Soils are a very important component of the global carbon cycle as they contain the largest sink of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere. At the same time, soil organic carbon (SOC) is the basis for soil fertility and the production of food to feed the growing global population. Healthy soils are ...
Nyawira, Sylvia Sarah
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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[Unlocking the potential of soil organic carbon in agricultural landscapes in Kenya and Ethiopia]
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Unlocking the potential of soil organic carbon in agricultural landscapes in Kenya and Ethiopia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Putting Climate Information in the Hands of Farmers]
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Putting Climate Information in the Hands of Farmers
This project aims to boost productivity and incomes among Georgian smallscale potato producers by providing new knowledge and locally produced, quality seed potatoes of high-yielding genotypes.
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Información Climática en las Manos de Agricultores]
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Información Climática en las Manos de Agricultores
Rural communities in Bolivia and Peru rely heavily on potato for their food security and livelihoods. This project fights rural poverty by helping male and female farmers become profitable potato business managers with enhanced resilience to climate variability and change.
International Potato Center
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[Linking farmers with markets - Bolivia and Peru. Implementation of farmer business school to improve small-scale farmer access to markets. Project profile]
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Linking farmers with markets - Bolivia and Peru. Implementation of farmer business school to improve small-scale farmer access to markets. Project profile
In Cameroon, potato is viewed as a useful food security and cash crop, but farmers face multiple productivity constraints. This project aims to increase food security, nutrition and incomes by improving farmers’ access to quality planting materials and training stakeholders on sustainable product...
International Potato Center
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[Building sustainable potato enterprises in Cameroon. Project profile]
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Building sustainable potato enterprises in Cameroon. Project profile
Late blight disease in potato is possibly the most devastating crop disease in history. This project seeks to identify new sources of resistance in landraces and wild relatives, which could be used in potato breeding programs around the world to mitigate the risk of future disease outbreaks.
International Potato Center
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[New sources of resistance to potato late blight disease in Peru. Project profile.]
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New sources of resistance to potato late blight disease in Peru. Project profile.
Beans are an important crop for food and income generation in Swaziland. They do very well in the higher areas of the country although can be grown in all the regions. They are also the second legume to Swazi farmers after groundnuts in importance. Different farmers grow beans for different uses ...