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Ambassador IITA Obasanjo speaks on DRC’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Mr Birindwa said the president is aware of IITA’s transformational work in Nigerian agriculture and will like to do the same for DRC.…”
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Gather evidence on soil and root health challenges in 5 CWANA countries and initiating policy action by CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

“…Current national policies do not reflect this.…”
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WEFI Tool Package by McDougall, Cynthia, Kruijssen, Froukje, Sproule, Katie, Serfilippi, Elena, Rajaratnam, Surendran, Newton, Julie, Adam, Rahma

“…The WEFI Tool Package includes the following files: A -WEFI: Abbreviated Womens empowerment in Fisheries Index; Pro-WEFI: Project Womens empowerment in Fisheries Index, WEFI DO files and pro-wefi questionnaire.…”
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Conservation Agriculture: A greener, smarter and economic way to grow food by Thierfelder, Christian L., Nkosi, Phindiwe

“…This is a blog about how Conservation Agriculture can be a game changer in alleviating factors such as poverty, climate change, increasing conflicts, lack of economic means and various underlying environmental factors which can and do impact agricultural productivity negatively.…”
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Impacts of paving roads for development in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Deforestation and biological carbon loss by Li, Man, De Pinto, Alessandro, Ulimwengu, John M., You, Liangzhi, Robertson, Richard D.

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Farmers' heterogeneous valuation of laser land leveling in Eastern Uttar Pradesh: An experimental auction approach to informing segmentation and subsidy strategies by Lybbert, Travis J., Magnan, Nicholas, Spielman, David J., Gulati, Kajal, Bhargava, Anil K.

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Managing agricultural intensification by Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…This will require maintaining, if not increasing, current rates of growth in national food production, and achieving this in sustainable ways that do not degrade the underlying natural resource base. the author examines appropriate intensification for both high-potential areas and for fragile lands.…”
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Food production in the People's Republic of China by Tang, Anthony M., Stone, Bruce

“…Projections of Chinese agriculture to the year 2020 point to increased production and consumption of agricultural products, but major breakthroughs in productivity do not appear likely. Under conditions considered most plausible, rate of increase would exceed those of 1952-57 but would fall short of the Ten-Year Plan goals.…”
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Chemical characterization of green grain before and after thermal processing in biofortified cowpea cultivars by Melo, Natália Quaresma Costa, Moreira-Araújo, Regilda Saraiva dos Reis, Araújo, Marcos Antônio da Mota, de Moura Rocha, Maurisrael

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How did chicken conquer the world? A brief history of our most successful agriculture species by Hanotte, Olivier H.

“…Olivier Hanotte, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) principal scientist and deputy director at the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), explains how chickens are saving the lives of millions daily and will increasingly do so as survivors and saviours.…”
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Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects In Ghana by Lee, J.

“…Farmer involvement in agriculture climate mitigation is essential if projects are to be sustainable and if we are to ensure projects do not compromise farmer livelihoods and food security for agriculture climate mitigation. …”
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Theileria by Bishop, Richard P., Odongo, David O., Mann, D.J., Pearson, T.W., Sugimoto, C., Haines, L.R., Glass, E., Jensen, K., Seitzer, U., Ahmed, J.S., Graham, S.P., Villiers, Etienne P. de

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Can complex gender issues be translated into enabling policies for women? by MacMillan, Susan

“…Susan Macmillan indicated that if we do not manage to find ways to place our understanding of gender issues in the context of environment, economy, agriculture, education and health, our well-meaning research might end up doing more harm than good. …”
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How can sustainability science achieve impact for wicked problems such as climate change? by Vermeulen, Sonja J., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…The example of agriculture under climate change. What do we know about tackling wicked problems? How can these principles and tools be applied to management of science in the CGIAR?…”
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Biotechnology in animal production by Tegegne, Azage, Lahlou-Kassi, A., Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.

“…There are many agroecological zones in sub-Saharan Africa but the pattern of animal production and the major problems associated with it do not generally vary. It is, therefore, appropriate to make a general assessment of the status, limitations and potential of animal production in sub-Saharan Africa in general, and Ethiopia in particular. …”
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Optimal pricing of primary commodities in developing countries: A model from sub-Saharan Africa by Ehui, Simeon K.

“…In most developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, prices received by farmers are not optimal in the sense that they do not optimize government revenues. In this paper a dynamic model for optimal pricing of primary commodities is developed. …”
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Identificación y nomenclatura de las especies de Brachiaria by Maass, Brigitte L.

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Supporting women to take the lead in climate change adaptation by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…CCAFS South Asia works with local partner organisations to empower women leaders and farmers to understand how best they can adapt to climate change and what resources they require to do so. We also map gender-related climate-smart agricultural practices, develop training materials on climate change adaptation and analyse adaptation policies from a gendered perspective.…”
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Why talk about gender and rice in Latin America? by Koningstein, Manon, Gumucio, Tatiana, Martínez, Jose Maria

“…Usually we don't think it's important to talk about gender and rice in Latin America, but three socio economic studies on rice in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia show that women do contribute to rice production. A whiteboard animation summarizing the research by CIAT and GRiSP.…”
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Dr. Lieven Claessens (ICRISAT) on how to assess climate change adaptation options for farmers by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…More info at https://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/how-do-you-assess-climate-change-adaptation-options-farmers-lessons-agmip Research presented at the Global Science Conference on Climate Smart Agriculture, University of California, Davis. 20-22 March 2013.…”
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