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Avanzar2030 workshop: Synthesizing evidence on sustainable agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.09.23BY ELSA OLIVETTI AND BRIAN MCNAMARA OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Food systems in Latin America…
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Desafiando el status quo: Cómo las Semillas Disruptivas pueden transformar los sistemas alimentarios de Guatemala desde abajo
CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience19.09.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A la luz de la actual crisis climática, debemos repensar profundamente la forma en que…
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Transforming with Flavor: Cacao in Colombia, an ancestral symbol of peace
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)15.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Cacao - which has been a symbol of abundance since pre-Columbian civilizations - has found…
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Challenging the status quo : How bottom-up Disruptive Seeds can transform Guatemala's food systems
CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience08.09.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Read the blog post in Spanish here. In light of the current climate crisis, we…
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Catalyzing smallholder farming in Mexico
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.09.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from CIMMYT, founded in Mexico in 1966, have pursued decades of participatory research wi…
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New tool assesses the potential for digital transformation in Guatemala
CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation01.09.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It is commonly assumed that digitization will transform developing economies for the better, but wha…
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Human-centered design to bring open agricultural content to farmers
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)30.08.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Sprout is a digital platform that makes content available on a range of agricultural topics,…
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Smallholder Mexican farmers adopt resource-conserving innovations: slowly and in bits
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Small-scale farmers in Mexico often adopt conservation agriculture innovations gradually and pieceme…
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A Mexican farm research program gains praise and interest for use abroad
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)24.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Leveraging the leadership, science, and partnerships of the Mexico-based CIMMYT and the funding and …
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Toward zero-deforestation supply chains in conflict-affected settings (webinar)
CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems17.08.23-
Mitigation
This webinar shared evidence and insights gathered under a pioneering project that seeks to simultan…
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Artificial Intelligence: How could it transform agriculture?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)09.08.23-
Big data
For most of us this year, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has leapt from…
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As the demand for water rises, we need to re-think global water storage
IWMI04.08.23-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
The future of water storage requires a systems approach which fully integrates natural infrastructur…
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More than a hundred elite rice lines for LAC, from the rice breeding programs (ALLIANCE-FLAR) to be adopted by all
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)14.07.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Year by year hundreds of elite rice lines are developed by the Alliance of Bioversity…
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April-May 2023 Research Journal Roundup
IWMI13.07.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from April and May 2023. The post…
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Peruvian producers are banking on cacao with the aroma of sustainability
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)11.07.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
The Ucayali rainforest region, located in Peru, has managed to position itself as the third…
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CGIAR y la empresa pública brasileña Embrapa estrechan vínculos para fortalecer su contribución a la reforma de los sistemas agroalimentarios
CGIAR10.07.23Foto de grupo de las delegaciones de Embrapa y CGIAR. © Brasilia/Lima, 7 de julio…
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The Agroecology Initiative Annual Report 2022 at a Glance
CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology07.07.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
In our latest newsletter, we invite you to read the 2022 Annual Technical Report of…
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In Search of Rice To Reduce Methane Emissions
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)07.07.23According to the World Bank, rice farming is responsible for 10% of global methane emissions…
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