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Hadithi za ufanisi kuhusu matumizi ya mchanganyiko wa mbinu za kuhifadhi rutuba ya udongo. Sauti za wakulima kutoka Wilaya ya Babati, Tanzania
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121878
Abstract
Kitabu hiki ni mkusanyiko wa hadithi za mafanikio zilizosimuliwa na wakulima ambao wamenufaika na mradi wa Africa RISING katika Mashariki na Kusini mwa Afrika (ESA). Kitabu hiki kinaelezea namna ambavyo mkusanyiko wa mbinu bora za kilimo umebadilisha maisha ya wakulima wengi wadogowadogo wanaoishi katika wilaya ya Babati, Tanzania.
Kitabu kinaelezea…
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Lessons from a Traditional Colombian Food Market
By Alex Reep, UC Berkeley
What food flows in the Galería El Porvenir Market reveal about Cali & Colombia.
On a typical day in a traditional Colombian food market, the “Galería,” a shopper can go from having a chat with a campesino (farmer) about the land they steward to enjoying a filling meal based on a family recipe. They…
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Implicaciones metodológicas e inconsistencias de la Tercera Comunicación Nacional sobre Cambio Climático de Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125454
Abstract
Las Comunicaciones Nacionales sobre Cambio Climático (CNCC) son un mecanismo para que los países informen sus avances en mitigación y adaptación, y constituyen uno de los elementos de base para la política sobre cambio climático a escala nacional. Colombia ha emitido tres CNCC. La tercera plantea un escenario que considera las proyecciones de diversos modelos incluidos en la…
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Canning quality of popular common bean germplasm in Eastern and Central Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125457
Abstract
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes popular in eastern and central
Africa were evaluated to determine their suitability for the canning industry. The
genotypes were planted at the National Agricultural Research Laboratories
(NARL), Kawanda-Uganda in the second rainy seasons (July-September) of 2015,
2016 and off season of 2017 (November- February). Two samples per genotype
were evaluated at the canning…
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Phenotyping of Urochloa humidicola grass hybrids for agronomic and environmental performance in the Piedmont region of the Orinoquian savannas of Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125375
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In the low fertility acid soils of the Orinoquian savannas of Colombia, Urochloa humidicola cv. Tully or Humidicola is one of the most widely planted tropical forage grasses for improving livestock productivity. Low nutritional quality of this grass limits sustainable livestock production in this region. In this study, we conducted a…
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Is responsive feeding difficult? A case study in Teso South Sub-County, Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125386
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Responsive infant and young child feeding as a reciprocal relationship between the child and his or her caregiver is recommended by the WHO but has received less attention than dietary diversity or meal frequency up to now. The current study assessed common (non)responsive child feeding practices and factors that facilitate or hinder caregivers to improve feeding practices in rural Teso South Sub-County, Western…
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Toward a feminist agroecology: achieving a socially just and sustainable food systems transformation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120076
Abstract
Food systems must be transformed if we are to feed the world without destroying the planet. Agroecological principles are central to creating and sustaining that change, but their transformative potential must be strengthened by better integrating critical gender and social inclusion considerations into agroecological approaches. In order for agroecology to achieve its espoused twin aims of…
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Resilient seed systems study tour to Uganda: highlights and insights
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121136
Abstract
From 30 May to 3 June 2022, a group of 16 agricultural professionals from government, private sector and non-governmental organizations, coming from Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan, travelled to Uganda to learn about the country’s experiences and achievements related to the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources and integrated seed sector development. The tour is part of a larger capacity development…
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Compensating farmers for ecosystem services: Lessons and an agenda for innovation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125381
Abstract
The CompensACTION Initiative aims to promote payments for ecosystem services (PES) to improve smallholder farmers’ incomes at large scales while incentivizing climate action, sustainable farming and other environmental outcomes.
Key drivers for scaling up PES programs are increasing farmers’ benefits in PES schemes, using public finance to leverage private sector capital, and facilitating PES project…
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What needs to change in Babati for smallholder farmers to sustainably intensify? Lessons from 10 years of community action research: Evidence from Babati
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121869
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This brief presents existing opportunities to achieve increased crop production, diet diversification and increased incomes by smallholder farming households in Babati, Tanzania. It is based on a series of experimental research conducted under Africa RISING since 2012 including nutrient response trials, testing of different intercropping…
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Bean program 1977 report
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81685
Publication year
1978
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
Bean program 1977 report.1978.. In: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Bean Program. Annual Report 1977 . CIAT, Cali, CO. p. B-1-B-85. (02E1R-77)
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Target population of environments for bean breeding in Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125269
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The target population of environments (TPE) approach aims at enhancing the effectiveness of crop improvement programs to achieve yield and/or genetic gains by helping to classify and prioritize regions based on stress patterns (frequency, onset, intensity and duration) and uses it to recommend improvement in the selection strategy. The beangrowing environments in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda can be categorized into six…
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Heat stress on dairy productivity: Policy recommendations for the dairy value chain in Zambia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120437
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The dairy industry is a significant contributor to Zambia’s economy. In 2019, the country had over 3.6 million cattle, with a total milk output of 453 million litres and smallholder dairy producers accounting for over 72% of this. Zambian milk production is inadequate to satisfy the country’s expanding demand for dairy products. Climate-related heat stress is expected to exacerbate the problem. A…
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Sweet potato value chain in Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125271
Abstract
Study on the sweet potato value chain in Kenya that revealed key strategies to reduce postharvest losses to improve food and nutrition security.
Publication year
2022
Authors
Onyango, Kevin
Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria
Polo, Carolina
Full Citation
Onyango, K.; Chege, C.; Polo, C…
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Propuesta de un año de referencia para los compromisos voluntarios, para la producción libre de deforestación en la Amazonía peruana
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121155
Abstract
Esta Política en Síntesis presenta una propuesta basada en una revisión extensa de fuentes bibliográficas y entrevistas estructuradas, como parte de un estudio sobre el año de referencia para los compromisos sobre la producción libre de deforestación en la Amazonía peruana. Posteriormente, la información ha sido validada a través de dos talleres de consulta…
