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Enabled or disabled: is the environment right for using biodiversity to improve nutrition?
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75776
Abstract
How can we ensure that 9 billion people will have access to a nutritious and healthy diet that is produced in a sustainable manner by 2050? Despite major advances, our global food system still fails to feed a significant part of humanity adequately. Diversifying food systems and diets to include nutrient-rich species can help…
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Unraveling the effects of payments for ecosystem services on motivations for collective action
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69163
Publication year
2015
Authors
Bioversity International
Midler, E.
Pascual, U.
Drucker, Adam G.
Narloch, U.
Soto, J.L.
Full Citation
Midler…
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Late Pleistocene molecular dating of past population fragmentation and demographic changes in African rain forest tree species supports the forest refuge hypothesis
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67360
Abstract
Phylogeographical signatures of past population fragmentation and demographic change have been reported in several African rain forest trees. These signatures have usually been interpreted in the light of the Pleistocene forest refuge hypothesis, although…
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Exclusive breastfeeding and its effect on growth of Malawian infants: results from a cross-sectional study
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/53028
Abstract
Abstract
Background:
For the optimal nutrition of children under 2 years of age, it is considered important that they be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months before being given complementary food.
Aims and Objectives:
A cross-sectional nutritional baseline survey was undertaken in 2011 in the Kasungu and…
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How to develop and manage your own community seed bank: Farmers’ handbook (Booklet 3 of 3) [Arabic version]
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116978
Abstract
Arabic edition of: Vernooy, R.; Bessette, G.; Sthapit, B.; Porcuna Ferrer, A. (2018) How to develop and manage your own community seed bank: Farmers’ handbook. Management, networking, policies and a final checklist: Booklet 3 of 3. This handbook is a companion to Vernooy, R., Sthapit, B. and Bessette, G. (2020). Community seed banks: concept and practice. Facilitator handbook (…
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Guidelines for mapping the preferences in gender sensitive product profiles to crop ontology and creating a consumer segment ontology. Version 1.0.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118232
Abstract
The guidelines were developed to guide scientists, database managers and ontology curators to annotate their product profiles with the ontology the proper social dimensions, documenting trait preferences in a way that it can be interpretable by breeders and food scientists. The development of breeding product profiles targeting specific market…
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Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets - Volume 2
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117359
Abstract
Sustainable Public Food Procurement (PFP) represents a key game changer for food systems transformation. It can influence both food consumption and food production patterns. It can deliver multiple social, economic and environmental benefits towards sustainable food systems for healthy diets. This publication aims to contribute to the improved understanding, dissemination and use of PFP as a development tool…
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Developing gender-equitable ecological restoration initiatives: A synthesis of guidance to improve restoration practice
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117868
Abstract
Ecological restoration has the potential to contribute to all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, social issues, including gender relations, often remain unaddressed in ecological restoration initiatives. As the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration begins, it is critical to learn from existing knowledge and experiences to restore degraded lands in ways that enhance…
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Beetle-transmitted viruses
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81830
Abstract
One group of bean diseases with characteristic virus symptoms is the mosaic group, frequently associated with leaf and plant malformations and green and yellow stippling. Insect vectors belong to the families Chrysomelidae, Coccinelidae, and Meloidae. This group of virus contains the bean southern mosaic virus (BSMV), the bean mild mosaic virus (BMMV), the bean rugose mosaic virus (BRMV), the…
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A database for multi-dimensional effects of tropical forage technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118309
Abstract
Small-scale livestock productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been limited mainly by the lack of adequate quality feeds. This database contains data on effects of tropical forage technologies from 72 pre-selected experimental studies from across SSA. The experimental studies were selected and compiled following a well-defined systematic literature search of peer-reviewed articles in Scopus…
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Additional viruses
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81832
Abstract
Bean crops are attacked by several viruses transmitted by insects among which are: (1) beet curly top virus (Circulifer tenellus); the best control measure is the utilization of resistant var.; (2) the tobacco yellow dwarf virus (Orosius argentatus); (3) the tomato spotted wilt virus, which is transmitted mechanically and by various types of thrips; and (4) the tobacco streak virus, which is…
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Spatial and temporal contrasts in the distribution of crops and pastures across Amazonia: A new agricultural land use data set from census data since 1950: Crops and pastures across Amazonia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111216
Abstract
Amazonia holds the largest continuous area of tropical forests with intense land use change dynamics inducing water, carbon, and energy feedbacks with regional and global impacts. Much of our knowledge of land use change in Amazonia comes from studies of the Brazilian Amazon, which accounts for two…
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Northern Ghana communities farmer profiles on agronomy and crop insurance advisories
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116616
Abstract
This dataset is about the Northern Ghana Communities Farmer Profiles on Agronomy and Crop insurance advisories. In order to increase productivity at farmer and community levels, the Excellence in Agronomy 2030 Initiative (EiA) in partnership with WorldCover is investigating how best to characterize, boost and scale out promising agronomic options through cropping advisory services in Northern Ghana. These…
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Raster files of the diversity and climate change analyses of regionally priority CWR in the SADC region
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117475
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This set of raster files resulted from the diversity analysis of regionally priority CWR across the SADC region and the study of the impact of climate change on their distribution and richness. Three folders are made available: CWR_distribution, CC_threat, summary_files. [CWR_distribution]: Species distribution models (SDMs) were created for 75 taxa based on 22 environmental variables…
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Produccion y mercadeo de harina de yuca para consumo humano
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55088
Publication year
1988
Authors
Ostertag Gálvez, Carlos F.
Full Citation
OSTERTAG G., C. 1988. Produccion y mercadeo de harina de yuca para consumo humano. In: Ostertag G., C. (ed.). Proyecto de desarrollo agro-industrial del cultivo de la yuca en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia…
