Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a widely recognized ecosystem approach to crop production and protection that combines different management strategies and practices to grow healthy crops and minimize the use of pesticides. However, IPM methods have until recently made limited use of intra-spe...
Jarvis, Devra I.
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Fadda, Carlo
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De Santis, P.
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Thompson, J.
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Bioversity International
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[Damage, diversity and genetic vulnerability: The role of crop genetic diversity in the agricultural production system to reduce pest and disease damage: Proceedings of an International Symposium 15-17 February 2011, Rabat, Morocco]
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Damage, diversity and genetic vulnerability: The role of crop genetic diversity in the agricultural production system to reduce pest and disease damage: Proceedings of an International Symposium 15-17 February 2011, Rabat, Morocco
Varietal preference is a carefully weighed balance between consumption and production characteristics. Farmers not only select the high yielding varieties but prefer landraces because of their taste, nutritional value and the ability to grow with fewer inputs. Differences in temperatures, rainfal...
Between 2010 and 2012 Bioversity International worked with partners and stakeholders in Ethiopia to develop an innovative low-cost strategy for managing risks to agricultural systems posed by the adverse effects of climate change. The objective, which the project indeed achieved, was to decrease ...
Gotor, E
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Fadda, Carlo
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Trincia, C
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[Matching Seeds to Needs - female farmers adapt to a changing climate in Ethiopia]
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Matching Seeds to Needs - female farmers adapt to a changing climate in Ethiopia
Current climate change projection models show that both temperature and precipitation are expected to increase in the Horn of Africa, and that climate uncertainty and frequency of extreme events will most likely increase the vulnerability of the rural poor in the region, Ethiopia included. Geneti...
Kassahum, D.
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Kidane, Y.
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Mancini, C.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Pe’, M.E.
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Bioversity International
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[Using diversity of Ethiopian durum wheat to challenge climate change: a three pronged approach]
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Using diversity of Ethiopian durum wheat to challenge climate change: a three pronged approach
Mengistu, D.K.
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Kiros, A.
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Mohammed, J.
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Tsehaye, Y.
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Fadda, Carlo
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[Exploitation of diversity within farmers' durum wheat varieties enhanced the chance of selecting productive, stable and adaptable new varieties to the local climatic conditions]
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Exploitation of diversity within farmers' durum wheat varieties enhanced the chance of selecting productive, stable and adaptable new varieties to the local climatic conditions
Kenyan smallholder farmers are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including increased temperatures and variability in precipitation, which results in shorter growing seasons in most areas of East Africa (Adhikari et al. 2015). One strategy for adapting to these climactic changes is to u...
Otieno, Gloria
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Lacasse, Hannah
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Fadda, Carlo
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Reynolds, Travis W.
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Recha, John W.M.
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[Social Seed Networks for Climate Change Adaptation in Western Kenya: Results from a study to better understand farmers’ primary sources of seed information in the Nyando Climate-Smart Villages]
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Social Seed Networks for Climate Change Adaptation in Western Kenya: Results from a study to better understand farmers’ primary sources of seed information in the Nyando Climate-Smart Villages
Climate change poses serious threats to smallholder farmers in Uganda. For instance, rains often start late in the season and end early, reducing the growing season. Increasing and maintaining genetic diversity is one way of combatting these climatic change-related threats (IPCC, 2014). Farmers o...
Otieno, Gloria
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Lacasse, Hannah
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Adokorach, Joyce
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Mulumba, John W
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Recha, John W.M.
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Reynolds, Travis W.
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Fadda, Carlo
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[Social Seed Networks for Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda: Strategies to Improve Access to Genetic Diversity and Information. Results from a study to better understand farmers’ primary sources of seed and information in the Hoima Climate-Smart Villages]
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Social Seed Networks for Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda: Strategies to Improve Access to Genetic Diversity and Information. Results from a study to better understand farmers’ primary sources of seed and information in the Hoima Climate-Smart Villages
Tanzanian smallholder farmers are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, especially the resultant rainfall variability. One strategy for adapting to the changing climate is to utilise genetic seed sources to resist abiotic and biotic stressors. Another strategy is to access and exchange gen...
Otieno, Gloria
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Lacasse, Hannah
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Recha, John W.M.
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Mollel, Margaret
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Reynolds, Travis W.
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Fadda, Carlo
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[Social Seed Networks and Climate Change Adaptation in Central Tanzania: Results from a study to better understand farmers’ primary sources of seed information in Dodoma and Singida Districts, Tanzania]
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Social Seed Networks and Climate Change Adaptation in Central Tanzania: Results from a study to better understand farmers’ primary sources of seed information in Dodoma and Singida Districts, Tanzania
Smallholder farming communities face highly variable climatic conditions that threaten locally adapted, low-input agriculture. The benefits of modern crop breeding may fail to reach their fields when broadly adapted genetic materials do not address local requirements. To date, participatory metho...
Mancini, C.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Pè, M.E.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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Melfa and Workaye Farmer Community
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Kidane, Y.G.
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[Joining smallholder farmers’ traditional knowledge with metric traits to select better varieties of Ethiopian wheat]
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Joining smallholder farmers’ traditional knowledge with metric traits to select better varieties of Ethiopian wheat
Smallholder agriculture involves millions of farmers worldwide. A methodical utilization of their traditional knowledge in modern breeding efforts may help the production of locally adapted varieties better addressing their needs.
In this study, a combination of participatory approaches, genomi...
Kidane, Y.G.
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Mancini, C.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Frascaroli, E.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Pe, M.E.
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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[Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits]
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Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits