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Guideline for soil biology data collection in Ethiopia: National standard
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110585
Abstract
Recently, recognition has been growing of the
power of data and information for better decisionmaking
and service provision in agriculture. To
ensure good data quality, an agreed standard to
collect, store, and share data along the agricultural
value chain is required.
With this background, the purpose of this guideline
is to provide guidance on…
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The quest for tolerant varieties: integration of -omics techniques to understand stress in non-model crops
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78751
Abstract
Millions of people depend on rain fed crop systems that are very prone to fluctuating water availability. In-depth knowledge on the plant’s stress response is therefore of utmost importance. However, in many crops not much is known about the genes involved in early stress response and their link to long term stress…
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Diversity for sustaining livelihoods: examples, constraints and lessons learnt
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69365
Abstract
Strengthening and expanding options people have to sustain livelihoods under a changing climate is a key element in enhancing adaptive capacity and resilience. Many traditional food crops and farming systems have demonstrated their relative resilience to extreme climate events such as cyclones, flooding and saltwater inundation; promoting…
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Una mirada a los incentivos para la conservacion in situ de recursos fitogeneticos en el Peru
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92583
Publication year
2017
Authors
Ruíz Muller, M.
Drucker, Adam G.
Ramírez, M.
Full Citation
Ruiz Muller, M.; Drucker, A.; Ramirez, M. (2017) Una mirada a los incentivos para la…
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Methods Proposed to Evaluate the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Food and Nutrition Security in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80948
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to examine the interconnectedness between climate change and food and nutrition security in Latin America and to offer a suite of methods for measuring how they affect one another. This first part of the report offers a brief overview of food and…
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Towards Climate-Smart Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Initial results in Ma Village, Vietnam
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80702
Abstract
The project Integrated agricultural technologies for enhanced adaptive capacity and resilient livelihoods in climate-smart villages (CSVs) of Southeast Asia aims to provide climate-smart agriculture options to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience among CSV farmers and stakeholders. The project is supported by a monitoring and…
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Access and benefit sharing policies for climate resilient seed systems: matching global commitments with national realities.
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79167
Abstract
This synthesis paper provides a summary of main findings on climate resilient seed systems and access and benefit sharing of case studies from Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This study analyses what is actually happening at the national and subnational levels in terms of climate change, its…
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Predictive characterization of crop wild relatives and landraces: technical guidelines version 1
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68548
Abstract
Predictive characterization methods use ecogeographical and climatic data derived from the specific location of a collecting or observation site, to predict characteristics of accessions and populations that can inform conservation and use options. The predictive characterization methods presented in these technical…
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Descriptors for bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea)
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72704
Publication year
2000
Authors
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
International Bambara Groundnut Network
Full Citation
International Plant Genetic Resources…
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Bioversity International Annual Report 2011: Sustainable agriculture for food and nutrition security
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97020
Abstract
Throughout this 2011 Annual Report, you will find examples of Bioversity International’s work with partners and stakeholders from Africa to Asia to the Americas. You will also find information about our Board of Trustees, supporters and finances. It also includes a list of our 2011 scientific publications.
The report…
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Bioversity International Annual Report 2007
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97024
Abstract
Bioversity went into 2007 in a less-than-optimal financial position. A combination of unforeseen circumstances, which reduced our expected income, left us below the recommended level of reserves. But the organization was well prepared, and we are very pleased to be able to report that we ended the year in an even better position than anticipated. This was no accident. It was…
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Management of Nothofagus genetic resources: definition of genetic zones based on a combination of nuclear and chloroplast marker data
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35532
Publication year
2013
Authors
Azpilicueta, M.M.
Gallo, L.A.
Zonneveld, M. van
Thomas, E.
Moreno, C.
Marchelli, P.
Full…
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Moving beyond the dilemma: practices that contribute to the on-farm management of agrobiodiversity
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34622
Abstract
The definition provided by the Convention on Biological Diversity for in situ conservation has caused a dilemma for those involved in agrobiodiversity conservation, as to how to implement this strategy in practical terms. A diversity of organizations has been engaged in efforts referred to as on-farm management of…
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Descriptors for pepino (Solanum muricatum)
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72608
Publication year
2004
Authors
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
Full Citation
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) (2004) Descriptors for pepino (Solanum muricatum). International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) 48 p…
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Descriptors for rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72693
Publication year
2003
Authors
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
Full Citation
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) (2003) Descriptors for rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum). International Plant Genetic Resources Institute 54 p…
