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Bioversity International Annual Report 2014
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68544
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The Bioversity International Annual Report 2014 contains highlights of Bioversity International research activities to deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural and tree biodiversity to attain sustainable global food and nutrition security.
The report also includes information about our research and funding partners…
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How the Food Action Alliance designs and selects Flagships that take a food systems approach
By: Dylan Anderson-Berens
The Food Action Alliance (FAA), a global food systems initiative implemented by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, promotes market-driven sustainable food systems transformation.
In the first of four blogs in this series, we introduced…
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Apoyando el fortalecimiento de capacidades en agricultura digital en Guatemala
El uso de datos para la toma decisiones es una tendencia que cada día está tomando más fuerza en el sector agroalimentario. En este campo, se han desarrollado varias herramientas orientadas a optimizar el sistema productivo y fortalecer el acceso y difusión de información a todos los miembros que integran la cadena de valor del sector agrícola; mejorando…
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Manejo integral de forrajes tropicales: La apuesta ambiental en la Amazonía
El departamento del Guaviare, en el suroriente de Colombia está en una fase de transición; después de décadas de aislamiento por infraestructura inadecuada y problemas de orden público, los avances en estos aspectos le han dado un gran impulso a su desarrollo. Una de las alternativas productivas protagonistas de esta fase es la ganadería, que ha venido…
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Alliance joins action on Food Systems dialogues in Vietnam
Rosemarie de Castro
Action on food systems transformation must be stepped up to ensure food security for the almost 100 million Vietnamese people and globally.
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT joined various Food Systems Dialogues organized by the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural…
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Los 12 años de la Alianza exitosa contra el Fusarium del banano y plátano
Miguel Dita, fitopatólogo y científico senior, nos cuenta cómo ha sido el trabajo de la Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT en la prevención, detección y manejo de la enfermedad conocida como marchitez por Fusarium del banano (MFB), Raza 4 Tropical. Un comprometido acuerdo de voluntades, que involucra a gobiernos, empresas, centros de investigación…
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Back to the land: Research helps farmers sequester soil carbon
Hydrologist Wuletawu Abera grew up in a small-scale farming family in Ethiopia, now he's uncovered findings that could help farmers sequester more carbon in the soil by applying different land management strategies.
By: Andrew Wight
Organic matter in the earth’s soils store more than twice the carbon than…
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Capturing fine diet data in Vietnam to guide action on food systems transformation
The Alliance in Vietnam has worked on baseline food systems profiles to help address food and nutrition security issues from a consumption rather than a supply standpoint.
In Vietnam, urbanization is considered the main demographic driver of food system transformation. Rabid movement to cities…
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Community seed banks: sharing experiences from North and South.
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92510
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Note full title of report is: Community Seed banks: Sharing experiences from North and South. Report from a side event held 1 November 2017 during the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Kigali, Rwanda. Paris: DIVERSIFOOD.
The number of community seed banks is rapidly…
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Seguimos fortaleciendo los procesos de poscosecha y desarrollo de productos alimenticios biofortificados en América Latina
Con la participación de especialistas en poscosecha de la región, se llevó a cabo entre el 9 y 12 agosto, el curso virtual “Fortalecimiento de capacidades para el mejoramiento de los procesos de poscosecha de los cultivos biofortificados”, liderado por el programa de Biofortificados de la Alianza Bioversity…
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Presenting research to expand the frontiers of gender analytical frameworks and methods
Participating in conference sessions to share our research and learn of others’ projects provides spaces to reflect on gender research for development initiatives. It allows us to compare results across contexts, countries, institutional settings, or partnership modalities, which is key to advance research on gender and intersectional issues in…
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Trade-offs and synergies associated with climate change adaptation strategies
Stanley Karanja Ng'ang'a
By: Devinia Princess Akinyi, Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a
Introduction: Alliance researchers summarize a recent analysis of various climate adaptation practices and recommend further actions to support smallholder farmers.
As climate change’s impacts…
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Steps to ensure seed systems conserve China’s underutilized crops
Zongwen Zhang, Ronnie Vernooy
Researchers explain the importance of seeds for diverse, underutilized crops in China, and suggest policy actions to increase access for smallholder farmers.
Foxtail millet variety Qinzhouhuang has been cultivated for hundreds of years. It is golden in color…
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How well do you know Cali’s food system?
I was born in Cali – I won’t say how many years ago – and I assure you, if I had not taken part in the development of the City’s Food System Profile, I would have failed the following test... Would you like to try and see how you do?
Did you fail as well? Here are…
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Understanding the coffee and cacao market systems in Latin America
By Luisa María Claros and Jenny Wiegel
An analysis across six countries, taking a “snapshot” of the coffee and cacao market systems to understand them, compare them, and provide context for new investments from the MOCCA Project was the challenge we undertook in 2019. In this story, we share every step taken along this journey…
