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What Peru teaches us about paying nature its due
“No other country in the region had gone so far in setting out the role of the public and private sectors in investing in ecosystem services”
#CIATforward Visions of a sustainable food future
Marcela Quintero, leader, Ecosystem Services
What Peru teaches us about paying nature its due
Peru’s Cañete River Basin is a great example of the benefits and challenges of payments for ecosystem services (PES). Downstream, farmers depend on the river for irrigation; further upstream…
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Latin America and the Caribbean: lessons in sustainability
“Latin America and the Caribbean really can become the precedent for inclusive, agricultural development and sustainable food systems that can both inform and inspire the rest of the world”
#CIATforward Visions of a sustainable food future
Carolina Navarrete, Coordinator, Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: lessons in sustainability
A lot of people probably don’t realize it, but in some respects Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is already…
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Seeds, climate, and diets in the 21st century
“Genebanks are the raw material with which to reshape agriculture and improve diets for the 21st century”
#CIATforward Visions of a sustainable food future
Peter Wenzl, Program Leader, Genetic Resources
Seeds, climate, and diets in the 21st century
We are what we eat, but what we eat may need to change. That’s because of what’s happening to our planet and what we’re learning about the microbes in our gut. How can genebanks help? Climate change predictions vary, but they don’t seem to…
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Semillas, clima y dietas en el siglo 21
“Los bancos de germoplasma son la materia prima con la cual se puede remoldear la agricultura y mejorar las dietas para el siglo 21”
#CIAThaciadelante Visiones de la sostenibilidad alimentaria futura
Peter Wenzl, Líder del Programa de Recursos Genéticos
Semillas, clima y dietas en el siglo 21
Somos lo que comemos, pero es posible que lo que comemos deba cambiar. Esto debido a lo que está pasando con nu estro planeta y lo que estamos aprendiendo acerca de los microbios en nuestros intestinos…
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CIAT and Ingredion Inc. signed an agreement to develop next-generation waxy cassava varieties for the North Coast of Colombia
CIAT and Ingredion Inc. have signed an agreement to develop high-productivity waxy cassava varieties for smallholder producers in Colombia, potentially opening new markets for farmers in line with global aims to eradicate poverty.
Cassava, traditionally…
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Intensification of tropical fallow-based agriculture: trading-off ecosystem services for economic gain in shifting cultivation landscapes?
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69139
Publication year
2016
Authors
Wood, S.L.R.
Rhemtulla, Jeanine M.
Coomes, O.T.
Full Citation
Wood, S.L.R.; Rhemtulla, J.M.; Coomes, O.T. (…
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Sustainability of food systems: 5 steps beyond the EAT Lancet Report
A new paper highlights five areas of research and action that require more attention if we are to ensure a sustainable food system transformation.
“Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both.”
This…
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Virtual Trainings Assess Sustainable Livestock Production
Emmanuel Mwema , Jessica Mukiri
Researchers are conducting global trainings online with “CLEANED”, a tool that assesses the environmental impacts of livestock interventions.
Livestock plays an important role in the daily lives of farmers throughout East Africa. It provides human nutrition, food…
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An action-oriented Food Systems Dialogue
Colombia brings again to the table – this time virtually – leaders who seek to give a new boost to the development of an action plan on food systems in Colombia, but now under the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and FOLU-Colombia, with the endorsement…
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Supporting the resilience of indigenous peoples during COVID-19
Following the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Alliance shares the following statement by our colleagues at the Indigenous Partnership (TIP) / North East Slow Food & Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS).
Credit: The Indigenous Partnership…
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Identifying local solutions in the Barotse Floodplain for sustainable agricultural development
To develop locally relevant strategies that improve food security, nutrition, and conservation, researchers employed a gendered ecosystem services approach in Zambia.
The Barotse Floodplain in Zambia is one of Africa’s largest wetlands, representing varied ecotypes and high…
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Playing chess with a pigeon – food safety, food security and obesity in Vietnam
Huong Pham, Tuyen Huynh, Thanh Thi Duong
The recent series of poor decisions made by the leaders of some of the most powerful countries in the world in response to the COVID pandemic are vivid illustrations that, more often than not, policy-makers base their decisions on perception, personal beliefs and values, and…
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From the field: how on-farm biodiversity is transforming community livelihoods in Kenya
Lillian Aluso, Rosemary Nzuki
A farmer describes how Alliance work implementing agriculture, nutrition and livelihood projects in Vihiga County has impacted his life since 2016.
Smallholder farmers in Vihiga County (Western Kenya) cultivate maize and beans as…
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Effects of livestock grazing on soil nitrogen mineralization on Hulunber meadow steppe, China
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77351
Abstract
Soil nitrogen (N) cycling is an important factor in terrestrial ecosystems, including grasslands. Understanding the effects of grazing on nitrogen cycling in grassland ecosystems is critical for better management and for improving knowledge of the mechanisms underlying grassland degradation and can provide basic information for…
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Examine narratives to end policy deadlock, boost agricultural development in Africa, economists say
Impasse over dominant and counter approaches — state-led or market-led policy — to promote agricultural development in Africa could be solved by analyzing the one-sided narratives that shape this dichotomy.
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to transform food systems…
