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Information exchange patterns and technology adoption behavior of cattle farmers in the Colombian Amazon
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132190
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Colombia's cattle sector, characterised by extensive production systems, plays an important role in the national economy, contributing 19.8% to the agricultural GDP and providing employment and income to around one million people. However, the sector is associated with low productivity and negative environmental impacts such as land degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, and…
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How do sustainability policies emerge in the Colombian political system? Analysis of the Policy for Sustainable Cattle 2022-2050
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132189
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Global projections for the agricultural sector indicate that environmental indicators like deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions will continue to rise for the period of 2018–2030, with livestock accounting for more than 80% of this increase. This has prompted the response of various governments, which have committed to taking…
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Cultivating integrity: Addressing the impact of predatory publishing on agricultural research
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132191
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Predatory publishers (PP) pose a significant threat to the credibility and reliability of scientific research, i.e., by allowing the seep of pseudoscience into scholarly literature. It is critical to keep the highest standards in academic publishing to ensure that only quality science is published. There is not a clear pathway for determining if a publisher is predatory, because the lines are…
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Boosting the adoption of sustainable land-use systems for climate-change mitigation and peacebuilding
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132172
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Sustainable land-use systems (SLUS), such as agroforestry with cocoa, implemented with organic fertiliser, with prescribed post-harvest practices and rainwater irrigation, can potentially increase farm productivity, while reducing pressure on natural resources by decreasing deforestation and providing legitimate incomes for rural households. SLUS also contribute to peacebuilding by…
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Report on underlying drivers of deforestation in Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132171
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In the frame of AgriLAC resiliente, a framework to integrate climate change mitigation priorities (through low emission food systems) and development priorities will be developed. To inform the development of this framework, a non-systematic literature review has been carried out in order to understand the underlying causes of deforestation in Colombia, and how they can be linked to the food systems dimensions. This report presents…
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Co-design and learning around diversification for resilient agrifood systems in Kenya
Co-design and bundling various approaches are critical for facilitating information exchange and learning that are essential for wider adoption of sustainable intensification and climate smart agriculture technologies and practices. This blog highlights how this is being done under Ukama Ustawi in Embu County, Kenya.
By: Boaz Waswa, Catherine…
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Study finds global climate change adaptation actions are too uncoordinated
Alcade C. Segnon
Impacted individuals and households have borne the main burden of adaptation to the consequences of climate change. A new survey of the literature reveals that systematic networking of various actor groups has generally been insufficient.
How are governments,…
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Farm resilience and healthy diets for a sustainable food system in Vihiga County, Kenya
Edith Mutui, Owen Kimani
Lilian Aluso
In a world facing the effects of climate change and growing food-related health issues, the importance of diverse seeds in agriculture cannot be overstated. Although over 1,097 vegetable species are cultivated worldwide, most have received little attention,…
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The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) endorses creation of a regional network for the conservation and use of crop wild relatives
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132216
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The Alliance led the development of a regional network for the conservation and use of Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. This network was formally endorsed by the SADC Ministers responsible for Agriculture and Food security, Fisheries, and Aquaculture. The network will serve as a platform for CWR…
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Transforming beef farming systems: Advances in grazing management for sustainable production
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132195
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This study analyses the impact of high-quality nutritional grasses in feeding on beef cattle in farms from Córdoba Department, Colombia. The low productivity and high environmental impact associated with beef farming in the region make it necessary to implement sustainable intensification strategies that increase animal yield and mitigate climate change. The study uses the life cycle assessment (…
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Spatial targeting of adaptation efforts in the livestock sector
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132196
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Climate change has emerged as a significant threat to livestock and the ecosystem goods and services on which they depend. With projections of rising temperatures and CO2 levels, changing rainfall patterns, and increased climate variability and occurrence of extreme events, the direct impacts of climate change on livestock can be seen through behavioural and metabolic changes, including reduced feed intake, increased energy…
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Productive, environmental, and economic shifts of dairy systems by adopting silvo-pastoral systems and improved pastures
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132194
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In Colombia, milk yield gaps among dairy systems are large and farms with better feed quality and sustainable cattle management practices are more productive. Cattle farming is responsible for about 15% of the Colombian greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), therefore, sustainable mitigation strategies for dairy farms can help to reduce the climate impact. Silvo-pastoral…
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The carbon footprint of beef transportation in Colombia: Market connections and distribution networks
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132214
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Livestock food systems largely contribute to the overall food systems’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and are thus put at the centre of global policy and research agendas on mitigation and adaptation. An additional growing concern on the prevalence of globalised animal product value chains and the specialisation of agricultural markets and their environmental pressures over supply networks…
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Contrasting accessions of tropical forage Urochloa: Pioneering tool for the prediction of carbon-soil sequestration
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132193
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Soil carbon deposition through biomass production as well as plant-soil interface exchange in tropical forage systems may represent huge contribution to ameliorate the increase of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere and thus the climate change. Cattle farming in the tropics is predominantly dependent on pastures with tropical forages. Different accessions of…
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Adapting the CROPGRO model to simulate biomass production and soil organic carbon of Cayman grass in East Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132215
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Biophysical models are key to inform management activities that can restore degraded soils and ultimately improve biomass production and soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. Within East Africa several studies have been conducted to evaluate models in annual cropping systems, and to quantify the impacts of different agronomic management options on soil organic carbon and…
