Thursday, November 22, 2012

CIAT's contribution to an Eco-efficient agriculture through crop genetic improvement




During November-December, CIAT’s Library is exhibiting books, reports, and other documents on: “CIAT’s Contribution to an
Eco-efficient Agriculture Through Crop Genetic Improvement”. The exhibition includes some of the most important achievements in rice, cassava, beans, and tropical forages. Some of the publications are listed below:


Producción eco-eficiente del arroz en América Latina. 2010.Degiovanni Beltramo, Víctor Manuel; Martínez Racines, César Pompilio; Motta O., Francisco (eds.).



 
Cassava breeding : A multidisciplinary review. 1987.Hershey, Clair H. (ed.).

 
Recurrent selection in rice, using a male-sterile gene. 1997. Châtel, Marc; Guimaraes, Elcio Perpétuo.




La yuca en el tercer milenio: Sistemas modernos deproducción, procesamiento, utilización y comercialización.2002. Ospina Patiño, Bernardo; Ceballos, Hernán; Alvarez, Elizabeth; Bellotti, Anthony C.; Calvert, Lee A.; Arias V., Bernardo; Cadavid López, Luis Fernando; Pineda López, Benjamín; Llano R., Germán Alberto; Cuervo Ibáñez, Maritza (eds.).





Especies forrajeras multipropósito : opciones para productores del trópico Americano. 2011. Peters, Michael; Franco, Luis Horacio; Schmidt, Axel; Hincapie, Belisario.
 



Taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the genus phaseolus (Leguminosae-papilionoideae) in North America, Mexico and Central America. 2002.Freytag, George F.; Debouck, Daniel G.

Mejoramiento poblacional, una alternativa para explorar los recursos genéticos del arroz en América Latina. 2003. Guimaraes, Elcio Perpétuo (ed.).

Selection of tropical forages: Development and implementation of a participatory procedure and main results from Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. 2007. Hernández Romero, Luis Alfredo.

Cultivo de tejidos en la agricultura: Fundamentos yaplicaciones. 1991. Roca, William M.; Mroginski, Luis A. (eds.).

Mejoramiento genético de la yuca en América Latina. 1991. Hershey, Clair H. (ed.).

Cassava: Biology, production, and utilization. 2002.Hillocks, R.J.; Thresh, J.M.; Bellotti, Anthony C. (eds.).

Mejoramiento de arroz. Jennings, 1981.Peter Randolph; Coffman, William Ronnie; Kauffman, H.E.





Saving seeds : The economics of conserving crop genetic resources ex situ in thefuture harvest centres of the CGIAR. 2004. Koo, Bonwoo; Pardey, Philip G.; Wright, Brian D.; Bramel, Paula J.; Debouck, Daniel G.; Van Dusen, M. Eric; Jackson, Michael T.; Taba, Suketoshi; Valkoun, Jan.

Cultivo de anteras de arroz en el desarrollo de germoplasma. 1997.Lentini, Zaida; Martínez Racines, César Pompilio; Roca, William M.



Centrosema: Biology, agronomy, and utilization. 1990. Schultze-Kraft, Rainer; Clements, R.J. (eds.).
La yuca: nuevo potencial para un cultivo tradicional. 1989.Cock, James H.

Bean production problems: Disease, insect soil and climatic constraints of Phaseolus vulgaris. 1980. Schwartz, Howard F.; Gálvez E., Guillermo E. (eds.).

El impacto de las variedades de arroz con altos rendimientos en América Latina con énfasis en Colombia 1977.Scobie,Grant McDonald; Posada Torres, Rafael. 2003.
 
Biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding : Complement or contradiction? . 2003.Thro, Ann Marie; Spillane, Charlie.
 
Wild bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) : Description and distribution. Toro, O.; Tohme, J.; Debouck, D.G.. 1990.

Variedades de frijol en America Latina y su origen. 1983. Voysest, O.


  
 
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Drought Tolerance in Tropical Crops


During October-November, CIAT’s Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports, and other documents on: “Drought Tolerance in Tropical Crops”. The exhibition includes: yield response to drought stress; improving resistance to environmental stress; physiological effects of water stress; breeding and selection for drought resistance; inheritance of drought tolerance, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:


Drought resistance in cereals. 1989. Baker, F.W.G. (ed.).

Drought tolerance in higher plants : Genetical, physiological and molecular biological analysis. 1997. Belhassen, Eric (ed.).

Identificación de respuestas fisiológicas y adaptaciones morfológicas de tolerancia a sequía en frijol Phaseolus vulgaris L. 1999. Aguirre Medina, Juan Francisco.

