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¡La última parada de Un Viaje en Común!
El proyecto “Un Viaje en Común” financiado por el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA), llega al final de su recorrido y como última colaboración con todos los socios e involucrados dentro del proyecto durante el período 2017-2020, realizará una serie de eventos virtuales para mostrar los resultados alcanzados y hacer entrega oficial de éstos a las entidades locales concernientes…
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Understanding basic gender concepts
Eileen Bogweh Nchanji
Gender concepts have evolved over the years. Old concepts have been refined or replaced with new concepts. There are key gender terms and concepts we need to be acquainted with if we want to integrate and measure gender indicators in our projects. These key concepts vary depending on the discourse; whether you are working in the agricultural, humanitarian…
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Gender mainstreaming in research – from design to measurement – made easy
Eileen Bogweh Nchanji
Ever wonder how to integrate gender into your research? In this blog, Alliance gender researchers covers the ABC’s of gender mainstreaming with new videos, recommendations and further reading suggestions. Gender mainstreaming is a strategy that takes into account the interest and concerns of men and women in all policies…
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Take a virtual tour of the Alliance’s Genebanks
Watch our latest video to learn what goes on behind the scenes to conserve of some of the world’s most diverse collections of beans, cassava, forages and bananas
From drought-resistant bananas to iron-rich beans, plant genetic diversity is a vital element of sustainable and healthy food systems. Whether carefully passed down by…
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Decentralized collaborative plant breeding for utilization and conservation of neglected and underutilized crop genetic resources
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72452
Publication year
2015
Authors
Camacho Henriquez, A.
Kraemer, F.
Galluzzi, Gea
Haan, Stef de
Jäger, M.
Christinck, A.
Full…
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Is voluntary certification of tropical agricultural commodities achieving sustainability goals for small-scale producers? A review of the evidence
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82856
Abstract
Over the last several decades, voluntary certification programs have become a key approach to promote sustainable supply chains for agricultural commodities. These programs provide premiums and other benefits to producers for adhering to environmental and labor practices…
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AGRI: a tool that charts a better way forward for farmers
Adriana Varón
AGua para RIego (AGRI) [Water for Irrigation] is a tool created five years ago by CIAT, now the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, that helps identify potential sites for harnessing water from rivers or for carrying out rainwater harvesting projects to supply irrigation systems for smallholder farmers or local aqueducts.
AGRI was…
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The Honduras Water Platform is now available for Development Region 13 (R13) – Gulf of Fonseca
Sindy Leveron
Due to its mountainous landscape, the Honduran territory has a large water supply system, comprised by 25 basins, 133 sub-basins, and a total of 6,845 micro-basins (Hydrographic Regions in Honduras); which drain into two different slopes, the Pacific and the Atlantic watersheds. For the most part, the…
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A new decade of forest restoration: Lessons learned from Burkina Faso
Barbara Vinceti, Michel Valette
For this International Day of Forests’ theme of forest restoration, we take a closer look at ongoing restoration efforts in Burkina Faso. Despite numerous challenges, insights from these initiatives help chart “a path to recovery and wellbeing…
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Modern food security necessitates global citizenship
Pauline F. D. Scheelbeek
The United Kingdom’s reliance on fruits and vegetables from climate-vulnerable tropical countries shows how local or regional impacts from climate change have global consequences.
Food systems are intrinsically linked with many of the world’s most pressing global challenges,…
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Mass-produced coffee and chocolate puts nature and social welfare at risk, scientists warn, with urgent transformation needed
Higher prices are among reforms needed to tackle farmer neglect, child labor and environmental damage caused by production of tropical commodities at scale.
Growing global demand for commodities grown in tropical conditions, like coffee and cocoa beans…
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Italy to set the stage for UN Food Systems Summit with three-day event that will deliver bold new ambitions
Wednesday 17 March, Rome – The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced today that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will be in Rome, Italy from July 19 to July 21, 2021.
Under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres…
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Public and Private Partnerships improve smallholder farmer fortunes in Babati, Tanzania
Michael Kinyua, Inot Songoyani, Prosper Massawe
The Alliance joins efforts to improve soil fertility and agricultural output in Tanzania.
Babati, a District in Northern Tanzania, thrives on an agricultural economy. In the mostly smallholder farming community,…
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Launch of first digital catalog of cassava varieties from Cauca, Colombia
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, the French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD), the University of Valle, and the National University-Palmira Campus launched the first digital catalog of cassava varieties from Cauca, Colombia.
The Catalog of Cassava…
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Climate services for smarter farming – what’s it all about?
Dr. Julian Ramirez-Villegas, a Climate Impacts Scientist, at CIAT and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT
Over the last few years, CIAT, CCAFS and their partners* have been doing groundbreaking work to provide climate information to help farmers make smarter decisions.…
