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Transforming Lives and Landscapes in Sub-Saharan Africa through PABRA’s Extensive Network
Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) and the International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) collaborated to implement the BRAINS initiative, funded by the Government of Canada. BRAINS aims to establish new trade partnerships and markets, as well as an investment platform for beans, fruits, edible insects, and pollination…
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Inauguración de nuestra oficina en Nicaragua
Conoce a nuestro equipo en Nicaragua
Conoce a nuestro equipo en Nicaragua
Durante 30 años, hemos estado comprometidos con la investigación que empodera a los agricultores de Centroamérica, especialmente en…
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Citizen Science Transforms Banana diversity Conservation
Max Ruas, Valentin Guignon, Mathieu Rouard
Christophe Jenny
Bananas grow in a wide range of areas, some of which may be threatened by climate change or urbanization. Knowing this distribution helps identify current and future threats and propose alternative risk mitigation solutions. Wild types …
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Biodiversity on our plate: the health and nutrition connection
Teresa Borelli, Danny Hunter
On the path to COP16, the global summit on biodiversity hosted this year by Colombia: the first in the Alliance's series of COP16 thought pieces focuses why conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity is good for human health.
A diverse diet is a…
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Stakeholder Workshop Insights: Driving sustainability in the coffee value chain through traceability systems
William Igeler, Federico Ceballos-Sierra
The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT held a workshop on March 19, 2024, at the Clarion Hotel in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to discuss traceability systems' interoperability and the EUDR compliance, gathering 33 key coffee sector stakeholders…
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Sowing a secure future: Belgium’s new Ark to nurture biodiversity
Meise, Belgium, May 22, 2024. In efforts to preserve plant species and help secure biodiversity within our changing environment, Meise Botanic Garden inaugurated Belgium’s new Ark of seedbanks to ensure global food security and to conserve and protect plant genetic diversity.
Two out of five plants are…
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Webinar: Knowledge Sharing and Practical Guidance on the use of the CRISP Tool
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Agricultural, land use and food system development practitioners are increasingly seeking to mainstream climate change adaptation into their sectoral policies, programs and projects. The Climate Risk Planning & Managing Tool for Development Programmes in Agri-Food Systems (CRISP) aims at supporting this endeavor. CRISP is a free, quick…
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From knowledge to flavor: The road to agroecology
Elizabeth Ramirez
In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, two women are revolutionizing agriculture and gastronomy with a sustainable and traditional approach. From Ucayali to Pucallpa, these women are showing how agroecology can generate income and protect the local environment.
In the 1960s, long before the…
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ACLIMATAR: Use cases
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142000
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This quick guide provides a first draft of possible workshops that can be used to sensitize producers and cooperatives to climate change and move towards an adaptation plan. They take as a main tool the ACLIMATAR online platform (see https://adaptation.aclimatar.org/) and its various data views and are tailored for climate adaptation work in perennial cropping systems (cocoa, coffee, tea). In this brief the following four use cases will be presented, together with…
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Estrategia municipal de desarrollo bajo en carbono para Cali
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72857
Publication year
2016
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca
Departamento Administrativo de Gestión del medio Ambiente
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Centro…
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Step-by-step process to mainstream gender in climate-smart agricultural initiatives in Guatemala
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108323
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Within the framework of the projects “Generating evidence on gender-sensitive climate-smart agriculture to inform policy in Central America” and “Shaping equitable climate change policies for resilient food systems across Central America and the Caribbean”, during 2018 and 2019, a series of workshops was held at the national level with
the purpose of strengthening the capacities of stakeholders…
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Examining the promise of ‘the local’ for improving gender equality in agriculture and climate change adaptation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111753
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Building on the conceptualisation of ‘the local’ in gender and development discourse, we explore how national and sub-national policy actors in Uganda perceive gender equality policy in the context of agriculture and climate change, to assess the potential of localised solutions to achieve gender equality. Using data from national and sub-national policy actors in Uganda (37 semi…
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Addressing future food demand in The Gambia: Can increased crop productivity and climate change adaptation close the supply–demand gap?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141961
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With rising demand for food and the threats posed by climate change, The Gambia faces significant challenges in ensuring sufficient and nutritious food for its population. To address these challenges, there is a need to increase domestic food production while limiting deforestation and land degradation. In this study, we modified the FABLE Calculator, a…
