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From Kyoto to Paris: Measuring renewable energy policy regimes in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States by Pischke, Erin, Solomon, Barry, Wellstead, Adam, Acevedo, Alberto, Eastmond, Amarella, De Oliveira, Fernando, Coelho, Suani, Lucon, Oswaldo

“…We use a revised version of Schaffrin et al.’s (2015) Index of Policy Activity (IPA)1 to examine the historical development (1998–2015) of federal and state/provincial renewable energy policies across five federal countries in the Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States. …”
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Agricultural public expenditures, sector performance, and welfare in Nigeria: A state-level analysis by Mavrotas, George, Mogues, Tewodaj, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo, Smart, Jenny, Xiong, Zhe

“…Our examination focuses on two groupings of states – the full 37 state units of Nigeria (the 36 states, plus the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja); and the seven states that are the focus in Nigeria of the Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) of the United States Agency for International Development. …”
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Institutional capacity for designing and implementing agricultural and rural development policies and strategies in Nigeria by Adebayo, Kolawole, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Rhoe, Valerie

“…This evidence was obtained mainly from agricultural institutions and universities as well as available reports, journals, and publications. The respondents stated that the major sources of funds for the process of agricultural and rural development policy were the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), The World Bank, state and local governments, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). …”
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Insights for improving trust management in participatory natural resources management processes : a case study on stakeholder trust perceptions in the Bridger-Teton National Fores... by Brown, Cathy

“…At the same time forest managers, participatory process facilitators and researchers have found public distrust increasing in natural resources management agencies in the United States and Denmark. Analysis of stakeholder trust in this study of the collaborative process at Bridger-Teton National Forest (USA) revealed seven key trust-related issues: transparency, outside influences on the process, uncertainty of process outcomes, agency consistency, experiences with agency staff, perceived value differences, and distrust of the federal government. …”

Private sector stakeholders workshop on reviewing the draft: Nigeria agricultural strategy by Olaniyan, Babatunde

“…Given the invaluable role that the private sector plays in complementing the efforts of the Federal Government in promoting the growth of the economy, IFPRI in collaboration with the FMAWR with financial support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/USAID MARKETS Program organized a private sector stakeholders’ workshop to review the draft agricultural strategy. …”
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Proceedings of the National Consultation Workshop on Food and Agriculture System Transformation in Nepal by Onta, Karuna, Pradhan, Mamata, Palikhe, Aruna, Maharjan, Nada, Mohan, Anisha

“…This consultation was a part of generating insights / evidence for the United States Government’s (USG) Global Food Security Strategy-Refresh (GFSS-R) process. …”
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Analyses of the poultry value chain and its linkages and interactions with HPAI risk factors in Nigeria by Akinwumi, J.A., Okike, Iheanacho, Bett, Bernard K., Randolph, Thomas F., Rich, Karl M.

“…The outbreaks affected 3,057 commercial and rural household farms causing 1.3 million of the country’s 160 million poultry to be destroyed at the cost of United States Dollars (USD) 5.4 m paid in compensation by the Government of Nigeria (Federal Department of Livestock [FDL], 2008). …”
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A survey of aflatoxin and aflasafe awareness and management among Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers by Johnson, A.M., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Ayedun, B., Fulton, J.R., Widmar, N.J.O., Akande, A., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Manyong, Victor M.

“…Levels of aflatoxin and Aflasafe awareness were higher among enterprises registered with state and federal government agencies than among enterprises not registered. …”
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Soil and cacao genomics survey of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Region, Colombia by Libohova, Zamir, Martin Lopez, Javier Mauricio, Da Silva, Mayesse, Lagoueyte, C., Cruz, J., Drohan, P., Maximova, S., Guiltinan, M., Ferruzzi, M.G., Guarín, D., Reich, P., Kome, C., Zapata, Yeny Patricia, Gallego Sanchez, Gerardo, Quintero, Constanza, Botero, Cesar, Winters, N.P., Robotham, M.

“…This soil and cacao genomics survey was developed cooperatively by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in conjunction with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Pennsylvania State University, Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), Colombian Cacao Producers Federation (FEDECACAO), and United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of the Cacao for Peace (CfP) Initiative. …”
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Diversity, genetic mapping, and signatures of domestication in the carrot (Daucus carota L.) genome, as revealed by Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) markers by Grzebelus, Dariusz, Iorizzo, Massimo, Senalik, Douglas A., Ellison, Shelby L., Cavagnaro, Pablo, Macko-Podgorni, Alicja, Heller-Uszynska, Kasia, Kilian, Andrzej, Nothnagel, Thomas, Simon, Philipp W., Baranski, Rafal, Allender, Charlotte

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Development of balanced nutrient management innovations in South Asia: Lessons from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka by Kishore, Avinash, Alvi, Muzna, Krupnik, Timothy J., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Rice Research Institute

“…The event saw participation from central and regional government representatives from policy and extension, private fertilizer companies and fertilizer federations, researchers from CGIAR centers, as well as representatives of the donor community. …”
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Monitoring Patagonian Rangelands: The MARAS System by Oliva, Gabriel Esteban, Escobar, Juan Maria, Siffredi, Guillermo Lorenzo, Salomone, Jorge Manuel, Buono, Gustavo Gabriel

“…State funding has been obtained in 2004 to put in place the first monitors, and to design a web data base that would give selective access to the information to federal, provincial, or non-governmental institutions. …”
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Estimating multidimensional poverty AmongCassava producers in Nigeria: patterns and socioeconomic determinants by Olarinde, L.O., Abass, A., Abdoulaye, T., Adepoju, A.A., Fanifosi, E.G., Adio, M.O., Adeniyi, O.A., Wasiu, A.

