At the global, regional and national levels, governments, donors, research institutions, non-government organizations and private companies are more strategically linking climate change and agriculture development activities, through initiatives such as the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agric...
Duffy, Colm
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Murray, Una
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Nowak, Andreea
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Huyer, Sophia
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Jarvis, Andy
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Spillane, Charles
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[National level indicators for gender, poverty, food security, nutrition and health in Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) activities]
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National level indicators for gender, poverty, food security, nutrition and health in Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) activities
Climate change and variability present a major challenge to agricultural production and rural livelihoods, including livelihoods of women smallholder farmers. There are significant efforts underway to develop, deploy, and scale up Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices and technologies to fac...
Murray U
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Gebremedhin Z
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Brychkova, Galina
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Spillane, Charles
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[Smallholder farmers and climate smart agriculture: Technology and labor-productivity constraints amongst women smallholders in Malawi]
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Smallholder farmers and climate smart agriculture: Technology and labor-productivity constraints amongst women smallholders in Malawi
The high cost and supply shortage of seed yam propagules for planting are major constraints in yam production. In the water yam (Dioscorea alata L.), aerial tubers have potential as alternative sources of planting material. In this study, we investigated morphological, molecular and ploidy variat...
Tessema, G.
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Gedil, M.
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Spillane, Charles
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[Morphological, SSR and ploidy analysis of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions for utilization of aerial tubers as planting materials]
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Morphological, SSR and ploidy analysis of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions for utilization of aerial tubers as planting materials
Key message Genotyping by sequencing (GBS) is used to understand the origin and domestication of guinea yams, including the contribution of wild relatives and polyploidy events to the cultivated guinea yams. Abstract Patterns of genetic diversity within and between two cultivated ...
Girma, G.
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Hyma, K.E.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Mitchell, S.E.
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Gedil, M.
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Spillane, Charles
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[Next generation sequencing based genotyping, cytometry and phenotyping for understanding diversity and evolution of guinea yams]
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Next generation sequencing based genotyping, cytometry and phenotyping for understanding diversity and evolution of guinea yams
Thro, Ann Marie
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Spillane, Charles
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[Biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding: complement or contradiction?]
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Biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding: complement or contradiction?
Distinguishing yam species based on morphological traits is extremely difficult and unreliable, posing a challenge to breeders and genebank curators. Development of a molecular assay based on DNA barcoding can facilitate rapid and accurate identification of important Dioscorea species. To develop...
Girma, G.
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Spillane, Charles
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Gedil, M.
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[DNA barcoding of the main cultivated yams and selected wild species in the genus Dioscorea]
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DNA barcoding of the main cultivated yams and selected wild species in the genus Dioscorea
Mina-Vargas, Angela M.
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McKeown, Peter C.
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Flanagan, Nicola S.
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Debouck, Daniel G.
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Kilian, Andrzej
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Hodkinson, Trevor R.
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Spillane, Charles
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[Origin of year-long bean (Phaseolus dumosus Macfady, Fabaceae) from reticulated hybridization events between multiple Phaseolus species]
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Origin of year-long bean (Phaseolus dumosus Macfady, Fabaceae) from reticulated hybridization events between multiple Phaseolus species
East African Highland bananas (EAHBs) are a subgroup of triploid (AAA genome) bananas of importance to food security in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Little is known about their genetic variation, population structure and evolutionary history. Ninety phenotypically diverse EAHB cultivars were...
Kitavi, M.
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Downing, T.
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Lorenzen, J.H.
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Karamura, D.
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Onyango, M.
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Nyine, M.
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Ferguson, M.
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Spillane, Charles
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[The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation]
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The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation
Thro, Ann Marie
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Spillane, Charles
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Ginés, CMJ
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Sperling, L.
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[Issues in biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding]
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Issues in biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding
Thro, Ann Marie
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Spillane, Charles
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[Biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding: complement or contradiction?]
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Biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding: complement or contradiction?