Analysis of drought resistance in grain legumes : The case of Vicia faba L., Pisum sativum L., Phaseolus vulgaris L. and Cicer aritinum L. 1998. Amede, Tilahun.

Breedingrice for drought-prone environments. 2003. Fischer, K.S.; Lafitte, R.; Fukai, S.; Atlin, G.N.; Hardy, Bill (eds.).





Inheritanceof drought tolerance traits in andean x andean and andean x Mesoamerican F2populations. 2007. Beebe, Stephen E.; Makunde, Godwill S.; Blair, Matthew W.; Chirwa, Rowland; Lungu, Davies.

Monitoringand predicting agricultural drought : A global study . 2005. Boken, Vijendra K.; Cracknell, Arthur P.; Heathcote, R.L. (eds.).

Fighting drought and aluminum toxicity: Integrating functional genomics phenotypic screening and participatory evaluation with women and small-scale farmers to develop stress-resistant common bean and Brachiaria for the tropics. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. 2010.

Drought resistance in crops with emphasis on rice. 1982. International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
 
 
Developingdrought-and low N-tolerant maize. 1997. Edmeades, Gregory O.; Bänziger, Martin; Mickelson, H.R; Peña Valdivia, Cecilia Beatriz (eds.).


Adaptation to drought in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) : Root and shoot development in relation to water stress in selected bean genotypes. 1998. Majambere, Joachim.

The physiology and biochemistry of drought resistance in plants. 1981. Paleg, Leslie Godell; Aspinall, D. (eds.).


Droughtfrontiers in rice : Crop improvement forincreased rainfed production. 2008. Serraj, Rachid; Bennett, J.; Hardy, B. (eds.).

Genetic, morphological and physiological studies of drought and heat resistance in tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray) and common beans (P. vulgaris L.). 1983. Thomas, C.V.

The inheritance of drought tolerance in sweet corn. 1966. Williams, Tom Vare.
 
 
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Friday, June 29, 2012

Food Security

During July, CIAT’s Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports, and other documents on: “Food Security”. The exhibition includes: global food crises, rural poverty, agricultural research, effect of climate change on food security, poverty reduction, feed scarcity, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:

Climate change impacts on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Comprehensive Climate Change Scenarios. Ringler, Claudia; Zhu, Tingju; Cai, Ximing; Koo, Jawoo; Wang, Dingbao. 2010.

Achieving food security in the face of climate change: Summary for policy makers from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change. Beddington J, Asaduzzaman M, Fernandez A, Clark M, Guillou M, Jahn M, Erda L, Mamo T, Van Bo N, Nobre CA, Scholes R, Sharma R, Wakhungu J. 2011.

Price volatility and food security. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security, Rome 2011.

The State of Food Insecurity in the World: How does international price volatility affect domestic economies and food security? 2011.

A 2020 vision for food, agriculture, and the environment : Speeches made at an international conference, June 13-15, 1995.

Impact of science on African agriculture and food security. Anandajayasekeram, P.; Rukani, M.; Babu, S.; Liebenberg, F.; Keswani, C. 2007.

Global food crises : Monitoring and assessing impact to inform policy responses. Benson, Todd; Minot, Nicholas; Pender, John; Robles, Miguel; Von Braun, Joachim. 2008.

Improving nutrition as a development priority : Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Benson, Todd. 2008.

Integración de las cuestiones de la seguridad alimentaria en la investigación agrícola. Earl, Julia A.; Maddur, Abubaker; Neely, Constance L.; Price, Thomas L.; Roncoli, M. Carla (comps.). 2003.

Expert Consultation on Agricultural Biotechnology for Promoting Food Security in Developing Countries (2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Proceedings. 2008.

Food safety in the CGIAR : IFPRI-CGIAR science council roundtable on food safety. 2007.

AIDS, poverty, and hunger : Challenges and responses: Highlights of the International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security, Durban, South Africa, April 14-16, 2005 . Gillespie, Stuart (ed.). 2005.

Knowledge Sharing for Improved Food Security and better nutrition: Two years of online discussions. 2010.

The transformation of agri-food systems : Globalization, supply chains and smallholder farmers. McCullough, Ellen B.; Pingali, Prabhu L.; Stamoulis, Kostas G. (eds.). 2008.

Climate, agriculture and food security : A strategy for change. Moorhead, Anne. 2009.

Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050 : scenarios, results, policy options. Nelson, Gerard C.; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Palazzo, Amanda; Gray, Ian; Ingersoll, Christina; Robertson, Richard; Tokgoz, Simla; Zhu, Tingju; Sulser, Timothy B.; Ringler, Claudia; Msangi, Siwa; You, Liangzhi. 2010.

International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment : What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and best bet programs. Von Braun, Joachim; Fan, Shenggen; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Nin Pratt, Alejandro. 2008.

A complete list of the exhibition in PDF

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Agribusiness and Agricultural Markets


As of April, CIAT's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other documents on "Agribusiness and Agricultural Markets". The exhibition includes: rural agroindustry; markets; marketing; agroenterprises; trade liberalization; small farming, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:


From subsistence to market oriented livestock smallholder development in Nicaragua and Honduras. Aburto Sánchez, Elsa. 2008.

Working together, learning together : Learning alliances in agroenterprise development. Best, Rupert; Ferris, Shaun; Mundy, Paul (eds.). 2009.

The expected benefits of trade liberalization for world income and development : Opening the black box of global trade modeling. Bouët, Antoine. 2008.

Building institutions for markets. World Bank (World development report, 2002)

Speciality rices of the world : Breeding, production and marketing. Chaudhary, R.C.; Tran, D.V.; Duffy, R. (eds.). 2001.

Estudios de mercados hortofrutícolas : Estados Unidos, Canadá, Costa Rica, Cuba, República Dominicana, Jamaica. Cuéllar de García, Sandra; Medina, Jazmine; Robbins, Jodean. 2001.

Globalización y agricultura en las Américas : Escenarios para el desarrollo tecnológico de la agricultura hemisférica. Díaz Bonilla, Eugenio; Reca, Lucio G.; Espinal G., Carlos Federico; Piñeiro, Valeria; Diao, Xinshen; Samacá P., Henry.
2003.

A market facilitator´s guide to participatory agroenterprise development. Ferris, Shaun; Kaganzi, Elly; Best, Rupert; Ostertag Gálvez, Carlos Felipe; Lundy, Mark; Wandschneider, T. 2008.

Getting to market : From agriculture to agroenterprise. Ferris, Shaun; Mundy, Paul; Best, Rupert (eds.). 2009.

Field guide to produce : How to identify, select, and prepare virtually every fruit and vegetable at the market. Green, Aliza. 2004.

El agronegocio y la empresa agropecuaria frente al Siglo XXI. Guerra E., Guillermo. 2002.

Participatory market chain analysis for smallholder producers. Lundy, Mark; Gottret, María Verónica; Ostertag Gálvez, Carlos Felipe; Best, Rupert; Ferris, Shaun. 2007.

Comercialización de productos forestales no maderables : Factores que influyen en el éxito: Conclusiones del estudio de México y Bolivia e implicancias políticas para los tomadores de decisión. Marshall, Elaine; Schreckenberg, Kathrin; Newton, Adrian C. (eds.). 2006.

The transformation of agri-food systems : Globalization, supply chains and smallholder farmers. McCullough, Ellen B.; Pingali, Prabhu L.; Stamoulis, Kostas G. (eds.). 2008.

Identifying market opportunities for rural smallholder producers. Ostertag Gálvez, Carlos Felipe; Lundy, Mark; Gottret, María Verónica; Best, Rupert; Ferris, Shaun. 2007.

Biotecnología para el uso sostenible de la biodiversidad : Capacidades locales y mercados potenciales. Quezada, F.; Roca, William M.; Szauer, M.T.; Gómez, J.J.; López, R. 2005.

From parastatals to private trade : Lessons from Asian agriculture. Rashid, Shahidur; Gulati, Ashok; Cummings, Ralph Waldo (eds.). 2008.

Science for agriculture and rural development in low-income countries. Roetter, R.P.; Keulen, H. van; Kuiper, Marijke; Verhagen, J.; Laar, H. H. van (eds.). 2007.

Market development for genetically modified foods. Santaniello, V.; Evenson, Robert E.; Zilberman, David (eds.). 2002.

Trading up : Building cooperation between farmers and traders in Africa. 2008.

Regoverning markets : A place for small scale producers in modern agrifood chains. Vorley, William; Fearne, Andrew; Ray, Derek (eds.). 2007.

Agribusiness for Africa’s Prosperity. Yumkella, Kandeh K.; Kormawa, Patrick M.; Roepstorff, Torben M.; Hawkins, Anthony M. (eds.) 2011.

