article
Striking up a new tune, gender researchers re-examine their focus on men
Sean Mattson
In a discussion with Carol J. Pierce Colfer, a CIFOR researcher with almost 50 years working on gender issues, researchers examine the growing role of “masculinities” in their research.
The loggers of Bushler Bay in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and the forest-dwelling Kenyah…
article
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Latin American rice sector: Situation analysis and perspectives
Observatorio del Arroz para América Latina
With over 2.3 million confirmed cases to date, and more than a third of the world population under some form of mobility restriction or lockdown, the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has abruptly affected the performance of the world food market, with rice as one of the most notable examples. While the price of some staple foods has decreased due to demand contractions resulting from the COVID-19…
publication
BIG DATA Ontologies Community of Practice – Work Plan 2021
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113598
Abstract
Acitivites planned in 2021 by the Ontologies CoP of the CGIAR Big Data Platform in Agriculture.
Publication year
2021
Authors
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture
Full Citation
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in…
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Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture for sustainable development
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113783
Publication year
2021
Authors
Mba, Chikelu
Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan
Nnadozie, Kent
Full Citation
Mba, C.; Dulloo; E.M.; Nnadozie, K. (2021) Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture for…
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Understanding the link between the Productive Safety Net Program and agrobiodiversity cultivation in Ethiopia
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113753
Abstract
Our study aimed at investigating the possible linkages between agrobiodiversity and the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), an extensive social protection program, which is part of Ethiopia’s national Food Security Program. Both agrobiodiversity and the PSNP have proven to be two critical elements…
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Schools as a system to improve nutrition
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113842
Publication year
2020
Authors
Oenema, Stineke
Drake, Lesley
Engesveen, Kaia
Polo Galante, Andrea
Hunter, Danny
Ryckembusch, David
Swensson, Luana
Tartanac, Florence
Full Citation…
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Climate change impact on cultivated and wild cacao in Peru and the search of climate change-tolerant genotypes
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113798
Abstract
Aim:
Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is expected to be vulnerable to climate change. The objectives of this study were to (a) assess the future impact of climate change on cacao in Peru and (b) identify areas where climate change-tolerant genotypes are potentially present.
Location:
Peru
Methods:
Drawing on 19,700…
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Variation of soil physicochemical properties and fruit quality at different altitudes of banana plantation
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113819
Publication year
2020
Authors
Xu, Shengtao
He, Xiang
Yang, Peiwen
Bai, Tingting
Fan, Huacai
Yin, Kesuo
Liu, Lina
Zeng, Li
Li, Xundong
Guo…
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Effects of cover plant on soil properties and microbial diversity under banana cropping system
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113818
Publication year
2020
Authors
Xu, Shengtao
Wang, Panlei
He, Xiang
Wei, Jiadi
Zhang, Li
Wang, Meicun
Wang, Yongfen
Yang, Peiwen
Yu, Yanchun
Zheng,…
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Kit me dongo ki gwoko kodi pa lupur buk cing pa lapur (ma kiyubu). Cako dero me lagwok kodini kin gang: Buk mw 1 ikom 3. [Luo version]
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113785
Abstract
Luo version of How to develop and manage your own community seed bank: Farmers’ handbook (updated version). Establishing a community seed bank: Booklet 1 of 3.
This handbook is a companion to Vernooy, R., Sthapit, B. and Bessette, G. (2020). Community seed banks: concept and practice.…
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Temporal dynamics of rice production and import in Nepal
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113709
Abstract
Rice is a principal food crop for ensuring national food security and improving the livelihoods of the people in Nepal. To understand and analyse temporal dynamics of rice production and import, a study was carried out by using secondary data during the period from 2009 to 2018. The objectives of the study were to analyses temporal changes and dynamics of rice…
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Understanding gendered innovation processes in forest-based landscapes: case studies from Indonesia and Kyrgyz Republic
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96185
Abstract
An estimated 1.6 billion people depend in part or in full on forests and trees outside forests for their livelihoods. Yet, there are important inequities in the distribution of the benefits forests, trees, and agroforests yield to local people. Gender relations and norms, as fundamental organizing…
event
2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress
Rome, Virtual
Nov 15 - 18, 2021
Using Agrobiodiversity to Transform Food Systems
The food we eat and the way we produce it impact both planetary and human health.
Agriculture accounts for 70% of all freshwater use, contributes to more than a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, and…
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The Great Food Challenge
Join our DG, Juan Lucas Restrepo, at The Great Food Challenge event hosted by Climate Action and FAO on the 75th World Food Day.
In response to the growing pressures on global food security, sustainable agriculture and land use, Climate Action has collaborated with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations for a three-part digital event series, The…
event
To register or not to register, that is the question
Sharing views and experiences around the registration of farmers’ varieties
Webinar co-organized by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and Oxfam Netherlands
> REGISTER HERE <
Nov 20, 2020
Over the course of the…
