CGIAR Webinar: “Advancing Agrobiodiversity: Metrics, Innovations, and Perspectives for Sustainable Agri-Food Systems”
Publication year
2024
Authors
Petsakos, Athanasios
Song, Chun
Full Citation
Petsakos, A.; Song, C. (2024) Integrating agrobiodiversity into…
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Ensuring the phytosanitary quality of beans, tropical forages and cassava collections in the “future seeds” genebank: reference strain bank
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159387
Abstract
The Germplasm Health Unit of the Bioversity International Alliance and CIAT (GHU-CIAT) ensures that the germplasm of beans, cassava and tropical forages conserved and distributed nationally and internationally by the Germplasm Genebank, and breeding programs are free of quarantine risk pests and diseases. As part of routine activities, GHU-CIAT detects…
