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Journal article
Integrating Scalable Genome Sequencing into Microbiology Laboratories for Routine AMR Surveillance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered a global threat, and novel drug discovery needs to be complemented with systematic and standardized epidemiological surveillance. Surveillance data are currently generated using phenotypic characterization. However, due to poor scalability, this approach does little for true epidemiological investigations. There is a strong case for whole-genome...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Journal article
Law of Origin Integrator of Premodern - Modern Production Practices in Kankuamo Territory of Colombia

The Kankuamo people from Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta [SNSM], Colombia, are undergoing a process of recovering their local knowledge and self-determination as an indigenous people, however, exogenous information affects their decisions and contributes to their acculturation. In this contr nnovative ones recommended by the Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation [AGROSAVIA]....
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Journal article
MultiGWAS: An integrative tool for Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) in tetraploid organisms

Summary The Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) are essential to determine the genetic bases of either ecological or economic phenotypic variation across individuals within populations of the model and non-model organisms. For this research question, the GWAS replication testing different parameters and models to validate the results’ reproducibility is common. However,...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
How to make starter strips for topbar hives

In the management of a topbar hive (TBH), an essential step is the application of starter strips on the top bars, from which the bees will build their combs. These starter strips guide the bees to build their combs nicely down from the top bars. This will allow the beekeeper...
Senegal
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Practices
Dzud early warning system in Mongolia

This practice explains what a dzud is, the condition, and the impact of dzud events on local herding communities in Mongolia. It further highlights the importance of Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) systems to anticipate and mitigate dzuds' impacts and support herders to protect their livelihoods from the event. EWEA –...
Mongolia
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Journal article
Spatial-Temporal Population Dynamics of Male and Female Aedes Albopictus at a Local Scale in Medellín, Colombia

Background: Diseases transmitted by invasive Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are major public health issues in the tropics and subtropics. Understanding the ecology of mosquito vectors is essential for the development of effective disease mitigation programs and will allow for accurate predictions of vector occurrence and abundance. Studies that...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Guidelines
Climate-smart livestock production: A practical guide for Asia and the Pacific

Population growth, rapid urbanization and dietary changes have resulted in growing global demand for livestock products, with a negative impact on climate change. Increasing temperatures, increased climate variability, and more frequent and severe extreme weather events are all threatening livestock production systems. The livestock sector is a major contributor to climate...
2021 - FAO

Practices
Manejo de la fertilización integrada: análisis de suelo

Tenga en cuenta 4 requisitos en su plan de fertilización: aplicación de la fuente correcta de fertilizantes con diferentes nutrientes en el momento, la dosis y el lugar correctos. Fuente principal Modelo productivo para la producción de plátano en los Llanos Orientales Modelo productivo para el cultivo de plátano en la zona central...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

E-learning
Learn by video - new Organic Farm Knowledge YouTube channel

Over 240 videos from the Organic Farm Knowledge Platform are now available on its own YouTube channel organised into six playlists, along with a short introduction video.
Switzerland
2021 - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL

Practices
Manejo de la fertilización integrada: análisis foliar

Su objetivo es conocer el estado nutricional del cultivo. Antes de realizar el muestreo de las hojas, se debe considerar. Fuente principal Modelo productivo para la producción de plátano en los Llanos Orientales Modelo productivo para el cultivo de plátano en la zona central cafetera de Colombia :paquete tecnológico Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Journal article
Immunodetection of Furcraea Necrotic Streak Virus-FSNV in Fique Plants (Furcraea Macrophylla Baker) Using A Polyclonal Antibody IgY Produced in Chicken Egg Yolk

The necrotic streak of the fique (Furcraea spp.) or “Macana” disease is considered the most limiting disease for this crop in Colombia, whose causal agent is the Furcraea Necrotic Streak Virus - FSNV (RNA +). Currently, there are no strategies to control the disease, being necessary to develop methods for...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
Extraction du miel par pressage - Pressoir à miel de Goma (RDC)

Un pressoir à miel est un outil qui permet à l'apiculteur d'extraire le miel plusieurs rayons à la fois. Le modèle de presse à miel présenté ici est un modèle basique qui peut être facilement fabriqué localement car il ne nécessite que du bois, un seau en plastique, des vis...
Congo
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Fact sheet
Manejo de la fertilización integrada: deficiencias nutricionales

Clorosis generalizada. - Reducción del tamaño de racimos. - Hojas salen de un mismo plano (roseta). - Disminución tamaño de planta Necrosis en forma de sierra en los bordes de hojas viejas. - Coloración rojiza de peciolos y seudotallo. - Poco desarrollo radical. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Journal article
Status of Gastrointestinal Nematode Infections and Associated Epidemiological Factors in Sheep From Córdoba, Colombia

Gastrointestinal nematodes cause serious economic losses in sheep production systems. To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with these parasites, a study was conducted in 595 sheep in Córdoba, Colombia. Prevalence and parasite burden were determined using the McMaster technique. Larvae were cultured from feces to identify the nematode...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
Producción de semilla mejorada de cacao (Theobroma cacao) o híbridos comerciales (IMC-67 y UF-296)

Esta tecnología explica el cruce de dos clones con el fin de obtener una semilla mejorada de cacao. Su aplicación es sencilla, pero al mismo tiempo la adopción de nuevas y mejores alternativas de producción obliga a los productores a capacitarse para implementar eficientemente estas nuevas tecnologías.
Nicaragua
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Fact sheet
Manejo de la fertilización integrada: requerimientos nutricionales

La cantidad de nutrientes depende del contenido en el análisis de suelo. Aplicar el fertilizante a 25 cm del seudotallo, en forma circular en terrenos planos y en la parte superior en pendientes. Aplicación de enmiendas antes de la siembra: cal dolomita y yeso agrícola en suelos ácidos. Fertilización orgánica...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Practices
Beekeeping of the eastern honeybee (Apis cerana) using an improved traditional hive (China)

Beekeeping with Apis cerana using traditional log hives often leads to the destruction of the colony during honey harvesting because the combs are destroyed in the harvesting process and bees cannot survive. The introduction of a wooden cross in the middle of the traditional log hive can solve this problem. This practice...
China
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Video
"Soil Health : A core principle for agroecology" Interview with Marc-André Selosse

Soils are the foundation of our terrestrial ecosystems and soil health is crucial to global food production. In this short video interview with Marc-André Selosse, botanist and mycologist, professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, let's discover this complex underground ecosystem on which we depend to feed...
2021 - Agroecology Europe

Journal article
Caracterización molecular con marcadores ISSR de la colección de cítricos de la Universidad de los Llanos

Contextualización: los cítricos son una de las especies arbóreas más cultivadas en todo el mundo. Poseen una gran importancia económica por su producción es mayor a cualquier otro frutal. Vacío de conocimiento: pese a la gran demanda de cítricos en Colombia, se conoce muy poco acerca del origen y la diversidad...
Colombia
2021 - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)

Video
"Animal health and welfare: a core principle for agroecology" - Interview with MEP Caroline Roose

The negative impact of industrial livestock farming on animal health and welfare, but also on human health, ecosystems and the environment is indisputable and no longer needs to be demonstrated. Agroecology, on the other hand, makes it possible to reconfigure livestock systems and reintegrate them into agro-ecosystems in order to...
2021 - Agroecology Europe
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