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Community Seed Banks in Nepal - Past, present, future
More than 100 community seed banks are active in Nepal. A new publication by LI-BIRD, Bioversity International and partners highlights the contribution of community seed banks to the conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity.
In Nepal, community seed banks have a long and rich history. Supported in particular by non-governmental…
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Food for thought on Andean super grains
A new book Biodiversity of Andean grains: Balancing market potential and sustainable livelihoods puts the spotlight on Andean super grains: quinoa, amaranth and cañahua, highly nutritious and resistant crops which are important for the food and nutrition security of people of the Americas and the world.
A new book Biodiversity of Andean grains: Balancing market…
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Farmer strategies to adapt to climate change in Colombia
How will rural communities adapt to climate change? Bioversity International and partners are working with communities in Colombia to assess their vulnerability to climate change and develop strategies together.
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How will rural communities adapt to climate change? A common criticism is that governments focus too much on top…
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Estrategias de los agricultores para adaptarse al cambio climático en Colombia
¿Cómo se adaptan las comunidades rurales al cambio climático? Bioversity International y sus socios están trabajando con las comunidades en Colombia para evaluar su vulnerabilidad al cambio climático y desarrollar estrategias en conjunto.
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¿Cómo se adaptan las comunidades rurales al cambio climático?…
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Comunidades en Guatemala guardan la diversidad del maíz
La región de Huehuetenango, en las tierras altas de los Cuchumatanes al occidente de Guatemala, es un importante centro de diversificación del maíz.
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La región de Huehuetenango, en las tierras altas de los Cuchumatanes al occidente de Guatemala, es un importante centro de diversificación del maíz. Mientras que…
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Communities saving maize diversity in Guatemala
The Huehuetenango region, in the Cuchumatanes highlands of Western Guatemala, is an important centre of diversification for maize.
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The Huehuetenango region, in the Cuchumatanes highlands of Western Guatemala, is an important centre of diversification for maize. While farmers here have inherited a wealth of local…
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Reporting from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Isabel López-Noriega, a Legal Specialist at Bioversity International, reflects on the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), that took place last week in Bonn.
Isabel López-Noriega, a Legal Specialist at Bioversity International, reflects on the first meeting of the…
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How studying peach palm in tropical Latin America can help us understand the potential of diversity
A new open access research paper looks at peach palm in tropical Latin America and its implications for biodiversity conservation, natural resource management and human nutrition, with contributions from scientists at CIAT, CIRAD and Bioversity International.
As stresses on global food production, particularly…
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Variación somaclonal y su aplicación al mejoramiento de cultivos
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/54692
Publication year
1991
Authors
Tabares Z., Eddie
Pachon G, J
Roca, W.
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Tabares Z., Eddie; Pachón G., Jorge; Roca, William M. 1991. Variación somaclonal y su aplicación al mejoramiento de cultivos. In: Roca, William M.; Mroginski…
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The quest for CGIAR innovations to reduce food system carbon footprints on a global scale
Maria Eliza Villarino , Augusto Castro-Nunez
The Low-Emission Food Systems Initiative, Mitigate+, aims to contribute to low-emission food systems development and reduce net annual greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. It forms part of CGIAR’s new research portfolio, delivering science and innovation to transform…
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Metodos de conservacion in vitro del germoplasma
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55096
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In vitro conservation strategies are reviewed, with special reference to in vitro active and basic gene banks; likewise, important aspects that should be considered for in vitro conservation, such as regeneration, viability, genetic stability, and information systematization, are discussed. The 2 basic systems of in vitro germplasm conservation are detailed, namely…
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Effects of adopting improved forages on poverty alleviation in cattle systems: Evidence from Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/124965
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Cattle play an important role in rural livelihoods and the economies of developing countries, especially regarding food and nutrition security and producer welfare. Cattle support poverty alleviation by building resilience and strengthening the livelihoods of large numbers of rural people: over half a billion poor farmers depend on cattle globally. At the same time, the cattle sector is…
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Natural tricks to save time in bean breeding
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119651
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CGIAR meta data: Saving agrobiodiversity, Reducing hunger and malnutrition; reach: global excluding (sub-) artic regions. Palmira, 24 May 2022 [virtual]. Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Publication year
2022
Authors
Debouck, Daniel G.
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Debouck, D.G. (2022) Natural tricks…
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Agroecological transformation of tropical livestock production through silvopastoral systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125046
Publication year
2022
Authors
Arango, Jacobo
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Arango, J. (2022) Agroecological transformation of tropical livestock production through silvopastoral systems. Keynote prepared for Tropentag 2022 - Can Agroecological Farming Feed the World? Farmers' and Academia's…
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Nutrient management in tropical forage systems: what should be, and what is practised
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56186
Publication year
1997
Authors
Blair, G.J.
Kerridge, Peter C.
Full Citation
Blair, Graeme J.; Kerridge, Peter C. 1997. Nutrient management in tropical forage systems : What should be, and what is practised. IN: Proceedings of the XVIII…
