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Photosynthetic adaptation to nutrient stress
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77834
Publication year
2000
Authors
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Terry, Norman
Full Citation
Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Terry, Norman. 2000. Photosynthetic adaptation to nutrient stress. In: Yunus, Mohammad; Pathre, Uday; Mohanty, Parasanna (eds.). Probing…
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Improved cultivars and management practices developed and tested in partnership with IP-2 Project (Africa), NARS, and regional networlds: Output 4
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55188
Publication year
2000
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
Improved cultivars and management practices developed and tested in…
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Utilization of spatial decision support systems decision-making in dryland agriculture: a tifton burclover case study
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68373
Publication year
2015
Authors
Mbũgwa, Gatua wa
Prager, Steven D.
Krall, James M
Full Citation
Mbũgwa, Gatua wa; Prager, Steven D.; Krall, James M.. 2015.…
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Field testing a conceptual framework for innovation platform impact assessment: The case of MilkIT dairy platforms in Tanga region, Tanzania
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68103
Abstract
This article studies the impact of innovation platforms in Tanga Region, Tanzania, set up by the MilkIT dairy development project to intensify smallholder production through feed enhancement and value chain approaches. The conceptual framework used builds up from three socio-…
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Thinking outside the plot: addressing low adoption of sustainable land management in sub-Saharan Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68055
Publication year
2015
Authors
Cordingley, Justine E.
Snyder, Katherine A.
Rosendahl, Judith
Kizito, Fred
Bossio, Deborah A.
Full Citation…
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Industrialized watersheds have elevated water risk and limited opportunities to mitigate risk through water trading
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65950
Abstract
Businesses are increasingly concerned about water scarcity and its financial impacts, as well as competing needs of other stakeholders and ecosystems. Industrialized watersheds may be at more serious risk from water scarcity than previously understood because industrial and municipal users have inelastic…
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Assessing uncertainty and complexity in regional-scale crop model simulations
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69525
Publication year
2017
Authors
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Köhler, Ann-Kristin
Challinor, Andrew J.
Full Citation
Ramírez-Villegas, Julián; Koehler, Ann-Kristin; Challinor, Andrew J.. 2015.…
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Production of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV)-free plantain plants by in vitro culture
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Abstract
Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) caused by the Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) is one of the most important banana diseases in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This study focused on the production of BBTV-free plantain seedlings from infected banana plants. A total of 10 suckers from the French plantain Litete (Musa AAB) and the False Horn plantain Libanga Likale (Musa AAB) with…
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Perfil de sub-proyecto regional promocion al consumo del frejol, bases preliminares: Bolivia - Ecuador - Peru
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82153
Abstract
The general objective of the sub-project is to introduce beans as a component in the daily diet within the low-income population in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its specific objective is to identify the main variables which currently determine the low bean consumption in the Andean zone population, enabling the…
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Current research on bruchids in Uganda
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82138
Abstract
Zabrotes subfasciatus and Acanthoscelides obtetus are widely distributed in Uganda. A. obtectus is the predominant species in the cooler zones, while Z. subfasciatus is predominant in warmer areas. The former species is more common in grain warehouses while the latter is more common in on-farm storage. Examining the four bean lines EMP 175, K 20, White Haricot, and RAZ 2 in…
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El establecimiento de la industria de yuca seca en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82127
Abstract
Technical and administrative aspects of the cassava natural drying project on the Atlantic Coast of Colombia and its process of development are reviewed. The project, now in its 10th yr, has undergone 3 phases: the exptl. phase 1981 (building of natural drying plant, adapting of processing technology, developing of operational scheme);…
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Desarrollo de mejor tecnologia para sistemas de produccion de yuca dentro del contexto de proyectos integrados
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82125
Abstract
The need to conduct research on agricultural systems is emphasized since the understanding of traditional systems facilitates technology development. In the case of cassava production systems, technology development makes technical recommendations available that, upon being applied to systems currently used by…
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Deriving socio-economic indicators for sustainability assessment of sweet cherry farming systems in South Patagonia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42285
Publication year
2014
Authors
Mundet, C
Baltuska, N
Sanz, C.
Cittadini, E
Córdoba, Diana M.
Full Citation
Mundet, CA; Baltuska, N;…
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Improved cryopreservation method for the long-term conservation of the world potato germplasm collection
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58302
Abstract
The effect of cold and sucrose pretreatment for increasing tolerance to cryopreservation was evaluated with eight diverse genotypes, six cultivars belonging to the cultivated species, Solanum tuberosum spp., S. tuberosum subsp. andigena, S. x juzepczukii and S. x ajanhuiri, and two genotypes from the wild species, S…
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Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66038
Abstract
The stark observation of the co-existence of undernourishment, nutrient deficiencies and overweight and obesity, the triple burden of malnutrition, is inviting us to reconsider health and nutrition as the primary goal and final endpoint of food systems. Agriculture and the food industry have made remarkable advances in the past decades. However,…
