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The Alliance Agrobiodiversity Index has won the 2023 Food Planet Prize
A tool developed by our scientists has been awarded the 2 million dollar prize granted by the Curt Bergfors Foundation.
"The Agrobiodiversity Index has done something that has never been tried before", said the announcement of our researchers winning the Food Planet Prize, one of the most important…
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Can edible mushrooms boost soil health in banana organic systems?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130682
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Manipulation of the rhizosphere can improve soil health; and foster sustainable management of pests and diseases. Biological inputs such as spent substrates from edible mushrooms (e.g., Pleurotus ostreatus) gardens offer sustainable alternatives on
that direction. This work presents a meta-analysis of major trends in knowledge generation on edible mushroom use in agriculture, especially to benefit the crop rhizosphere. It…
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Farmers’ preferences and agronomic evaluation of dynamic mixtures of rice and bean in Nepal
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130666
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Field trials of rice and bean dynamic mixtures were carried out in low input and hill farming systems of Nepal from 2019 to 2021 to improve productivity and resilience. The rice trials were conducted in two locations (Jumla and Lamjung) and those on bean in Jumla, using a randomized complete block design with three replications. Dynamic mixtures were constructed from landraces, improved varieties…
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Understanding the role of push and pull factors on agricultural land expansion: A case study of Adaba and Adiyo district, Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130683
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Understanding the human-forest relationship is key to sustainable development and forest management. The increase of agricultural land expansion mainly focuses on satisfying the competing interest amongst stakeholders and rural households, which neglects the impact of forest losses. The study looked at rural households' farmland expansion dynamics in Adaba…
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Approaches and advantages of increased crop genetic diversity in the fields
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130672
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Field trials of rice and bean dynamic mixtures were carried out in low input and hill farming systems of Nepal from 2019 to 2021 to improve productivity and resilience. The rice trials were conducted in two locations (Jumla and Lamjung) and those on bean in Jumla, using a randomized complete block design with three replications. Dynamic mixtures were constructed from landraces, improved varieties and breeding lines…
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How IFPRI, CGIAR and the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis Share Capacity
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130664
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How can inflation be lowered, and more better-paying jobs be created? How can necessary public investments be funded and prioritized? By raising taxes and looking for external funding sources? Such questions are high on people’s and policy makers minds in Kenya and taking appropriate decisions and explaining their rationale to people is not always easy. Science can play an important role in…
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Economic benefits of sustainable, forage-based cattle systems in Colombia and Nicaragua
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130685
Publication year
2023
Authors
Burkart, Stefan
Enciso, Karen
Díaz Baca, Manuel F.
Hoek, Rein van der
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Burkart, S.; Enciso, K.; Diaz. M.F.; Van der Hoek, R. (2023) Economic benefits of sustainable, forage-based cattle systems in…
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of the dual-purpose cattle value chain in the Colombian Amazon
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130684
Publication year
2023
Authors
Lienert, Anja
Burkart, Stefan
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Lienert, A.; Burkart, S. (2023) Spatio-temporal dynamics of the dual-purpose cattle value chain in the Colombian Amazon. Presentation prepared for the XXV International Grassland Congress Kentucky, USA,…
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Ethiopia Food System Profile
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130687
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This Ethiopia food system profile is composed of three main blocks of information: (a) system drivers; (b) system components; and (c) system outcomes.
The first main block recognizes how environmental, demographic, technological, political, economic, social, and cultural drivers influence the food system—from production to consumption. The second block considers three components of the system: its actors and activities, the food environment, and consumer…
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Time Series Application for Evapotranspiration and NDVI in Ucayali, Peru and Acre, Brazil
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130698
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This application was created from the Tethys platform and builds off the Google Earth Engine tutorial, and can be viewed here. This app utilizes the capabilities of Google Earth Engine to easily pull, visualize, and plot remotely sensed data in a user-friendly application. Users can choose from preloaded spatial data, draw a shape, or upload their own data to visualize and plot time series within an…
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Annual forest cover conditions across the Southwestern Amazon, 2003-2021
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130697
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A Landsat-based machine learning algorithm (Reygadas et al. 2021, Environmental Research Communications) adapted from Wang et al. (2019, Remote Sensing of Environment) to the Southwestern Amazon was used to map intact forest, degradation, and deforestation in this region on a yearly basis during the 2003-2021 period. Degradation is defined as a long-term process in which forest is negatively affected but it is not…
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Toward a deforestation-free cocoa supply chain in Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130690
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This policy brief sheds light on the incentives that can promote deforestation-free cocoa production in Colombia. It proposes steps that decision-makers can take to support Colombia’s vision of a zero-deforestation cocoa supply chain.
Publication year
2023
Authors
Villarino, Maria Eliza J.
Borda, Carlos Andrés
Marulanda…
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Hacia una cadena de suministro de cacao libre de deforestación en Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130699
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El presente documento de políticas en síntesis brinda claridad acerca de los incentivos que pueden promover la producción de cacao libre de deforestación en Colombia. Propone pasos que pueden adoptar los tomadores de decisiones para apoyar la visión de Colombia de una cadena de suministro de cacao con cero deforestación.
Publication year
2023
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Empowering Youth Entrepreneurs through Business Incubation Program
Malawi, like many other countries, grapples with high youth unemployment rates. Publications have quoted the ILO Labour Force Survey of 2018 as stating, “21.7% of the youth aged 15-24 are neither in employment, education or training, and approximately 27% of those with a job are underemployed.” This has resulted in increased poverty levels and a reliance on external…
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Environmental co-benefits of improved forages in smallholder dairy systems of Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130706
Publication year
2023
Authors
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
Mwendia, Solomon W.
Burkart, Stefan
Karimi, Peggy
Musau, Emmanuel Mwema
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Notenbaert, A.; Mwendia, S.; Burkart, S.; Karimi, P.; Mwema, E. (2023) Environmental co-…
