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Prioritizing climate-smart livestock technologies in rural Tanzania: a minimum data approach
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75727
Abstract
Crop-livestock production systems play an important role in the livelihoods of many rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) but are vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. Understanding which farming options will give the highest return on investment in light of climate change is critical information for decisionmaking. While there is continued investment in testing adaptation…
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Making the most of climate impacts ensembles
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34993
Abstract
Increasing use of regionally and globally oriented impacts studies, coordinated across international modelling groups, promises to bring about a new era in climate impacts research. Coordinated cycles of model improvement and projection are needed to make the most of this potential.
Publication year
2014
Authors
Challinor, Andrew J.
Martre, Pierre…
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Coupling of pollination services and coffee suitability under climate change
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88002
Abstract
Climate change will cause geographic range shifts for pollinators and major crops, with global implications for food security and rural livelihoods. However, little is known about the potential for coupled impacts of climate change on pollinators and crops. Coffee production exemplifies this issue, because large losses in areas suitable for coffee production have been projected due to climate change and because…
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Common bean breeding in the tropics
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103428
Publication year
2012
Authors
Beebe, Stephen E.
Full Citation
Beebe, Stephen E. 2012. Common bean breeding in the tropics. Plant Breeding Reviews. 36: 357-426.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118358566.ch5
Publication Type
Journal Article
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High temperature tolerance in grain legumes
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65366
Publication year
2015
Authors
Gaur, Pooran M.
Samineni, Srinivasan
Krishnamurthy, Laxman
Kumar, Shiv
Ghanem, Michel Edmond
Beebe, Stephen E.
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Chaturvedi, Sushil Kumar
Basu, Partha S
Nayyar, Harsh
Jayalakshmi, Veera
Babbar,…
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What are the key factors influencing consumers' preference and willingness to pay for meat products in eastern DRC?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97758
Abstract
Dietary patterns for consumers among the elite and middle‐income classes in developing countries are shifting rapidly toward the consumption of more animal‐based products. Although this shift presents opportunities, there are significant market failures affecting their preferences and willingness to pay (WTP). This study used a multistage sample survey of 309 consumers…
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Root rots research in the Great Lakes region
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55704
Publication year
1993
Authors
Buruchara, Robin Arani
Rusuku, G.
Full Citation
Buruchara, Robin A.; Rusuku, G. 1993. Root rots research in the Great Lakes region. In: Buruchara, Robin A.; Scheidegger, Urs C. (eds.). Pan-Africa Bean Pathology Working Group Meeting (1992, Thika…
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Transformation of smallholder beef cattle production in Vietnam
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35074
Abstract
This research describes and analyses how smallholder crop livestock farmers in rural Ea Kar, Vietnam, were able to take advantage of the rising demand for meat in urban centres and transform cattle production from a traditional, extensive grazing system to a more intensive, stall-fed system that supplied quality meat to urban markets. The traditional grazing system produced low-quality animals that could only be sold for local…
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Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/651
Abstract
Farmers in mixed crop-livestock systems produce about half of the world’s food. In small holdings around the world, livestock are reared mostly on grass, browse, and nonfood biomass from maize, millet, rice, and sorghum crops and in their turn supply manure and traction for future crops. Animals act as insurance against hard times and supply farmers with a source of regular income from sales of milk,…
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Is production intensification likely to make farm households food-adequate? A simple food availability analysis across smallholder farming systems from East and West Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79455
Abstract
Despite considerable development investment, food insecurity remains prevalent throughout East and West Africa. The concept of ‘sustainable intensification’ of agricultural production has been promoted as a means to meet growing food needs in these regions. However, inadequate attention has been given to assessing…
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Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81140
Abstract
In Indonesia, drought driven fires occur typically during the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation. This was the case of the events of 1997 and 2015 that resulted in months-long hazardous atmospheric pollution levels in Equatorial Asia and record greenhouse gas emissions.
Nonetheless, anomalously active fire seasons have also been observed in non-drought years. In this work,…
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Breeding-pathology interface in the improvement of beans
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55706
Publication year
1993
Authors
Gridley, Howard E.
Full Citation
Gridley, Howard Eric. 1993. Breeding-pathology interface in the improvement of beans. In: Buruchara, Robin A.; Scheidegger, Urs C. (eds.). Pan-Africa Bean Pathology Working Group Meeting (1992, Thika, Kenya).…
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Technical efficiency performance of metal fabricating small to medium enterprises (Smes) in Zimbabwe: implications for agricultural development
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57005
Abstract
SMEs are a fundamental part of the economic fabric in developing countries and they play a crucial role in furthering growth, innovation and prosperity. In Zimbabwe, the SME sector has been reckoned by smallholders; farmers, miners etc. as it supplies intermediate technologies to resource-poor small scale players. This paper employs a stochastic…
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Response of six wild Phaseolus Costaricensis accessions to seven bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases of common bean
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57485
Publication year
2014
Authors
Schwartz, Howard F.
Otto, K
Viteri, DM
Debouck, Daniel G.
Singh, Shree P.
Full Citation
Schwartz, Howard F.; Otto, Kristen; Viteri, Diego M.; Debouck, Daniel G.; Singh,…
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Effect of marker aided pyramiding of anthracnose and Pythium root rot resistance genes on plant agronomic characters among advanced common bean genotypes
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66588
Publication year
2015
Authors
Kiryowa, M.
Nkalubo, Stanley T.
Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha
Talwana, Herbert A.L.
Gibson, P.J.
Tukamuhabwe, Phineas
Full Citation…
