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What policymakers need to know: Steps to address challenges for banana, cassava, bean and rice production through 2050
Research examines the factors influencing these important crops' future performance, and makes recommendations for policymakers to ensure that banana, cassava, beans and rice continue to play a key role in global food security and agricultural economies through 2050.…
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Stephanie Speck
Global Director, Strategic Partnerships, Engagement & Communications and Trustee, Bioversity International UK
A self-described ‘stubborn optimist,’ Steph is a senior global leader with over 20 years’ experience shaping strategy, governance, and development outcomes across more than 25 countries. She began her career designing health and education communication initiatives for vulnerable communities before joining Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and AusAID, where she led humanitarian…
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Webinar: Exploring the role of artificial intelligence in landscape restoration and soil health in Ethiopia
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and the Ethiopian Landscape Restoration Platform (ELaRP) organized a webinar on artificial intelligence (AI) and its application on soil health and landscape restoration on November 14, 2024. The event titled “The Concepts and Applications of AI for Landscape Restoration and…
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Acremonium implicatum, a seed-transmitted endophytic fungus in Brachiaria grasses
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21175
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The pan-tropical grass genus Brachiaria comprises about 100 species, several of which are forages of economic importance, particularly in tropical America. Acremonium implicatum is a fungus that forms an endophytic association with at least some of these economically important grasses. To ascertain whether A. implicatum can be seed transmitted in Brachiaria species, we vegetatively propagated, under greenhouse…
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Rice that sows hope in Bolivar, Colombia
Elizabeth Ramirez
In the rural community of Zapatero, near Cartagena, a group of thirteen women has taken the lead in combating malnutrition and feeding their families by planting biofortified rice. From this effort, Agrozapatero was born, a brand that, while still consolidating its place in the market, is already ensuring more nutritious food for its community…
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Sid Mehta
Trustee, Bioversity International USA
Sid Mehta grew up the son of a farmer, became a restaurant entrepreneur at 21, and has spent 25 years since moving between worlds that rarely talk to each other — the multigenerational farm, the institutional kitchen, the policy table, and the global forum. That full-chain fluency is the foundation of everything he does.
He is the Founder and CEO of Greenworks Inc., a Canada-based global consultancy specialising in sustainable food systems, coalition-building,…
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Disease-resilient and sustainable cassava production systems in the Mekong region
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131531
Publication year
2023
Authors
Malik, Al Imran
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Malik, A.I. (2023) Disease-resilient and sustainable cassava production systems in the Mekong region. Presented at the Cassava Program Retreat. Cal, Colombia, 15 February 2023. 12 sl.
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Nuevo esquema de mejoramiento genético del programa de yuca - Alianza Bioversity-CIAT
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131524
Publication year
2023
Authors
Salazar, Sandra Milena
Pino, Lizbeth
Morante, Nelson
Vargas, Hernan Camilo
Lenis Calderon, Jorge Iván
Xiaofei, Zhang
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Salazar, S.M.; Pino, L.; Morante, N.; Vargas, H.C.; Lenis…
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Towards integrating climate security in the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2023-2027
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131518
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The UNDP & Life Peace Institute (LPI) report on mapping climate security adaptations highlights that the link between climate and conflict depends on the interplay of exposure to climate hazards, vulnerability, and coping capacity of states and communities. Therefore, due increasing impacts of Climate Change (CC), it is crucial for the Kenyan governments to identify and mitigate climate…
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LAC opportunities in LAC through partnerships with NARS and private sector
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131536
Publication year
2023
Authors
Taborda, Alejandro
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Taborda, A. (2023) LAC opportunities in LAC through partnerships with NARS and private sector. Presented at Palmira Campus, 14 February 2023. 13 sl.
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Enhancing food security and nutrition in Africa: Flash dryer
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131532
Publication year
2023
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Thierry, Tran
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Thierry, T. (2023) Enhancing food security and nutrition in Africa: Flash dryer. Presented at the Cassava Retreat, Palmira, 14 February 2023. 30 sl.
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Enset farming in Ethiopia: explained by smallholder farmers
Guy Blomme
Researchers of The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, the Hawassa University, the Southern Agricultural Research Institute in Hawassa, and BlueGreen Labs led an extensive survey across the main enset-growing belt in the Ethiopian highlands.
375 enset-farming households in 20…
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The genomic and bioclimatic characterization of Ethiopian barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) unveils challenges and opportunities to adapt to a changing climate
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138307
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The climate crisis is impacting agroecosystems and threatening food security of millions of smallholder farmers. Understanding the potential for current and future climatic adaptation of local crop agrobiodiversity may guide breeding efforts and support resilience of agriculture. Here, we combine a genomic and climatic characterization of…
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Co-design and learning around diversification for resilient agrifood systems in Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138251
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Co-design and bundling various approaches are critical for facilitating information exchange and learning that are essential for wider adoption of sustainable intensification and climate smart agriculture technologies and practices. This blog highlights how this is being done under Ukama Ustawi in Embu County, Kenya.
Publication year
2023
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Digital AgroClimate Advisory (DACA): A web and mobile digital application for provision of actionable crop and climate recommendations along agricultural value chains
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138315
Publication year
2023
Authors
Kagabo, Desire
Mvuyibwami, Patrick
Byandaga, Livingstone
Singh, Manjari
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Kagabo, D.; Mvuyibwami, P.; Byandaga, L.; Singh, M…
