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Asia-Pacific countries identify priority action to build resilience of agriculture to natural disasters
With the number of hydro-meteorological events such as storms, floods, heat/cold wave, droughts, on the rise due to a changing, warming climate, the world also witnesses a rise in frequency of natural disasters. Of the total damage and loss caused by natural hazards in developing countries between 2003 and 2013, 22 percent…
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Insights from the Nghia Tan Market
Before dawn the sprawling complex slowly starts to hum to life, and just as the first rays of sunlight appear on the horizon, the place is abuzz with vendors selling vegetables, meats, fruits; women and men buying for the family’s food for the day.
The Nghia Tan market in Cau Giay district in Hanoi is a typical traditional market where food products – vegetables, fruits…
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Populus nigra network: Report of the 4th meeting, 3-5 October 1997, Geraardsbergen, Belgium
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104958
Publication year
1998
Authors
Turok, J.
Lefèvre, F.
Vries, S. de
Alba, N.
Heinze, B.
Slycken, J. van
European Forest Genetic Resources Programme…
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CPT, a timely and reliable climate tool for Honduran farmers
Faced with new weather patterns and climate variability, farmers in Honduras need to prepare for future weather conditions and climate change that could, potentially, disrupt current farming practices.
CIAT, through its Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Research Area, trained representatives of different organizations in Honduras,…
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3 questions we should answer on nutrition
For decades now, there has been one constant question on food security: How do we feed the world?
Dr. Lawrence Haddad, GAIN’s executive director, answers a question during the “Strengthening Public-Private Dialogue for Improved Nutrition in Kenya,” as other panelists look on. Photo by: CIAT
There is a more compelling question to ask, according to…
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I want to end malnutrition in Africa. That’s why I’m turning to big data and algorithms.
As an African woman and a nutritionist, there’s nothing more upsetting to me than this fact: Africa is the only region in the world where malnutrition is rising.
This was originally posted on the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture website.
That’s despite the billions of dollars that donors have…
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Opinion: Private sector "A powerful ally toward climate change adaptation" | Medium
No matter what some may say about the private sector, one thing that is true is that when it commits to a cause, it can move mountains.
Farmer carrying sack of coffee beans. Photo credit: Neil Palmer (CIAT)
The op-ed was originally posted on Medium.
Addressing climate change is one such cause, especially…
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El CIAT y la Gobernación del Valle, en alianza por el fortalecimiento de la agricultura vallecaucana
Gracias a la alianza entre el CIAT y la Gobernación del Valle del Cauca, más de 1600 familias que se han acogido a la sustitución de cultivos en municipios como Dagua, Bolívar, Tuluá y El Dovio recibirían semillas de fríjol, yuca y forrajes para complementar su proceso productivo y fortalecer sus iniciativas agrícolas…
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How to end the impasse in the heated sustainable agriculture debate
Which side are you on in the sustainable agriculture debate: agroecological or sustainable agricultural intensification?
Dry season rice production in drought-affected Nicaragua, made possible by the use of excess rainwater collected in reservoirs during the rainy season, and used for irrigation in the dry season. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT…
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3 reasons we’re publishing on Medium
Since the start of 2018, CIAT has been posting opinion pieces or op-eds on Medium. As of this writing, nearly a dozen op-eds are on there.
A few of you have asked me why we’ve decided to use Medium to publish op-eds from our scientists and experts. Here’s why.
Reason # 1. Influencers live on Medium.
Medium is a digital publishing platform designed to, as its About page…
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Perú, Ecuador y Colombia se movilizan para enfrentar el problema de cadmio en cacao
Con cuatro temas priorizados y propuestas concretas para investigaciones en cada uno, concluyó el Taller regional ‘Cacao libre de cadmio’, organizado por el CIRAD, junto con el CIAT y financiado por la Agencia Francesa de Desarrollo (AFD) y la Cooperación Francesa Regional.
Estos cuatro componentes, que enmarcan las…
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CIAT’s data team reaches final stage of international agriculture data competition
If you were given datasets with genetic information and yields from trials of different experimental maize hybrids, along with information on soil conditions and recorded weather of a U.S. growing region, how will you predict the performance of these hybrids?
A maize plant. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT
And what if the…
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More cassava for less time
Cassava has a relatively long growth cycle compared to other important crops. It takes an average of 10-12 months — sometimes up to 24 months! — for farmers to harvest the roots; maize, rice, and potato’s growth cycles span less than a third of that.
Aeroponics involves growing the cassava with its roots suspended in air and automatically sprayed with a special solution. Photo by: Neil Palmer /…
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Opinion: How climate finance links forest conservation, peacebuilding, and sustainable food | Devex
The below is an excerpt of Augusto Castro’s op-ed published on Devex:
Augusto Castro-Nuñez, a researcher on sustainable food systems at CIAT. Photo by: Neil Palmer/CIAT
The scene remains vivid in my head. People packed the hall outside the plenary where heads of state gathered for the 2009 COP15…
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DNA fingerprinting uncovers exactly who and why farmers use improved cassava
It was a eureka moment for geneticists at the CIAT gene bank. They found 60 new cassava varieties from samples brought into their lab from Colombia’s Cauca Department. It was part of a study to establish how many improved varieties of this staple crop farmers there had adopted, and why.
Cassava production in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department.…
