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Modena, il grano di Filippo contro la fame nel mondo
No full textUna
varietà di grano duro resistente alle alte temperature per sfamare milioni di persone, a
cominciare da quelle che vivono nel bacino del fiume Senegal fino ad arrivare, in
prospettiva, a tutte quelle africane colpite dalle carestie. È l'invenzione del modenese
Filippo Bassi, 35 anni, che, insieme ad altri ricercatori, si è aggiudicato il Premio Olam
2017 per l'innovazione nella sicurezza alimentare (a cura di Damiano Mari). L'articolo
MODENA. Una varietà di grano duro resistente alle alte temperature per sfamare milioni di
persone, a cominciare da quelle che vivono nel bacino del fiume Senegal fino ad arrivare,
in prospettiva, a tutte quelle africane colpite dalle carestie. È l'invenzione del
modenese Filippo Bassi, 35 anni, che, insieme ad altri ricercatori, si è aggiudicato il
Premio Olam 2017 per l'innovazione nella sicurezza alimentare
Giambattista Bassi, Nicolò Sellenati, Filippo Giuseppini, Caterina Percoto e la Valle d'Icarojo
No full textLa figura e le relazioni dell'architetto ottocentesco Giambattista Bassi con il parroco Nicolò Sellenati, il pittore Filippo Giuseppini e la scrittrice Caterina Percot
seeding the future safeguarding the world's essential food crops
No full textA short story of some DIIVA-PR project activities was published online by Geographical magazine (official magazine of the Royale Geographical Society with IBG) in UK. In this publication, a summary of project’s goals was presented by Dr. Benjamin Kilian, a scientific at Global Crop Trust, and Dr. Filippo Bassi “durum wheat breeder at ICARDA”. Evaluation of the new crop wild relatives varieties in farmer’s field and the work with women’s cooperatives are among the main objectives that were shared in the magazine
Old and New Innovations for Wheat Food Security
No full textThe video reports the presentation of Filippo Bassi, director of ICARDA's Wheat program , during the World Food Research & Innovation Forum held the 9th May 2016 in Italy. Dr. Bassi opens the presentation with an introductory note on the Wheat program and its mission in the CWANA (Central West Asia and North Africa) Region. One of the biggest issues emphasised by the presenter is the high percentage of the areas with very low agricultural resources index in the region. In other words, there is a lack of agricultural resources which makes it difficult to survive.
It is in here where the Wheat program intervenes and proposes innovation as a solution, not only for the present but especially in lieu of future population growth. Indeed, Dr. Bassi highlights the importance of investing in research. Only with research it is possible to find new varieties that are more resistant to diseases, heat and pests. Countries like Mauritania and Senegal, which have adopted the use of wheat varieties have reported an increase of production (almost doubled) with a consequent economic gain and general livelihood improvement.
To conclude, Dr. Bassi reaffirms his vision and makes a call to fund research and agronomy as the solution to respond to food security challenges
New strategy for germplasm partnership under ABI
No full textPresentation given by Filippo Bassi during a partner meeting that took place in Istanbul, Turkiye, 13-15 December 2022 between ICARDA management and NARES leaders, selected based on their active role in requesting, using, and promoting ICARDA’s Genetic Innovations. ICARDA sought guidance from its NARES partners to determine if the portfolio of Genetic Innovation research defined in the 2017-2026 ICARDA Strategy is still significant to the 2030 horizon set by the CGIAR. As part of this initial engagement in CWANA++, this meeting provided the first step towards further inclusion of other involved CGIAR Centers. In their initial deliberations, NARES have expressed the following considerations to guide this prioritization work: food security, climate change, and strategies to support effective management of agriculture and food systems
New strategy for germplasm partnership under ABI
No full textPresentation given by Filippo Bassi during a partner meeting that took place in Istanbul, Turkiye, 13-15 December 2022 between ICARDA management and NARES leaders, selected based on their active role in requesting, using, and promoting ICARDA’s Genetic Innovations. ICARDA sought guidance from its NARES partners to determine if the portfolio of Genetic Innovation research defined in the 2017-2026 ICARDA Strategy is still significant to the 2030 horizon set by the CGIAR. As part of this initial engagement in CWANA++, this meeting provided the first step towards further inclusion of other involved CGIAR Centers. In their initial deliberations, NARES have expressed the following considerations to guide this prioritization work: food security, climate change, and strategies to support effective management of agriculture and food systems
A Florentine family in crisis: the Strozzi in the fifteenth century.
No full textPhDIn 1434 the Strozzi lineage had held a leading position in
Florentine society and government for at least one hundred and fifty
years, and was one of the largest and wealthiest of the city's
patrician lineages. The records of the catasto of 1427 and of the
scrutiny of 1433 are used to give a profile of the dominant social,
economic and political position of the Strozzi before the advent of
Medicean dominance. Their record of electoral success, and the
political and cultural leadership of influential and respected men
such as Palla di Nofri and Matteo di Simone, with other factors, put
the Strozzi amongst the greatest enemies of the victorious Medicean
regime of late 1434. The effects of political opposition and exile
on the lineage are examined both directly, through records of office-holding,
and indirectly through such indicators as marriage alliances
and household wealth. The two most prominent lines of the Strozzi
were exiled after 1434. Palla di Nofri's life and preoccupations in
his Paduan exile are examined, together with the lives of his sons;
none of these Strozzi ever returned to Florence, pursued as they were
by the enmity of the Medicean regime. The very different careers of
Filippo di Matteo and his brother Lorenzo are also examined: how they
succeeded in founding a lucrative bank in Naples, and in returning to
Florence to 'rebuild' (rifare) the position of the Strozzi lineage
there. The final decades of the century saw the Strozzi in an
economically more secure position, due substantially to the efforts
of Filippo. Except for a very small number of its members admitted
into the regime, most of the lineage is here shown to have remained
excluded from significant political office until after the fall of
the Medici regime in 1494
Vues présentes sur le celtique cisalpin
No full textPresent views on Cisalpine Celtic.
During the last twenty years, the knowledge of Lepontic and of Italian Gaulish has been notably enriched by very important finds, and also by numerous studies. The author proposes a synthesis of all new linguistical and cultural data provided by epigraphy in this particular resort.Dans les vingt dernières années la connaissance du lépontique et du gaulois d’Italie a été notablement enrichie par certaines trouvailles fort importantes ainsi que par de nombreuses études. Tableau synthétique des nouvelles données linguistiques et culturelles apportées par l’épigraphie de ce domaine.Motta Filippo. Vues présentes sur le celtique cisalpin. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 29, 1992. Actes du IXe congrès international d'études celtiques. Paris, 7-12 juillet 1991. Deuxième partie : Linguistique, littératures. pp. 311-318
Upper Eocene larger foraminiferal–coralline algal facies from the Klokova Mountain (southern continental Greece)
No full textFacies analysis of Bartonian–Priabonian shallow-water carbonate successions and the integration with palaeoecological analysis are used to produce a detailed palaeoenvironmental model. In the proximal middle ramp, porcelaneous foraminiferal packstone facies is characterised by larger foraminifera such as Praturlonella and Spirolina. These forms thrived in a shallow-water setting with low turbidity, high-light intensity and lowsubstrate stability. The foraminiferal packstone facies, the thin coralline wacke–packstone facies and the rhodolith packstone facies deposited approximately in the same depth range adjacent to one another in the middle-ramp. Nummulitids (Nummulites, Assilina, Pellatispira, Heterostegina and Spiroclypeus) increase in abundance in the middle to distal mid-ramp together with the orthophragminids. Coralline algae, represented by six genera, are present in all facies. Rhodoliths occur in all facies but they show different shapes and growth forms. They develop laminar sub-ellipsoidal shapes in higher turbulence conditions on mobile sand substrates (foraminiferal packstones and rhodolith rudstones), whilst sub-discoidal shapes often bound by thin encrusting coralline plants in lower hydrodynamic settings. The distinctive characteristics of the palaeoecological middle-ramp gradient are an increase in dominance of melobesioids, a thinning of the encrusting coralline plants and a flattening of the larger benthic foraminiferal shells
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