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There is still time to apply for the US$2 million Food System Vision Prize!
If your goal for the new year is to make a difference in your community, country, or beyond, the Food System Vision Prize could be the chance to make your dream a reality. The US$2 million prize, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, is accepting applications until the end of January.
The prize intends to award 10…
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Todavía hay tiempo de aplicar al Premio Visión de Sistemas Alimentarios de US$2 millones
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Beyond “shovelomics:” Growing cassava in the air helps study the plant’s mysterious roots
Scientists tossed aside the shovel and studied cassava roots as they grew in real time, suspended in the air. The innovative use of aeroponics may usher in a new era of science for cassava genetic improvement and sustainable intensification
Maria Elker Montoya, a co-author of the study, works with suspended cassava plants in an aeroponics…
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A wild bean's genes may help a key crop thrive on a hotter Earth
Steve Beebe (R), the leader of CIAT’s bean program, guides colleagues from Central America and Africa through an experimental greenhouse at CIAT’s campus in Palmira, Colombia.
The climate change point-of-no-return may still be 1 degree C away. But that is of little solace to the people whose lives have already been upended by a warmer…
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Los genes de un fríjol silvestre pueden ayudar a que un cultivo clave prospere en una Tierra más cálida
Steve Beebe (der.), líder del programa de fríjol del CIAT, guía a colegas de Centroamérica y África en un invernadero experimental en la sede del CIAT en Palmira, Colombia.
El punto de no retorno del cambio climático puede todavía estar a 1 grado centígrado de distancia. Sin embargo, eso es poco…
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Guide technique pour les tranferts securises de materiel genetique de cacaoyer. Revision des Directives Techniques FAO/IPGRI No. 20 (Troisième édition, Octobre 2017)
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89320
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These guidelines describe technical procedures that minimize the risk of pest introductions with movement of cacao germplasm for research, crop improvement, plant breeding, exploration or conservation. The recommendations made in these guidelines are…
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The wild relatives of major vegetables, needed for climate resilience, are in danger
The wild relatives of chile peppers, pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce join a growing list of poorly conserved plant species. These ancient plants have genes that may help our food withstand the harsh climate of our future. If they don’t go extinct first.
Growing up in the wild makes plants tough. Wild plants evolve to…
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Los parientes silvestres de importantes hortalizas, necesarios para lograr resiliencia al clima, se encuentran en peligro
Los parientes silvestres de los ajíes, calabazas, zanahorias y lechuga se unen a una lista creciente de especies vegetales en un estado deficiente de conservación. Estas plantas antiguas poseen genes que pueden ayudar a nuestros alimentos a soportar el clima hostil de nuestro futuro. Si no se extinguen primero…
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Ideal Diets - Call for visiting researcher 2020
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Una “red ancha de raíces” subterránea* para la salud ambiental y paisajes productivos
*Aunque en inglés suena más dark “underground wood wide web-www”
Francesca Beggi, Rachel Atkinson, Jacobo Arango, Mirjam Pulleman, Evert Thomas, Debarshi Dasgupta, Nallur Krishna Kumar
Justo bajo nuestros pies, oculta a nuestros ojos, existe una economía de mercado omnipresente, ajetreada y persistente que funciona en…
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Call for a visiting researcher for Applied Economics Lab
The Applied Economics Lab team is looking for a visiting researcher to collaborate in the impact assessment of the Maximizing Opportunities for Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) Project.
Adapted Icons from: Gan Khoon Lay / The Noun Project
The MOCCA Project is a five-year initiative funded by the United States…
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Grass height in cow nutrition: size does matter
Unlike humans, cows have the ability to convert grass into foods of high nutritional value such as meat and milk. This is because one of their stomachs, rumen, is responsible for the fermentation process that converts pasture into milk precursors. However, other by-products such as methane (CH4) gas is also generated, emitted into the atmosphere primarily through the cows’ belching,…
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Coupling biophysical modeling results and local farmer preferences to optimize land use in Ethiopia
The production-conservation paradox – one of the 21st century’s grand challenges
A stakeholder validation meeting with participants from woredas (districts) around the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, international research organizations, and universities.
As Ethiopia approaches 105 million people,…
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Planta piloto de biogás para la gestión de residuos orgánicos
Para disminuir los problemas ambientales en las inmediaciones de los rellenos sanitarios en Colombia debido a la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero, la contaminación de suelos y aguas superficiales y/o subterráneas a través de los lixiviados, GICON y la Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT, firmaron convenio para generar cambios en el aprovechamiento de…
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Milking opportunity in the foothills of Mount Kenya
When Simon and Sylvia Kiruja started their farm three years ago, they never imagined it would get so big they would need a bigger plot. Their 3 cows used to bring them 7 litres of milk a day. Today, their 45 cows deliver more than 250 litres daily, contributing around US$1,700 monthly depending on the season, to the Kirujas’ income.
Children at Simon and Sylvia’s dairy farm in…
