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Last
update: 18 April 2008
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Monthly
Display (April)
As
of April, CIAT's Library
is exhibiting books, theses and other documents on "Climate
and Agriculture". The exhibition includes:
climate change; climate and agricultural vulnerability; weather
risk assessment; modeling the impact of climate change; drought
resistance in crops, among others. Some of the publications
are listed below:
- Climate
risk management in Africa: Learning from practice.
Hellmuth, Molly E.; Moorhead, Anne; Thomson, Madeleine C.;
Williams, Jim. 2007.
- Satellite
imagery and information networks for monitoring climate
and vegetation in Colombia.
Hyman, Glenn; Meneses, Carlos; Barona A., Elizabeth; Girón,
Ernesto; Perea, Claudia Ximena. 2006.
- Economic
costs of drought and rice farmers' coping mechanisms: A
cross-country comparative análisis. Pandey, S.; Bhandari,
Hem Singh; Hardy, B. (eds.). 2007.
- Tropical
forests and adaptation to climate change: In search of synergies.
Robledo, Carmenza; Kanninen, Markku; Pedroni, Lucio (eds.).
2005.
- MarkSim:
A computer tool that generates simulated weather data for
crop modeling and risk assessment: version
1 [CD-ROM] .
Jones, Peter G.; Thornton, P.K.; Díaz, William; Wilkens,
Paul W.; Jones, Annie L. (ed.). 2002.
- Analysis
of drought resistance in grain legumes: The case of Vicia
faba L., Pisum sativum L., Phaseolus vulgaris
L. and Cicer aritinum L. Amede, Tilahun. 1998.
- Drought
tolerance in higher plants: Genetical, physiological and
molecular biological análisis. Belhassen, Eric (ed.).
1997.
- Food,
nutrition and climate.
Blaxter, Kenneth; Fowden, Leslie (eds.). 1982.
- Climate
risk and the weather market: Financial risk management with
weather hedges.
Dischel, Robert S. (ed.). 2002.
- Digital
atlas of Central America: Prepared in response to hurricane
Mitch; version 2.0 [CD-ROM]. 1999.
- Drought
resistance in crops with emphasis on rice.
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). 1982.
- Climate
change and agricultural vulnerability.
Fischer, Günther; Shah, Mahendra; Van Velthuizen, Harrij.
2002.
- Climate
change and its biological consequences.
Gates, David Murray. 1993.
- Carbon
trading: A critical conversation on climate change, privatisation
and power.
Hällström, Niclas; Nordberg, Olle; Osterbergh, Robert. 2006.
- Climate,
water and agriculture in the tropics.
Jackson, I.J. 1989.
- Agricultural
dimensions of global climate change.
Kaiser, Harry Mason; Drennen, Thomas E. (eds.). 1993.
- Conserving
biodiversity in arid regions: Best practices in developing
nations. Lemons, John; Victor, Reginald; Schaffer, Daniel
(eds.). 2003.
- Modeling
the impact of climate change on rice production in Asia.
Matthews, R.B; Kropff, M.J; Bachelet, Dominique; Laar, H.H.
van (eds.). 1995.
- Climate
and plant distribution.
Woodward, F.I. 1996.
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complete list of the exhibitions publications can
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New
Acquisitions
Last month, the CIAT’s Library entered new publications into
its Catalog. Please click the topics of your interest:
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Journal Articles
Published by CIAT Staff in 2007CIAT's Library is compiling
annual lists of journal articles published by CIAT scientists. All articles included
in the 2005 list can also be accessed via CIATs
Library Catalog. Some of the articles listed have a link to the full text,
either because they have been published in an open access journal or because the
Library has requested and obtained the publishing permission from the publisher.
See the complete
list 2007.
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in Spanish: IMARK E-learning Module "Management of
Electronic Documents"
The Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO)
is pleased to announce on behalf of the Information Management
Resource Kit (IMARK) Steering Group, the release of the Spanish
language version of the IMARK E-learning module "Management
of Electronic Documents". This
module deals with the collection, archiving, management and
dissemination of electronic documents and associated images.
The International Center
for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
and the Inter-American Institute
for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
worked with FAO on the adaptation of the module into Spanish.
This, and all IMARK modules, are available at no-cost either
through the IMARK website www.imarkgroup.org
or on CD-ROM upon
request. Learners are encouraged to register and select a
course.
IMARK modules are being developed by a
wide range of experts and are based on the use of appropriate
and cost-effective technologies. The modules are delivered in
an interactive self-paced learning environment, using dynamic
screens and illustrated step-by-step instructions and
exercises. The modules provide learners with immediate access
to customized help, search and glossary facilities, as well as
cases studies which demonstrate real life applications of the
concepts and procedures being taught.
IMARK now has over 30 partners and
collaborating institutions since its inception in 2001, and
its activities are coordinated through a Steering Group whose
members are: the Association for Progressive Communications (APC),
FAO, the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF),
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA),
the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche
agronomique pour le développement (Cirad), the Technical
Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) and
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
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