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Climate-Smart Agriculture extension services manual for Amity Hall in Jamaica
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118039
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This Climate-Smart Agriculture extension services manual for Amity Hall has been prepared as an output for the 'Capacity Building Program to Improve Stakeholder Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change in Jamaica' project. It aims to provide agricultural extension staff in the region with ready-to-use guidelines for climate-smart practices, and incorporates the local experiences of farmers as well as…
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Crop development with data-driven approach towards sustainable agriculture: Lifting the achievements and opportunities of collaborative research between CIAT and Japan
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117795
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) has a long history of collaboration with Japanese institutions to develop improved crop varieties and adopt agricultural technologies with pioneering approaches for farmers’ benefit. Since 1972, Japan has enjoyed a long history of successful cooperation with the CGIAR (…
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Extinction risk of Mesoamerican crop wild relatives
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115034
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Ensuring food security is one of the world's most critical issues as agricultural systems are already being impacted by global change. Crop wild relatives (CWR)—wild plants related to crops—possess genetic variability that can help adapt agriculture to a changing environment and sustainably increase crop yields to meet the food security challenge.
Here we report the results of an extinction risk assessment of 224 wild relatives of…
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Linking up: The role of institutions and farmers in forage seed exchange networks of Southeast Asia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115547
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In Southeast Asia, access to improved forages remains a challenge for smallholder farmers and limits livestock production. We compared seed exchange networks supporting two contrasting livestock production systems to identify bottlenecks in seed availability and determine the influences of the market, institutions, and cultural context of seed exchange, using interview-based methods for ‘…
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Content and changes in Provitamin A carotenoids during ripening of fruit from four popular Musa cultivars consumed in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67488
Publication year
2012
Authors
Ekesa, B.
Kimiywe, J.
Bergh, Inge van den
Blomme, Guy
Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie
Davey, M.W…
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Biological nitrification inhibition by rice root exudates in two different soils of Uruguay
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116005
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Rice root exudates can control nitrification by releasing biological nitrification inhibitors (BNIs), reducing nitrogen losses in agricultural soils. However, the inhibitory effect on nitrification and the abundance of ammonia oxidisers in different soil types remain unclear. Two temperate paddy soils with different organic matter contents were collected to investigate the impact on nitrification…
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Gender-responsive participatory variety selection in Kenya: Implications for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding in Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116931
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Participatory variety selection (PVS) is the selection of new varieties among fixed lines by farmers under different target environments. It is increasingly being used to select and promote new crop breeding materials in most African countries. A gender-responsive PVS tool was piloted in Embu and Nakuru in the first and second cropping seasons of 2019 to…
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Use of agrobiodiversity to improve nutrition and livelihood of communities in developing countries
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67455
Publication year
2007
Authors
Baena, M.
Full Citation
Baena, M. -2007-Use of agrobiodiversity to improve nutrition and livelihood of communities in developing countries-Poster presented at: 5. Feria y 2.…
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Payments for conservation of animal genetic resources in agriculture: One size fits all?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115234
Abstract
Maintaining minimum population sizes for local livestock breeds is a key goal in the conservation of animal genetic resources. As markets and livestock production systems have tended to favour a narrow base of high-output improved breeds, countries have had to use financial and other incentives to motivate breeders to keep local breeds. This paper explores the potential for more cost-effective…
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Implementation of web services in the Generation Challenge Programme
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67557
Publication year
2007
Authors
Skofic, M.
Full Citation
Skofic, M. -2007-Implementation of web services in the Generation Challenge Programme-Poster presented at Generation Challenge Program Annual Research Meeting. Benoni (South Africa),…
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A critical review of the current global ex situ conservation system for plant agrobiodiversity. II. Strengths and weaknesses of the current system and recommendations for its improvement
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115009
Abstract
In this paper, we review gene bank operations that have an influence on the global conservation system, with the intention to identify critical aspects that should be improved for optimum performance. We describe the role of active and base collections and the importance of linking germplasm conservation…
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Potato
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100266
Abstract
These guidelines describe technical procedures that minimize the risk of pest introductions with movement of germplasm for research, crop improvement, plant breeding, exploration or conservation. The recommendations in these guidelines are intended for germplasm research, conservation and basic plant breeding programmes. Recommendations for commercial consignments are not the objective of these guidelines.…
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Key access and utilization descriptors for barley genetic resources
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73325
Abstract
This list consists of an initial set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for barley utilization. This key set of strategic descriptors, together with passport data, will become the basis for the global accession-level information system being developed by the Bioversity-led project, Global Information on Germplasm Accessions (GIGA). It will…
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Key access and utilization descriptors for cassava genetic resources
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73327
Abstract
This list consists of an initial set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for cassava utilization. This key set of strategic descriptors, together with passport data, will become the basis for the global accession-level information system being developed by the Bioversity-led project, Global Information on Germplasm Accessions (GIGA). It will…
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Farmer and community‐led approaches to climate change adaptation of agriculture using agricultural biodiversity and genetic resources
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99421
Publication year
2018
Authors
McDonald, T.
Sokolow, J.
Hunter, D.
Full Citation
McDonald, T.; Sokolow, J.; Hunter, D. (2019) Farmer and community‐led approaches to climate…
