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Toward a sustainable coffee future in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Through extensive research and international collaboration, the Alliance supports work to make coffee production in Vietnam a sustainable source of prosperity for smallholder farmers
Less than 30 years ago, Vietnam’s country’s coffee production barely registered on global output tables. Today, the Southeast…
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The downward trend: Nature’s decline risks our quality of life
Scientists conducted a sweeping review of nature’s contributions to humans in order to present a clear breakdown of global trends since 1970. Not surprisingly, the results are grim.
It is no secret that over the last few decades, humans have changed nature at an ever-increasing rate. A growing collection of…
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Responding to the effects of COVID-19 on smallholder bean farmers in Kenya and Uganda
Eileen Bogweh Nchanji
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing smallholder farmers’ vulnerabilities. In Kenya and Uganda, the Alliance and its partners are building networks and increasing access to market and information to strengthen farmers’ resilience…
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How improved livestock and pasture management practices are impacting agro-pastoralists in East Africa
Stanley Karanja Ng'ang'a, Devinia Princess Akinyi
Researchers discuss possibilities and constraints for three forms of sustainable livestock management in East Africa.
The improper utilization and management of rangelands, especially in arid…
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Forest and landscape restoration: Beyond fixes that fail
One of the challenges in managing tree resources is the long delay between planting efforts and their results, which makes it hard to learn from trial and errors. In the Philippines and Burkina Faso, the Alliance and its partners are assessing current restoration efforts using dynamic systems, an approach that helps represent long-term interactions and effects…
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress
UPDATE: The Call for Abstracts is now closed. For the latest information on the 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress (scheduled for 15-18 November 2021), please click here.
Despite widespread recognition of the urgent need to change the way we…
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Surprising trove of sorghum diversity discovered in Australia — but it’s disappearing fast
Researchers found wild relatives of sorghum in higher concentrations in Australia than anywhere else; the plants have potential to combat drought and extreme heat, but they need urgent safeguarding.
New research published in the journal Diversity and Distributions used cutting-edge…
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Farmer cooperatives and the changing agri-food system in China
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81245
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Consumer concerns are leading to changes in China’s food markets and demands for higher quality food. In this article, we explore the role of farmer cooperatives in China in linking farmers with high-quality food markets. We consider food quality a social construct and farmer cooperatives key players in the ‘quality battlefield’. Using a case study approach…
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The role that a plate could play in a city
The typical caleño lunch plate (composed of tomato, plantain, potato, rice, and chicken) was the star of a study that seeks to exemplify how certain questions about what we eat could make the difference for the food systems of our cities.
How much does it cost to the planet to produce what I eat? What road does my food follow…
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Where can we grow Alfalfa?
Sintayehu Alemayehu
Researchers assess land suitability and potential climate change impacts on alfalfa (Medicago sativa) production in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia’s livestock sector represents an important source of food and livelihoods. However, livestock are at risk when there are not enough resources to support production, especially…
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An Alliance for Trees: Why forest biodiversity is “too precious to lose”
From forest fires to COVID-19, this year has already presented grave challenges to human and planetary health. Now more than ever, forests have an essential role o play. On the International Day of Forests, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT outlines our research approaches to ensure better conservation…
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Increasing business knowledge for sustainable and healthier diets in Kenya
LINK Methodology was created to bridge the smallholder farmers’ world and emerging markets. Since its launch in 2011, it has been implemented more than 80 times around the World, with farmer organizations from different levels of professionalization. However, how can a methodology like this contribute to improve nutrition and food security in food systems? A…
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Uma saúde melhor - para as pessoas e o planeta - cresce nas árvores
As árvores frutíferas tropicais podem melhorar a saúde, reduzir a fome, aumentar a renda e combater as mudanças climáticas. Então, por que não cultivamos e comemos mais?
Dois dos maiores problemas da humanidade - a crise climática e os péssimos hábitos alimentares - podem ser parcialmente resolvidos por uma…
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Siguen abiertas inscripciones para recibir semillas biofortificadas
Hasta el próximo 15 de noviembre, o hasta agotar existencias de semillas, seguirán abiertas las inscripciones para que asociaciones de agricultores, fundaciones, Unidades Municipales de Asistencia Técnica Agropecuaria (UMATA) y secretarías de agricultura de todo Colombia participen en el programa de entrega de semillas biofortificadas…
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El Valle del Cauca da sus primeros pasos en resiliencia climática con la implementación de la Mesa Técnica Agroclimática
El territorio del Valle del Cauca no es ajeno a los efectos del cambio y la variabilidad climática. De acuerdo con el Plan Integral de Cambio Climático del departamento, la temperatura media del territorio tendría un incremento superior a 1°C, las precipitaciones se reducirían un 10% y el aumento de la intensidad…
