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Sustainable land management for social profitability developed, with special emphasis on reversing land degradation: Output 5
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55535
Publication year
2005
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
Sustainable land management for social profitability developed, with special emphasis on…
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Tropical forest-transition landscapes: a portfolio for studying people, tree crops and agro-ecological change in context
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Abstract
Nudging the development trajectory of tropical landscapes towards sustainability requires a global commitment and policies that take diverse contexts and forest transitions into account. Out-scaling and upscaling landscape-level actions to achieve sustainable development goals globally need to be based on understanding of extrapolation domains and…
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Les Banques de semences communautaires : concept et pratiques. Manuel du facilitateur.
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96299
Abstract
Au cours des trois dernières décennies, un certain nombre d'organisations internationales et nationales ont fourni un soutien technique et financier aux banques de semences communautaires du monde entier. Seules quelques-unes de ces organisations ont élaboré et publié un guide pratique sur la façon dont elles ont offert ce…
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Climate smart technologies and practices meet ICT tools: experiences of including mobile-phone based tools in research
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65220
Publication year
2015
Authors
Eitzinger, Anton
Full Citation
Eitzinger, Anton. 2015. Climate smart technologies and practices meet ICT tools: experiences of including mobile-phone based…
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Establecimiento y manejo de pasturas de Centrosema
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55449
Publication year
1997
Authors
Mendoza M., Pablo E.
Thomas, D.
Spain, James M.
Lascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo
Full Citation
Mendoza M., Pablo E.; Thomas, Derrick; Spain, James M.; Lascano, Carlos E. 1997. Establecimiento y manejo de…
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Costa Rica
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49664
Abstract
The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
CSA initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience, and reduce/remove greenhouse gases (GHGs), and…
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Seminaire Regional sur l`Amelioration du Haricot dans la Region des Grands Lacs (6, 1991, Kigali, Rwanda). Actes
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56497
Publication year
1992
Authors
Nyabyenda, P
Scheidegger, Urs C.
Full Citation
NYABYENDA, P.; Scheidegger, U. (eds.). 1992. Seminaire Regional sur l`Amelioration du Haricot dans la Region des Grands Lacs (6,…
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Opportunities for feeding forages to pigs in Uganda
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45969
Abstract
Pigs can play an important role in risk diversification and livelihood security of many smallholder
and poor households in Uganda. Women and youth/children provide most of the pigproduction
labour, especially for forage collection, feeding and watering; and they are responsible
for about 90% of pigs produced in Uganda. In the smallholder production systems practised…
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Productividad y manejo de pasturas
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/54917
Publication year
1985
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
Productividad y manejo de pasturas. 1985. In: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Programa de Pastos Tropicales. Informe Anual 1984. CIAT, Cali, CO. p. 215-222. (Documento de trabajo no. 5…
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Nutritionally Enhanced Staple Food Crops
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Abstract
Crop biofortification is a sustainable and cost-effective strategy to addressmalnutrition in developing countries. This review synthesizes the progresstoward developing seed micronutrient-dense cereals and legumes cultivars byexploiting natural genetic variation using conventional breeding and/or transgenictechnology, and discusses the associated issues to strengthen crop biofortificationresearch and…
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Crop wild relatives and climate change
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68943
Abstract
Crop Wild Relatives and Climate Change – gives an overview of the impacts of climate change on growing environments and the challenges that agricultural production faces in coming years and decades. It explores the potential for crop wild relatives to contribute novel genetic resources to the breeding of more resilient and productive crops, and breeding technologies and…
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Rapid transformation of food systems in developing regions: Highlighting the role of agricultural research & innovations
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91201
Publication year
2019
Authors
Reardon, Thomas
Echeverría, Rubén G.
Berdegué, Julio A.
Minten, Bart
Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda Lenis Onipede
Tschirley, David L.…
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Developing country consumers’ acceptance of biofortified foods: a synthesis
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67071
Abstract
The success of biofortified staple crops depends on whether they are accepted and consumed by target populations. In the past 8 years, several studies were undertaken to understand consumers’ acceptance of foods made with biofortified staple crops. Consumer acceptance is measured in terms of their sensory evaluation and economic valuation of…
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Collective action in ant control
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55190
Publication year
2002
Authors
Ravnborg, Helle Munk
Cruz, A.M. de la
Guerrero, M.P.
Westermann, Olaf
Full Citation
Ravnborg, Helle Munk; De la Cruz, Ana Milena; Guerrero, María del Pilar; Westermann, Olaf. 2002. Collective action in ant control. In: Meinzen-…
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Opportunities for germplasm selection to influence phosphorus acquisition from low-phosphorus soils
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77721
Publication year
1999
Authors
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Friesen, Dennis K.
Horst, Walter J.
Full Citation
Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Friesen, Dennis Keith; Horst, Walter J.. 1999.…
