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Gender and inorganic nitrogen: what are the implications of moving towards a more balanced use of nitrogen fertilizer in the tropics?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80530
Abstract
For agriculture to play a role in climate change mitigation strategies to reduce emissions from inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer through a more balanced and efficient use are necessary. Such strategies should align with the overarching principle of sustainable intensification and will need to consider the economic, environmental and social trade-offs of…
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Networking for plant genetic resources
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104555
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Since the domestication of wild plants, farmers have more or less consciously manipulated natural diversity under their specific conditions by selecting new combinations of genes and giving rise to uncounted forms and varieties of crops. Plant breeding is the scientific process that makes use of the existing genetic variation to improve yield, to direct and to speed up adaptation to ever-changing environmental conditions, including resistance or…
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Annual report 2007-2010 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104553
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The report contains the following chapters: Major milestones porior 2007; Programme activities 2007-2010; Futur vision; Memebers of the ICWG-GR 1995-2010; ICWG-GR meetings 1995-2010; SGRP contacts in Bioversity 2010; SGRP reports and publications 2007-2010; Financial report 2007-2010; SGRP donors 1994-2010
Publication year
2010
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Designing seed systems for smallholder farmers: principles derived from bean research in the Great Lakes region of Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55875
Publication year
1994
Authors
Sperling, L.
Scheidegger, Urs C.
Buruchara, Robin Arani
Full Citation
Sperling, Louise; Scheidegger, Urs C.; Buruchara, Robin A. 1994. Designing seed…
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La noix de coco - Dossier du mois
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104948
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Like passion fruit, coconuts are much better known in processed form than fresh. The processing industry has long focused on this tropical fruit that is rich in flavour and can be used in many ways whereas sales of fresh nuts are smaller in term of volume. More than other fruits, coconuts are found in extremely varied forms, not only in the food industry but also in sectors such as cosmetics, building and pharmaceuticals. Sales of fresh coconuts are…
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A model-based exploration of farm-household livelihood and nutrition indicators to guide nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106121
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Assessing progress towards healthier people, farms and landscapes through nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) requires transdisciplinary methods with robust models and metrics. Farm-household models could facilitate disentangling the complex agriculture-nutrition nexus, by jointly assessing performance indicators on different farm system components such…
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What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99068
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What are key characteristics of rural innovators? How are their experiences similar for women and men, and how are they different? To examine these questions, we draw on individual interviews with 336 rural women and men known in their communities for trying out new things in agriculture. The data form part of 84 GENNOVATE community case studies from 19 countries. Building on…
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Climate-smart landscapes: opportunities and challenges for integrating adaptation and mitigation in tropical agriculture
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33960
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Addressing the global challenges of climate change, food security, and poverty alleviation requires enhancing the adaptive capacity and mitigation potential of agricultural landscapes across the tropics. However, adaptation and mitigation activities tend to be approached separately due to a variety of technical, political, financial, and socioeconomic constraints. Here,…
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Agricultural ecosystems and their services: the vanguard of sustainability?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79472
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Sustainable Development Goals offer an opportunity to improve human well-being while conserving natural resources. Ecosystem services highlight human well-being benefits ecosystems, including agricultural ecosystems, provides. Whereas agricultural systems produce the majority of our food, they drive significant environmental degradation. This tension between development and environmental conservation objectives is…
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Los agricultores custodios y los bancos comunitarios de semilla
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68170
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El cambio y la variabilidad climática representan una grave amenaza para la agrobiodiversidad. Ante esta situación la comunidad internacional está respondiendo con un mayor apoyo a la conservación ex situ. Sin embargo, este apoyo está orientado hacia los cultivos considerados “principales”, como el trigo, maíz, arroz y papa, y no toma en cuenta a los otros cultivos subutilizados y estratégicos para la seguridad alimentaria y…
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Pieces of the puzzle - Trait Information Portal
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104836
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The need to have a portal to access complementary data on traits is essential and a novelty arising from the PGR Secure project. Further, until now we have been able to access online many resources for ex situ information, but very few for in situ and on-farm information. This article focuses on one of the tasks of the PGR Secure informatics work package; namely, the development of a Trait Information Portal (TIP). The TIP envisaged will…
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Content and retention of provitamin A carotenoids following ripening and local processing of four popular Musa cultivars from Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104562
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Changes in the concentrations and retention levels of total and individual provitamin A carotenoids (pVACs) during ripening and local processing of the four most popular Musa cultivars of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were established through HPLC analysis. The predominant pVACs were all trans β- and α-carotene, together…
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The perceived impact of the In Trust Agreements on CGIAR germplasm availability: An assessment of Bioversity International’s institutional activities
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104946
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This study assesses the generation and consequences of the In-Trust Agreements (ITAs) that established the legal status of the CGIAR germplasm as freely available for the benefit of humanity under the auspices of FAO. The analysis looks at the history of the ITAs and focuses on the role of Bioversity International in research and other…
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Talleres de utilidad múltiple: un mecanismo para fortalecer proyectos interinstitucionales
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55788
Publication year
1994
Authors
Durán Castro, Carlos V.
Ferguson, John E.
Full Citation
Durán Castro, Carlos Vicente; Ferguson, John Elliott. 1994. Talleres de utilidad múltiple: Un mecanismo para fortalecer proyectos…
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Enhancing integrated approaches in agricultural learning systems using experiences from agroforestry
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104721
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Small-scale farmers integrate biophysical factors with social, economic, cultural and environmental considerations in managing complex farming systems. This contrasts sharply with universities’ typical organization of knowledge, where reductionist approaches prevail. Such fragmentation leads to graduates with insufficient competence in the analysis of farming systems. Thirty years of…
