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Protection from land degradation through conservation of medicinal plants by involving ethnic communities.
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Protection from land degradation through conservation of medicinal … [Bangladesh]

The indigenous community in Bolipara village of the Thanchi upazlia (sub-district) of the Bandarban district are reducing or preventing land degradation through the cultivation and conservation of medicinal plants. This practice provides the raw material needed, by local traditional healers, to produce herbal medicines for the indigenous and tribal peoples.

  • Compiler: Fazlay Arafat
Protected Agriculture for High Value Crops
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Protected Agriculture for High Value Crops [Bhutan]

Protected agriculture (controlled environment agriculture) is the use of technology to modify the growing environment for crops to extend the growing period and increase yields. It can include greenhouses, shade nets or polytunnels. This technology is moderately expensive therefore it is used only for the cultivation of high-value crops and …

  • Compiler: Nima Dolma Tamang
Sexed semen technology
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Sexed semen technology [Bhutan]

Sexed semen technology produces gender-selected semen for artificially insemination of dairy cows. It ensures a higher proportion of female calves (more than 90%) which will ultimately contribute to the enhancement of milk production in the herd.

  • Compiler: ONGPO LEPCHA
Sistema Silvopastoril
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Sistema Silvopastoril [Colombia]

Sistema silvopastoril conformado por una matriz de pasto (Brachiaria sp.) con arboles fijadores de nitrógeno (Leucaena leucocephala) delimitado por cerca viva de piñon (xxxx). Contribuye a incrementar la productividad ganadera y reducir la degradación del suelo.

  • Compiler: Luisa F. Vega
Variedad de arroz Llanura 11
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Variedad de arroz Llanura 11 [Colombia]

Variedad de arroz precoz (Oryza sativa var. Corpoica Llanura 11) generada para suelos ácidos; cuenta con adaptación a suelos de las sabanas tropicales (oxisoles) de la altillanura plana y terrazas altas del piedemonte Llanero de la Orinoquia Colombiana.

  • Compiler: Claudia Patricia Rendón Ocampo
A Soybean variety with high protein content and disease tolerance
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A Soybean variety with high protein content and … [Colombia]

A higher yielding variety of soybean (Glycine max var. Corpoica Guayuriba 9) was developed to help meet the demand for soya in Colombia. Additionally, it has a high protein content and tolerance to limiting diseases and to root rot. As with all legumes it fixes nitrogen in the soil and …

  • Compiler: Claudia Patricia Rendón Ocampo
Fríjol biofortificado Corpoica rojo 39 para la subregión natural del Caribe seco colombiano
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Fríjol biofortificado Corpoica rojo 39 para la subregión … [Colombia]

A biofortified bean (Phaseolus vulgaris var. Corpoica Rojo 39) was developed for the dry region of the Colombian Caribbean. It is agronomically suited to the region, has a short life cycle and high nutritional quality. Thus it increases food security amongst the communities.

  • Compiler: Claudia Patricia Rendón Ocampo
Manejo ecológico de laderas
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Manejo ecológico de laderas [Colombia]

La tecnología pretende recuperar la fertilidad del suelo e impedir la erosión a través de una combinación de medidas estructurales (camellones en comtorno y zanjas de infiltración y de compost), vegetativas (barreras de pasto / árboles) y agronómicas (diversificación y intercalación de cultivos, aplicación de abono orgánico)

  • Compiler: Mathias Gurtner