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Kenya County Climate Risk Profile: Migori County
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115067
Abstract
County Climate Risk Profiles are a key tool to guide climate smart agriculture (CSA) investments and priorities at the county level in Kenya. These documents provide analyses of the underlying causes of vulnerability and on-going and potential climate change adaptation strategies. They also provide a snapshot of the enabling environment for building resilience by providing a synthesis of the policy, institutional and governance context.…
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Agroecological transformation for sustainable food systems : Insight on France-CGIAR research
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115102
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This 26th dossier d’Agropolis is devoted to research and partnerships in agroecology.
The French Commission for International Agricultural Research (CRAI) and Agropolis International, on behalf of CIRAD, INRAE and IRD and in partnership with CGIAR, has produced this new issue in the ‘Les dossiers d’Agropolis international’ series devoted to agroecology. This publication has been produced within…
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Cartera de inversión ganadería baja en carbono Nicaragua
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115359
Publication year
2021
Authors
Hoek, Rein van der
Enciso, Karen
Mena, Martín
Rodríguez, Josué
García, Anayansi
Burkart, Stefan
Díaz, Manuel Francisco
Full Citation
Van der Hoek, R.; Enciso, K.; Mena, M.; Díaz, M.F.; Rodríguez, J.;…
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New products of future potential in the Philippines cassava flour and grates
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82455
Abstract
In most parts of the Philippines, root crops have evolved from being mainly a source of energy-rich human food to a key commercial crop with high-value and marketable products in the form of flour and grates. Economic analysis indicates that cassava flour could be competitive, both in price and quality, with wheat flour. Allowing a 25% profit…
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The importance of crop improvement in conservation of diversity
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81922
Abstract
In this paper, fanners describe the agro ecology of Bagnas and the diversity of crops grown there.
Publication year
2001
Authors
Adhikary, K.C.
Adhikary, S.P.
Adhikary, K.R.
Full Citation…
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Experiences growing a modern rice cultivar
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81924
Abstract
A farmer from Bangladesh describes her experiences growing a modem rice variety.
Publication year
2001
Authors
Begam, Raksya
Full Citation
Begam, Raksya. 2001. Experiences growing a modern rice cultivar. In: An exchange of…
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Strength of farmers' knowledge and participation in crop improvement and managing agrobiodiversity on-farm
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81890
Abstract
This paper highlights the role of fanners in crop improvement and managing agro biodiversity. The fiddling’s are mostly based on focus-group discussions and field observations. Documentation of farmers' knowledge and experiences in crop improvement and managing agro biodiversity may serve as a reference…
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The design, deployment, and testing of kriging models in GEOframe with SIK-0.9.8
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93435
Abstract
This work presents a software package for the interpolation of climatological variables, such as temperature and precipitation, using kriging techniques. The purposes of the paper are (1) to present a geostatistical software that is easy to use and easy to plug in to a hydrological model; (2) to provide a practical example of an accurately…
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Predicting carbon benefits from climate-smart agriculture: Highresolution carbon mapping and uncertainty assessment in El Salvador
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82898
Publication year
2017
Authors
Kearney, Sean P.
Coops, Nicholas C.
Chan, Kai M.A.
Fonte, Steven J.
Siles, Pablo
Smukler, Sean M…
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Biological nitrification inhibition by Brachiaria grasses mitigates soil nitrous oxide emissions from bovine urine patches
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78826
Abstract
High nitrogen (N) concentration in bovine urine, which generally exceeds plant N uptake rates, results in the formation of hotspots of N loss when bovine urine is deposited on grazed pasture soils. High spatial variability in the distribution of urine patches in grazed pastures poses a major…
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Complete genome sequence of bean leaf crumple virus, a novel begomovirus infecting common bean in Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79939
Abstract
A copy of the complete genome of a novel bipartite begomovirus infecting common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Colombia was obtained by rolling-circle amplification (RCA), cloned, and sequenced. The virus is associated with leaf crumple symptoms and significant yield losses in Andean and Mesoamerican beans. Such…
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Priorities for enhancing the ex situ conservation and use of Australian crop wild relatives
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89435
Abstract
Crop wild relatives – the wild cousins of cultivated plants – are increasingly recognised for their potential to contribute to the productivity, nutritional quality and sustainability of agricultural crops. However, the use of these genetic resources is dependent upon their conservation in genebanks and consequent availability…
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Prevalence and incidence of four common bean root rots in Uganda
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89072
Abstract
Root rots are one of the main biotic constraints to common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production, causing losses estimated at 221 000 metric tons a year in sub-Saharan Africa. Until recently, root rots in Ugandan common bean agroecologies were mostly caused by Pythium and Fusarium spp., especially in high altitude areas. But now, severe root rots are…
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Mapping adaptive capacity and smallholder agriculture: applying expert knowledge at the landscape scale
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78056
Abstract
The impacts of climate change exacerbate the myriad challenges faced by smallholder farmers in the Tropics. In many of these same regions, there is a lack of current, consistent, and spatially-explicit data, which severely limits the ability to locate smallholder communities, map their adaptive capacity, and target…
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Incorporating of users' and gender perspectives in farmer-led participatory plant breeding on maize: Experiences from the Western hills of Nepal
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81908
Abstract
Maize production is the main source of livelihood for the farmers of the western hills of Nepal However, farmers have very limited access to improved varieties of maize, suitable to their local requirements. They cultivate a number of maize varieties maintained locally…
