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Item Business Acceleration for Youth Project - September-December 2024(Newsletter, 2024-12-20) Nkhambule, Emily; Slane, DavidBUSINESS ACCELERATION FOR YOUTH PROJECT The Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is implementing the Business Acceleration for Youth project to reduce humanitarian assistance needs in Malawi’s resilience focus zones by accelerating youth-owned businesses. The project aims to accelerate and invest in youth-led enterprises to foster job creation, greater access to financing, diversified incomes, a more inclusive private sector and improved household resilience in targeted districts of Mangochi, Balaka, Machinga, Zomba, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, Mulanje and Thyolo. The implementation approach is framed around a resilience-led sustainability strategy that aims to strengthen the resilience of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which includes startups and established firms by providing business development services, technical support and access to finance, creating growth-orientated, sustainable firms able to secure and effectively utilize investment.Item Mapping peatland distribution and quantifying peatland below‐ground carbon stocks in Colombia's Eastern Lowlands(Journal Article, 2025-04-15) Uhde, A.; Hoyt, A. M.; Hess, L.; Schmullius, C.; Mendoza, E.; Benavides, J. C.; Trumbore, S.; Martin-Lopez, Javier Mauricio; Skillings‐Neira, P. N.; Winton, R. S.The extent and distribution of tropical peatlands, and their importance as a vulnerable carbon (C) store, remain poorly quantified. Although large peatland complexes in Peru, the Congo basin, and Southeast Asia have been mapped in detail, information on many other tropical areas is uncertain. In the Eastern Colombian lowlands, peatland area estimates range from 700 km 2 to nearly 60,000 km 2, leading to highly uncertain C stocks. Using new field data, high‐resolution Earth observation (EO), and a random forest approach, we mapped peatlands across Colombian territory East of the Andes below 400 m elevation. We estimated peatland extent using two approaches: a conservative method focused on medium‐to‐high peat probability areas and a more inclusive one accounting for large low‐probability areas. Multiplying these extents by below‐ground carbon density yields a conservative estimate of 0.95 (0.6–1.39 Pg C, 95% confidence interval) over 9,391 km 2 (7,369–11,549 km 2 ) and up to 2.86 Pg C (1.76–4.22 Pg C) across 29,069 km 2 (22,429–36,238 km 2 ). Among four potentially peat‐forming ecosystems identified, palm swamps and floodplain forests contributed most to the peat extent and C stock. We found that most peatland patches were relatively small, covering less than 100 ha. We compared our map to previously published global and pan‐tropical peat maps and found low spatial overlap among them, suggesting that peat maps uninformed by local field information may not precisely specify which landscape areas within a peatland‐rich region are actually peatlands. We further assessed the suitability of different EO and climate variables, highlighting the need for high‐resolution data to capture local heterogeneities in the landscape.Item No farmer is an Island: Mechanisms behind successful climate services in and around Honduras(Thesis, 2023) Giraldo Mendez, DianaThis thesis advances our understanding of what it means to establish participatory climate services for small- scale farmers on the ground in two main and contrasting agricultural systems—coffee and staple grains. Employing a mixed-methods approach that integrated participatory tools, farmer questionnaires, focus groups, in-depth interviews with farmers, and various actors in a case study, the research found that placing the farmer at the core the climate services development encouraged them to make their own decisions based on the analysis of information and their needs (98%, n = 209 famers in the Dry Corridor in Honduras), shifting away from the traditional top-down approach. This helped to establish an evaluation framework that supports the long-term sustainability of this service through a multi-stakeholder network involving at least 279 institutions across various levels and with diverse roles in four countries in Latin America. Collectively, the elements of this thesis contribute to a wider discourse on the factors influencing the success of climate services in terms of effectiveness, sustainability, and scalability, as well as a deeper comprehension of what determines "farmer participation" in climate services. The thesis also synthesizes an extensive body of systematic literature that has emerged within the climate service for agriculture domain over the past decade, augmenting our overall understanding of the nature of climate services, their evolution, and the existing gaps and challenges. The framework developed in this research is a valuable tool for advancing climate services research and informing the design and evaluation of interventions that cater to farmers' specific needs. Emphasizing participatory engagement and diverse representation has fostered a robust governance framework that strengthens rural development and resilience at the community level.Item Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 7 No. 4(Journal Issue, 2019-09-30) Schultze-Kraft, Rainer; Winks, LyleItem Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 