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Christophe Jenny
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Senior researcher at CIRAD, France. Biodiversity, tropical agriculture, adaptation, genetic resources, CWR, banana specialist (yes, not a joke!), in and ex situ links, citizen science, information systems and databases.
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · Jan 22
It was a pleasure to join Jan Nyssen from Ghent University, to write this working paper about banana varieties of Tigray, Ethiopia. Bluggoe, Cavendish and Mutika types thrive in the deep valleys of the Irob district. #BananaDiversity
#Tigray #Agrobiodiversity

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[Daily Watch] A Direct Hit on Jamaican Forests: The storm severely damaged mangrove forests and freshwater swamp forests, with recovery depending on ecosystem health and species distribution. #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica #Environment  earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15488...
A Direct Hit on Jamaican Forests
Hurricane Melissa left the island nation’s forests brown and battered, but they won’t stay that way for long.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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🌍Alors que la #COP30 au Brésil vient de débuter, le #Cirad publie une note de position
📘 « Vers une agriculture et des systèmes alimentaires plus résilients face au changement climatique au Sud »
👉 short.do/hb2jb4
Elle sera aussi abordé lors d'un side event ce mardi 👉 short.do/j_wLJ9

#Agriculture
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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[Daily Watch] The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. 🌍🔥 #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Environment academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
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November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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L’abeille, ce supraorganisme - Comment se porte l'abeille réunionnaise ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=9os1...
L’abeille, ce supraorganisme - Comment se porte l'abeille réunionnaise ?
L’émission "Cultiv'a nou" (Antenne Réunion) revient dans cet épisode sur une enquête sur la propagation et l'impact de pathogènes (#loque américaine, petit #coléoptère des ruches, #varroa…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Accès aux ressources génétiques végétales du pilier #BRC4PLANT : Lancée en avril 2025, la nouvelle version du portail @florilege-rare.bsky.social centralise et simplifie l’accès aux ressources génétiques végétales françaises pour la recherche et l’innovation.👉 shorturl.re/7i1cy
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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🌍 Dix ans après la COP21, le monde se retrouve en Amazonie pour la #COP30.
Et si, cette fois, nous avions toutes les raisons d’être optimistes ?
Dans la nouvelle saison du podcast “Nourrir le Vivant”, des scientifiques du #Cirad parlent #climat, #forêt et #alimentation.
🎧RDV le 24 octobre
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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🌳 Selon une nouvelle étude les forêts tropicales d’Australie seraient les premières au monde à émettre davantage de carbone dans l’atmosphère qu’elles n’en absorbent.