“…In conclusion, the results suggest that although Nigeria is a federation of more than 30 states that continue to rely on nation-wide policy initiatives of the central government, policies on cassava aiming to lift millions of people out of poverty should instead vary according to the peculiar poverty dimensions of each federation unit. …”
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Cost-Effective Method to Perform SARS-CoV-2 Variant Surveillance: Detection of Alpha, Gamma, Lambda, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta in Argentina by Torres, Carolina, Mojsiejczuk, Laura, Acuña, Dolores, Alexay, Sofía, Amadio, Ariel, Aulicino, Paula, Debat, Humberto Julio, Fay, Fabián, Fernandez, Franco Daniel, Giri, Adriana A., Goya, Stephanie, Konig, Guido Alberto, Lucero, Horacio, Nabaes Jodar, Mercedes Soledad, Pianciola, Luis, Sfalcin, Javier A., Acevedo, Raúl Maximiliano, Bengoa Luoni, Sofía Ailin, Bolatti, Elisa M., Brusés, Bettina, Cacciabue, Marco Polo Domingo, Casal, Pablo E., Cerri, Agustina, Chouhy, Diego, Dus Santos, Maria Jose, Eberhardt, María Florencia, Fernandez, Ailen, Fernandez, Paula Del Carmen, Fernández Do Porto, Darío, Formichelli, Laura, Gismondi, María Ines, Irazoqui, Jose Matias, Lorenzini Campos, Melina, Lusso, Silvina, Marquez, Nathalie, Muñoz Hidalgo, Marianne Graziel, Mussin, Javier, Natale, Mónica, Oria, Griselda, Pisano, María Belén, Posner, Victoria, Puebla, Andrea Fabiana, Viegas, Mariana

“…The most relevant variants described so far include: Alpha (lineage B.1.1.7), first detected in the United Kingdom; Beta (lineage B.1.351), initially detected in South Africa; Gamma (lineage P.1), initially detected in Manaus, Brazil, and Japan; Delta (lineage B.1.627.2), initially detected in India; Lambda (lineage C.37), initially detected in Peru; Mu (lineage B.1.621), first detected in Colombia; Epsilon (lineages B.1.427 and B.1.429), initially detected in California, United States; and Zeta (lineage P.2), first detected in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1). …”
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Control biológico de fitopatógenos, insectos y ácaros: agentes de control biológico. V. 1 by Santos Díaz, Adriana Marcela, Cotes Prado, Alba Marina, Caro Quintero, Alejandro, Bustillo Pardey, Alex Enrique, Escobar, Alexander, Díaz García, Andrés, Arcila Cardona, Ángela María, Carabalí Muñoz, Arturo, Vásquez Ordóñez, Aymer Andrés, Lohr, Bernhard Leo, Oehlschlager, Cam, Beltrán Acosta, Camilo Rubén, Moreno Velandia, Carlos Andres, Espinel Correal, Carlos, González Almario, Carolina, Clerck, Caroline de, Hoy, Casey W., Narváez Vásquez, Consuelo Alexandra, León, Diana Marcela, Rincón Rueda, Diego Fernando, Espitia Malagón, Eduardo María, Alarcón Torres, Érika Andrea, Grijalba, Érika Paola, Moreno, Fabiola, Borrero Echeverry, Felipe, Cruz Barrera, Fredy Mauricio, Berg, Gabriele, Vargas, Germán, Barrera Cubillos, Gloria Patricia, León Martínez, Guillermo Adolfo, González F., Guillermo, Jijakil, Haissam, Rivera Trujillo, Hugo Fernando, Hernández Nopsa, John Fredy, Ibarra, Jorge, Jurat Fuentes, Juan Luis, Gómez Valderrama, Juliana Andrea, Köhl, Jürgen, Smalla, Kornelia, Villamizar, Laura Fernanda, Solorzano Buitrago, Leonardo, Torres Torres, Lissette Aracelly, Uribe Gutiérrez, Liz Alejandra, Pulido, Luz Astrid, Pérez, Manuel Ricardo, Manzano Martínez, María del Rosario, Díaz Niño, María Fernanda, Díaz Niño, María Fernanda, Zuluaga Mogollón, María Victoria, Belaich, Mariano Nicolás, Hurst, Mark, Gómez Álvarez, Martha Isabel, Rodríguez, Martha Liliana, Wisniewski, Michael, López Ferber, Miguel, Barreto Triana, Nancy del Carmen, Ghiringhelli, Pablo Daniel, Cuartas, Paola Emilia, Betancourt, Ruth Análida, Kobayashi, Sadao, Aragón Rodríguez, Sandra Milena, Massart, Sébastien, Lewis Mosher, Stephen, Kondo Rodriguez, Demian Takumasa, Jackson, Trevor, Bettiol, Wagner, Fargetton, Xavier, Elad, Yigal, Zapata Narváez, Yimmy Alexander, Martínez, Yohana Alexandra, Balbín Suárez, Alicia

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