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A doença da vassoura-de-bruxa da mandioca está voando pela América do Sul
Sean Mattson
A doença da vassoura-de-bruxa da mandioca está se espalhando rapidamente pelo nordeste da América do Sul, ameaçando um alimento básico e essencial para milhões de pessoas no Brasil e no continente.
Os pesquisadores e parceiros da Alliance, incluindo a Embrapa, a maior organização de pesquisa agrícola do…
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Beans, climate and resilience: How weather and climate information is transforming bean farming in Homa Bay
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175640
Publication year
2025
Authors
Kiogora, Joseline Kanja
Kagabo, Desire
Maina, Priscillah
Full Citation
Kiogora, J.K.; Kagabo, D.; Maina, P. (2025) Beans, climate and resilience: How weather and climate information is transforming bean farming in Homa Bay. [Blog post]…
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Building a thriving forage seed sector in Vietnam
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175638
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Livestock production is a vital contributor to both the economy and food security of Vietnamese households. As Vietnam continues to intensify and transform its livestock sector, the persistent challenge of feed scarcity—both in quantity and quality—remains a major bottleneck to productivity, profitability, and climate resilience. Shortage of high-quality forages continue to constrain animal nutrition and overall livestock productivity,…
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Tunis hosts the consultation workshop on strengthening Tunisia’s innovation ecosystem for climate-resilient agriculture
Aya Mounir, Claudia Zaccari
On 20 May 2025, over 100 industry experts gathered at the Hotel Golden Carthage Gammarth for the Consultation Workshop: Strengthening Tunisia's Innovation Ecosystem for Climate-resilient Agriculture. This event showcased the pivotal role of research, technology,…
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Soils to stories: Embedding field insights in research data stewardship
Priscillah Maina, Desire Kagabo, Joseline Kiogora
Field visit insights provide direct exposure to real-world research environments, illustrating how data is collected, and promoting collaboration between researchers and information professionals. This collaboration helps to identify their evolving information needs throughout every…
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The role of locus of control and restrictive norms on farmers’ willingness to pay for climate information services in Senegal, West Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176978
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Climate variability challenges smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Farmers need tools to help them adapt, such as climate information services (CIS) to enhance resilience and agricultural productivity. This study investigates farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for seasonal CIS in Senegal’s Sédhiou and Tambacounda regions. The research explores…
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Farmer groups as a tool for rural development programs: Perspectives from northwest highlands in Vietnam
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176977
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The formation of farmer groups (FGs) is central to rural development programmes promoted by NGOs and governments. These structures are widely recognised for their positive impacts, such as strengthening value chains, reducing transaction costs, creating economies of scale, and improving access to agricultural technologies. They also foster community trust, cooperation, and social…
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Environmental trade-offs of livestock intensification in the Northwest Highlands of Vietnam
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176983
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Context Seventy per cent of households in Vietnam’s Northwest Highlands rely on livestock for food security, income, and resilience. However, livestock production drives deforestation, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. Development partners have started promoting improved feeding, genetics, and animal health interventions to boost productivity, but the environmental impacts of…
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Spatial sampling in data collection and impact assessment: overview and recent MELIA applications
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176976
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This Learning Note introduces spatial sampling as an approach to strengthen data collection and impact assessment in contexts where location and spatial relationships influence outcomes. It provides an overview of key spatial sampling methods and illustrates their application in recent MELIA work to ensure more rigorous, representative, and spatially consistent evaluations of agricultural and…
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Scaling opportunity crops in Africa through a multi-stakeholder platform: Aligning with Agenda 2063, Post-Malabo commitments and global policy frameworks
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176974
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This policy brief presents the African Opportunity Crops Working Group—a multi-stakeholder platform established under the African Union’s African Seed and Biotechnology Platform (ASBP). Led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the World Vegetable Center as co…
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EATxCali: A Latin American perspective on food, health, and the environment
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68654
Publication year
2015
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT. 2015. EATxCali : A Latin American perspective on food, health, and the environment. Cali, Colombia: Centro Internacional de Agricultura…
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Market outlook for improved forage seed varieties in Northern Lao PDR
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176975
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The Laotian livestock sector is transitioning from subsistence-based systems to modern, commercialised models, driven by the potential to integrate into growing regional markets. However, livestock rearing in northern Laos faces major structural challenges in cattle feeding, including low-quality and quantity feed, which limit smallholders’ ability to benefit from emerging market opportunities. To provide farmers with…
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Potential markets for hybrid forages in Latin America and the Caribbean
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177032
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By 2050, global demand for animal products is estimated to grow by up to 38 %. Faced with this, regions such as Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) see significant market opportunities for cattle farming, but also additional pressures on their natural resources. Thus, there is a need for more efficient and environmentally sustainable cattle systems. A key element for this purpose is improved forages. In this regard,…
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Online training on principles of good data collection and management for forage trials for Seed Control and Certification Institute (SCCI) staff in Zambia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177059
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The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, through its forage breeding program in Kenya, is working to enhance the capacity of partner institutions in sub-Saharan Africa to conduct robust, efficient, and standardized forage trials. As part of this capacity-building effort, an online training session was conducted on 16th April…
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Socio-cultural determinants of on-farm policies and Innovation adoption in Ghana
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177102
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This study investigates the influence of socio-cultural factors such as social network ties, traditional knowledge and farmer incentives on-farm policies and innovation adoption in Upper West Region of Ghana. Using a cross-sectional design, we collected data from 568 farmers who cultivate cereals and legumes such as maize, millet, sorghum, soybeans and groundnuts. The results show that while formal rituals are…
