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Implementación de estrategias sostenibles para la conversión ganadera en ecosistemas de altura en el resguardo indígena del Gran Cumbal
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179826
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El presente documento describe la experiencia de la implementación de estrategias ganaderas sostenibles en el resguardo Gran Cumbal, que forma parte del complejo de páramo Chiles-Cumbal, en el sur del departamento de Nariño. Esta experiencia busca contribuir a la conservación y restauración de ecosistemas de páramo mediante la transformación progresiva de…
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Factors influencing the performance of multidisciplinary working groups in delivering climate information services to agro-pastoralists in Senegal: Insights from structural topic modelling
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180502
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This report evaluates the resilience of Senegal’s pastoral systems through improved Climate Information Services (CIS). The assessment covered pastoral communities in Ndame, Oudalaye, and Yarang Balante, examining CIS access, use, and the effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Working Groups (MWGs). Results…
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Genome profiles of priority cassava pathogens, including geographical distribution and mapping of curated official reports
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180504
Abstract
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a staple crop for millions of people worldwide, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions, where its productivity is increasingly threatened by a range of emerging and re-emerging pathogens. Viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases affecting cassava have caused substantial yield losses and pose serious risks to food security…
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Enhancing food systems for sustainable and healthy diets through nutrition-sensitive value chains: Key insights from Malaita, Solomon Islands
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178692
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This brief presents key insights from the Melanesia Rural Market and Innovation-Driven (MERMAID) Programme in Malaita, Solomon Islands, where nutrition-sensitive value chains (NSVCs) were used to enhance food systems for sustainable and healthy diets. The study applied a structured four-step NSVC methodology to assess local nutrition challenges,…
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Scaling whole-farm innovation bundles for sustainable and equitable mixed farming systems in Malawi
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179663
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This report documents the outcomes of a national multi-stakeholder workshop convened to co-design integrated, scalable innovation bundles addressing structural constraints faced by smallholder farmers in Malawi. Participants included government ministries and departments, research institutions, development partners, financial service providers, NGOs, farmer-based organizations, and private…
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El recetario de la yuca
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180500
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Dicen que cada raíz de yuca guarda una historia. Durante siglos, este cultivo ha acompañado a las comunidades rurales de América Latina, adaptándose a cada territorio y transformándose para dar vida a innumerables alimentos.
En la Alianza, el Programa de Yuca profundiza en esa versatilidad desde la ciencia, la cocina, los laboratorios y el diálogo con las comunidades productoras. El programa trabaja para mejorar las variedades de yuca, garantizar su calidad y…
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Americas
Paving the Way for Sustainable Development in the Americas
Cali, Colombia, hosts the Alliance’s regional hub for the Americas.
Climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, and malnutrition are overtaxing economic, social, political, environmental and health systems, gradually compromising our food and nutritional security.
This is particularly true…
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Brazil
Our mission in Brazil
The Alliance works closely with various partners and stakeholders to build a shared vision for sustainable development in Brazil. This effort is exemplified through the development of an eco-efficient landscape and a collaborative approach involving communities and cross-sectoral stakeholders to…
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Bernardo Caldas de Oliveira
Research Team Leader, Country Representative for Brazil
Bernardo Caldas is a research team leader at the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, based in Brasília, Brazil. He has extensive experience in sustainability, focusing on multidisciplinary approaches across different parts of South America, with a strong emphasis on biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and freshwater ecosystems. Throughout his career, he has worked on a wide range of topics, including…
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The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and Egypt’s Agricultural Research Centre join forces to translate research into scalable agricultural solutions
Cairo, 9 March 2026 – In the presence of H.E. Prof. Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and the Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Ministry’s headquarters…
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Perspectivas sobre los desafíos y las estrategias para la integración de la Estrategia y Plan de Acción Nacional sobre Biodiversidad de Colombia en los planes de gestión local: el caso del Resguardo Indígena del Gran Cumbal
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/181942
Abstract
Este trabajo se desarrolló en el marco del componente Gobernanza, Instituciones, Políticas e Inclusión del proyecto B-Real, implementado
por la Alianza de Bioversity International y el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), en colaboración con socios…
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Co-design workshop on cow rationing using the mobile version 1.0 of Jaɓnde tool with dairy farmers in Fatick (Senegal)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/181932
Abstract
Work with Fatick dairy farmers to define the framework for a pilot test of the Jaɓnde tool (in its Android 1.0 mobile version) with a limited number of dairy farmers to assist them in formulating dairy cow diets that meet their production objectives and to assess whether this new version of the tool better meets farmers' expectations and is compatible with use in the…
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Soil organic carbon fractionation differences among four tropical forages grasses grown in a 20-year longterm field experiment
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/181915
Abstract
Soil carbon sequestration in agricultural soils is
recognized as an effective mitigation strategy.
In the tropical ecosystems of
Colombia, there is still limited
information on long-term
carbon storage in agricultural
systems.
This represents a challenge for the design of
livestock management practices aimed at climate
change mitigation.…
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Atelier de co-conception sur le rationnement des vaches laitières à l'aide de la version mobile 1.0 de l'outil Jaɓnde avec les producteurs laitiers de Fatick (Sénégal)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/181938
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Travailler avec les éleveurs laitiers de Fatick afin de définir le cadre d’un test pilote de l’outil Jaɓnde (dans sa version mobile Android 1.0) auprès d’un nombre limité d’éleveurs laitiers, afin de les aider à formuler des rations pour vaches laitières correspondant à leurs objectifs de production et d’évaluer si…
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Vietnam integrates Alliance climate mobility indicators into its National Nutrition Surveillance System to enhance food security policy
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/181921
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Between 2022 and 2024, Alliance research reshaped Vietnam’s National Nutrition Surveillance System by integrating climate-related human mobility indicators, addressing a major policy gap amid climate-driven migration in the Mekong Delta. Working with the Ministry of Health’s National Institute of Nutrition, the initiative combined evidence reviews, co-…
