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Applying AI to coffee farming in Vietnam
Harvesting coffee in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
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© 2020 Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT/Trong Chinh
As most of the world relies on coffee, producers, roasters, and investors are becoming more committed to keep coffee-driven deforestation in Vietnam to a minimum.
Through Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
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How does the Food Action Alliance (FAA) relate to United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)
By: Dylan Anderson-Berens
Previous blogs in this series introduced the Food Action Alliance (FAA), its criteria to design and select flagship projects that take a food systems approach, and the resulting portfolio of FAA flagship projects and pipeline initiatives in Latin America. In this final blog, we explain how the FAA and its…
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Alrededor de 400.000 materiales genéticos han sido distribuidos en los diferentes continentes para contribuir a la investigación agrícola
El trabajo articulado entre el Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, ICA, y la Alianza de Bioversity International y el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), ha permitido la distribución y promoción alrededor del mundo de material genético de arroz, forrajes, fríjol, maíz y yuca. De…
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Tres recomendaciones para garantizar que la intensificación sostenible de la ganadería sea efectivamente cero-deforestación
De acuerdo con un estudio reciente liderado por científicos de la Alianza Bioversity International y el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), en ausencia de salvaguardas ambientales, los esfuerzos para promover la intensificación sostenible de la ganadería podrían generar fugas de deforestación…
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Alliance and FAO celebrate International Year for Fruits and Vegetables
Indigenous Seed Systems in Northwestern Vietnam
Hmong mustard, Sa Pa, Lao Cai province, Vietnam.
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© 2020 Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT/Trong Chinh
To celebrate the International Year for Fruits and Vegetables, the Alliance teamed up with the FAO Regional Office for Asia and…
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Trial by pasta: new uses for traditional Ethiopian wheat varieties
Eliot Gee
The Alliance has joined with Ethiopian research partners and Italian pasta makers to explore a new use for durum wheat varieties.
The smell of cooking pasta wafts across Rome’s Aventine Hill - a normal experience for late afternoon; but, this day, with a unique twist. Outside the…
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Bean Atlas 2.0 Launch
Please join us for the launch of the Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance’s Bean Atlas 2.0. A team of specialists involved in creating the atlas will discuss how this tool will be a key reference for everyone across the Africa bean value chain, including farmers, buyers, researchers and supporters of the CGIAR’s bean research.
Register here
21 Out 2021…
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Stories of Success and Lessons of Support at the Agri-Food Tech Innovation Forum
Megan Steele
Collaboration and perseverance of support are key for agri-food tech startups to overcome hurdles of scaling and drive food systems impact.
Join the Agri-Food Tech Innovation Forum on Monday 15 November at the 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress: a trailblazing event where scientists,…
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Living on the margins. Indigenous peoples' food systems, biodiversity and food security
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67514
Publication year
2014
Authors
Kuhnlein, H.V.
Roy, P.
Termote, Céline
Hunter, D.
Borelli, Teresa
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Kuhnlein, H.; Roy, P.; Termote, C.; Hunter, D…
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Eat, Grow and Save Agrobiodiversity to meet UN Biodiversity Targets
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Photo credit: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT/Trong Chinh
This week, 193 member states to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming Declaration at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference. ‘Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth’ follows…
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Ask the Gender Clinic: How to integrate gender meaningfully in policy development and implementation?
Arwen Bailey, Marlène Elias, Fanny Howland, Eileen Bogweh Nchanji , Ronnie Vernooy
Alliance gender experts discuss challenges of integrating gender into policy with policy specialist Ronnie Vernooy, and offer up 10 top tips for making policy gendered…
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Business, researchers, farmers, NGOs and governments team up for sustainable cacao in South America
Sean Mattson
The Agroecological Regenerative Cocoa (ARC) project, which involves CGIAR centers, Conservation International, a French chocolate company, governments and farmer organizations, aims to transform hundreds of hectares of quality cacao production in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru…
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Distinguished Economic Botanist Award goes to Pablo Eyzaguirre
Arwen Bailey, Eliot Gee
Pablo Eyzaguirre has been honored by The Society for Economic Botany for his decades of agricultural research, particularly on the intersection of nutrition and ethnobotany. Read on to explore what has made Pablo’s work so unique.
Update: The Alliance is saddened to report that Pablo passed away on 5 June 2022. His…
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Art exhibition showcases artist and farmer view of livestock development in Vietnam
By: Cù Hoàng Thảo Minh
About 120 artworks and photos on livestock from the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum and the Livestock-led Interventions towards Equitable Livelihoods and Improved Environment in the Northwest Highlands of Vietnam, otherwise known as the Li-chăn project, will be displayed in an exhibition to be launched…
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Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99184
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Seed systems for roots, tuber, and banana (RTB) crops receive relatively little attention from development-oriented research and commercial seed sector actors, despite their importance for food security, nutrition and rural livelihoods. We review RTB seed systems—with particular reference to potato, sweetpotato,…