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October 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🟠 Du 6 au 12/10, Montpellier accueille la Biennale Euro-Africa 2025 autour d’un thème majeur : "Une nouvelle ère de coopération entre l’Europe et l’Afrique : des réponses innovantes aux défis environnementaux".
L’IRD sera présent à ce rendez-vous : www.ird.fr/cooperation-...
September 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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[Daily Watch] Agroforestry Knowledge and Practices by Peasant and Quilombola Women in Brazil. Women use traditional knowledge to resist modern agricultural pressures and maintain biodiversity. 🌱 #Agroforestry #Biodiversity #WomenInAgriculture www.mdpi.com/2673-7159/5/...
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September 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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[Daily Watch] Challenges in AI climate analytics: Data gaps, biases & ethical concerns. Addressing these for effective climate action. 🌐 #AI #ClimateAction #Ethics www.mdpi.com/2673-4591/10...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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[Daily Watch] Rice and wheat yields in Sub-Saharan Africa may increase due to CO2 fertilization effect. Significant yield gains in South Africa and Nigeria. 🌾🌍 #CO2Fertilization #CropYields #Agriculture www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research on the impact of climate change on food security in Africa - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Research on the impact of climate change on food security in Africa
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September 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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[Daily Watch] Enset, Ethiopia's drought-tolerant "tree against hunger," is gaining attention through innovation and development programs. 🌿🍪 #Sustainability #Innovation #Agriculture news.mongabay.com/2025/08/ethi...
Ethiopian initiatives try to mainstream traditional and resilient enset crop in diets
ARBA MINCH, Ethiopia — On a late May morning, as the chill of dawn gives way to sunlight warming the hills of Hareba village in southern Ethiopia, 56-year-old Almaz Achamo tends to her staple crop: a…
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September 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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[Daily Watch] Engineered yeast provides essential sterols for honeybees, addressing pollen starvation due to climate change. 🐝🌍 #Honeybees #ClimateChange #Biotechnology www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees - Nature
Genetic engineering of a yeast strain provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybee colonies.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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[Daily Watch] Climate change impacts melliferous plant species on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Study reveals habitat shifts for 80% of species under future climate scenarios. 🌍🍯 #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Conservation www.mdpi.com/2673-7159/5/...
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September 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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[Daily Watch] Global impact of AI on herbarium studies. Unlocking plant biodiversity data worldwide. 🌍🌱 #ArtificialIntelligence #Biodiversity #Herbarium theconversation.com/botanical-ti...
Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections
Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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[Daily Watch] Extreme heat is wiping out tropical bird populations, according to 70 years of data. Urgent conservation efforts needed. #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #TropicalBirds theconversation.com/70-years-of-...
70 years of data show extreme heat is already wiping out tropical bird populations
A study using more than 90,000 scientific observations shows Earth is getting too hot for many tropical birds.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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[Daily Watch] Using private gardens for plant conservation proves successful for Minuartia smejkalii. A model for global conservation efforts. #PlantConservation #Biodiversity #Gardening botany.one/2025/07/a-ra...
A rare plant with a taste for toxic soil is getting some help from unexpected allies with green fingers
Czech gardeners helped protect an endangered flower from extinction using their backyards. The simple trick could aid plant conservation...
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July 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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[Daily Watch] Species Conservation Dependence on a Reliable Taxonomy study uses IUCN criteria to confirm Critically Endangered status of Grindelia atlantica in Brazil. Taxonomy matters 🌿 #plantconservation #taxonomy #Pampas www.mdpi.com/2673-7159/5/...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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[Daily Watch] Detection of Banana Diseases Based on Landsat-8 Data and Machine Learning reveals VI anomalies detect infections up to 2 months early 🍌 #RemoteSensing #PlantHealth #AgTech www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17...
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July 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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[Daily Watch] Species loss in key habitats accelerates regional food web disruption reveals that common species matter more than rare ones for network stability 🦋🌿 #ecology #foodweb #resilience www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Species loss in key habitats accelerates regional food web disruption - Communications Biology
Simulating extinctions across regional food webs reveals that losing species from one habitat— especially wetlands—can cascade to others, accelerating multi-habitat food web collapse, highlighting…
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July 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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[Daily Watch] Planning sustainable urban lighting shows how adaptive streetlight policies can balance public safety and nature in Montpellier, using a new app, SustainLight, for smart decisions. 🐦🦇🛣️ #Sustainability #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity www.inrae.fr/actualites/r...
Réduction de l’éclairage urbain : concilier besoins de la biodiversité et des habitants
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE - Pour la première fois, INRAE, le MNHN, AgroParisTech et La TeleScop ont livré, à l’échelle d’une métropole, une analyse croisée des besoins de réduction lumineuse de 6 groupes…
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June 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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[Daily Watch] Climate change alters Alnus species distribution in China. Temperature seasonality is key. 🌳🌡️ #ClimateChange #PlantScience #Biodiversity
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May 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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[Daily Watch] Reducing global temperatures below 1.5°C can mitigate long-term forest loss, highlighting the urgency of climate action. 🍃🌡️ #ClimateAction #ForestConservation #Sustainability www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Risks of unavoidable impacts on forests at 1.5 °C with and without overshoot - Nature Climate Change
The authors assess the risk of overshoot beyond 1.5 °C warming, using three scenarios with minimal overshoot, brief overshoot and sustained overshoot. They show a risk of long-term Amazon dieback,…
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May 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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[Daily Watch] Morphological diversity, ethnobotany, and economic value of banana plants in Papua. 13 varieties show rich local knowledge and use 🍌.
#agrobiodiversity #bananas #indigenousknowledge smujo.id/aja/article/...
Morphological diversity, ethnobotany, and economic value of banana plants (Musa spp.) in the Keerom lowland area, Papua Province, Indonesia | Asian Journal of Agriculture
Abstract. Suharno, Suparno A, Yuliana, Tanjung RHR, Zebua LI, Prabawardani S. 2025. Morphological diversity, ethnobotany, and economic value of banana plants (Musa spp.) in the Keerom lowland area,…
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May 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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[Daily Watch] A Machine Learning Approach to Generate High-Resolution Maps of Irrigated Olive Groves. Efficient mapping for drought-prone regions 🛰️.
#climatechange #agriculture #watermanagement www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14...
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May 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM