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Gender differences in climate-smart adaptation practices amongst bean-producing farmers in Malawi: The case of Linthipe Extension Planning Area
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/124979
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Agriculture is amongst the vulnerable sectors to climate change and its associated impacts. Most women are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change than men. Climate Smart Agriculture ensures increased productivity thereby enabling food security, income security and wealth creation amongst the farming households. A study was carried out to…
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Ceratobasidium sp. is associated with cassava witches’ broom disease, a re-emerging threat to cassava cultivation in Southeast Asia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138117
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Abstract Cassava witches' broom disease (CWBD) is a devastating disease of cassava in Southeast Asia (SEA), of unknown etiology. Affected plants show reduced internodal length, proliferation of leaves and weakening of stems. This results in poor germination of infected stem cuttings (i.e., planting material) and significant reductions in fresh root yields…
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Can remote sensing enable a Biomass Climate Adaptation Index for agricultural systems?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126091
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Systematic tools and approaches for measuring climate change adaptation at multiple scales of spatial resolution are lacking, limiting measurement of progress toward the adaptation goals of the Paris Agreement. In particular, there is a lack of adaptation measurement or tracking systems that are coherent (measuring adaptation itself), comparable (allowing comparisons across geographies and systems), and…
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Proximate composition, fatty acid profile, vitamin and mineral content of selected banana varieties grown in Sri Lanka
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113062
Publication year
2021
Authors
Nadeeshani, Harshani
Samarasinghe, Gamini W.L.
Silva, Renuka
Hunter, Danny
Madhujith, Terence
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Genetic control of seed iron and zinc concentration in Rwandan common bean population revealed by the Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175516
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Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is one of the most abundantly consumed legume crops as foods worldwide. In many African countries, this crop is an important staple food because of its rich nutrients. The Great Lakes region of Central Africa, which includes Rwanda, the nation with the highest per capita consumption of common beans worldwide, is known…
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Predicted changes in distribution and richness of wild edible plants under climate change scenarios in northwestern Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138655
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Wild edible plants (WEPs) can provide diverse and nutrient-rich food sources that contribute to the health and well-being of communities worldwide. In northwestern Kenya, WEPs are vital dietary components for nomadic pastoral communities with limited access to diverse cultivated food crops. However, the increasing impact of climate change poses a threat to these…
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Generation mean analysis reveals the predominant gene effects for grain iron and zinc contents in Pearl Millet
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130504
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Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is a climate-resilient dryland cereal that has been identified as a potential staple food crop that can contribute to alleviating micronutrient malnutrition, particularly with respect to grain iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) contents, in Sub-Saharan Africa and India. In this regard, an understanding of the inheritance pattern of genes involved…
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Climate-related migration and the climate-security-migration nexus in the Central American Dry Corridor
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130897
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The Central American Dry Corridor (CADC) is among the most climate-vulnerable regions worldwide. Climate change, commonly referred to as a “threat multiplier” of pre-existing socioeconomic issues, already undermines rural livelihoods by reducing agricultural yields and income opportunities. This paper provides a review of climate-related migration in the CADC region while identifying the…
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Evidence of agroecology’s contribution to mitigation, adaptation, and resilience under climate variability and change in Latin America
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132858
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Agroecology is highly promoted in research and development discourse as a holistic and effective response to climate change. The objective of this study is to contribute to the analysis of the existing evidence that agroecology enables climate change (CC) adaptation and mitigation in the agricultural systems of Latin America, a region known for pioneering…
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Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177265
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Understanding how the traits of lineages are related to diversification is key for elucidating the origin of variation in species richness. Here, we test whether traits are related to species richness among lineages of trees from all major biogeographical settings of the lowland wet tropics. We explore whether variation in mortality rate, breeding system and maximum diameter are related to…
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Evaluation of early-generation tropical maize testcrosses for grain-yield potential and weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky) resistance
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110819
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Smallholder maize farmers in Africa experience pre- and post-harvest production stresses either individually or in combination at different stages of the crop cycle. The maize weevil is among the major post-harvest storage pests. A strategy to address this problem is to develop and…
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Do farmers’ socioeconomic status determine the adoption of conservation agriculture? An empirical evidence from Eastern and Southern Regions of Cameroon
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126468
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The African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Malabo Declaration recognize agricultural development as one of the most effective means of combating extreme poverty. Conservation Agriculture Practices (CAP) have been asserted to have the potential to boost agricultural output, improve livelihood and contribute to the conservation of natural…
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A rapid approach for informing the prioritization of degraded agricultural lands for ecological recovery: A case study for Colombia
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110304
Publication year
2020
Authors
Sylvester, Janelle
Valencia Gómez, Jefferson
Verchot, Louis V.
Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio
Quintero, Marcela…
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An optimized nucleic acid isolation protocol for virus diagnostics in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120937
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Our group works on the detection and characterization of cassava viruses, supporting projects that involve large scale pathogen surveillance activities and resistance screening assays in multiple and remote locations. In order to comply with these applications, nucleic acid isolation protocols need to be cost effective, adjusted for samples that will stand long distance transport and…
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Understanding farmers’ acceptance of digital technologies: A meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach based on the technology acceptance model
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/181650
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Understanding how farmers accept and interact with digital technologies is crucial for transforming agriculture and improving smallholder livelihoods. Despite widespread use of the technology acceptance model (TAM) to understand farmers’ adoption of digital technologies, findings remain inconsistent. We applied a two-stage meta-analytic…
