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Shamba Shield: Revolutionizing Financial Protection for Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
Shamba Shield empowers smallholder farmers in Kenya by providing climate-smart financial solutions. Developed by CGIAR and partners, it enhances credit access, financial literacy, and resilience through innovative tools like climate-credit scoring and risk-contingent credit, fostering sustainable agriculture amidst climate challenges.
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More information on current research programmes in Kenya
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72310
Publication year
1983
Authors
Mukunya, D.M.
Publication Type
Report
Kenya
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Enhancing Climate Resilience for Beans in East Africa through a High-Level Governments’ Participation Approach
High-level officials and stakeholders from Kenya and Tanzania gathered in Kagera (Tanzania) and Nakuru County (Kenya) for PICSA master classes conducted by the 'Enhancing Climate Resilience in East Africa (ECREA)' project. The event aimed to enhance farmers' and extension officers' knowledge on how to utilize climate…
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Navigating the Road to Sustainability: Kenyan Universities Embracing Environmental and Social Safeguards
Four of Kenya's leading universities are implementing improvements in environmental and social safeguards, as a measure for safe farming practices.
By: Adams Kwaw, Assenath Kabugi, Esther Nzuki, Owen Kimani
“You cannot protect the environment unless you empower…
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Bioversity International Financial Statements 2023 for the year ended 31 December: Including independent auditor's report.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145291
Abstract
Bioversity International’s financial mandate includes maintaining accountability and transparency in its finances, and to evaluate and communicate direct impact from our work to our donors, partners and the wider research and development community.
Publication year
2024
Authors
Bioversity…
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Using TeleCatch to investigate human mobility discourses in the African Telegram sphere
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145322
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This working paper employs the open-source TeleCatch tool to investigate the presence of content related to migration/human mobility on Telegram messages exchanged in Africa-based groups and channels. The goal was to generate data to examine human mobility narratives in the context of the African continent, including how people in Africa talk about migration and displacement, how migration and…
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Seeding change: transforming seed access in Uganda through social and behavior change interventions
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145081
Publication year
2024
Authors
Yila, Jummai O.
Nchanji, Eileen
Kinyota, Phillip
Mikhala, Audrine
Bomuhangi, Allan
Amuda, Alex
Lengewa, Catherine
Full Citation
Yila, J.O., Nchanji, E., Kinyota…
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Soil health improvement by using Urochloa tropical grasses as a cover crop in a grass-maize rotational system
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145320
Publication year
2024
Authors
Rodriguez, Leonardo
Prado Murcia, Madyan Vanessa
Villegas, Daniel
Bastidas, Mike
Benito, Marta
Vázquez, Eduardo
Subbarao, Guntur V.
Idupulapati, Rao
Arango, Jacobo…
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El Observatorio del Arroz: Una plataforma de datos abiertos desde America Latina para el mundo
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145310
Abstract
El observatorio del arroz es una plataforma de datos abiertos que busca generar lecciones para diferentes actores del cultivo, a la vez que permite intercambiar conocimiento por medio de multiples secciones de interes
Publication year
2024
Authors
Andrade, Robert
Full…
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Potenciando la investigación agrícola con modelos de inteligencia artificial
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145329
Publication year
2024
Authors
Ruiz-Hurtado, Andres Felipe
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Ruiz Hurtado, A.F. (2024) Potenciando la investigación agrícola con modelos de inteligencia artificial. Presented at Universidad Industrial de Santander – MAPI3, 12 de Junio de 2024. 20 sl.
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Keynote Speech. The nexus of climate change, agrobiodiversity and nutrition: Implications on mental health
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145311
Abstract
Agrobiodiversity provides us with a diverse basket of nutritious foods, increases the self-sustainability and resilience of the ecosystem. The changes in climatic/weather conditions that have been recorded in the last century especially the rise in temperatures, have resulted to changes in precipitation patterns, the rise of sea levels, higher incidence of extreme weather events and…
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Application of anther culture to high volume rice breeding
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72012
Publication year
1983
Authors
Pulver, Edward L.
Jennings, Peter R.
Full Citation
Pulver, Edward L.; Jennings, Peter Randolph. 1983. Application of anther culture to high volume rice breeding. Centro Internacional de Agricultura…
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Inventory of institutional initiatives promoting agroecological transition in Bobo‐Dioulasso's dairy value chain. Working Document
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145330
Publication year
2024
Authors
Sib, Ollo
Traore, Issouf
Dabire, Der
Full Citation
Sib, O.; Traore, I.; Dabire, D. (2024) Inventory of institutional initiatives promoting agroecological transition in Bobo‐Dioulasso…
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AVENIR: A Sustainable Vision for Senegalese Agriculture
Fatimata Kone
On May 22 2024, the Alliance held the second of its monthly scientific awareness seminars in Dakar. This series, which began on April 23 2024, is designed to showcase the various projects led by researchers to increase understanding of these initiatives, stimulate debate and explore synergistic opportunities between projects…
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3rd International Agrobiodiversity Congress to be held in China
With the theme “Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet”, this conference (scheduled for 20 – 23 May 2025 in Kunming, Yunnan, China) aims to share knowledge and identify actions to conserve and sustainably use agrobiodiversity globally.
Background
In the context of the ongoing global food crisis,…
