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Integrating the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) through the Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (WEFE) nexus approach
As the UN Biodiversity Conference closes and the UN Climate Change Conference begins, a new brief calls for integrating and harmonizing policy frameworks to combat climate change and biodiversity loss.
By Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi (Centre…
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Alliance Bioversity-CIAT inaugurates the most advanced respirometry chambers in Latin America to measure methane emissions from livestock
Anny I. Yedra Cubillos
The most advanced respirometry chambers in Latin America were inaugurated at the Alliance Bioversity-CIAT campus in Colombia.
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The most advanced respirometry chambers in…
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Accelerating Zambia’s Bean Seed Systems
In Zambia, where agriculture is crucial to the economy, in 2023 more than 287,000 farmers grew iron-rich Mbereshi beans. Valued for combating iron deficiency and enhancing nutrition, these early-maturing beans also boost incomes, improve food security, and help adapt to climate change. Developed by international research partners, Mbereshi beans are now central to Zambia's sustainable…
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Video animado: Paso a paso para fortalecer relaciones comerciales mediante la realización de pruebas de calidad in situ y proveer información de precios a productores
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159483
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Este video animado describe el paso a paso de la implementación de pruebas de calidad de grano in situ (en hogar de productores) y proveer información de precios a los productores, como mecanismo para fortalecer la relación comercial entre productores y asociaciones de productores, y para que los productores aprendan sobre…
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Perfil serológico de los hemoparásitos en bovinos jóvenes de la altillanura plana colombiana
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71973
Publication year
1986
Authors
García Durán, Obed
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García Durán, Obed. 1986. Perfil serológico de los hemoparásitos en bovinos jóvenes de la altillanura plana colombiana. Centro Internacional de…
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Biodiversity, gender and ethnicity. Biodiversidad, género y etnicidad
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159577
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The Gender Team at the Alliance Bioversity-CIAT (ABC) is leading two pivotal research studies: one focused on food waste and gender gaps in technology transfer, and another examining the role of a Colombian interethnic women's network in influencing policy and driving territorial changes related to climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation. Funded by the CGIAR Gender Platform, both studies adopt an…
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TeleCatch: manage and analyze telegram data
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159564
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TeleCatch is a comprehensive web application that provides a web-based interface and a REST api for managing and analyzing Telegram data. With a secure and user-friendly dashboard, users can manage Telegram accounts, configure data collections, and access insightful visualizations directly from their browser.
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2024
Authors
Ruscica, Giosue…
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Caractérisation des chaînes de valeur et des marchés des cultures négligées et sous-utilisées à l’Ouest du Niger: Cas de patate douce, manioc, moringa, gombo, oseille et voandzou
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159509
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En Afrique de l’Ouest, le niveau alarmant de l’insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle et la pauvreté explique la défaillance des systèmes agricoles et alimentaires. Les cultures négligées et sous utilisées représentent une opportunité pour inverser cette tendance. La présente étude se focalisait sur six cultures…
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Virtual eulogies, rituals, and burials: Experiences of and adaptations to death and mourning during the COVID-19 pandemic among transnational families
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159484
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This paper is based on in-depth qualitative data from key informants (i.e., village heads, and employees of burial societies) and dyads from five families interviewed between March 2020 and December 2022 in Tsholotsho and Johannesburg to explore the experiences of and adaptations to death within transnational families during the COVID-19…
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Mapping research on bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) in Africa: Bibliometric, geographical, and topical perspectives
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159488
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While Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) originates from Africa and the list of producers is topped by African countries, it is not clear whether research is developed enough to support crop promotion in the continent. Thus, this systematic review of 180 articles presents a comprehensive summary of research on Bambara groundnut (BGN) in Africa…
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Rice-fish coculture: Enhancing resource management and food security
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159511
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Rice-fish coculture is an age-old nature-based practice that effectively utilizes land and water resources and promises to be a viable alternative to rice monoculture for sustainable joint production of rice and fish with socioeconomic and ecological advantages in rural areas. However, qualitative and quantitative studies on such practices to evaluate their socioeconomic vulnerability based on primary data of farmers…
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Organic waste recycling for a sustainable future in Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159554
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The blog highlights the critical role of circularity in sustainable farming. It highlights the work of Organic Fields Ltd, an enterprise in Kenya converting urban organic waste into high quality organic fertilizers. The initiative aims to improve soil health, increase crop yields, and improve waste management, thus promoting sustainable farming practices across the country.
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2024…
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The new goal: Opportunities to empower climate action in the horn of Africa and the Sahel for agriculture and nature under the NCQG
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159638
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African nations, while contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions, are disproportionately impacted by the socio-economic burdens of climate change. The Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector, which serves as a crucial economic foundation for these countries, is heavily characterized by natural resource-dependent subsistence…
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Registres communautaires de la biodiversité: Amarante, Fabirama, Moringa, Oseille, Patate douce and Voandzou
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159640
Publication year
2024
Authors
Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture. (2024) Registres communautaires de la biodiversité: Amarante, Fabirama,…
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Impacto económico potencial en Colombia del uso de variedades transgénicas de yuca, resistentes al barrenador del tallo, Chilomina clarkei (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72086
Publication year
2003
Authors
Rivas Ríos, Libardo
Herrera Fernández, C.J.
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Rivas Rios, Libardo; Herrera Fernández,…
