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Sustainable Cocoa Innovation Challenge for Colombia: Supporting innovation in the cocoa value chain for forest conservation and peacebuilding
Ambra Al Keylani
Bogotá, 04 August 2023. The Sustainable Cocoa Innovation Challenge for Colombia has been launched as the result of the joint effort between CGIAR research initiatives AgriLAC Resiliente and Mitigate+ and the project “Implementing Sustainable Agricultural and…
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New remote sensing developments for forest monitoring at Global Landscapes Forum
Por Glenn Hyman | July 21, 2014From left to right: Matthew Hansen, University of Maryland; Sassan Saatchi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Nigel Sizer, World Resources Institute (WRI); Alessandro Baccini, Woods Hole Research Center; Fred Stolle, WRI; Louis Reymondin, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).
Por Glenn…
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RTB GIS Initiative Promotes Open Data
Far too often our research and development activities remain hidden in difficult-to-find places, limiting its potential to achieve impact. A group of seven professionals applying spatial analysis and GIS to roots, tubers and bananas (RTB) research is working to change that. They met last week in San Diego, California in conjunction with the Environmental Systems Research Institute’s (ESRI…
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Continued collaboration between AgTrials, CropOntology, AgMIP, CSISA and others
The Climate Change and Agricultural Food Security (CCAFS) program’s AgTrials initiative places a strong emphasis on partnerships with other initiatives, and on interoperability between systems designed for crop improvement applications. On the upstream end, linking to information resources is a critical input to making the agricultural trial database work.
Por Glenn Hyman| Jan 15, 2014
Our collaboration with…
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Nuevo documento Políticas en Síntesis sobre el desarrollo bajo en emisiones
La Alianza ASB para los Márgenes de los Bosques Tropicales acaba de publicar un nuevo documento Políticas en Síntesis – en español e inglés – sobre planificación del uso de la tierra para el desarrollo bajo en emisiones en el departamento de Ucayali en la Amazonia peruana. Este documento describe las lecciones aprendidas de una iniciativa reciente del proyecto “Reducción de Emisiones de Todos los Usos de la Tierra” (REALU, por su nombre en inglés).
Por Glenn Hyman| Oct 23,…
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RTB GIS group wins award
A group of researchers working on geographic targeting and priorities for the roots tubers and bananas program recently won the of Special Achievement in GIS award from ESRI. The effort was led by CIAT (DAPA), CIP, IITA and Bioversity.
Por Glenn Hyman| July 26, 2013
We have received some press about the award on the following websites: CGIAR scientists unite to design award-winning mapping tool (CGIAR) Online mapping tool for analysis and planning receives international award (RTB) RTBMaps: more than…
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Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability - Ambio, vol. 46(1)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77844
Abstract
There is an ongoing debate on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA). In this paper, we propose that a paradigm for sustainable intensification can be defined and translated into an operational framework for agricultural development. We argue that this paradigm must now be defined?at all…
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The role of sustainable finance in Forest Landscape Restoration (commentary)
To finance the major investments in Forest Landscape Restoration, help from the private and financial sector is needed.
By Ruben Coppus
To increase the investors' willingness to write checks, pubic funded grants play a crucial role. To get institutional investors on board, sustainable finance must mature providing proven track records so investors can better understand risk.
If the ambitious goals of Initiative 20x20 or the Sustainable Development Goals…
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Colombia evoluciona hacia la ganadería sostenible
Como parte de la transformación de la ganadería bovina, la Mesa de Ganadería Sostenible Colombia (MGS – Col) presenta una serie de conversatorios que reúnen elementos esenciales para propiciar su sostenibilidad y por ende el mejoramiento de la productividad y logro de la competitividad de la cadena de valor de la carne, la leche y sus derivados, acorde con las expectativas de los mercados y del consumidor final.
Mecánica
Los conversatorios serán todos los jueves a partir de…
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Conversations with Nancy White around the implementation of CIAT’s internal communications strategy
Nancy, when I contacted you at the beginning of 2014, I was looking for support, through regular conversations (monthly one hour Skype calls), to discuss, and evaluate the implementation of CIAT’s internal communications strategy.
What a treat! Wow, that you will a) take the time for reflective and…
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Data Management Community of Practice Workshop
CIAT’s data and information management team strives towards becoming the knowledge hub for scientists. The group also aims for CIAT staff to embrace an open science culture and becoming 100% compliant with Open Access goals without compromising quality of work.
In July 2015 a group of 30 data managers from CIAT HQ gathered for the first time to understanding who…
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Introducing ORCID numbers!
The Data and Information Management team will soon be adding ORCID® numbers to our records. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) numbers are to authors what DOIs are to publications. They are unique author identifiers, which enable works to be attributed to correct authors, despite variations in naming.
For example, cultural differences in naming, adoption of a spouse’s name,…
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Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97645
Publication year
2018
Authors
Springmann, M.
Clark, M.
Mason-D'Croz, Daniel
Wiebe, Keith D.
León Bodirsky, B.
Lassaletta, L.
Vries, W. de
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
Herrero, Mario…
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CIAT to coordinate communications, knowledge sharing and information & data management of the CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network
Formed in 2012, the CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network is composed of researchers engaged with social science research on gender in agriculture and natural resource management across the fifteen global CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs).
In recent months, the…
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Ecocycle: Gender researchers analyze their activities to identify obstacles and opportunities for progress
What is each of us doing as a gender researcher? What is our research focus? What are the highlights so far? Day 1 of the annual meeting of the CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network focused on understanding each other’s work better.
Originally published: January 20, 2015.
The Ecocycle planning…
