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Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation – SHiFT launch event in Vietnam report
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127245
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The SHiFT launch event, Vietnam was co-organized by IFPRI, WUR, the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), and The Alliance on June 24, 2022, in Hanoi, Vietnam. The main purpose of the workshop was to: (i) Introduce the CGIAR Initiative “Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation” (SHiFT) in Vietnam; (ii) Explore…
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A capacity framework for strengthening science, education and practice of scaling innovation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131529
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This concept note is developed by the CGIAR Initiative for Diversification in East and Southern Africa (Ukama Ustawi). It highlights the significance of strengthening capacity in the science and practice of scaling innovation. The lack of a comprehensive and realistic understanding of innovation and scaling processes, coupled with limited scaling knowledge and capacity across individual,…
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Measuring Women's Empowerment in Agriculture: Innovations and Evidence
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129707
Publication year
2023
Authors
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Cole, Steven M.
Elias, Marlène
Faas, Simone
Galiè, Alessandra
Malapit, Hazel J.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Myers, Emily
Seymour, Greg
Twyman, Jennifer…
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TH2.2: Gendered mapping and consumer testing of steamed matooke in urban areas of Uganda
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125586
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This paper explores the attributes of steamed matooke that are (un)desirable for urban consumers in Uganda by gender, age, and income status. A gendered food mapping involving the use of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Individual Interviews (IDIs) was conducted, followed by a consumer test with 381 consumers where four steamed matooke samples/cultivars were evaluated namely, Nakitembe, Kibuzi, Ntika…
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Comparison of fatty acid composition, phytochemical profile and antioxidant activity in four flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) varieties
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110815
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The present study evaluates variations among flaxseed varities in terms of fatty acid composition, phytochemical profile, and antioxidant activity determined by oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ferrous ion reducing antioxidant power (FRAP…
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A superior technology to control Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) in Rwanda
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110019
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In this brief we discuss a new and promising technology to control xanthomonas wilt of banana, commonly referred to as BXW. We describe why this disease is a threat and what has been done to control it in the past. We also present evidence on an alternative technology to control BXW called Single Diseased Stem Removal (SDSR) and explain how we can…
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Can the Great Green Wall deliver more than trees? A rapid review of the potential multidimensional impacts of trees in the Sahel
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117756
Abstract
Key messages
Publication year
2021
Authors
Jones, Kristal
Rosenstock, Todd S.
Full Citation
Jones K, Rosentock T. 2021. Can the Great Green Wall deliver more than trees? A rapid review of the potential…
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Mapping food quality to improve human and planetary health: The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148723
Publication year
2024
Authors
American Heart Association
Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
American Heart Association; Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). (…
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Planificación local para la resiliencia climática: Experiencias en Honduras
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111284
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En Honduras se están desarrollando ejercicios de planificación local participativa para la resiliencia climática, la formulación de estos instrumentos de política se construye a diferentes escalas, como la municipal y en comunidades rurales. Durante el proceso de construcción de los planes locales, se ha encontrado que la etapa de gestión de…
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Informe avances actividades CIAT de evaluación de cultivares comerciales de pastos en zonas ganaderas de influencia de proyectos financiados por IFC en Nicaragua
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115874
Abstract
La Alianza Bioversity-CIAT y la Corporación Financiera Internacional (IFC por sus siglas en inglés) firmaron acuerdo de colaboración a inicios de 2020 mediante el cual la Alianza se comprometió a continuar brindando acompañamiento técnico en temas de forrajes a los proyectos que IFC financia y ejecuta a través de socios nacionales…
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A case of transdisciplinarity and collaborative decision making: the co-construction of Gendered Food Product Profiles
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140607
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Crop breeding in sub‐Saharan Africa has made considerable gains; however, postharvest and food‐related preferences have been overlooked, in addition to how these preferences vary by gender, social difference and context. This context is changing as participatory approaches using intersectional gender and place‐based methods are beginning to inform how breeding programmes…
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Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation. Project synthesis report, 2014-2020
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111209
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Climate change is increasingly threatening the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Increased climate variability, including changes in mean temperatures, variation in the onset of rains, and increases in extreme weather events, are directly affecting the growing seasons of commercial and subsistence crops, significantly disturbing socio-economic activities in the agricultural…
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Livestock farmer groups for innovation uptake, market access and policy influence in Mai Son District, Son La Province, Vietnam
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158512
Abstract
The CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity (SAPLING) has supported eight livestock farmer groups in Mai Son District, Son La Province, Vietnam, since 2023 as part of efforts to transform the region’s livestock sector. As of October 2024, the eight farmer groups had a total membership of 692 households, an increase from 127 households in October 2023.…
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The high social and environmental costs of food in Kenya detailed in new research
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151497
Abstract
The mention of food costs brings to mind the prices consumers pay, along with expenses producers have for seeds, labor, transport, and others. However, the true cost of food extends beyond these visible factors, encompassing deeper, often overlooked costs.
IFPRI’s Research on True Cost of Food in Kenya
In a recent study, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) sought to account for the true…
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CGIAR’s role in digital extension services
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114842
Abstract
CGIAR’s digital extension services bridge the gap between the development and the adoption of new climate change adaptation strategies. These services include new ways to disperse information on rainfed systems of agriculture, nutrition, pest control, new crop varieties, crop management practices, and more.
Publication year
2021
Authors
Kropff, Wietske…
