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Integrating crop pollination management, native beekeeping, and silvopastoral systems to improve the cattle sector’s sustainability in Latin America
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/122002
Abstract
Insect pollinator biodiversity and occurrence is on global decline, threatening human food supply and ecosystem functions. Extensive, pasture monoculture cattle production systems in tropical Latin America are among the principal drivers of this decline. This, in combination with other environmental problems caused by the conventional cattle…
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Cost benefit analysis of on-farm management of improved forage varieties in Western Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120233
Publication year
2022
Authors
Karimi, Peggy
Ugbede, Joseph
Enciso, Karen
Burkart, Stefan
Full Citation
Karimi, P.; Ugbende, J.; Enciso, K.; Burkart, S. (2022) The inclusion of Leucaena diversifolia in Colombian cattle systems: An economic…
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Aspectos socioeconómicos en la adopción de estrategias para una ganadería sostenible en Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125048
Publication year
2022
Authors
Burkart, Stefan
Full Citation
Burkart, S. (2022) Aspectos socioeconómicos en la adopción de estrategias para una ganadería sostenible en Colombia. Presentación preparada para la Undécima Sesión del Comité Científico para la Emergencia Climática,…
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Improved pastures and some challenges of agricultural innovation adoption
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121968
Abstract
Since the 1960s, but more intensely since the 1980s, the factors affecting agricultural innovation adoption in the so-called developing world have puzzled scholars and development institutions. Although early studies recognised that adoption is affected not only by the promise of economic profitability but also by other attributes of the innovation, such as compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability,…
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Silvopastoral systems to promote pollinator friendly cattle production systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120400
Publication year
2022
Authors
Cardoso, Juan Andrés
Burkart, Stefan
Narjes, Manuel Ernesto
Full Citation
Cardoso J.A.; Burkart. S; Narjes, M. (2022) Silvopastoral systems to promote pollinator friendly cattle production systems. Presentation prepared for ATBC 2022: 58th…
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Sustainable beef labeling in Latin America: Initiatives based on silvopastoral systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120230
Publication year
2022
Authors
Burkart, Stefan
Moreno Lerma, Leonardo
Díaz, Manuel Francisco
Triana Ángel, Natalia
Full Citation
Burkart, S.; Moreno-Lerma, L.; Díaz, M.F.; Triana-Ángel, N. (2022) Sustainable beef labeling in Latin America:…
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COVID-19 and household food waste in Colombia: The effects of the strict lockdown in 2020
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/122003
Abstract
Household food waste represents one of the main challenges for sustainable development as it directly affects the economy of food consumers, the loss of natural resources, and generates additional greenhouse gas emissions. The COVID-19 pandemic caused one of the most serious economic crises in recent decades and could become the worst economic crisis that Latin America has had in its history. The…
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Agrobiodiversity Index Report 2021: Assessing Mediterranean food systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118471
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The Agrobiodiversity Index report 2021: Assessing Mediterranean Food Systems analyses the state of agrobiodiversity in a set of Mediterranean countries, looking at agrobiodiversity in food consumption, production, and genetic resource conservation. It sheds light on the actions and policies countries are already taking to use and preserve their agrobiodiversity. It also provides concrete recommendations on what…
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MarkSim standalone for DSSAT users
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90728
Abstract
Marksim_standalone.exe combines the basic routines from the original MarkSim version, produced at CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) and distributed on CD (Jones et.al., 2002), and the new MarkSimGCM web application (Jones et al. 2011a, b) that runs off Google Earth. The standalone version is designed for computer users that need to process a large amount of data. It…
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Innovation for agricultural climate risk insurance: household survey preliminary report
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119574
Abstract
This document reports on preliminary findings from a household survey conducted in Meru County under the auspices of the Innovation for African Climate Risk Insurance (INACRI). The project aims to develop an improved crop insurance index that addresses basis risk inter alia for small scale maize farmers. The goal of the household survey was to assess farmer’s production risks, crop insurance needs and…
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Gender responsive breeding: Lessons from Zimbabwe
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119600
Abstract
Gender analysis can have two kinds of influence and impact in a research program, such as plant breeding. One is to change the final results of the program by increasing the program’s attention to gender equality and to ensuring its benefits accrue to women, as well as to men. A second is to change the research process, by informing and altering research priorities and the program’s strategy for achieving them so that the program becomes…
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Uganda seed sector profile
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119639
Abstract
This profile focuses on four aspects of the seed sector in Uganda and the interactions between them – the (i) formal seed system, (ii) semi-formal1 or Quality Declared Seed system, (iii) informal seed system, and (iv) emergency seed provisioning. It examines current strategies for seed sector development and makes recommendations for ways in which more integrated, mutually supportive seed systems can be promoted at the broad, sectoral level, to increase…
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Évaluation de la vulnérabilité climatique de certaines cultures au Sénégal
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119641
Abstract
L’évaluation de la vulnérabilité des cultures sélectionnées au Sénégal est basée sur leur sensibilité au changement, leur exposition et leurs capacités d’adaptation. Le but ultime de cette étude est d’évaluer si le climat futur a un impact neutre, négatif ou positif (pas de changement/diminution/augmentation) sur la productivité des cultures, et d’identifier les régions préoccupantes et les opportunités d’adaptation…
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AICCRA Partnership Survey Results Report
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118172
Abstract
Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is a USD 60 million three-year project, funded by the World Bank and being led by CIAT, with participating partners from six countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Mali and Senegal. This report provides an overview of the Satisfaction Survey that was disseminated to partners to gather their feedback on three of the intermediate Project Indicators (IPI), as laid out in the…
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Technical feasibility assessment of mini-hydropower development at selected sites in the Highlands of Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119720
Abstract
Renewable energy sources are climate- and land-resource-smart development interventions. In Ethiopia, because of its topographic nature and high rainfall availability, mini-hydropower (MHP) is one of the most suitable renewable energy sources. However, it is variable in space and time, thus requiring accurate estimations regarding its potential for targeting investment. Because of…
