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The Alliance at the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit 2024
Africa has faced significant land and soil degradation over recent decades, experiencing a decline in soil quality due to its improper use or inadequate management, often linked to agricultural, industrial, or urban activities.
Nairobi, Kenya, Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC)
May 07 - 09, 2024…
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Community-based participatory approach for development: Implementation manual
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141551
Abstract
This manual was developed by Bioversity International with the intention to develop nutrition sensitive interventions to improve diets. The manual is based on participatory workshops in Vihiga, Busia, and Turkana counties, Western and North-Western Kenya. The manual is presented in the form of six workshops, with all the instructions needed to replicate each of the workshops. It is intended as a generic guide —…
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Sustainability and productivity of Village Tank Cascade Systems: A bibliometric analysis and knowledge mapping
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141567
Abstract
Research on social–ecological systems is rapidly expanding globally in response to human-induced climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem degradation. Safeguarding these traditional agroecosystems is vital according to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In the last decade, there has been a growing research interest in the Village Tank Cascade Systems (VTCSs) of…
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New rules for sharing benefits from the use of digital sequence information
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141571
Abstract
It is important for scientists engaged in genome editing to appreciate that the international community is currently engaged in highly dynamic negotiations to develop new rules for sharing benefits derived from the use of digital sequence information/genomic sequence data (DSI/GSD). Over the course of 10 years, this issue has grown in importance to the point where it is a key sticking point in at least four…
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Capacity-strengthening pathways enabling agroecological transition in Vietnam’s rice sector
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141550
Abstract
Agroecological approaches are increasingly promoted for food systems transformation by applying ecological principles,
regeneratively using natural resources and ecosystem services, and addressing the need for socially equitable food systems.
Yet, despite widespread support from social movements, agroecological transition (AET) is still constrained by a lack
of holistic performance metrics, top-down…
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Transforming Ethiopian food systems: Leveraging private sector incentives to drive agroecological wheat production
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141546
Abstract
In recent years, Ethiopia has embarked on transforming the country's food system through different regulations and policies to achieve food security for its citizens. Its 'Cluster-based Agricultural Commercialization Strategy (CACS)' comes to one's mind when talking about policies to transform smallholder agriculture into a more commercially oriented and…
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CIAT cassava program
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141548
Publication year
2024
Authors
Gimode, Winnie
Full Citation
Gimode, W. (2024) CIAT cassava program. 23 sl.
Publication Type
Presentation
Colombia
Crops for nutrition and health
Cassava
Cassava…
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Cadenas de valor del frijol y el maíz en Honduras: Oportunidades de innovación a escala
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141549
Abstract
La iniciativa Transformando los Mercados Alimentarios y las Cadenas de Valor para la Inclusión y la Sostenibilidad tiene como objetivo proporcionar evidencia sobre qué tipos de grupos de innovaciones, estructuras de incentivos y políticas son más efectivas para crear una distribución más equitativa de los ingresos y las oportunidades de empleo en los mercados de alimentos en crecimiento, al mismo tiempo…
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Preliminary results of the agroecological performance assessment of milk-producing farms in the Bobo-Dioulasso production basin using the HOLPA tool
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141547
Abstract
This report summarizes all the activities carried out in 2023 to assess the performance of agroecological farming systems based on evidence gathered in the Bobo-Dioulasso dairy basin.
Publication year
2024
Authors
Orounladji, Boko Michel
Kouakou,…
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Integrated Pest and Disease Management in major agroecosystems: Project-PE1 Annual Report 2001
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79051
Publication year
2001
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT. 2001. Integrated pest and disease management in major agroecosystem: Project-PE1 Annual report 2001. International…
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Demo Day of the AgriTech4Uzbekistan Innovation Challenge
Convene with purpose-driven entrepreneurs, students, researchers, and CGIAR scientists bringing their agri-tech solutions to end-users through the AgriTech4Uzbekistan Innovation Challenge. On Monday 29 April 2024 at 14:00-16:00 (Tashkent time), the live Demo Day will feature 10 finalists pitching to the Selection Committee, industry experts, and investors, to secure funding…
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Sowing the seeds of tomorrow, one school garden at a time
Learn how forgotten foods are making a comeback in Burkina Faso.
By: Teresa Borelli, Flora Tognoli (from Association Watinoma)
It’s 3pm on a hot Wednesday afternoon at the School Complex Marie Immaculée in Ouagadougou. Sixty school children aged 10-12 are gathering at their desks to continue learning about…
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Bioeconomy: An engine for integral development of Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92082
Abstract
After the Green Revolution, Latin American countries opted for development models that helped boost economic growth based on natural resources and import substitution. However, this scheme proved to be weak due to the little diversification and value addition from industry, and to the belief that natural resources are limited and crucial for their…
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The Multiple Functions and Services of Community Seedbanks
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65196
Abstract
Although community-level seed-saving initiatives have existed in many countries around the world for about 30 years, they have rarely been the subject of systematic scientific enquiry. Based on a combination of a literature review and field research, we present a novel comprehensive conceptual framework that focuses on the multiple functions and services provided by community-based seed-saving efforts, in particular community seed…
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Characterization of resistance to adult spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) in Brachiaria spp.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33522
Abstract
Nymphs and adults of several spittlebug (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) species are key pests of forage brachiariagrasses (Brachiaria spp.) in tropical America. To support current breeding programs, a series of experiments aimed at characterizing the mechanisms of resistance to adult feeding damage were carried out. Five genotypes were used: two susceptible checks (CIAT 0606 and CIAT 0654) and three nymph…
