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New paper links farmers' perceptions of crop diversity and adaptation to climate change
Farmers in the Andean highlands are facing more unpredictable drought, frost, hail, and pest and disease outbreaks under climate change. A study by Bioversity International in partnership with PROINPA investigated how eight communities in the Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia perceive the performance of their local crops and are using them in…
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Conferencia sobre Investigación Agrícola y Uso de la Tierra en la Amazonía (1980, Cali, Colombia). Amazonia: investigación sobre agricultura y uso de tierras: memorias
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56342
Publication year
1982
Authors
Hecht, S.B.
Nores, G.A.
Sánchez, P.A.
Spain, James M.
Toenniessen, G…
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30 years of banana diversity hosted in Belgium – A treasure chest to feed the world
KU Leuven, Belgium – The world’s largest banana genebank managed by Bioversity International, celebrated today its 30th anniversary with an event attended by Belgium Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Cooperation, Alexander De Croo.
Media release: Leuven, Belgium – 23 January 2017
Research conducted at the…
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Water sufficiency for cacao production in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) region, Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125458
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Study region: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) region of Colombia.
Study focus: This research was conducted as a case study to generate relevant, quantitative information to support cacao farmer decision-making processes concerning water management in the SNSM. It involved the development and evaluation of a spatial dataset of precipitation and temperature, integration of digital soil…
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Becoming a ‘good producer’ in the agri-environmental project economy
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125490
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Agri-environmental projects have been portrayed as tools for climate change adaptation and mitigation and to overcome processes of deforestation, soil erosion, issues of water availability, and biodiversity loss. This paper is concerned with the social organisation of knowledge around agri-environmental projects offered to farmers in the department of Caquetá in Colombia. Using Institutional Ethnography (IE), we start…
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De la teoría a la práctica: ¿Qué debemos tener en cuenta al construir esquemas de Pagos por Servicios Ecosistémicos (PSA) efectivos y sostenibles para Sistemas Silvopastoriles? Evidencia de Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125438
Publication year
2022
Authors
Díaz, Manuel Francisco
Triana Ángel, Natalia
Sandoval, Danny
Burkart, Stefan
Full Citation
Díaz, M.;…
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Evaluación económica y ambiental de la implementación de un sistema silvopastoril en Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125453
Publication year
2022
Authors
Sandoval, Danny
Flórez, Fernando
Enciso, Karen
Sotelo, Mauricio E.
Burkart, Stefan
Full Citation
Sandoval, D.F.; Flórez Herrera, J.F.; Enciso Valencia, K.J.; Sotelo, M.; Burkart, S. (2022).…
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Impactos en la cadena de valor del cacao en Perú como consecuencia del Reglamento UE No. 488/2014
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125460
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Este informe hace parte de los productos del componente socioeconómico del proyecto Clima-LoCa. El documento presenta los resultados agregados de una serie de análisis y estudios desarrollados por miembros de la Alianza Bioversity International y CIAT, SENASA, INIA, MIDAGRI y las cooperativas Agroindustrial Cacao Alto Huallaga (CAICAH) y NorAndino durante los años 2020 y 2021 relacionados a…
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Retornos económicos de la contribución de FONTAGRO a la innovación agropecuaria en América Latina y el Caribe
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125493
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Esta publicación es producto de una serie de estudios de evaluación de mecanismos de gestión y análisis de resultados de proyectos que FONTAGRO realiza en forma frecuente desde el año 2003.
Publication year
2020
Authors
Labarta Chavarri, Ricardo Antonio
Rivera Vasco, Tatiana Carolina…
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GenderUp ! Parce que la préparation ne suffit pas lorsqu’il s’agit de passer à l’échelle pour un impact réel
Par : Anne Rietveld
« Réaliser un impact » est ce qui motive de nombreux·ses chercheur·e·s travaillant au sein du CGIAR ou en collaboration avec lui. Ainsi, nous développons des innovations ayant le potentiel de contribuer à des résultats de développement tels que la sécurité alimentaire ou l’adaptation au climat. Une fois…
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Sistemas de uso sostenible del suelo para la reducción de la deforestación y la construcción de la paz
El proyecto Sistemas de Uso Sostenible del Suelo (SLUS), liderado por la Alianza Bioversity International y el CIAT en conjunto con ZALF, Thunen y CIPAV, tiene el gusto de hacerle extensiva la invitación al conversatorio sobre cómo SLUS para cacao y ganadería contribuyen a la reducción de la deforestación, la construcción de la paz y…
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Wake up and smell the coffee: Challenges and opportunities for better price transmission along the coffee value chain of El Salvador
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125509
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The Alliance Bioversity International-CIAT implemented a study in El Salvador, whose goal was to make more transparent the costs and value-added along the coffee value chain, as well as to identify gaps and limitations that cause small and medium-sized farmers to remain in poverty and food insecurity, to make recommendations for policy action to make the…
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Accelerating agronomic research through local partnerships: highlights of Africa RISING feedback and stakeholder meetings
By Michael Kinyua and Job Kihara
The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) is a project supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to create opportunities for smallholder farm…
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New Analysis Finds Pandemic Didn’t Dampen Deforestation
Despite the massive upheavals in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation globally proceeded more or less as expected from the trends established over the last 15 years, according to a recent study from researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
In the paper “Has global deforestation…
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Vapour pressure deficit determines critical thresholds for global coffee production under climate change
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125539
Publication year
2022
Authors
Kath, Jarrod
Craparo, Alessandro Carmelo William
Fong, Youyi
Byrareddy, Vivekananda
Davis, Aaron P.
King, Rachel
Nguyen-Huy, Thong
Asten, Piet J.A. van
Marcussen, Torben
Mushtaq,…