Agribusiness and innovation systems in Africa. Larsen, Kurt; Kim, Ronald; Theus, Florian (eds.). 2009.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Integrated Tropical Crop Pest and Disease Management






As of January, CIAT's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other documents on "Integrated Tropical Crop Pest and Disease Management”. Some of the publications are listed below:







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Friday, September 30, 2011

Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility

As of October, CIAT’s Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports, and other documents on: “Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility”. The exhibition includes: soil macrofauna, soil carbon management, soil nutrient management, soil ecology, soil mineral dynamics, nutrient cycling in soils, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:

Integrated soil fertility management in Africa : Principles, practices and development process. Sanginga, Nteranya; Woomer, Paul L. (eds.). 2009.



A handbook of tropical soil biology : Sampling and characterization of below-ground biodiversity. Moreira, Fátima Maria de Souza; Huising, Jeroen; Bignell, David Edward (eds.). 2008.



Soil macrofauna field manual : technical level. Ruiz, Nuria; Lavelle, Patrick; Jiménez, Juan. 2008.



Advances in integrated soil fertility management in Sub-Saharan Africa : Challenges and opportunities. Bationo, André; Waswa, Boaz S.; Kihara, Job; Kimetu, Joseph (eds.). 2007.



Soil carbon management : Economic, environmental and societal benefits. Kimble, J.M.; Rice, Charles W.; Reed, D.; Mooney, S.; Follett, R.F.; Lal, R. (eds.). 2007.



Soil fertility decision guide formulation : Assisting farmers with varying objectives to integrate legume cover crops. Amede, Tilahun. 2004.



Construcción y mantenimiento de capa arable para el desarrollo de sistemas sostenibles de producción de yuca en tres regiones de Colombia : Informe final. Cadavid López, Luis Fernando; Albán, Alvaro Andrés; Amézquita Collazos, Edgar; Peña, Jorge. 2004.



Managing nutrient cycles to sustain soil fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Bationo, André (ed.). 2003.



El arado natural : Las comunidades de macroinvertebrados del suelo en las sabanas neotropicales de Colombia. Jiménez Jaén, Juan José; Thomas, Richard J. (eds.). 2003.



Soil Ecology. Lavelle, P.; Spain, A. 2001.



Soil fertility management for sustainable agriculture. Prasad, Rajendra; Power, J.F. 1997.



Sustainable management of soil resources in the humid tropics. Lal, R. 1995.



Sustaining growth : Soil fertility management in tropical smallholdings. Müller-Sämann, Karl M.; Kotschi, Johannes. 1994.



Fertility of soils : A future for farming in the West African Savannas . Pieri, Christian J.M.G. 1992.



Tecnología de bajos insumos para el manejo de oxisoles y ultisoles en América tropical. Sánchez, Pedro A.; Salinas, José G. [s.f.]



A review of soils research in Tropical Latin America. Sánchez, Pedro A.; Bartholomew, William Víctor; Buol, Stanley Walter; Cox, F.R; Kamprath, E.J; Lutz, J.F. (eds.). 1977.



El reciclaje de nutrimentos en pastos tropicales. Spain, J.M.; Salinas, J.G. 1985.



Soil fertility : A biodynamical approach. Pauli, F.W. 1967.



Soil macrofauna field manual : technical level. Ruiz, Nuria; Lavelle, Patrick; Jiménez, Juan. 2008.



Soil phosphorus dynamics, acquisition and cycling in crop-pasture-fallow systems in low fertility tropical soils : A review from Latin America. Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Barrios, Edmundo; Amézquita Collazos, Edgar; Friesen, Dennis Keith; Thomas, Richard J.; Oberson, Astrid; SINGH, B.R. 2004.



Managing soil fertility in the tropics : A resource guide for participatory learning and action research. Defoer, Toon; Budelman, Arnoud. 2000.



Plant adaptation to phosphorus: Limited tropical soils. 2. ed. Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Friesen, Dennis Keith; Osaki, Mitsuru. 1999.



Fauna in soil ecosystems : Recycling processes, nutrient fluxes, and agricultural production. Benckiser, Giro (ed.). 1997.



El manejo de oxisoles en las sabanas tropicales de Colombia. Spain, James M. 1973.


Mineral nutrition and fertilization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Howeler, H. 1981.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Deforestation, Reforestation, and Agroforestry in the Tropics

As of August, CIAT's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other documents on "Deforestation, Reforestation, and Agroforestry in the Tropics”. The exhibition includes: forest deterioration, slash-and-burn systems, forest policies, payment for environmental services, shifting cultivation, carbon sequestration, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:





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