7 No. 5(Journal Issue, 2019-11-30) Schultze-Kraft, Rainer; Winks, LyleItem Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 10 No. 1(Journal Issue, 2022-01-31) Hanson, Jean; Pezo, Danilo A.Item Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 10 No. 3(Journal Issue, 2022-09-30) Hanson, Jean; Pezo, Danilo A.Item Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 10 No. 2(Journal Issue, 2022-05-31) Hanson, Jean; Pezo, Danilo A.Item Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 8 No. 1(Journal Issue, 2020-01-31) Schultze-Kraft, Rainer; Winks, LyleItem Genetic Resources 2(4)(Journal Issue, 2021-09) Goritschnig, SandraGenetic Resources is an open access journal disseminating global knowledge and tools used by the community of practitioners of plant, animal and forest genetic resources involved in monitoring, collecting, maintaining, conserving, characterizing and using genetic resources for food, agriculture and forestry. Genetic Resources publishes original research as well as methods, strategies, guidelines, case studies or reviews on a variety of topics of interest on the present and future use of genetic resources. These may include the documentation, conservation, management, assessment, characterization and evaluation of genetic resources and their link to broader biodiversity, socioeconomic practices, policy guidelines or similar, serving stakeholders within and across sectors. Occasionally, Genetic Resources publishes special issues with a focus on selected topics of interest for the genetic resources community. The journal welcomes contributions from all world regions.Item Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 8 No. 2(Journal Issue, 2020-05-31) Schultze-Kraft, Rainer; Winks, LyleItem Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 8 No. 3(Journal Issue, 2020-09-30) Schultze-Kraft, Rainer; Winks, LyleItem Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 9 No. 1(Journal Issue, 2021-01-31) Schultze-Kraft, Rainer; Winks, LyleItem Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 9 No. 2(Journal Issue, 2021-05-31) Schultze-Kraft, Rainer; Winks, LyleItem Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales Vol. 9 No. 3(Journal Issue, 2021-09-30) Hanson, Jean; Pezo, Danilo A.Item Genetic Resources 1(2)(Journal Issue, 2020) Goritschnig, SandraGenetic Resources is an open access journal disseminating global knowledge and tools used by the community of practitioners of plant, animal and forest genetic resources involved in monitoring, collecting, maintaining, conserving, characterizing and using genetic resources for food, agriculture and forestry. Genetic Resources publishes original research as well as methods, strategies, guidelines, case studies or reviews on a variety of topics of interest on the present and future use of genetic resources. These may include the documentation, conservation, management, assessment, characterization and evaluation of genetic resources and their link to broader biodiversity, socioeconomic practices, policy guidelines or similar, serving stakeholders within and across sectors. Occasionally, Genetic Resources publishes special issues with a focus on selected topics of interest for the genetic resources community. The journal welcomes contributions from all world regions.Item Genetic Resources 2(3)(Journal Issue, 2021-07) Goritschnig, SandraGenetic Resources is an open access journal disseminating global knowledge and tools used by the community of practitioners of plant, animal and forest genetic resources involved in monitoring, collecting, maintaining, conserving, characterizing and using genetic resources for food, agriculture and forestry. Genetic Resources publishes original research as well as methods, strategies, guidelines, case studies or reviews on a variety of topics of interest on the present and future use of genetic resources. These may include the documentation, conservation, management, assessment, characterization and evaluation of genetic resources and their link to broader biodiversity, socioeconomic practices, policy guidelines or similar, serving stakeholders within and across sectors. Occasionally, Genetic Resources publishes special issues with a focus on selected topics of interest for the genetic resources community. The journal welcomes contributions from all world regions.Item Genetic Resources 1(1)(Journal Issue, 2020-08-31) Goritschnig, SandraGenetic Resources is an open access journal disseminating global knowledge and tools used by the community of practitioners of plant, animal and forest genetic resources involved in monitoring, collecting, maintaining, conserving, characterizing and using genetic resources for food, agriculture and forestry. Genetic Resources publishes original research as well as methods, strategies, guidelines, case studies or reviews on a variety of topics of interest on the present and future use of genetic resources. These may include the documentation, conservation, management, assessment, characterization and evaluation of genetic resources and their link to broader biodiversity, socioeconomic practices, policy guidelines or similar, serving stakeholders within and across sectors. Occasionally, Genetic Resources publishes special issues with a focus on selected topics of interest for the genetic resources community. The journal welcomes contributions from all world regions.