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AgriTech4Kenya innovation challenge 2024: Consultation workshop report
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141906
Abstract
The AgriTech4Kenya Innovation Challenge 2024 is driving Kenya’s agrifood systems transformation by facilitating the development, deployment, adoption, and scaling of high-impact science-based agritech solutions tailored to the needs of the nation’s smallholder farmers and value chain stakeholders. The project’s Consultation Workshop held in Nairobi in April 2024 catalyzed dialogue among key players from within Kenya’s…
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The outcomes and impact of community seed banks: Findings from Kenya and Uganda
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137838
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To assess the outcomes and impact of the community seed bank work by the Alliance in East Africa, in the second half of 2023, we carried out a participatory evaluation study of 3 community seed banks in Kenya and 4 in Uganda, of the 12 that the Alliance established in both countries (4 in Kenya, 8 in Uganda). The study had two complimentary parts: 1) the community seed bank by numbers (# of crops and varieties…
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Biofortificados: El Equipo que impulsa a pequeños agricultores
Entre los programas de mejoramiento de la Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT, y las familias productoras, se encuentra el programa Biofortificados; un equipo que, desde su línea de trabajo, actúa como puente trasladando los avances científicos en mejoramiento de cultivos a los pequeños agricultores.
Por: Isabela Salazar …
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Seed system security assessment: Southern Sudan
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/53015
Abstract
A Seed System Security Assessment (SSSA) was carried out across Southern Sudan in November–December 2010. It reviewed the functioning of the seed systems farmers use, both formal and informal, and assessed whether farmers could access seed of adequate quantity and quality in the short and medium term. The work covered 8 states and 16 counties, chosen to anticipate the…
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Science Week 2023: Learn from the past, act in the present, look to the future
Palmira, Colombia - In February 2023, 250 researchers of 33 different nationalities gathered for 4 days at our campus in the Americas to explore how we can keep contributing to the sustainability of food systems.
With the claim "Science at the Edge", our scientists captured the ambition of the Alliance to be…
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The Alliance Partners with Ireme Invest to Provide Support and Funding to Agri-businesses in Rwanda
Ena Derenoncourt
The Rwanda Green Fund and the CGIAR Hub for Sustainable Finance (ImpactSF) have announced a partnership to boost investment in agriculture adaptation in Rwanda. This collaboration will leverage cutting-edge climate risk analytics to enhance the country's response to climate change…
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Formulation and implementation of climate‑smart agriculture projects integrated, participatory, and village‑based approaches: Training manual and orientation guide
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144087
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As part of the series of capacity building of stakeholders at national and local levels on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in five West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, and Togo), field visits were organized to illustrate classroom theoretical learning with practical examples on the ground in each country.…
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A Next-Generation Catalog of Cultivated Bananas
Mathieu Rouard, Alberto Cenci, Catherine Breton, Julie Sardos
A new research paper presents a cutting-edge catalog of banana diversity, utilizing innovative genomic techniques to trace the ancestral origins of various banana cultivars. The study involved collaboration between multiple institutions and includes a comprehensive catalog of cultivated…
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Colombia joins the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources to strengthen its agricultural sector
Elizabeth Ramirez
Carolina Navarrete Frías
In the framework of the COP16 on Biodiversity - with Colombia as the host country of this global event held from Oct 21-Nov 1, 2024 - the country reinforces its commitment to agricultural biodiversity by joining the International Treaty on Plant Genetic…
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The Alliance in the Green Zone at COP16
The 16th Conference of the Parties (CBD COP 16) to the UN Biodiversity Convention will take place in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1, 2024.
Bulevar del Río and surrounding venues, Cali (Colombia)
21 Out - 01 Nov 2024
The Green Zone at COP16 is designed to provide space for events,…
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The Alliance in the Blue Zone at COP16
The 16th Conference of the Parties (CBD COP 16) to the UN Biodiversity Convention will take place in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1, 2024.
Centro Eventos Valle del Pacífico, Cali (Colombia)
21 Out - 01 Nov 2024
Key negotiations and dialogues among member countries and accredited observers…
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Red rice interference
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71386
Publication year
1990
Authors
Fischer, Albert J.
Full Citation
Fischer, Albert J. 1990. Red rice interference. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 7 p.
Publication Type
Report…
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A genomic catalog of cultivated bananas
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155507
Abstract
Banana is an important food crop cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions around the world. With the recent advances in genomics, a new powerful tool was developed enabling the fine-scale characterization
of banana’s ancestry along chromosomes, i.e. chromosome painting.
This catalogue, although not exhaustive, aims at providing an efficient tool to support the banana research and worker community in the classification of cultivars. It can…
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Dynamics of protection in a shrinking economy: A peak into Zimbabwe’s refugee regime
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155494
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Zimbabwe has consistently experienced an influx of refugees despite its shrinking economy. This places a heavy burden on the state to provide social protection to refugees. There are limited studies that focus on the dynamics of refugee protection in resource-constrained countries like Zimbabwe, often characterized as being only immigrant-sending countries. We use data from 12 in-depth interviews with key…
