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In the Breeder’s Shoes
How can we enable digital phenotyping tools in breeding stations across Africa? Researchers working with Tanzanian breeders aim to understand breeders’ main challenges, and explore how digital tools can facilitate their work.
By: Berta Ortiz Crespo and Aline Wiensheimer
Introduction
In Tanzania – as in many parts of Africa – growing…
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Experts Convene in Rome for The Role of Technology Transfer in AgriTech Event
Gianpiero Menza, Kevin Dowling, Megan Steele
On World Food Day, representatives from impact-driven organizations gathered to discuss mechanisms and conditions to empower young talented entrepreneurs and accelerate the development and funding of Agritech solutions.
On…
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Maize grain zinc and iron concentrations as influenced by agronomic management and biophysical factors: a meta-analysis
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132411
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Human Zn and Fe deficiencies can be reduced through agronomic biofortification, but information on factors influencing maize grain-Zn and -Fe levels remains scant. This analysis: (1) Establishes the global distribution of Zn and Fe concentrations in maize grain; (2) Assesses different agronomic practices’ contributions to increasing maize-grain Zn and Fe levels; and (3)…
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Agroclimatic Indices Dataset for Characterizing Crop Water Requirements, Dry and Wet Spells, Heatwaves, and Water Balance in Agricultural Regions of Angola
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132410
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This database contains spatial information with a 0.05° grid resolution of specific agroclimatic indices for maize, dry beans, soybeans, and coffee regions in Angola. In total, the database comprises 13 agroclimatic indices for each crop, grouped as follows:
1. Dry Conditions Indices:
• Number of Dry Days
• Number of Dry Spells
•…
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2018-2020-2021 Panel data CSA Monitoring Guatemala and Honduras- demographic, climate, empowerment and social capital modules
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This data set contains responses to surveys conducted with participants of Climate Smart Villages in Honduras and Guatemala for the years 2018-2020-2021. The data includes information at the individual level from surveys conducted with a total of 1,511 individuals throughout the three periods. The data presented has sociodemographic information, gender, social capital and climate services.…
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Long-term productivity and sustainability of crop-livestock systems through integrated soil fertility management
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68932
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Productivity in Crop-Livestock Systems can be maximized using Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM). ISFM combines (i) improved germplasm (ii) mineral fertilizer application (iii) organic matter management and (v) adapted agronomy. CIAT established a long-term trial in Western Kenya in the village of…
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Co-production opportunities seized and missed in decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation in agriculture – How do we practice the “best practice”?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132374
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To contribute to building sustainable and effective climate change adaptation solutions avoiding usability gap, it is largely recommended to engage in the process of co-production, integrating expertise and knowledge from various academic and non-academic actors. We want to learn if and how co-production, believed to effectively…
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Variation in symptom development and infectivity of Banana Bunchy Top Disease among four cultivars of Musa sp.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132362
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Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) is an invasive viral disease spreading in Africa. It is transmitted by banana aphids and infected planting material, causing production losses. Clean seeds and timely eradication of diseased plants are effective tools in BBTD management. These depend on timely disease detection. We assessed the relationship between symptom expression and…
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Aquaculture governance: five engagement arenas for sustainability transformation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132397
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A greater focus on governance is needed to facilitate effective and substantive progress toward sustainability transformations in the aquaculture sector. Concerted governance efforts can help move the sector beyond fragmented technical questions associated with intensification and expansion, social and environmental impacts, and toward system-based approaches that address interconnected sustainability issues.…
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Ecuador’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) wins an award for the national digital soil fertility map that is being used to prevent land degradation.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132391
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The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT helped Ecuador's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock develop and implement nationwide digital maps of physicochemical soil properties and soil fertility. These maps are being used by the Ministry, local authorities, and others in five provinces for land use planning aimed at reducing land…
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The government of Ucayali, Peru, adopts deforestation-free, low- emissions strategies to strengthen cocoa and palm oil value chains
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132370
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The strategies developed to promote deforestation-free, low- emission cocoa and oil palm value chains have been officially adopted by the regional government of Ucayali to guide public and private stakeholders towards improved sectorial and agricultural development. Both documents have been developed by the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT in the framework of a…
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The digital agriculture project has transformed the use of data to promote climate smart agriculture in Latin America.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132363
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The Digital Agriculture project has transformed the use of data to support promoting climate smart agriculture and increasing yields in eight Latin American countries. It has promoted new open-source data analysis tools, built capacities to use the new technologies and assisted in the creation and application of new data sets to support decision-
making. This has begun…
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Over 100,000 Laotian farmers use the seasonal climate forecasts and weekly agro-advisories disseminated via Laos climate services for agriculture to improve crop management
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132413
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In Laos, farmers are using the validated agro-climatic advisories from the Alliance-supported Strengthening Agro-climatic Monitoring and Information System to improve their farming practices, such as crop variety, planting dates, and water and fertilizer applications. These advisories were integrated into the Laos…
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Use of climate resilience platform by PepsiCo leadership led to climate-resilient planning and adaptation investment for its potato program covering 1.8 million tons across 8 countries.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132414
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Based on extensive grower data from PepsiCo, we built climate-yield models specifically for it and came up with results about climate risks and opportunities for its potato production. The results were then translated into actionable insights to incorporate into its sustainability roadmaps. PepsiCo used the…
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Climate-Smart Agriculture Prioritization Framework
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68398
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The CSA Prioritization Framework, developed by CCAFS-CIAT, provides a process for targeting investment towards best-bet CSA options in a given context. The Framework does this by identifying existing and promising CSA practices, assessing the tradeoffs between practices using indicators of CSA and analyzing the costs and benefits of these practices, and identifying…
