Agricultural research, digital inclusion, citizen science, sustainable food systems, @BiovIntCIAT_eng @CGIAR
Seville, Spain
Joined March 2011
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Ready for the future.
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🗣️ The EU AI Act introduces new obligations for entities located in the union - coming into force today, Aug. 1, 2024, & effective from Aug. 2, 2026. What are these obligations, who are they directed at, and what do they mean for innovation? Find below 👇
artificialintelligenceact.eu
Today, the #AIAct enters into force, informed by decades of research at JRC.
The European approach to regulating AI contemplates that artificial intelligence should be trustworthy – that is, transparent, fair and human-centred.
@emiliagogu explains why this is so important 👇
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🌱 Pleased to join @Jacobvanetten from @CGIAR at #VivaTech today! We’ll present our AI-driven crop varieties recommendation solution for local markets, merging classical data science with #genAI for sustainable agriculture.
#watsonx #IBMClientEngineering @IBM @IBMFrance
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🎉 Celebramos que #Cali ha sido seleccionada como la ciudad anfitriona de la #COP16 de Biodiversidad.
¡Desde la Alianza estamos listos para apoyar los avances en la agenda desde #Colombia para el mundo! 🌳 🐦 🐳 #CaliEsCOP16 💚
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de Sousa, K., van Etten, J., Manners, R. et al. The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 44, 8 (2024).
doi.org/10.1007/s13593-023-0…
#open_access_article
ALT #open_access_article External validity Participatory plant breeding Socio-economic heterogeneity Target product profile
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'Cassava breeding in Nigeria adapts tricot on-farm testing to achieve inclusive breeding' A new IITA documentary film made possible by the gender platform
youtube.com/watch?v=W_jJYTa2…
@nrcri_umudike @CGIARgender @IITA_CGIAR @1000farms @BiovIntCIAT_eng @Cipotato
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🚀Out now in Agricultural Economics! @IAAEAgEcon
Group-based and citizen science on-farm variety selection approaches for bean growers in Central America
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We compare 2 participatory varietal approaches and investigate how they benefit engaged farmers🧵
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Last Monday at NACGRAB Ibadan to innovate on and accelerate the variety release process using using Tricot for on farm testing @IITA_CGIAR @nrcri_umudike @nacgrab @BiovIntCIAT_eng @1000farms @sahelconsulting
New projects in 2022 like 1000 Farms and Artemis put farmers first as citizen scientists and co-developers. More cross-cutting examples of our work from the @BiovIntCIAT_eng Annual Report 👇
bit.ly/42jNePY
#PeopleinFoodSystems
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📢 Exciting news! Introducing "gosset: An R Package for ranking data analysis in agriculture."
Discover how this tool enhances data management and analysis for on-farm experimentation.
Read more here: bit.ly/3qkV8LN
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Tjeenk Willink: ‘Wat we nodig hebben is deskundigheid. Stap af v/d gedachte dat je alle kennis kunt inhuren. Je moet weten wie je nodig hebt, kunnen formuleren met welk probleem je zit en kunnen beoordelen of de oplossingen waar iemand mee komt ook deugen.’
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Also new in Sustainability Transitions: "Global modeling of the socioeconomic, political, and environmental relations of farmer seed systems (FSS)," from Karl S. Zimmerer, Steven J. Vanek, @mdwyerb & @Jacobvanetten #agroecology #agroecología 4/5 doi.org/10.1525/elementa.202…
This is one of those things why I am not really active on Twitter anymore.
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Why are tropical waters so transparent?
Because they're dead.
This is connected to why some scientists fear global warming could make Europe *colder*
And freeze 80% of all humans above the 60th parallel:
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🎉It's #AllianceScienceWeek! Our scientists have gathered to share ideas and innovations at our Americas hub in #Colombia for the first time since the pandemic.
🤝We look forward to a productive week!
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New year! New job
We are looking for a Bean Program Breeder. For more details on how to make your application bit.ly/3w7viux
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Science Twitter is valuable, but Twitter is going through an uncertain phase at the moment. Let's archive the Science Twitter follow graph using scientists' ORCIDs just in case. We built a tool for this -- it takes just one minute to contribute! opencheck.is/scitwitter
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This was sent to all Twitter staff this morning by the legal leader on its privacy team. Pretty remarkable.
