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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) disrupt food systems to deliver healthy diets to urban consumers: Twiga case study, Nairobi, Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130733
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Micro Small and Medium-Enterprises (MSMEs) in many developing countries play an important role in the agri-food systems. They provide employment opportunities as well as source of foods for urban consumers. In Kenya, the MSMEs provide an interesting disruption in the rapidly growing traditional markets. Efficient sourcing of foodstuffs is one of the…
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New technologies provide innovative opportunities to enhance understanding of major virus diseases threatening global food security
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130754
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Plant viruses pose a continuous and serious threat to crop production worldwide, while globalization and climate change are exacerbating the establishment and rapid spread of new viruses. Simultaneously, developments in genome sequencing technology, nucleic acid amplification methods, and epidemiological modeling are providing plant health specialists with…
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Fire Forecasts July-September 2022 (Western Amazon) -Storymap English, Portuguese and Spanish
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130767
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Fires in the Amazon are the result of human activities, including the use of fire for deforestation, land clearing and agricultural maintenance. Most fires begin in non-forest areas that have already been cleared for agricultural use, but these fires can spread into neighboring forests and burn through the understory. Even these low-intensity surface fires kill most trees since Amazon forests…
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Tolerancia a sequía en yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz ): desarrollo de una metodología de fenotipado y construcción de mapa genético
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130788
Publication year
2022
Authors
Bedoya-Moreno, María Alejandra
Bohorquez-Chaux, Adriana
Barrera-Enríquez, Vianey
Zhang, Xiaofei
Full Citation
Bedoya Moreno, M.A.; Bohorquez Chaux, A.; Barrera Enriquez, V.…
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Plan de investigación y desarrollo de la cadena productiva de la piña del Valle del Cauca a partir de sus principales brecha tecnológicas
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130787
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Para impulsar la economía agraria se requieren, entre otros aspectos, acciones dirigidas al mejoramiento de la competitividad del sector agrícola, frente a los constantes cambios sociales, tecnológicos y del mercado. Por esta razón, es necesaria la articulación de todos y cada uno de los agentes involucrados en la producción, transformación y…
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Brechas tecnológicas de la cadena productiva de la piña en el Valle del Cauca y descripción del estado del arte
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130768
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En el marco del proyecto Incremento de la competitividad sostenible en la agricultura de ladera en todo el departamento, Valle del Cauca, occidente, financiado por el Sistema General de Regalías (sgr) y operado por la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Palmira, se priorizaron tres cadenas productivas del sector frutícola con potencial de producción y comercialización en…
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Seed and market systems of the Eastern DRC: A fragile state case study
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130766
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This report presents one of three case studies undertaken as part of a broader study to explore and develop models for the emergence of enhanced and resilient seed systems in fragile state contexts. Such contexts provide a particular challenge for seed system development. Existing formal seed sector development models are not viable in fragile states due to a severe lack of capacity, insecurity, and ongoing political…
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Finance for low-emission food systems: For the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130760
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The objective of this note is to map the global finance landscape that is relevant to the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (the Project). The note is part of the initial research phase of the project’s work stream on financial instruments as a tool for scaling of measures for achieving lower emissions in food systems (WP4). The objective of this research phase is to…
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Bean commodity corridors scaling up production and market expansion for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130763
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More structured production, distribution, and trade are important in upgrading bean value chains for higher trade volumes, farmer incomes, and national revenue. A strategic intervention to achieve these goals efficiently and effectively involves the use of a commodity corridor approach. Commodity corridors are areas of bean intensification characterized by flows of products from…
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Business Acceleration for Youth Project launches its Acceleration Program
David Slane
The Business Acceleration for Youth project has recently concluded the application period for ‘Window 1.’ of its acceleration program. This program is specifically designed to enhance the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malawi by empowering and assisting these enterprises in realizing their maximum potential…
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Piecing together the food systems puzzle through data-driven policy development in Vietnam
Alie Peter Galeon
Reporting from Hanoi: we speak to researchers untangling Vietnam’s complex food systems. Despite various initiatives currently in motion, effective enabling food environment policies are needed to achieve sustainable food systems transformation and meet the 2030 Development Agenda…
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Biofortified rice contributes to increasing micronutrient consumption. Are consumers willing to pay for this solution in Cartagena, Colombia?
Tatiana Rivera, Robert Andrade
In October 2021, Fedearroz BIOZn 035 – a zinc-biofortified rice variety – was officially released in Colombia. Born from the collaborative research work of CIAT (currently Alliance Bioversity-CIAT) and disseminated by Fedearroz, this…
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Lessons on the Journey from Lab to Market: Venturing-Out with Manhat and Yieldsapp
Megan Steele
Watch Venture-Out Events: A4IP Startup Showcase featuring Manhat and Yieldsapp – and read on for cross-disciplinary insights from the startups’ conversation with CGIAR experts about accelerating technologies for sustainable agriculture and climate action.…
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AgriTech4Uzbekistan Innovation Challenge: Call for Applications Now Open
Gianpiero Menza, Claudia Zaccari, Ambra Al Keylani
CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform and Partners Launch AgriTech4Uzbekistan Innovation Challenge to Source and Scale-up Solutions for Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Uzbekistan and Central Asia
Rome, 23 June 2023 – The…
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Annex to the 2022 Annual Technical Report of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130262
Abstract
Annex to the 2022 Annual Technical Report of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology
Publication year
2022
Authors
CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology
Full Citation
CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology. 2022. Annex to the 2022 Annual Technical Report of the CGIAR Initiative on…
